Dystopia Now. Sorry/not sorry: open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

'Actually, this is brilliant' In their response to the Anas Sarwar's failed coup d'état the Unionist press have created a new absurdist sub-genre of journalism ... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/11/a...

More Pootch than Putsch | On Sarwar's disastrous coup attempt and the fantasy propaganda that has followed it ... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/10/t...

"Brett Christophers argues, the problem is rooted in the absurdist nature of capitalist priorities: saving the planet on which our lives depend is not sufficiently profitable" - read William Thomson here bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/03/12/t...

Sarwar’s Gamble | Unless something dramatic changes in the next few days, it seems that Anas Sarwar has gambled everything in the most astonishing act of political misjudgment possible. It may be that it is he and not Keir Starmer who will have to resign. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/09/s...

On Sarwar's empty hot dog roll, the Dark Shit around Josh Simons and The Times Coup that Never Happens bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/09/m...

On why McSweeney's departure won't stem the flow and why Anas Sarwar's campaign has become an empty hot-dog roll bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/09/m...

The Filton 6 Verdict and what it means for Palestine solidarity @DefendOurJuries @PoetsGaza @EyeonPalestine #filton6 bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/07/t...

Your Party Scotland launches in Dundee bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/06/y...

Bella Exclusive: on 'Scotland for Nuclear Energy' the Tory front group launching a campaign for new nuclear power in Glasgow tonight bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/05/a...

The media's reaction to Mandelson is reminiscent of Omar El Akkad: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/04/m...

Scotland’s Economics Festival is coming to Leith, check out our preview here bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/04/s...

Mandelson and the Media bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/04/m...

A Scandal Meets Its Moment bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/03/a...

Cathy Newman, "While we've been on air its been reported that police are to review an allegation" "That Jeffrey Epstein provided a woman to Andrew Windsor at the Royal Lodge for sexual purposes"

Open Letter to every Edinburgh City Councillor ... Oppose AI Data Centres In Edinburgh bellacaledonia.org.uk/.../oppose-a...

THE ROMA – A TRAVELLING HISTORY (Bodley Head) by Madeline Potter reviewed by Geoff King bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/03/t...

We are living through a scandal that eclipses anything we have seen in the post-war era, a set of shocks to the British establishment from which it may not recover | The Crisis of the British State bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/03/t...

Bella is delighted to be part of the Pass the Mic 2026 Opinion Writing programme. Pass the Mic is an essential project to diversify the media in Scotland @passthemic.bsky.social bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/03/p...

The deep problems of British public life: its entrenched hierarchy, clandestine politics, and centralisation of power, all conducted under a semi-feudal structure, seem to be bubbling to the surface and coming to the boil. open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

It's not possible to take Gordon Browns re-writing of history seriously | Project Fear, Buyer’s Remorse bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/01/p...

Happy St. Bride's Day & Imbolc

"If we are to live in the future, where the prospects are brilliant, then we must be relentless in our belief in a better, more equitable world. It is preferable to hope for a moment than to despair indefinitely." bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/31/p...

Some amazing feedback already for my article published yesterday on the real story in #Greenland that nobody is talking about. So glad it's resonating with people. Thanks @bellacaledonia.bsky.social for carrying it.

Is this just clickbait, massive self-delusion, or an accommodation with fascists? Or all three? bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/30/p...

I don't really think much of this is salvageable tbh | BBC Cuts – data show collapse for Scottish new music support bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/30/b...

BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps. This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The Community Wealth Building Bill has transformative potential, but its real test will be whether it empowers the people already leading the way. By Jill Keegan for @scottishbeacon.bsky.social lnkd.in/emQaeMkj

30 out of 32 Scottish councils now support community food growing initiatives (+5 vs. 2023) councilclimatescorecards.uk/2025/questio...

🆕 New Data visuals: Scotland #ClimateAction is a statutory duty in Scotland and the 2025 Action Scorecards captured key areas of progress: 🌊 All Scottish councils now avoid building new development on land that is most at risk of flooding (+13 vs 2023) 🍎 30/32 support community food growing (+5)

Greenland’s Real Crisis: The Colonial Legacy We’re Not Discussing by @nuthmani.bsky.social bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/30/g...

Saturday 31st January at Summerhall - CATALYST: Art as Activism, a series of 4 solo exhibitions by artists whose work advocates for social, political, environmental, or cultural change, opens at Summerhall, alongside free artist workshops: www.summerhallarts.co.uk/whats-on/exh...

Delighted to be part of this project. The Pass the Mic Applications for the 2026 opinion writers’ programme are OPEN. The purpose is to amplify the expertise of women of colour in Scottish media. Apply here: passthemicscotland.org/2026/01/27/a...

If YouGov's polls published today were repeated in May, this would be Labour’s worst result in either a Westminster or Holyrood election in 116 years bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/29/s...

On the govts shocking ‘Global Diversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Security’ report, Scotland’s Natural Environment Bill, and a victory for Swifts ... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/28/t...

On Swifties, Crofting and Land Reform bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/28/t...

Scotland’s Natural Environment Bill bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/28/t... @scotlink.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Review of The face before you by Mohammed Moussa bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/28/r...

Kevin Williamson interviews Mohammed Moussa on his Scottish book tour to launch his poetry collection. Mohammed discusses what it’s like growing up in Gaza, living through genocide and the meaning and power of poetry as an act of resistance and memorial ... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/26/m...

Mohammed Moussa Interview for 56 Degrees North bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/26/m... @leamington.bsky.social @freedomflotilla.bsky.social

Oh, you know, just a metro daily newspaper running a service journalism roundup of munitions the government has used against its own people

Reform can't openly say they want to abolish Holyrood so this is their next best thing

'To see oursels as others see us!' on the return of Colonel Ruth Davidson, Suella Braverman and Labour's Burns Night optics ... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/26/l...

The Danger of Underreaction open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

Check out Cerys Matthews playing a live version of Green Grow The Rashes performed by Michael Marra & McFalls Chamber, plus Auld Lang Syne by Jimi Hendrix, Ae Fond Kiss by Camera Obscura and Address to a Haggis by Hugh McDiarmid and Shabaka Hutchings. Happy Burns Nightx www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I Murder Hate | Originally written on a window in the Globe tavern, Dumfries, this Burns poem here performed by Ghetto Priest bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/25/i...

“If you consider yourself a unionist, you should be very concerned that we are getting to a point where 3 out of the 4 of the countries within it have large numbers of voters that don’t want the UK to exist.” Will Hayward bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/25/t...