Cathal Brennan and John Dorney of the Irish History Show Podcast have a remarkable knowledge of the events that led to the momentous election in December 1918. That election was a referendum on the achievements of the nationalist Irish Parliamentary Party, who, eight years on from their huge majority in the 1910 election, hadn’t achieved evenContinue reading “The 1918 Election: Ireland’s Rejection of its Failed Nationalist Party”
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A Birthright That Scotland Has
Transcript of the Untribal Politics Podcast with Salvo’s Sara Salyers. Note: edits have been made to remove incomplete sentences, so there may be some slight discrepancies between the podcast audio and transcript. Kindly use comments section to point out any typos/punctuation issues. Listen to the podcast Host: Today I’m joined by former television journalist, author,Continue reading “A Birthright That Scotland Has”
The Exposé of the Spy System Part 2
Plaintiff — Now, witness, don’t be petulant. I ask you on your oath, sir, did you ever see me in your life, before, till this day in this Court ? Witness (looking sternly, but surprised at plaintiff) — See you, Sandy! (Great laughter.) Why, my man, I’ve seen you hundreds and hundreds of times in Continue reading “The Exposé of the Spy System Part 2”
The Exposé of the Spy System Part 1
Chapter 31 Our Own Daring Deeds. The Exposé of the Spy System by Peter Mckenzie from ‘Reminiscences of Glasgow and the west of Scotland Vol. II (1866) We began, or rather we resumed our labours in searching out and bringing to light the accursed system of espionage, carried on in this city in former times, better Continue reading “The Exposé of the Spy System Part 1”
Smaller Separate Nations
“Why should we take one Great Britain and turn it into separate smaller nations? What is that an answer to?” That was PM David Cameron’s question a few weeks before the vote on 18 September 2014. From this side of the North Sea the answer is a pretty straightforward one — the freedom to throwContinue reading “Smaller Separate Nations”
A Unilateral Declaration of Independence?
The Case for Scotland Making a Unilateral Declaration of Independence in May 2015? This blog by Patrick S Hogg (first published on Bella Caledonia, 2015) was hugely relevant in 2015 and remains so today. The predicted SNP landslide occurred, but just before election day the new FM declared that the 2015 General Election was notContinue reading “A Unilateral Declaration of Independence?”
Three Scottish Leaks
by Chris S Friel
Registration and Education
by Leanne Tervit On Thursday I spent a couple of hours on a stall in Abbeyview, the scheme I’ve spent much of my life. I sat there on my wee camping chair with my phone and fags, using the Aye App to get folk registered and able to use their ballots. In that time IContinue reading “Registration and Education”
Freeports and the Internal Colonial Model
Why does Scotland have no advanced seaports?Why do all of our exports and imports go through English ports? Listen to Prof Alf Baird on the Internal Colonial Model. “So Freeports are not new. It’s a Tory reaction to economic collapse, if you like, economic. Just zero growth, the economy is doing. And also the enormousContinue reading “Freeports and the Internal Colonial Model”
Decolonising Cultural Heritage in an Independent Scotland
Joint Paper by Lynda Baird & Alf Baird Cultural Heritage Heritage theory emphasises values and significance (Figure 1) when evaluating monuments (Fredheim and Khalaf 2016), albeit views differ from the standpoint of different stakeholders, elites and cultures. Memory and forgetting in representation and mis-representation and commemoration also plays its part. In the colonial environment, nativeContinue reading “Decolonising Cultural Heritage in an Independent Scotland”
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