Category Archives: General Election

Now comes the Winter of our Discontent

Posted on September 9, 2017 by auldacquaintance

From the Nightmares of Summer to the Winter of our discontent. How short a time it seems since early summer, and how much has happened since. To begin with we had the vote and the announcement in the Scottish Parliament … Continue reading →

Posted in #Scotref, Brexit, Change, Council Elections, EU, Europe, General Election, Human Rights, independence, Manifesto, Nicola Sturgeon, politics, scotland, Theresa May, YES, YES2 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

I Defend My Right To Be Offended

Posted on July 30, 2017 by auldacquaintance

You really couldn’t make it up, well actually you could, but it wouldn’t be half as much fun as the the real thing. It’s an absolute twitter storm gone completely out of control which has now spread out into the … Continue reading →

Posted in #Scotref, Brexit, freedom, General Election, Human Rights, independence, politics, scotland, Twitter, Wings over Scotland, YES, YES2 | Tagged , , , , | 17 Comments

INDY WARS

Posted on July 24, 2017 by auldacquaintance

I may not have written anything recently on this blog, given that I have been focussed entirely on writing my book “The Thistle,The Lion and The Unicorn” , but that doesn’t mean to say that I haven’t also been following … Continue reading →

Posted in #Scotref, Brexit, General Election, independence, politics, scotland, Twitter, YES, YES2 | Tagged , , , , | 15 Comments

The Thistle, the Lion and the Unicorn (taster)

Posted on June 13, 2017 by auldacquaintance

I have ceased blogging to concentrate on writing my book “The Thistle, The lion and the Unicorn” However here is a taster of the Introduction and first chapter. It is unedited as yet…so this is just the first draft with … Continue reading →

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Brexit v Independence

Posted on April 20, 2017 by auldacquaintance

The Control freakery of Theresa May seems to know no bounds. First she wanted control of parliament so that parliament would not be able to debate anything to do with her Brexit Bill…. She was challenged and lost in the … Continue reading →

Posted in #Scotref, Brexit, EU, Europe, General Election, Human Rights, independence, Nicola Sturgeon, politics, scotland, Theresa May | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

In Scotland Lets make June the End of May

Posted on April 19, 2017 by auldacquaintance

Theresa May after calling for a General Election to take place on the 8th of June has decided to make her pitch to Scotland on the Independence Referendum of All things. Writing for the Scotsman she said the following: “Those … Continue reading →

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Different Elections, Different voting Strategies

Posted on April 18, 2017 by auldacquaintance

Hot on the heels of Theresa Mays surprise snap announcement of a General Election on June 8th, Channel 4 reported that the Crown Prosecution Service would be considering charges against up to 30 Tory Mps for Election fraud which have … Continue reading →

Posted in Council Elections, General Election, politics, scotland, Theresa May, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Mandates for Dummies

Posted on March 30, 2017 by auldacquaintance

Well what a week it has been… May comes to Glasgow and meets with  Nicola Sturgeon in a wee hotel room, says nothing of any significance and sods off to do photo opportunities with the polis and then off to … Continue reading →

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Ditch Independence Referendum

Posted on November 24, 2016 by auldacquaintance

With all the uncertainty and piling on of debt associated with Brexit from this Conservative government,how much longer can we wait for them to begin to sort out what they are going to do about Article 50? They have now … Continue reading →

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Labour produces visionary manifesto

Posted on April 27, 2016 by auldacquaintance

W e have been kept waiting, with many not holding their breath for an Inspiring and Visionary Labour Manifesto … Today against all odds , Labour finally achieved the sort of thinking that they are capable of. With trumpets and … Continue reading →

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