Monthly Archives: March 2012

The Truth Is

Posted on March 30, 2012 by auldacquaintance

Watching Newsnight Scotland tonight, I noticed that they had wheeled out their favourite Unionist political commentator John Curtis yet again, and for the sake of their skewed idea of balance, they had former Labour Script writer Lorraine Davidson for company. … Continue reading →

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Aye4Scotland Suspended by Twitter

Posted on March 30, 2012 by auldacquaintance

It came as quite a surprise to me today to find out that Aye4Scotland has had our Twitter account suspended. As far as I am aware no rules have been broken, and anything that has been tweeted has been well … Continue reading →

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Lords,Rocks and Barnetts

Posted on March 29, 2012 by auldacquaintance

Yesterday saw the second reporting stage of the Scotland Bill take place in the House of Lords, and from time to time I keep my critical eye on such proceedings. In the report stage of the bill, the Lords vote … Continue reading →

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Caged in a playpen

Posted on March 27, 2012 by auldacquaintance

I have been somewhat lost for words over the past week, namely because there has been so much to comment about that I didn’t know where to start. I did think of deconstructing David Camerons speech to the Tory conference … Continue reading →

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Union Timeline Part2, post 1707

Posted on March 22, 2012 by auldacquaintance

Although the Act of Union took place in 1707, there had been many attempts made in the previous 100 years since the Union of the Crowns to have full Union. These had all been soundly rebuffed prior to the despicable … Continue reading →

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Fudge it Budget

Posted on March 21, 2012 by auldacquaintance

Well there we have it….The Budget, and what a Fudge it was. Gideon did precisely nothing to help those struggling in poverty and paid out to his Rich pals as expected. But there were some interesting aspects for Scotland which … Continue reading →

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Grannie knows best

Posted on March 21, 2012 by auldacquaintance

We have got a wee grannie who sits on two thrones While most of her family we would gladly disown She married old Phil many long years in the past He was Greek now he’s British, a bigoted oaf till … Continue reading →

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Union Timeline Part 1, 1707

Posted on March 19, 2012 by auldacquaintance

The Act of Union didn’t just simply appear in 1707 as a means of bailing out Scotland from the results of the disastrous Darien adventure, much as the British Historians would like us to believe. Unfortunately that story has been … Continue reading →

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One Chance Only

Posted on March 18, 2012 by auldacquaintance

I wonder how many missed my comments during my blogging break? It’s been two weeks now of my abstinence, and time for me me to get back on track again. I had actually saved around three topics which I intended … Continue reading →

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One More Commission

Posted on March 5, 2012 by auldacquaintance

The Big announcement and superb idea which the Labour Leadership and Conference came up with at the weekend, is to have a Commission to look into the question of Devolution. To see if there is any need for further devolved … Continue reading →

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