Tag Archives: Labour

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 →

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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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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 →

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Complete Disrespect of Scotland

Posted on April 16, 2017 by auldacquaintance

The Council elections have been completely hijacked by the Tory and Labour Unionist parties. For them it is all about another Scottish referendum or the denial of one. Both of them are touting for Unionist votes and claiming that if … Continue reading →

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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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Spitting Yoonatics

Posted on February 28, 2017 by auldacquaintance

  Oh to see Spitting Image back on our screens again today and see them depict the Yoonionist Yoonatics for what they are. The madness and MAYhem of 2016 has no signs of abating in 2017. In fact by all … Continue reading →

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When Polls don’t work

Posted on February 15, 2017 by auldacquaintance

I am always sceptical about polls, and for very good reasons. They can be fun, they can be informative to an extent, but are open to manipulation depending on what questions are asked, who they are asked of, and how … Continue reading →

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Lentils and Watermelons

Posted on February 3, 2017 by auldacquaintance

Anyone would be forgiven for thinking that Lentils and Watermelons are utterly dreadful if they watched the meltdown in the Scottish parliament yesterday by ace Tory troll Murdo Fraser MSP. Murdo was fair doing his dinger at Patrick Harvey and … Continue reading →

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Unionists are Not Unionists

Posted on February 2, 2017 by auldacquaintance

It may seem a strange thing to say, but unionists are not unionists. Whatever they may be, or whatever they think they are, what they are decidedly not is Unionist. Many residents of Scotland when asked how they identify themselves, … Continue reading →

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