British Nationalism
Total 8 Posts
Lisa Nandy and the importance of words.
3 min read
Words are incredibly important in politics. It is not good enough to try and analyse what you say after you have said it.
Union jackery won’t prevent independence.
5 min read
The new British Government hub in Edinburgh is painted like Great Britain produce packaging from a supermarket. That’s because Scotland Office is headed by a vegetable.
Trashing the UK.
6 min read
Are Scottish nationalists “trashing the British brand”, as former MEP Daniel Hannan claims, or has the UK’s reputation been trashed by the Conservatives and Ultra-Brexiters like Hannan himself?
The ugly truth about British nationalism.
6 min read
The violence in George Square is not Scotland’s shame. This is a British problem. Britishness owns it. Sectarianism and racism are a disease of British nationalism.
The uncomfortable past.
7 min read
It takes a dramatic event such as toppling a statue to force people to confront uncomfortable truths and the ugly reality of what the British Empire did abroad.
The pageant of British self-regard.
5 min read
VE Day is not an occasion for celebration. War is not, and should never be, something to be celebrated.
The dangerous irresponsibility of the British media.
6 min read
As anger grows against Westminster’s woeful mishandling of the coronavirus emergency, the British Press is desperate to demonise and undermine the public health decisions of the Scottish Government.