The Daily Show on Scottish Referendum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bewOumPliLk Today’s light relief from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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Groundskeeper Willie’s views on the referendum
Today’s light relief from Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons.
Continue reading…the buggers are out to get us!
Image Credit: Amelia Troubridge Today’s light relief comes courtesy of Tatler which published a feature on the views of scotland’s aristocrats on the prospects of Scottish independence. The article was published in July but only went online yesterday and features
Continue readingSongs for Scotland
Today’s referendum light relief is this a musical celebration of Scottish independence at the Òran Mór (gaelic for ‘great melody of life’ or ‘big song’) organised by Bella Caledonia. This is for all who came on the night and those
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Defending the Union
What could possibly go wrong?
Continue readingWhy I am voting yes.
On 18 September voters in Scotland will choose whether Scotland remains part of the United Kingdom or becomes an independent country. I am approaching this choice from the perspective of how best to democratise political and economic power and for
Continue readingA school in Cowan Park, Barrhead
On Tuesday this week, the Court of Session published its opinion by Lord Tyre on a petition brought by East Renfrewshire Council (4.2Mb pdf) seeking authority to build a school on common good land in Cowan Park, Barrhead. Given past blogs on
Continue readingTime to Rebuild Scottish Democracy
One of the most welcome recent developments in Scottish democratic reform has been the Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy. which was established in autumn 2013. Chaired by the visionary Councillor David O’Neill, it has bravely gone where no administration at
Continue readingRethink required on ten year land registration goal.
Among the recommendations of the LRRG are that more effort should be made to complete the Land Register and that patterns of rural landownership should be mapped and better understood. In response to publication of the report, the Scottish Government
Continue readingLand Reform (Scotland) Bill 2015
Following the publication of the Land Reform Review Group‘s final report in May, the Scottish Government has committed itself to the introduction of a Land Reform Bill in the current Parliament. The report (hard copies of which are now available
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