1. Senior civil servant snubs the Civil Service Code a. Sir Nicholas Macpherson, the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury breached the “Civil Service Code” at the time he released to the public his personal views and political advice in regard to the sharing of sterling in the event the Scottish Referendum returned a Yes vote. […]
The aftermath of the referendum brought with it a number of press statements which need to be retained ready to hand for future reference. BBC biased coverage of the Scottish Independence Referendum criticised. With no exit poll isn’t there a democratic deficit? http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/18/scottish-vote-no-exit-poll-democratic-deficit I feel for all those for whom the yes campaign brought hope. […]
13 Oct 2014 Scotland within the UK Debate Westminster Scottish Affairs The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr Alistair Carmichael): With permission, Mr Speaker, I wish to make a statement to the House about the position of Scotland within the United Kingdom. As hon. Members will know, on 18 September the people of Scotland voted […]
A Look Back at How Gordon Brown Saved Scotland From Itself. 1. Best of Both Worlds promise Far from enjoying, “the best of both worlds” Scotland is now burdened with, “the worst of all worlds” where a cabal of “on message” Tories and civil servants, (including the civil service in Scotland) controlled and directed by […]
Ask most people about Zionism and they will say “that’s the Jews”, but while this is the impression the Rothschild networks in politics and the media have sought very successfully to “sell” as “common knowledge”, it is not true. It represents only a minority of them and many others who are […]
Students perverted the outcome of the 2014 Independence Referendum A large number of students emigrated to Scotland for around a 3 month period before the referendum with the intention of campaigning for “Better Together.” Recording their place of residence in Scotland gained many of them the right to a vote. The […]
Attack of the Unionists in Glasgow Disturbances Unionist supporters attack independence supporters in Glasgow Live at Buchanan Street Unionists Attack Yes Supporters Singing ‘Rule Britannia’, the supporters of the No campaign set off red coloured fire crackers and waved Union Jack flags police officers tried to rescue ‘Yes’ supporters from the UK nationalists on George […]
Brown Sought to Fill the Shoes of James Maxton & Failed Gordon Brown. Gifted, flawed and angry. On record as an ardent admirer of the, “Red Clydesider, James Maxton”, Brown has been strutting his stuff in halls the length and breadth of Scotland of Scotland these last few days relishing his self appointed role as […]
Brown the Patriot-How He Won It For the Unionists Brown’s personality combining authority and passionate moral outrage singled him out as a serious figure in the Commons and potential high-flyer in the Party. His oratory is relentlessness and delivered in an overpowering, lecturing or hectoring style leaving his audience in no doubt that they are […]
Democracy in the Dark – the Decline of the Scottish Press Newspapers don’t just sell news; in fact, that has been an increasingly small part of their function in the last century. Newspapers have been cultural curators, critically evaluating artistic and literary trends, providing a showcase for good writing, informing readers on important developments in […]
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