“They’re more emotionally compelling, and, for this writer, Rocky Balboa is the most compelling of them all.” (Read More)
“A lesson that many independence supporters failed to heed from 2014 is that being able to mobilise tens of thousands of already engaged people (some zealously so) might look good for a modicum of publicity, but it doesn’t necessarily conflate with political clout or persuasion” (Read More)
With the former First Minister of Scotland starting a new career as a talk show host on the Kremlin-backed news channel, RT, the author discusses why those from the left have an unusual obsession with Russia and why Alex Salmond is ignoring Britsh history as well as embarrassing Scotland. (Read More)
“In March 2013 a piece of history was invented, that in 1940, in the face of an impending invasion, Scotland was to be ‘sacrificed’ to protect England. This ‘factoid’ was widely used and elaborated online in the months leading up to the Scottish independence referendum. It continues to be sued to demonstrate Scottish victimhood and grievance.” (Read More)
“In almost any other occupation, going on holiday without the explicit consent of your boss would be grounds for dismissal. So why do shrug when politicians moonlight in this way.” (Read More)
When the story broke that Kezia Dugdale would appear on “I’m A Celebrity” the immediate (Read More)
“Winter, the second of Ali Smith’s Season Quartet, is a contemporary novel of the best kind. The novel’s timespan covers decades, but its critical eye is focused very much on the last few months: Brexit, Immigration, Twitter, Trump.” (Read More)
“As Iran’s wealth rose from increased oil exports more money was put into the suppression of fringe groups and the further modernisation of the state. The Family Protection Law of 1968 abolished extrajudicial divorce, greatly limited polygamy, and established special Family Courts for dealing with matters relating to the new personal status legislation, although a step forward for women’s rights in Tehran, especially being pushed by female senators who only six years before could not even hold the position or push legislation in the Majles.” (Read More)
“I mean don’t get me wrong the U.S has been guilty of this long before the Cheeto in Chief took office what with the attempt of hacking the elections in Iraq and Afghanistan- unsuccessfully so.” (Read More)
“I mean don’t get me wrong the U.S has been guilty of this long before the Cheeto in Chief took office what with the attempt of hacking the elections in Iraq and Afghanistan- unsuccessfully so.” (Read More)
I know what you’re thinking reading that title: U.S. president Donald Trump has whiffed on (Read More)
“Trump is content blackmailing his closest allies, holding them to ransom in a modern incarnation of ‘Gun-Boat diplomacy’, despite the supposed positive relations and shared values of our two nations” (Read More)
“Hillary Clinton likened herself to Winston Churchill as a “polarizing” figure in an interview with the British newspaper, the Guardian, this week. In trying to walk back her statement she said, ‘I mean, I’m not comparing myself, but I’m just saying people said that but he was right about Hitler, and a lot of people in England were wrong. And Churchill was a pain. He kept popping up all the time'” (Read More)
“President Trump is essentially viewing space as another area for the American hegemon to exert its influence as it has done over the land, sea and air at least since World War Two. As he said himself it’s a “warfighting domain” and this has been the case for some time.” (Read More)
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