Articles
10th September 2019
I wonder if those who say things like “we are not at the end of the Section 30 order road” have ever stopped to think about what a Section 30 order actually is. When I hear people insisting that a Section 30 order is absolutely required for a referendum on restoring Scotland’s independence to be ‘legal and ‘binding’, I tend […]
5th June 2019
“Have you seen any penises yet?” “No, but looks like a couple of folk wrote an essay on Brexit.” “Is that our pile?” “No, that’s the Lib Dems.” “Cor.” When you’re doing the observations in a counting hall, you have to make your own (doodle-free) entertainment. As the night wore on and the stacks piled up in the Edinburgh hall, […]
18th April 2019
Dear Editor, As ever I’m enjoying the latest iScot magazine, and there seemed to be a bit of a theme going on about IndyRef2, ‘caw canny’ – ‘bide y’r time’. I was reminded the other day of this saying by John Lennon. “Life happens when you are planning other things” Last Friday, I went to the bank and cancelled all […]
5th April 2019
Thanks to the many people who contacted me about the article on reframing. I have had many very interesting questions regarding how to apply reframing in the current political climate. Perhaps it is worth restating some of the fundamental principles of framing and reframing, then we will look at how to apply them and answer some of the most common questions. One of the […]
3rd April 2019
Framing and Reframing have been receiving lots of publicity recently. Indeed it has been said that this is perhaps the most significant topic in our drive to restore Scotland to its natural state as a sovereign nation, playing its full part on the world stage. Framing in one form or another has been extensively studied, researched and indeed applied for […]
3rd April 2019
If you look in the dictionary for a definition of remote, there’s probably a photograph of Balchrick! Located around 3 miles north-west of Kinlochbervie and 10 miles south-west of Cape Wrath, Balchrick is over 500 miles away from London yet only 250 miles from the Faroe Islands. It also happens to be around 650 miles away from Brussels, which will […]
28th January 2019
Although the shortest day has passed, winter days remain dreich and gloomy and the winter bills are looming large as we hit the anti-climax to the festive season. Many of us now feel low, dispirited and in the doldrums as we count the costs of festive over-indulgence. This is the time of year that we turn again to that age-old […]
27th January 2019
“Prestwick will be the greatest international airport in the world!” That’s a big claim to have made, but the two men said to be responsible for making it were no idle dreamers… For a few weeks earlier this summer, The Great Prestwick Airport Robbery! created a bit of an internet sensation when it was ‘serialised’ on Twitter by @TrulyScottishTV. The […]
6th January 2019
A very Happy New Year to you! 2019 is going to be a very interesting and sadly life changing event for many of us. Who knows where this Brexit uncertainty will lead to, but one thing is for sure – sunlit uplands it won’t be. As we enter our 5th year of publication I’d very much like to […]