Tuesday’s Brexit votes and Wednesday’s Parliamentary shenanigans have certainly drawn attention to legislative amendments in a way that, quite frankly, I have never seen.Naturally, the Scottish National Party want to be seen to be “standing up for Scotland” (they have to be seen to be doing something, I suppose), but beyond the sphere of a handful of hardened politicos and … [Read more...] about Brexit and devo: a quick primer
The war poets and the Edinburgh golf club
In June 1917, shell-shocked and exhausted from his experiences on the Western Front, the young English poet Wilfred Owen was sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh to recuperate.Much of our awareness of Owen’s time at Craiglockhart comes from Pat Barker’s beautifully crafted novel Regeneration (1991), and Stephen MacDonald’s play Not About Heroes (1982). … [Read more...] about The war poets and the Edinburgh golf club
Why did farmers swing back to the Tories?
The SNP have spent decades slowly winning the support of Scotland’s farming communities. Though historically a solidly Tory demographic, the SNP first started making serious inroads in Scotland’s most agrarian areas in the 1980s, in particular in the North East.In the years that followed their dominance in rural Scotland became increasingly apparent: they won Angus East, … [Read more...] about Why did farmers swing back to the Tories?