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Posted on February 16, 2026February 16, 2026

Who would be a Scottish Labour MP?

Who would be a Scottish Labour MP? Amongst Parliamentarians across these isles they must now be the most forlorn, despondent and politically adrift. Caught up…

By petewish
6 min to read
  • Brexit
  • Policy
  • Westminster
Posted on November 1, 2025November 1, 2025

Why Nigel Farage’s assault on human rights should reassure us

It should come as no surprise that the latest assault on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is being led by Nigel Farage. His…

By petewish
6 min to read
  • Brexit
  • Policy
  • Westminster
Posted on February 17, 2025February 17, 2025

How soul crushing life must be for a Scottish Labour MP

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By petewish
7 min to read
  • Policy
  • Westminster
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
6 min to read
  • Westminster
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
3 min to read
  • Westminster
Posted on May 9, 2022January 23, 2023

SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF WESTMINSTER

Once again Westminster is embroiled in another bout of ‘something has to be done-ism’ after the latest incidences of sexist and misogynistic behaviour. First we…

By petewish
4 min to read
  • Brexit
  • Westminster
Posted on December 30, 2020January 23, 2023

THE ‘DEAL’ SPEECH THAT WAS NEVER HEARD

Thank you Mr Speaker And I rise to oppose this bill. This is the concluding episode of their tortuous Brexit drama, the final slice of…

By petewish
8 min to read
  • Independence
  • Westminster
Posted on November 23, 2020January 23, 2023

WHAT HAPPENS IF BORIS SAYS NO?

So that’s another 2 opinion polls confirming that Yes remains the majority choice of the people of Scotland. 14 opinion polls in a row this…

By petewish
5 min to read
  • Brexit
  • Independence
  • Westminster
Posted on October 29, 2020January 23, 2023

THE 2019 ELECTION CHANGED EVERYTHING

It’s a year to the day since the 2019 General Election was called and it will go down as the election that changed everything around…

By petewish
  • Independence
  • Westminster
Posted on February 24, 2020January 16, 2023

WITHOUT THEIR ‘NO TO INDYREF2’ IT COULD BE A LONG, HARD ELECTION FOR THE TORIES

I admit it (sad as it may seem) I’m a keen student of the Scottish Conservatives. Having had them as my main and only credible…

By petewish

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