Scotland – Longrider

The Turning Worm

January 26, 2023 Longrider 2

Those of us who have been paying attention have long realised that the political and bureaucratic elite are out of touch with the public. To […]

Let Them

November 23, 2022 Longrider 12

Please and while you are at it, let the English have a vote on the matter too. That way, they would be gone before you […]

It’s Not About Health

September 6, 2022 Longrider 6

It never was. Smoking outside hospitals is now banned under new legislation. Anyone caught lighting up within 15m of a hospital building in Scotland could […]

Yeah…

March 27, 2021 Longrider 14

I wondered how long this would take. Alex Salmond has bagged his first high-profile defection after Westminster MP Kenny MacAskill quit the SNP to stand for Alba in […]

Scotland the Brave

March 26, 2021 Longrider 24

This could be good news for Scotland. Alex Salmond has launched a new political party in what he described as a bid to build a […]

So…

August 5, 2019 Longrider 14

52% to 48%. Leave means leave, doesn’t it? The majority of Scots would vote for independence in another referendum, according to a shock new poll […]

Oooh Er…

January 31, 2017 Longrider 10

Wee Willie Krankie is issuing threats. Nicola Sturgeon has given Theresa May a two-month deadline to compromise over Brexit – hinting she will call a second independence […]

So It’ll be Advisory Then?

October 14, 2016 Longrider 8

As Wee Willie Krankie pushes through another referendum bill, I am inclined to ask, in the event of a “leave” vote, will it merely be […]

So What Now?

September 20, 2014 Longrider 2

Oily Al, having shot his one bolt is to go. Well, no surprises there. Indeed, the result of the referendum, didn’t exactly surprise. Now we […]