Monthly Archives: May 2021

One could argue the infamous Clearances, driving people off their land without a care where they go or what happens to them, began as soon as an overweight 23-year-old Butcher Cumberland was desperate to raise his reputation after losing the … Continue reading →

All of us have something in our past we would rather not talk about, the ‘skeleton in the closet’. We keep it in the recesses of our memory, or if larger than life, as well hidden as possible. It can … Continue reading →

ALBA Party MP, Kenny MacAskill is not ready to leap up to applaud the pyrrhic victory of Kenmure Street, Glasgow folks’ Pollokshields rescue of two local and valued long-term residents from a Home Office deportation raid on Scottish soil. Backed … Continue reading →

John Drummond writes the ‘Constitution Column’ in the Sunday National, a role he shares with Dr Elliot Bulmer. He is also the host of The Nation Talks show, broadcast every Wednesday at 7pm on the IndyLive channel. He is firm … Continue reading →

The article below was penned by a blogger often quoted but as far as I can ascertain, not that well known. He goes by the self-depricating name of CaltonJock, but writes with great honesty and spiritedness without being accusatory or … Continue reading →

For a number of months Grouse Beater has received snippets of information on the run-down and underfunding of various aspects of our justice system. Unless you are in need of legal aid, the gathering storm is something you might not … Continue reading →

Kenny MacAskill looks at the collapse of Labour’s vote in Hartlepool once a dyed-in-the-wool stronghold of socialism Labour-style. Paul Williams, the Labour candidate in the by-election, said, “Neither Keir Starmer nor I met antagonism on the doorstep, but people did … Continue reading →