History of The Scottish Parliament
2019 marks the 20th Anniversary of the current Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in Edinburgh. A special event marking the opening of the parliament is taking place on Saturday 29th June 2019 and members of the public are invited to visit the parliament and join the celebrations. What many will not be as aware of, is […]
McCrone Report is Trending (Article By Solon Scotland)
This week the McCrone report has come to prominent news after being printed in full by The Scottish National Newspaper ‘Hushing Up’ of The McCrone Report Raises Fundamental Issues about Westminster Government in Relation to Scotland The report was commissioned by The British Government in 1974 but it was ‘hushed up’ and unreleased in the […]
The McCrone Report
“The McCrone report is a document on the Scottish economy written and researched in 1974 on behalf of the British Government. It was composed by Professor Gavin McCrone employed at the Scottish Office. The document gave a highly favourable projection for the economy of an independent Scotland with a “chronic surplus to a quite embarrassing […]
Brexit Deadlock; Rule Britannia rhetoric is making the waves bigger?
Opinion Piece – Solon Scotland – Political Commentator Watching ‘The Brexit Never Ending Negotiating Story’, it never ceases to astonish how many of those in power who support Brexit (and presumably well educated) resort to hyperbole of Rule Britannia, Lead The World, We Won the War blah blah blah, over actual facts and common sense?
BBC in Big Brother Enforcement Move?
News Article Opinion by Solon Scotland BBC Steps into Dangerous Territory as Two Prominent Scottish Independence Platforms are affected by You Tube Copyright Violation Complaints. Two pro independence on line platforms have seen their You Tube channels either shut down or suspended this weekend in an apparent copyright complaint made by the BBC that news […]
Scotrail is in crisis….according to the mainstream media that is!
Editorial Post – Article Date: (23.11.16) Scotrail is in crisis?….well at least according to the mainstream media it is! The actual statistical facts don’t support a sudden monumental crisis which merited the blanket coverage but let’s look at how major media in Scotland portrayed the events. What merits a crisis for a start? Is it figures […]