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Category Archives: politics
Now comes the Winter of our Discontent
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 Brexit, Britain, EU, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Scotland, SNP, Theresa May, Tories, Trump, UK
7 Comments
To Live in the early days of a Better Nation
The plan for government introduced by the First Minister yesterday caught everybody by surprise, both her detractors and her supporters. Nobody but nobody was expecting it,and it caught everyone on the hop with its vision, its breadth of intent, its … Continue reading
Posted in #Scotref, Brexit, EU, Europe, Human Rights, independence, politics, scotland, YES2
Tagged Brexit, Britain, EU, Scotland
14 Comments
The Right to challenge
Alex Salmond ruffled some sensitive journalistic feathers the other day in his UnCut fringe show when he suggested that he knew only 6 good decent Scottish Journalists worth their salt. “The press are largely despised, not just because of what … Continue reading
Posted in #Scotref, Council Elections, independence, politics, scotland, YES, YES2
Tagged Alex Salmond, media, News, press
4 Comments
Pride and Prejudice
It has been that week again. You know the one where the annual GERS figures are released and all sorts of arguments spring up around them. The Brit Nats crow about how awful they are and mock how dreadful Scotlands … Continue reading
Posted in #Scotref, independence, politics, scotland, STV, YES
Tagged GERS, Independence, Jeremy Corbyn, Scotland
9 Comments
My Fight
WARNING…… What Follows is extremely long and massively contentious “By far the greatest bulk of the political ‘education,’ which in this case one may rightly define with the word ” propaganda,’ is the work of the press. It is the … Continue reading
Posted in #Scotref, Brexit, Change, EU, Europe, freedom, Human Rights, independence, Nicola Sturgeon, politics, scotland, Theresa May, YES
Tagged Alex Salmond, Blair, Brexit, British Nationalism, EU, Farage, Human Rights, Independence, Labour, Momentum, Movement, Nicola Sturgeon, Propoganda, Scotland, Scottish Nationalism, SNP, Theresa May, Tories, Trump, YES
7 Comments
NOW IS THE TIME AND NOW IS THE HOUR
Well? What are you waiting for? Some magical independence fairy to come along and wave a magic wand, or the Ghosts of Bruce and Wallace and Calgacus to appear among us and drive us on? It is not going to … Continue reading
Posted in freedom, Nicola Sturgeon, politics, scotland, YES, YES2
Tagged Independence, politics, Scotland, YES
6 Comments
In Conversation with Shuggie McHumblebottom (PROUD SCOT)
Today I have been in conversation with Shuggie McHumblebottom the editor and lead writer of the “Scotland Is Shite” online publication. I asked him first off what inspired him to write so copiously as he does? Shuggie: Well first off … Continue reading
I Defend My Right To Be Offended
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 homophobia, Independence, politics, Scotland, Stupidity
17 Comments
INDY WARS
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 Brexit, Independence, politics, Scotland, YES
15 Comments
The Thistle, the Lion and the Unicorn (taster)
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
Posted in #Scotref, Brexit, Council Elections, EU, Europe, General Election, independence, Nicola Sturgeon, politics, scotland, Theresa May, YES
Tagged Independence, Labour, Scotland, SNP, The thistle the lion and the unicorn, Tories, Westminster
9 Comments
Auld Acquaintance 