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Posted on February 17, 2025February 17, 2025

How soul crushing life must be for a Scottish Labour MP

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Posted on February 10, 2025February 10, 2025

Scotland’s demography crisis is worsening – A Scottish visa has never been more needed

Scotland has a demography and population crisis and it is only going to get worse. With our falling birth rate we are reaching the stage…

By petewish
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  • Independence
Posted on September 19, 2024September 19, 2024

Pete Wishart: Where are those ‘broad shoulders of the Union’ now?

As we get down to marking the anniversary of the independence referendum, one thing we won’t be reporting on is any great celebration from the…

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  • Independence
Posted on September 17, 2024September 17, 2024

Pete Wishart recalls final days of independence referendum

Sunday 7 September, 2014It has only gone and happened…This morning we have the first credible opinion poll showing Yes ahead. This is a massive momentand…

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  • Policy
Posted on January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

COMMENT: £1 on mega-gig tickets would support up and coming musicians

by Pete Wishart for The Courier, 16 January 2024 Scotland is a first-class destination for concerts, with few other nations of our size able to…

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Posted on September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

A Tribute to Bruce Guthro

There are some people you meet in your life who are just impossible to dislike, who just ooze natural charm and who can keep you…

By petewish
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Posted on August 28, 2023August 28, 2023

THINKING OF FEELING SORRY FOR ANAS SARWAR? DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME. . .

There are some days when you almost feel sorry for Anas Sarwar. Here he is, only trying to make Scottish Labour electable again, trying to…

By petewish
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  • Independence
Posted on August 17, 2023August 17, 2023

IT’S TIME TO ACCEPT THE UK WON’T AGREE TO A REFERENDUM AND TAKE THIS INTO OUR OWN HANDS

There were always going to be a few twists and turns in our journey to independence and, as conditions change, so by necessity should our…

By petewish
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Posted on June 2, 2023June 3, 2023

HOW THE SNP MUST DEAL WITH A RESURGENT LABOUR AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION

In anything between one year and eighteen months we will be going to the polls to decide the next UK Government. All of the previous…

By petewish
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  • Independence
Posted on May 19, 2023June 2, 2023

WHY WE NEED AN INDEPENDENCE CONVENTION, AND WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE

It’s hard to believe that only a few months ago the SNP sat on 52% of the vote, support for independence was regularly over 50%…

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