Archive - Peter A Bell

John Swinney is a scoundrel!

Now that I have been banished from Facebook for no apparent reason, I hope to spend more time here.

Feb 21 • Peter A Bell

We knew when the final agenda was published that there was going to be no good news for Scotland’s cause coming from the SNP Conference in Aberdeen.

Oct 12, 2025 • Peter A Bell

Stu Campbell is on a mission, and when he is on a mission, somebody is going to feel the heat.

Jun 28 • Peter A Bell

#ScottishUDI - The strategy for independence

Presentation to the Independence Forum Scotland (IFS) Autumn Convention 2025

Nov 8, 2025 • Peter A Bell

Flirting with the radical

As things stand, there is no way for any of us to vote for independence in the 2026 election.

Mar 20, 2025 • Peter A Bell

From risible to inevitable

Do you think Professor Richard Murphy is being melodramatic when he says he can “now see no reason” why making support for Scotland’s independence an…

Jan 12 • Peter A Bell

I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to the Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the British (English…

Apr 13 • Peter A Bell

Rally for what?

I sympathise with a sentiment expressed by Lesley Riddoch in her column in today’s National. She writes, “…when you’re fed up making a point repeatedly…

Apr 16 • Peter A Bell

Beautiful dreamer

Addressing workers at Nigg Bay on the Cromarty Firth in July 2013, First Minister Alex Salmond spoke of the six unions that “govern our lives today in…

Feb 3 • Peter A Bell

Two sides of a worthless coin

It may lack the scientific rigour of formal surveys, but perusing the readers’ letters page of The National together with a sampling of below-the-line…

Feb 15 • Peter A Bell

Duplicitousness and treachery

John Swinney is delusional.

Jan 4 • Peter A Bell

I find the accounts given by Allison Graham and Cynthia Guthrie perfectly credible.

Jun 26 • Peter A Bell

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