Private schools are an easy target. Exploit them!
STUART CRAWFORD stood as SNP candidate in the 1999 first Scottish Parliamentary elections, after serving in the army for nearly 20 years. As both a Sandhurst graduate and a product of the state...
View ArticleDefence in an Independent Scotland
STUART CRAWFORD gives a brief synopsis of the issues surrounding an independent Scotland’s defence forces. Another week, another study into how an independent Scotland might formulate its defence...
View ArticleStop discriminating against female soldiers
STUART CRAWFORD, Sandhurst graduate and former member of the 4th Royal Tank Regiment, argues it’s time to let women choose whether or not they serve in direct combat. News that four US Army...
View ArticleAn Independent Scotland Might Have to Thole Trident on the Clyde
Getting rid of Trident won’t be a simple process even in an independent Scotland, writes defence specialist STUART CRAWFORD. The recent revelation that the Non Proliferation Treaty, designed to stop...
View ArticleEconomic life of windfarms is wildly exaggerated
It’s pretty clear to most that the SNP led Scottish Government has predicated the economic viability of Scotland, whether independent or not, on renewable energy, writes STUART CRAWFORD. Indeed, some...
View ArticleThe Bacon Roll Chronicles: The Village Coffee House
Every bacon roll has a story to tell. Where was it bought? Why was the purchaser there? Did is taste good, or could it have been better? What sort of premises produced it? What were the servers like?...
View ArticleVotes for prisoners
Denying prisoners a vote in the 2014 independence referendum is both wrong and detrimental to society, writes STUART CRAWFORD. A bit of a stooshie this week over whether those who will be residing at...
View ArticleDefence committee: Scotland needs answers
Defence commentator and former military officer STUART CRAWFORD analyses the findings of today’s Commons defence select committee. The Select Committee report on the defence implications of Scottish...
View ArticleAn English view of Scottish independence
I have been spending a bit of time recently in deepest Englandshire – Somerset to be precise, just around the corner from Buckfast Abbey. Being away from home allows me to look from the outside back...
View ArticleWho’s afraid of the big bad lobbyist?
As I get older I get increasingly used to hearing complete nonsense presented as fact by folk who, frankly, should know better. But seldom have I encountered the level of utter tosh and balderdash...
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