British PM Theresa May’s sudden call for a general election on 8 June is widely reported to be the end of Nicola Sturgeon’s attempt to force a second Scottish independence referendum that had already been rejected in London. Sturgeon had been about to announce a timetable for the vote but that was abruptly scrapped. WfaAR will be watching that space as we couldn’t help but notice the relish in the Daily Express’ headline – nothing like the prospect of two prominent female politicians scratching each other’s eyes out to engage the population and sell more papers. [“REVEALED: Theresa May called snap general election to ‘DESTROY’ Nicola Sturgeon” by Paul Baldwin, Daily Express online, 19 April 2017]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
