It’s just over six months to Scotland’s Holyrood elections. On cue, Keir Starmer told Scottish journalists on Monday (20th October) that John Swinney was “insulting the intelligence of the Scottish people” with his plans to link the election to independence.… Read More »
EUropean Movement in Scotland Launches Brussels Group
Dateline: Brussels 16th October 2025 Scotland’s biggest and oldest pro-EU organisation, the European Movement in Scotland (EMiS), has set up a branch in Brussels. EMiS Brussels was launched at a reception… Read More »
Ming Campbell dies, aged 84
The European Movement in Scotland (EMiS) mourns the passing of Ming Campbell (Lord Campbell of Pittenweem). Ming Campbell had served as President of EMiS and was a lifelong advocate for… Read More »
The ECHR is the guardian of our freedoms: give it up at our peril
Nigel Farage is a conservative. He believes in a small state, in personal responsibility and the right of the individual to lead their life as little bothered by the state as possible. I haven’t asked the Reform leader if this is the case, but he’s been a politician for a long time now and in each of the parties he’s headed up…… Read More »
“Scottish Brexit” – End of Europe ScholarShips
Recent graduate from the College of Europe, Liam McLoughlan, interviewed the head of the College, Federica Mogherini, about the Scottish Government’s decision to end scholarships for Scottish students. … Read More »
Migrant truths from the Mid-West
David Gow forensically peels way the right wing rhetoric around immigration to show that immigrants are critical to our economic stability and growth
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Trump’s Quest to Transform the West
How Trump’s illiberal ideology aims to remodel Europe: essential reading.… Read More »
Scotland’s political orphanage
We need to start thinking of a republican front of progressives at Holyrood to run the country and deliver that all-elusive change.… Read More »
