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Media Watch - Scotland's poorest students 50% more likely to get to University than in England
Scotland’s Unionist media used this week’s Higher results as an opportunity to attack Scotland’s education system. They largely did not report that Scotland’s other widening access strategies mean that the percentage of students from the most deprived areas who attend university in Scotland is a whopping 50% higher than England’s. These numbers are rising to record-breaking highs for those from the...
Can the UK still claim to be a democracy?
Q In which country can the leader be elected by party members, without a chance for the population to vote? A The UK Q Which governing body is packed with party donors, personal friends and even relatives appointed by the leader? A The House of Lords Q In which country can a disgraced leader, forced from office for lying, still...
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Media Watch - Scotland’s mainstream media ignores the downside of dodgy trade deals
July 27, 2022“I have negotiated dozens of trade deals”, candidate for PM Liz Truss said in a debate on BBC TV this week. Since Brexit, the UK has rolled over existing EU deals covering 63 countries. It is not true to say that Truss negotiated these - they were already in place, negotiated by the EU, and have simply been...
Five Reasons Scotland can be confident of rejoining the EU
As Scotland reboots its independence campaign, the European situation has changed in major respects since 2014. Here are some of the factors that underlie the Yes movement’s renewed confidence over EU membership. #1 If Scotland had voted ‘Yes; in 2014, we would still be in the EU todayRewind to 2014. The Spanish Foreign Minister at the time, commented that as long...
The UK Gov's Crime Against Democracy - suppressing Scottish votes
As the candidates for the next Prime Minister continue to voice more and more extreme right-wing priorities thats are out of step with the vast majority of Scottish voters, speculation rises that there could be a general election within the next few months. But if that were to happen, almost one in ten voters could be stopped from casting their...
Ten ways the UK Government is undermining Scotland’s devolution
Since the Brexit vote, Westminster has been determined to take back control - of Scotland. It wants to go back to an old version of the power relationship that predates the era of both countries joining the EU. It is tearing up the agreed legal framework that was established on the basis of the 1997 referendum where devolution was...
"Scottish democracy can’t be a prisoner of Boris Johnson or any other Prime Minister"
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced in Parliament today that there will be a second independence referendum to be held on Thursday, October 19th, 2023. Nicola Sturgeon said the referendum has already been referred to the Supreme Court, by the Lord Advocate. She hopes it will be allowed, without a section 30 order from the UK government, but said “If it does...
The day that Britain died - rights ripped from Scotland’s devolution settlement
History may record that Britain finally died the day the UK Government decided to rip the European Convention on Human Rights from the heart of Scotland’s devolution settlement. The leader of the group which drew up the Convention, in 1950, was a Scottish lawyer, Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe. As a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, David had seen first-hand...
Why doesn’t BBC Scotland tell the truth about Brexit?
As evidence mounts that Brexit is playing a major part in the UK’s cost of living crisis, the national broadcaster appears to be avoiding reporting honestly on the subject. Why is this? One reason is that as Scotland moves towards an independence referendum, the issue of Brexit is particularly sensitive. Scotland voted against Brexit - it was foisted upon us. ...