Scottish Independence

January 11, 2026

England deserves better from Scotland

Tom Gallagher article from Monday 2, March, 2020 ONE OF THE MOST PERPLEXING outcomes of the ‘These Islands’ conference (first discussed here on 24 February) was the condescension or impatience displayed towards England. England’s poorer regions have made no objections to large fiscal transfers to Scotland and Northern Ireland, nor to increasing emphasis being given in […]

Tom Gallagher March 2, 2020

Leaving the rabbit hole – Boris’s Scexit game-changer

Linda Holt article from Tuesday 11, February, 2020 FOR NATIONALISTS, independence is the ultimate carrot; the shining answer to anything less than ideal in present-day Scotland; the be-all and end-all of politics. Such quasi-religious beliefs exercise a terrific lure, as nationalists demonstrate on marches, in the letters pages of newspapers, on social media and indeed […]

Linda Holt February 11, 2020