Tag Archives: Austerity

Tories plead with SNP to explain Brexit.

Posted on September 20, 2016 by auldacquaintance

You couldn’t make it up,could you? Tories are now asking the SNP to explain Brexit to them, and asking the Scottish Government to make it work! SNP must explain how it will make Brexit work   I know it sounds … Continue reading →

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Naming and Shaming

Posted on July 30, 2016 by auldacquaintance

Oscar Wilde wrote: “In old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press. That is an improvement certainly. But still it is very bad, and wrong, and demoralizing. Somebody — was it Burke? — called journalism the fourth … Continue reading →

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Why YES Is Not SNP

Posted on July 24, 2016 by auldacquaintance

Now that headline ” Why YES Is Not SNP” may immediately get some some peoples backs up! Bear with me though. I am not having a go at the SNP, I am simply saying things as I see them. Seemingly … Continue reading →

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Rule Britannia OK

Posted on July 21, 2016 by auldacquaintance

You have had your say, and you chose to remain part of the UK, so that is it settled then, you are not getting another referendum, and we will not allow you to have one. So suck it up suckers! … Continue reading →

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The Lunatics have broken out of the Asylum

Posted on June 27, 2016 by auldacquaintance

I haven’t made any real comments on any forum during the course of the EU debate, instead I have simply watched and listened as events unfolded. However, having spent a good part of the last year touring all around England,It … Continue reading →

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UK OK

Posted on June 26, 2013 by auldacquaintance

It’s got to be UK Ok! It’s Better Together, They say And there is no better way Than living in the UK today Austerity measures are a Buzz So what’s all your fuss? Just get on your bus As in … Continue reading →

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Stale Jammy Dodgers

Posted on June 26, 2013 by auldacquaintance

When I was a small child one of my favourite biscuits was jammy dodgers, I am sure that most of you will know what they are, but just in case you don’t let me describe the jammy dodger for you. … Continue reading →

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Making a Balls of things.

Posted on June 3, 2013 by auldacquaintance

What many suspected has now been confirmed, whichever way people vote in the next Westminster General election in 2015, they will be stuck with effectively the same government following the same policies, and an end will finally be put to … Continue reading →

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Christmas Present

Posted on December 11, 2012 by auldacquaintance

As we approach Christmas in these increasingly Dickensian times of Austerity, it would be very easy for us to fall into the approach presented by the Westminster Governments Grinch or Scrooge like attitude. To Hell with Tiny Tims, Let the … Continue reading →

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Compassion

Posted on December 3, 2012 by auldacquaintance

Compassion….Such a nice word isn’t it. Not quite like words such as “Cuts” “Austerity” “Freeze” “Disabled” “poverty” , which are words we an associate with the British Chancellor George Osbournes Autumn? Statement, due tomorrow. As bad news gets leaked first, … Continue reading →

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