Category: Scotland
Money Matters - Watch This Space
by beano 
on 30 Jul 2008 at 16:03. Categories: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Business & Economy Northern Irish bank notes may soon be given legal standing
I noticed an interesting sentence at the very bottom of a Telegraph article about a W.H. Smith store in London overturning a ban on Northern Irish bank notes.
A spokesman for HM Treasury sa… more »
Scottish Conservatives Overreact
The Conservatives are the last party I'd expect to be complaining about police heavy-handedness but apparently, following huge trouble in Manchester after the city was flooded with up to 100,000 Rangers fans descending on the city for the UEFA cup final,… more »
That UK Senate again
by Michael Shilliday on 17 Mar 2008 at 14:23. Categories: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Blogging, Politics, History Nearly two years ago I wrote a piece outlining why I believe that the House of Lords is undemocratic and untenable in a modern democracy. I'd be interested to hear what EU's readers think. Rather unfortunately, Charter88's Elect the Lords campaign s… more »
The Implications of Separation
What would a 'Divorce' of the United Kingdom mean for Scotland and for the rest of us?
In advance of a radio show on Radio 4 entitled "The Beginner's Guide to Separation", the BBC web site has a quick look at some of the implications of Scotland leavi… more »
Happy Saint Andrew's Day
Surprisingly, Saint Andrew's day is not officially a holiday at present. Why not?
I couldn't figure out at first why my ISP had what at first sight appeared to be an error icon placed on their logo on their site today. I then realised that the strange… more »
Northern Ireland Catching Up On Broadband
by beano on 02 Jun 2007 at 16:08. Categories: Internet, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Irish Republic, Business & Economy Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are catching up to England for levels of broadband uptake according to figures released by Ofcom this week.
In 2005 England was leading the way with 36% of homes connected to broadband. Scotland followed with 31% w… more »
Reinforcing the Language Barrier that Separates the Community
by beano on 27 Feb 2007 at 13:45. Categories: Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Irish Republic, PSNI, Republicans, Law & Order, Culture Government research on the mainland is indicating that providing public services in foreign languages for non-English speakers is not only costing upwards of £100m a year (including £55m in the NHS), but isolating communities from each other.… more »
Do the Conservatives Care about NI?
by beano on 26 Nov 2006 at 16:55. Categories: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Politics Something of an alarming (or alarmist) poll in the Sunday Telegraph today (coinciding with the discussion here at EU about the various nationalisms in the UK) stating that 68% of voters in England want Scotland to leave the Union while 48% want to see En… more »
The Triple-Threat of Nationalism
by beano on 17 Nov 2006 at 11:31. Categories: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Guest Posts EU's third guest post sees Paul of N. Irish Magyar fame once again returning with his thoughts on some of the different nationalisms found on the Celtic fringe of the United Kingdom.
The continuing diversity of the United Kingdom is today threatened… more »
Violent Separatism Spreads to Scotland
Jamie Hoggan, a (rather geeky looking) 16 year old, who has declared himself to be a member of the "Scottish Freedom Force" (inspired by Mel Gibson's famous line in the completely historically accurate Braveheart, per chance?) has been convicted of carry… more »
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