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Mental health and social…
According to Help Guide studies have found a strong link between social media abuse (using it too much) and mental health issues. You are more likely to suffer from depression,…
Thursday April 15
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How to spot a…
Before I learned what narcissism meant, the only person I could think of was someone like Tony Stark as I did not fully understand the concept of it until recently. That original perception was naïve to think…
Tuesday March 30
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Most popular drugs used…
How do drugs and alcohol affect mental health? From taking drugs and drinking alcohol recreationally to using it for self-medication purposes, everyone has their reasons for indulging. If using it…
Tuesday March 30
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Rarest forms of mental…
Rarest forms of mental health issues Did you know that one in four people will experience a mental health issue of some kind each year? According to Mind charity, one in six…
Tuesday March 30
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Positive tips on to…
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Tuesday March 30
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Top 3 talking points…
1. How many trophies will The Rangers win? The Rangers have impressed many this season by not only winning their first-ever SPFL trophy but have the opportunity to finish the…
Monday March 29
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My Scotland squad for…
Substitutes: Gordon, Robertson, Dykes, Fraser, Armstrong, McKenna, McGregor, O'Donnell, Forrest, Shinnie, McLean Do you agree with this line-up? Is it too defensive? Who would you replace? Please let us know…
Monday March 29
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Fact file: Alba Party
With the Scottish elections fast approaching this May, we as voters have to think about which party to vote for. SNP, the Conservative Party, Labour, Green Party, Liberal Democrats, and…
Wednesday March 31
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Supporting Independent Scottish Media
With all the goings on just now with the BBC and alleged copyrighted videos being the cause of the removal of a couple of independence supporter's accounts on youtube. I wonder what , or who is next? So it is important to show support for the Scottish independent media.
Below are RSS Feeds to some of the top websites. You can add them to your own Rss Feed Reader, or subscribe to their website for updates etc..
Wings Over Scotland
21 October 2021
The world's most-read Scottish politics website-
Tidying up
Right, as promised, one last piece of admin. (This post will be removed in due time.) We left...
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Under Her Thumb
When the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts died last month, the first of their songs that...
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Lights out
This week in 2014, I drew a picture of a light going out. Seven years on, I’ve just done the...
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Not-so-pretty Greens
For many years now, whenever I’ve done one of those “Which Political Party Should You Be...
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SCOT goes POP!
21 October 2021
A pro-independence blog by James Kelly - voted one of Scotland's top 10 political websites.-
An important update on forthcoming Scot Goes Pop polling on GRA reform and independence
With grateful thanks for your patience, I'm pleased to be able to tell you that I've finally
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Some concrete suggestions of how to achieve Yes unity
I gather that Ruth Wishart has issued a call for an end to "internecine warfare" in the Yes...
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Big drop in Labour vote as SNP win Falkirk by-election
As you may have seen, the SNP won a local council by-election in Falkirk overnight. It's...
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The curious Britishness of the pro-independence Scottish Government
Reading through the account in the Guardian of the report into the UK's catastrophic failings in...
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Independence will not be won by drifting through time and waiting for Alister Jack's dismal vision of restoring "a YouGov democracy by 2039"
With the normal caveat that I'm not a legal expert, it seems to me to be utter nonsense to
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Wee Ginger Dug
21 October 2021
Biting the hand of Project Fear
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The Brexit chickens come home to roost
Brexit, It’s going soooo well isn’t it. The whole of the UK is basking in the sunlit...
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Do as one says not as one does
COP26 hasn’t even started yet and already I’m wondering just how much projectile...
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SpeakGaelic is launched
It’s nice to be able to report something positive from the BBC for a change. No, the...
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Perfidious Albion rides again
The phrase Perfidious Albion or Perfidious Angleterre has a very long history and an equally long...
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One year on
Today marks the one year anniversary since I suffered what the medical staff in the hospital...