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The way we fucking speak in Scotland

Scottish public discourse has probably always been more direct (and yes, using more swear words) than its English counterpart. It

A few hours ago I came home from a meeting at Maklab entitled Blether about open source, Scotland and Paul

The Economist’s special report this week is about “the big decisions ahead for Britain”, which is trying to conflate the

There was an interesting wee exchange of opinions on Twitter today: Susan Stewart (ex-director of communications for Yes Scotland): Step

A new era dawns. America’s tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power | Carole Cadwalladr | The Guardian 11/11/2024
Scotland is Not Northern Ireland – Bella Caledonia 22/10/2024
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What the EU really thinks about the UK now 20/07/2024
Brexit & Beyond: Evaluating Brexit, honestly 26/01/2024
Slew of deepfake video adverts of Sunak on Facebook raises alarm over AI risk to election | Deepfake | The Guardian 12/01/2024
Brexit & Beyond: The scandal of the settlement scheme for EU citizens 12/01/2024
Wings Over Scotland | The Broken Mike 08/01/2024
Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll | Brexit | The Guardian 30/12/2023
Brexit & Beyond: Brexit: unsettled and still not settleable 29/09/2023

Your Golden Link To Keep Handy For Whenever You Encounter A True Believer In "bbc Impartiality" (Scot goes Pop!)
A Reply To Gordon Macintyre-kemp (Scot goes Pop!)
Bad Santa (Wings over Scotland)
Focusing On The Magic Of Christmas (Bella Caledonia)
What Is The 1989 Analogy Here: Is It Wenceslas Square, Or A Prelude To Tiananmen Square? Nobody Can Quite Work Out Whether It's Safe To Topple The Statues, As News Breaks That The Post Of General Secretary Of The Alba Party Is To Be Sensationally Abolishe (Scot goes Pop!)
Degrowth Municipalism Could Change The World (Bella Caledonia)
More Analysis Of The Norstat Poll Suggesting 59% Would Vote For Independence If It Means Abolishing The Monarchy (Scot goes Pop!)
Beware The Brexit Reset Backlash (The Brexit Blog)
No, The Believe In Scotland Poll Does Not Mean Promising A Republic Would Boost Yes Support (in Fact The Opposite Is Probably True) (Scot goes Pop!)
Record Support For An Independent Scottish Republic (Wee Ginger Dug)
Could Artificial Intelligence Save Scottish Gaelic? (Bella Caledonia)
Why Scotland’s First-ever Muslim First Minister Is Leaving ‘frontline Politics Altogether’ (Bella Caledonia)
Back To Europe (Newsnet.scot)