by tim_bell | Dec 31, 2014 | Latest News
Well, I hope 2014 has been good for you. Much has happened in Scotland which has made it better, with everything in place for it to get better still in 2015. The United Kingdom is re-arranging the furniture, and not before time, but we still all live on the same small...
by tim_bell | Nov 30, 2014 | Latest News
On the political front, the Smith Commission, in which the SNP participated, has proposed far-reaching new powers for Holyrood, delivered on time as promised. They’re not perfect, but a major consideration is to have a good measure of devolution within a stable...
by tim_bell | Oct 10, 2014 | Latest News
Tory Chancellor George Osborne told his party conference a week ago to ‘Choose jobs; choose enterprise; choose security; choose prosperity; choose investment; choose fairness; choose freedom; choose David Cameron; choose the Conservatives; choose the future.’ Good...
by tim_bell | Oct 8, 2014 | Latest News
A few days before the referendum I took an Austrian journo who was in town looking for a fresh angle. He asked me how the Trainspotting characters would vote. Here’s his piece, translated. He didn’t get everything right, but that’s journos for you. SICK BOY VOTES YES...
by tim_bell | Sep 22, 2014 | Latest News
Well, that was a week! Some say that fear and negativity won the Indy Ref. That’s not why I voted NO. How about inverting that: ‘a reckless, uncosted, unprepared-for project was rejected.’ Is it fearful or negative to come to a calculated judgement along those lines?...
