International
Are we really more European?
Judging by the referendum result, it may seem obvious that Scots are more European than their neighbours to the south but the binary choice in a referendum masks a more complex picture.
Boris: Don Quixote reincarnated
On reading newspapers in English and French while lazing by the pool or in the cafe – and turning to Cervantes and his rueful knight who bears an uncanny resemblance in his manners to arch-Brexiteer…
A day at the seaside: Great Yarmouth 2016
A photo tour round Great Yarmouth, one of the English towns that voted overwhelmingly to leave the EU. I can recall the town when it was a chaotic but cheerful place. Now, it seems, there…
Can Scotland avoid Brexit?
Three options for Scotland’s post-EUref future – blocking Brexit, staying in the EU and the UK, becoming an independent EU member state – are examined here and found wanting. A constitutional crisis is more than…
Searching for blue sky: looking again at the case for Lexit
Amidst the storm is it possible to discern how Britain’s (probable) exit from the EU may present opportunities for the left? Justin Reynolds takes a close look at the case for Lexit.
No rush to Brexit – or to #indyref2
“Threatening a second constitutional crisis would not help us resolve the one we already have,” the author argues, pointing out that the EU referendum has solved little or nothing – and a second referendum on…
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the UK
The collapse of the UK is upon us in the wake of the EU referendum result and pending Brexit. Leave’s populist campaign backed by braying tabloids and a cowardly BBC has caused a debacle -…
Where now Scotia: EU or UK?
As the UK descends into extraordinary political and economic chaos, with no political leadership visible anywhere in Westminster, what are the options for Scotland to stay in the European Union or at least as integrated…
Brexit – a double blow for science in Scotland
Scientists overwhelmingly backed the Remain case in last week’s EU referendum. Here a prominent Aberdeen-based scientist laments the outcome and its impact on scientific research funding – and fears for #indyref2 on top.
Yes to indy Scotland in EU, No to Little England
The case for an independent Scotland within the EU just got far stronger. In an updated version of a piece written the morning news of the win for Leave broke, the author explains why he’s…
Brexit, rage, depression and the young
Why anger among young people at the state of the world is never enough to prompt political activism. Thoughts on the 2016 referendum, the one before and where next.
Boris, Brexit and Scottish nationalism
Today’s referendum outcome could indeed see Scotland pulled out of the EU against its will and the ex-Mayor of London installed in Downing Street. What happens then? The author throws the dice.