Tag Archives: immigration

The Case in Favour of Open Borders

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Stephen Shellard

Opening the national border to all who wish to come is an unfashionable idea. The  last person  I can recall advocating such a policy was Angela Merkel.  “Wir schaffen das” she said with the confidence of a true leader. We … Continue reading →

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Far between sundown’s finish and midnight’s broken toll

Posted on December 15, 2024 by Stephen Shellard

I saw a post on Facebook recently, an excoriation of racism. Maybe I thought it a little self-righteous in its sentiment, but I couldn’t think of any comment that wouldn’t itself seem a little self-righteous.  I don’t really know the … Continue reading →

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A Day of Protests

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Stephen Shellard

Migrant communities are always the object of suspicion and mistrust and that is to be expected, but here in Scotland this should be tempered  with an awareness of the recent history of emigration. Continue reading →

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