Cold Hard Rage. The mainstream media's policy of appeasement has been exposed. As the far-right violence intensifies and escalates they will have to be held responsible for their complicity in all of this: open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

Everything Has Already Been Said | On the Scottish independence referendum, Corbynism, Dostoevsky’s Grand Inquisitor, and why the last serious attempts at change tell us something we need to hear... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/10/e...

The proposed MachairWind development by Iberdrola is an industrial development on a scale never before seen in the Inner Hebrides. It threatens to desecrate and destroy some of Scotland's most iconic cultural and ecological places... www.scottishbeacon.com/news/opinion...

Can you imagine talking about England and English culture in this way on what's called 'national television'? bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/09/o...

On the World Stage bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/09/o...

Community benefit funds are a dead end for Scotland. Developers and lairds make millions while our communities get next to nothing. This is why we need community and council owned energy. We should all be benefiting from renewables in Scotland!

Communities across Scotland are missing out on millions of pounds from wind farms because their owners are paying less than expected to locals, a Ferret investigation with the @scottishbeacon.bsky.social has found. www.scottishbeacon.com?p=8078

Eh? Aye? Resisting Scotland’s Hyperscale Data Centre Revolution bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/08/e...

What does it mean to be English? I contributed to Nick Watt's BBC documentary on England's identity crisis www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Eh? Aye? Resisting Scotland’s Hyperscale Data Centre Revolution bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/08/e...

Scotland at the FIFA World Cup finals has given us memories, joy & disappointment. High Ball for the Wee Man by Stephen Walsh looks at the Scots at the finals 74-98 thru poetry, humour & his life. A great book given a great review on @bellacaledonia.bsky.social bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/05/g...

Trump’s regime is as despotic and violent as that of Brazil in 1970 or Argentina in 1978 or Russia in 2018. But perhaps there is an opportunity here to expose the Trump administration to the cold light of day ... open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

All the Scotland World Cup Songs in one place: Aye Hobos, Belle and Sebastian, Colonel Mustard, IDMacG - It Only Takes One Lion, Skerryvore, The Return of the Hampden Roar, The Scheme, 2AM Eternal Kick-Off, Canada Mexico USA Let’s Go! - Tommy Reckless bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/05/w...

Trump’s regime is as despotic and violent as that of Brazile in 1970 or Argentina in 1978 or Russia in 2018. But perhaps there is an opportunity here to expose the Trump administration to the cold light of day: open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

On top of the racism, sexism, incompetence, corruption, laziness and general un-seriousness of Reform, let’s also remember they think US food hygiene standards are good enough for us here……

I’m old enough to remember some rightwingers calling out Obama for having an opinion on Brexit, presumably they’ll be shocked by this

World Cup Beats - choose Scotland's official world cup anthem bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/05/w...

Now What? bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/04/n...

Problems with the Areas of Linguistic Significance by Màrtainn Mac a’ Bhàillidh bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/01/p...

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The Tories welcome Tony Blair.

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Excess, Bad Taste and Embezzlement bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/05/27/e...

Emily Thornberry, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee: 'It becomes quite clear why UKSV saw him as a subject of concern who shouldn’t be granted clearance. It makes Olly Robbins’ assertion that he understood the recommendation to be “borderline” pretty incredible.'

While Blair’s intervention is appalling, it’s entirely consistent with political teaching. Can anyone remember the last time a political figure showed any leadership on the climate crisis? Anyone at all? open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

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Tony Blair on my radio doing full AI Silicon Valley boosterism Unrelatedly…. Tony Blair’s personal think tank has had or been pledged $350 million from Oracle boss Larry Ellison democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...

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The SNP want to increase childcare hours – first, they need to improve the existing policies bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/05/26/t...

Locked out by design: what stands between the Local Power Plan and the communities it’s meant to deliver for from @scottishbeacon.bsky.social www.scottishbeacon.com?p=8084

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Kelman at 80 bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/05/25/k...

Why Greenland matters to Scotland bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/05/25/w...

On Celtic Alliances bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/05/24/c...

THE TORTURE BOAT “In what is believed to be the US-built-and-funded INS Nahshon, detainees were ‘processed’ one by one, and taken into darkened containers where groups of iOF commandos brutalised them one by one.”

The Blue Dark bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/05/23/t...

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So it may be that Restore Britain are internally divided on the question of whether to openly advocate a racially discriminatory whites-only England team selection policy, when they run in a by-election as the World Cup kicks off

Why the scare quotes? Huge numbers of people in this country are struggling with their mental health, esp since the pandemic. Most politicians diminish this harm and gaslight people suffering for somehow not being robust enough. I celebrate @carladenyer.bsky.social being brave and honest.

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The Bones Should Wash Away by Alec Sutton bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/05/21/t...

On Welsh and Gaelic Language - Identity Language and Power bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/05/21/l...

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🔴 NEW: Morgan McSweeney - Keir Starmer's chief of staff until three months ago, and reportedly back advising him - was briefed on Labour Together's controversial investigation into journalists more than two years ago Scoop on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-m...

Great Expectations bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/05/19/g...