British By-Elections 1769-2025: The 88 By-Election Campaigns that shaped our Politics, Biteback Press £30. Review by Douglas Chalmers bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/30/p...

In Defence of the Kenneth White House of Artists and Writers bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/29/i...

Believe in Scotland March & Rally, Edinburgh 2026 #BiSEdinburgh bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/29/w...

We March for Independence – Edinburgh 28.03.26 bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/29/w...

The New York Times has confirmed that most of the 13 US bases in the Middle East have been destroyed and empty. Many of the 13 military bases in the region used by American troops are all but uninhabitable, with the ones in Kuwait, which is next door to Iran, suffering perhaps the most damage.

Malcolm Offord, the Reform leader in Scotland, now sounds very angry at criticism. "I apologised. I’ve made amends. I think that’s the end of it. I think its over the top". "I looked up the definition of homophobia. ... I have never been that in my life.” news.stv.tv/politics/ref...

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

Journey to Independence bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/26/j...

As Reform UK's campaign in Scotland collapses into toxic farce, Offord's 'joke' is a test of standards in public life ... fiftysixdegreesnorth.substack.com/p/vice-signa...

A Laird for our Times: Questions of Philanthropy and Community in the Scottish Highlands bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/25/a...

The Power Shift LIVE: launch of new magazine and environmental journalism network www.scottishbeacon.com/news/solutio... @scotlink.bsky.social @stopclimatechaos.bsky.social @scottishbeacon.bsky.social @shetnews.co.uk @foescot.bsky.social

This is Alan McManus, who is a list candidate for the new Alliance to Liberate Scotland party. Name and shame fascists.

No Borders, No Vetting and Nick Candy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/24/n...

A National security assessment, partially released in January, warns that “Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse”. The climate and nature emergencies are the most pressing issues of our time. So why isn't this top of the government's agenda?

“I'm not convinced the latest land reform bill (which became an act in December 2025) is going to shift the dial.” Prof Douglas MacMillan, trustee of @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social on where Scottish land reform efforts fall short in @bellacaledonia.bsky.social bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/09/l...

A Loquacious Carpetbagger bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/22/a...

All for Independence – the Many Faces of George Galloway bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/22/a...

Great article from Heckle on new indy party’s links to unionist far-right @heckle_scot heckle.scot/2026/03/new-...

Offord is a Trojan Horse for dismantling devolution. They can’t say this publicly but they are planning to dismantle the very body they are bidding to be elected to open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

Bella featured in the Top 20 UK Political Blogs bloggers.feedspot.com/uk_political...

When a Community Comes Together: People Power and the Lessons of Kenmure Street by Gerry Hassan bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/19/w...

Good to see the Ferret following up on our story by Danica Priest here www.theferret.scot/scottish-lab...

The Bleak Rack that is Black Rock, Edinburgh and Everywhere by Cathy Allen bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/18/t...

Resilience and Self-Care, the Structure and the Individual open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

Today marks the 155th anniversary of the Paris Commune. The Paris Commune of 1871 was the biggest urban uprising and experience of self-organization of modern history: bellacaledonia.org.uk/2021/03/18/t...

Why do you like yachts, Malcolm? On media capitulation and the chumocracy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/17/w...

Cuban Honour, Newscum and Comedy Cancer bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/17/c...

The Greens plan to put social media giants like X and Facebook on the same legal footing as all other publishers in order to regulate them using defamation laws. This is an important step forward. Everyone should back the move - even opponents of the Greens My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

This map of carbon intensity shows the reality of renewable energy production in Britain @scottishbeacon.bsky.social

Britain Remade are run by PR/lobbying firm Stonehaven. Stonehaven donated £7,200 to the Scottish Labour Party. Danica Priest explores the dark money networks behind the lobbyists for new nuclear power ... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/16/a...

This article from Azeem Ibrahim (OBE) in The Spectator sounds like a pained report from a colonial outpost in the twilight of Empire bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/15/s...

On the Problem with Scotland’s Future Bond Plans bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/13/o...

'We’d all be better off with a stake in our energy – from national public shares in renewables, to council-run wind farms funding services, to communities benefiting from energy projects they control' - from Our Power - Scotland youtu.be/AY1MJBk8zk8?... @scottishbeacon.bsky.social

Glasgow after the fire. A city which has witnessed change for good & bad but which is now failed by the status quo & party politics. Many of the people of the city know this but can politics & public life reflect this? My essay on @bellacaledonia.bsky.social bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/11/g...

Potholes and Bots - on Sarwar's beautiful pothole enthusiasts ... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/12/p...

Glasgow after the Fire: What should we do about Scotland’s First City? by Gerry Hassan bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/11/g...

This month we published on landownership, Community Wealth Building, opposition to AI, climate breakdown, US war crimes in Iran, how to fight the far-right, the fall of the House of Windsor & much more. Support independent Scottish journalism here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/donate

The campaign group Art Workers for Palestine Scotland (AW4PS) are calling for a public boycott of the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) by artists and audiences @PSCupdates @GazaFFlotilla @gazapoets bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/11/e...

No doubt many of us felt excited as ‘Scotland’s Champion’, published Keir Starmer’s letter proclaiming that a Labour Government would have Scotland ‘at its beating heart’. Fast forward to today, and it seems that Labour has more of a heart bypass in mind bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/11/h...

Some questions needing answered: Does Anas Sarwar support the undermining of Devolution? Which areas of devolved power is the Prime Minister aiming to bypass, and under what constitutional authority?https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/10/labour-is-eating-itself/

This month we published Ewan Gibbs, Dr Petra Johana Poncarová, Peter Arnott, Alex Law, Claire McNab, Neil McInroy, Kat Jones, Ewan Morrison & many more. Support independent Scottish journalism here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/donate

Interesting piece by Josh Gabbatiss on Ambition Lawrence Weston and Bristol’s pioneering community wind turbine @scottishbeacon.bsky.social www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-6-...

Scotland Faces a Crisis of Loyalist Violence bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/09/s...

On the politics of Caithness, Sutherland and Ross and the ongoing crisis of Land Ownership in Scotland by George Gunn bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/09/f...

Gaelic Revival: From Czechia to Gàidhealtachd - with Dr Petra Johana Poncarová from the Carrying Stream bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/09/t...

-decarbonising Europe’s energy system is more achievable than previously thought -yet, leaders seem tempted to pull back from that task in a misguided effort to protect the economy — they tend to listen more to incumbent companies than to their challengers -creative destruction has few champions

War in Iran exposed that Europe failed to stand up to a business lobby that slowed decarbonisation It committed a "strategic error of slowing a transformation necessary for security & independence....truth is that rearguard action on fossil dependence is bad for business" www.ft.com/content/a6be...

Great advice

We're always firefighting open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

Leftfield, Scotland’s Economics Festival, ‘Scotland for All – Against Racism and Fascism’ bloc and more bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/08/l...