My last post mentioned red herrings? Aye, there have been lots of red herrings put about in recent weeks by apparent experts and there is a danger that we get side-tracked post […]
My hope, when posting entries to this blog, is that the words will be encouraging to the people who read them. My writing seeks to build on the Social justice concept of […]
Have a watch of this very quick video from a young person about Greek austerity and then come back for my analysis towards the end of this post. Why did I walk […]
Pat Kane sent a tweet out today which highlighted an article which quoted Richard Rorty. My long lost fife accent came back suddenly and I uttered the expletive, ‘well fuck me, who’d i’ […]
I first encountered Gal Holiday and the Honkey Tonk Revue at the ‘Three Muses’ Frenchmen Street on a work trip to New Orleans last August and was immediately struck with their ability […]
When Labour came to power in 1997 the previous conservative government left a situation where relative child poverty (60% of median income) before housing costs were 27 % (3.4 million) and after […]
The finger of extremism is often pointed by supporters of Westminster at proponents of Scottish independence but this tactic of the establishment merely serves to awaken us to the limitations of London […]
A friend who is writing a blog on what we do next after the referendum asked us this questions: How can ‘non politicals’ engage in simple, non-scary ways with social justice/progressive democracy […]
Welcome To Red Morningside: #Jockapocalypse, Misogyny and The last Unionista Oh what an election – its aye been that we take the high road and voters down south vote for the lowest […]
This blog seeks to provide views and ideas on life in Scotland. It was launched on the 9th of May 2015 shortly after Scotland voted to send 56 SNP MPs to Westminster […]
The People's Republic Of Escotia 