Don’t fall for the trap, this election has nothing to do with Scottish independence.
This Election is all about Brexit. Falling into the Tory trap of making in about Scottish independence can only help Ruth, Theresa and the Brexiteers.
This Election is all about Brexit. Falling into the Tory trap of making in about Scottish independence can only help Ruth, Theresa and the Brexiteers.
Scotland out of the EU / Towards Indyref2
by R J Hainey · Published October 4, 2016 · Last modified January 10, 2017
The unionist propaganda of the last referendum has shattered.Scotland has no control of its destiny. Are you just going to shut up and eat your cereal?
2015 General Election / UK Politics
by R J Hainey · Published May 5, 2015 · Last modified April 15, 2016
The side that won the referendum campaign last year argued that we were Better Together, that all of the areas of the UK have their strengths and weaknesses and that by ‘pooling and sharing’ our resources...
Scottish Independence / Scottish Politics
by Ruth · Published September 26, 2014 · Last modified April 15, 2016
Last Friday was horrible. The anger, disappointment and heavy, desperate sadness I felt on the result of the Scottish Referendum was overwhelming. Since its inception in January, my friends and I at Autonomy Scotland have eaten,...
Scottish Independence / Scottish Politics
by R J Hainey · Published September 16, 2014 · Last modified January 11, 2016
But we can still rise now. And be a nation again? If the opinion polls are to be believed, then around half of the population are not too convinced that we could rise and be...
by Lawrie McKay · Published September 13, 2014 · Last modified January 11, 2016
So amidst the rattle of the party heads visit to Scotland there has been the announcement that Lloyds bank and RBS, both predominantly state owned, will move their headquarters to London. These contingency plans have been...
In the previous instalment of this series, I looked at wealth inequality in the UK and how we ranked the 7th worst in terms of income inequality of all the EU member states. Given that the...
In the previous issues, I’ve looked at how the UK has mismanaged oil revenues in the past 30 years, created a volatile economy that broke during the financial crisis of 2007/8 and failed to make the appropriate changes...
Recommended / Scottish Independence
by R J Hainey · Published April 13, 2014 · Last modified October 16, 2017
Watching some of the recent referendum debates, I have been struck by how the No campaign are framing the choice as being between the stable surety of the Union verses the uncertainty of independence. In this...
For my sins, I have read the CBI report which you can find here in our Information Without Cherry Picking section. While I believe it raises a few serious questions which the Yes Campaign need to...