Bella Caledonia

Imagining a Scottish Democracy since 2007. Get our anthology here: http://leamingtonbooks.com/bella-caledonia

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2026-07-26 18:56:23 GMT

Falastin Film, the Book Fringe and the Allan Armstrong Memorial Book Sale https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/07/26/falastin-film-the-book-fringe-and-the-allan-armstrong-memorial-book-sale/
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2026-07-14 14:25:48 GMT

Clause 107 | Reform UK are trying to criminalise the use of Gaelic and Scots election materials:
https://open.substack.com/pub/fiftysixdegreesnorth/p/clause-107?r=5teob&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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2026-07-08 20:01:50 GMT

Qusay has been living in tents in Gaza for over eight months, facing hunger and uncertainty. He’s accepted to Glasgow University but needs help with living costs and tuition. Your support can change his life. Please consider donating: https://gofund.me/22780ee12
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2026-07-05 21:33:56 GMT

Opportunities for Young Writers in Scotland
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/07/05/opportunities-for-young-writers-in-scotland/
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2026-06-08 22:36:48 GMT

Eh? Aye? Resisting Scotland’s Hyperscale Data Centre Revolution
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/06/08/eh-aye-resisting-scotlands-hyperscale-data-centre-revolution/
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2026-04-22 19:51:33 GMT

There's three different responses to the constitutional crisis that's unravelling across the 'UK'.
The first is the Scare and Smear campaign. The second is to engage in Deep Denial. The third is to Flood the Zone.
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2026-02-09 13:20:24 GMT

On why McSweeney's departure won't stem the flow and why Anas Sarwar's campaign has become an empty hot-dog roll https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/09/mandelson-mcsweeney-and-the-labour-civil-war/
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2026-01-01 19:41:53 GMT

The attempt to separate Malcolm Offord from the fascist party he has joined is now the shared task of a wide range of players from the far-right tabloid press to the dregs of the Alba party, to the lobbyists and columnists who surround him. https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/01/a-glimmer-of-something-its-not-light/
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2025-12-06 14:00:44 GMT

Everyone knows Farage is racist, his racist supporters know it and his racist funders know it | Wrestling with a Pig
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/06/wrestling-with-a-pig/
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2024-12-29 20:30:48 GMT

On Faragism, Gigafactory’s and Independence
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/12/29/on-faragism-gigafactorys-and-independence/
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2024-12-27 22:56:40 GMT

As 2024 closes we’re taking feedback from readers and writers. Go here to take part, thanks: https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/12/27/bella-review-and-feedback-2024/
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2024-12-22 11:16:56 GMT

The idea of a Scottish Republic moves independence support from 54% to 59%. This puts us in a completely new political landscape which doesn’t have faith in the previously ‘unifying’ idea of a British monarchy https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/12/22/for-a-scottish-republic-2/
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2024-12-18 20:50:04 GMT

With the announcement of the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media, here's my take on Tortoise from 2020 ... I don't like to say "I told you so" but ...
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2020/02/29/bp-and-tortoise-media/
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2024-12-17 18:12:35 GMT

This isn’t just Labour’s problem, it’s all of ours...the likely beneficiaries of widespread immiseration, cynicism and despair are not, a popular left but a populist right https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/12/17/loves-labours-lost-2/
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2024-11-29 14:16:23 GMT

There are two #AssistedDyingBill s. One going through Westminster, one about to go through Holyrood. If the bill passes in Westminster it will go ahead. If the bill passes in Holyrood it will be quashed https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/11/29/death-is-devolved/
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2024-11-27 21:58:16 GMT

On Impartiality, Nepotism and State Broadcasting
Is the BBC biased to the right and in favour of Israel and if so, why and how? This research explains how this has happened and why.
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/11/27/on-impartiality-nepotism-and-state-broadcasting/
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2024-11-16 20:19:58 GMT

Writing tomorrow for the @ScotNational on Trump's appointments including Stephen Miller, Elon Musk, Pete Hegseth, Mike Huckabee, Tom Homan, Tulsi Gabbard, Matt Gaetz, RFK Jnr, Kristi Noem ...
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2024-10-30 17:42:59 GMT

It was unthinkable to say this even 10 years ago, but today, as we become increasingly aware of these crises, it seems all too clear: our economic system is incompatible with life on this planet.”
– Jason Hickel
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/10/30/the-unthinkable-3-1/
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2024-10-26 14:29:04 GMT

...if ‘democracy dies in the darkness’ – try it out in a warzone where guns and bullets not money and threats are killing journalists, not journalism.
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/10/26/democracy-dies-in-darkness/
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2024-10-25 17:16:44 GMT

Is the Amoc Shutting Down? and What does It Mean for Scotland?
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/10/25/is-the-amoc-shutting-down-and-what-does-it-mean-for-scotland/
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2024-09-25 11:51:09 GMT

The juxtaposition between Labour’s bid to ‘crack down’ on benefit cheats and the new revelations that Sir Keir Starmer accepted accommodation worth £20,000 to help his 16-year-old son study for his GCSE exams, is brutal
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/09/25/the-big-opportunity/
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2024-09-24 15:17:15 GMT

Returning the Sausages - a deeply unserious speech from a deeply unserious politician - a bizarre jumble of Tory talking points cobbled together in front of a GIGANTIC Union Jack. What a shambles. #LabourConferece24
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/09/24/returning-the-sausages/

2024-09-20 22:08:23 GMT

This week on Bella read Janette Ayachi, Gerry Hassan, Charlie Ellis, Andrew Redmond, & a moving essay by Christopher Silver on the tenth anniversary of the #indyref plus loads more. We're Scotland's longest-running independence magazine. Support us here:
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/donate
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