The 30th January this year was the 75th anniversary of the assainsation of Mohandas “Mahatma” Ghandi. He was shot dead by Nathuram Godse, a right wing Hindu nationalist. Ghandi was a Hindu and made no secret of it, dressing in the saffron robes and shaven head of a Hindu holy man. However Ghandi’s vision was… Read More Ghandi and Modi | Lost Legacy

Always different, always the same

This week Nicola Sturgeon resigned. Only a few weeks ago she was casting herself as the power broker holding the balance of power after next election. Many people have told me they think the SNP will be weaker because Sturgeon has left.   Personally I think that Sturgeon is leaving because the SNP are in… Read More Like a Sturgeon | The decline of the SNP

This week marks 3 years since Boris’ Brexit deal came into affect. On January 31 three years ago, then-PM Boris Johnson led the country out of the EU after decades of membership and years of campaigning, mainly from the right of British politics. The Brexit deal that we ended up with was much harder than… Read More So this is Brexit | And what have we done?