Category Archives: YES

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

Trolls Trolling Themselves

Posted on August 26, 2017 by auldacquaintance

I am sure quite a few on Social Media and those that read the comments sections of various newspapers have noticed a significant rise in recent times of Brit Nat trolls trying to create as much disruption as they possibly … Continue reading →

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The Right to challenge

Posted on August 25, 2017 by auldacquaintance

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 →

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Pride and Prejudice

Posted on August 25, 2017 by auldacquaintance

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 →

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My Fight

Posted on August 15, 2017 by auldacquaintance

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 →

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NOW IS THE TIME AND NOW IS THE HOUR

Posted on August 3, 2017 by auldacquaintance

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 →

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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 →

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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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No to YES

Posted on April 14, 2017 by auldacquaintance

It is not my profession, but regularly to keep fit I do some store merchandising and shop fitting. Why do I mention this? Simply to relate a little antidote from my travels. Pre the 2014 #Indyref I had been away … Continue reading →

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