THOSE of you who know me will know I\u2019m a journalist and broadcaster but if you\u2019ve landed here by accident or through curiosity, welcome. I hope you find something that sparks your interest.
\nMy subject matter will mainly be Scottish and UK politics; the SNP and what they are doing (or not) to take us closer to independence; the importance of the Yes movement; the media; and now that we’ve escaped the clutches of Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson and the rest of their crooked coterie, the public schoolboy brigade who have dragged politics here to depths previously only plumbed by Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
Many years ago, I was asked to define my politics, which I did as: \u201cTraditional (left-wing) Labour with nationalist tendencies.\u201d <\/p>\n
Now that Labour have found themselves in power, I suppose I should revisit that view.<\/p>\n
That didn’t take long did it? <\/p>\n
My answer now is \u201cpro-independence and to the left\u201d, given that Labour now simply equals Tory.<\/p>\n
There’s a lot to say about the SNP and ALBA but I’ll save that for another time \u2013 I’m still getting to grips with the new theme, so you won’t see any of my past posts for the time being.<\/p>\n
Here’s something I prepared earlier: <\/p>\n
I am not a member of the SNP (or any other party). I did join briefly after the 2014 referendum result, the first time I\u2019ve ever joined a political party. But I didn\u2019t like the centralised fashion in which it was run (controlled) in a manner that stifled ideas and proper debate, despite my then local branch officials\u2019 stated intention to welcome \u201cnew blood\u201d from across the entire Yes movement. Yeah, right.
\nThat control-freakery, which has seen many good people bid them farewell, landed them in bother with various authorities, including their own creation Police Scotland.
\nI\u2019ll have more to say about the SNP another time, but for now I see them simply as a means to an end \u2013 independence.
\nPip pip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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