Thank you very much for that kind introduction and it is a real pleasure to join BASCA at its Annual General Meeting. You know, people…
INDEPENDENCE & SCOTTISHNESS
Where the independence debate will mainly be about the day to day concerns such as will we be better off and what will happen to…
Remembering Iraq
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP):It is a pleasure to follow the hon. and gallant Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood). He is of…
THE NEXT GOVERNMENT YOU DIDN’T VOTE FOR?
If you don’t like this Government you didn’t vote for, then brace yourself for the possible next one. If you think that the Tories governing…
SCOTLAND AND FRUITCAKE. MY SPEECH ON THE UK’S EXIT FROM EUROPE
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP): In the few minutes available to me, I want to confine my remarks to amendment (b). When the…
SCOTLAND AND CATALONIA
There’s a little church and it’s in one of Barcelona’s many pretty little squares. Like many historic building in central Barcelona the walls are pock-marked…
THE FABLE OF THE FEEBLE FIFTY
“Never was so little achieved by so many in defence of so few” – the motto of the fabled “Feeble Fifty”. The fearless cadre of…
ME AND MARGARET THATCHER
Last week has been almost exclusively about Margaret Thatcher, and the world quite rightly has paid tribute to The UK’s first female Prime Minister and…
A LINE IN THE SAND
If you’re going to have a line in the sand there’s no better place to draw it than in the desert, and no desert comes…
IRAQ – 10 YEARS AFTER THE VOTE FOR WAR
It was the 18th of March in 2003. Exactly 10 years ago, and it was probably the most important vote that I had ever participated…