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Coalition Commotion
Image: Stock I was a total waste of space yesterday. Having stayed up through the night until 6am I was woken at 9 by the postman and never managed to get back into it again. Three hours was all I … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Politics, Scotland, Sport, UK
Tagged Conservative, David Cameron, Football, General Election, Gordon Brown, House of Commons, hung parliament, Labour, Lib Dems, Mike Crockart, Nick Clegg, Paisley, Politics, SPL, Sport, St Mirren, Westminster
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A Nation In Limbo
Image: EP The votes were cast, collated and counted, and in the end we are still waiting to see what the political future of the United Kingdom is and who our next PM will be. When I cast my vote … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Politics, UK
Tagged BBC, Conservative, democracy, General Election, Labour, Liberal Democrats, parliament, Politics, polling station, SNP, voting
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The Forest, Not The Trees
Image: Robert Young Has anyone else noticed that whenever a Tory candidate speaks of their own children’s schooling they always say “state school”? I doubt this is a coincidence but rather a deliberate attempt to turnaround the persona of the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Leith, Politics, Writing
Tagged Books, Conservative, David Cameron, Editing, Fiction, General Election, Leith, Leith Academy, Michael Gow, Politics, private school, schools, Spider Man, state school, teaching, Tories, Writing
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Leaders’ Debate Part 2
Image: Guardian I watched the second Leaders debate last night on Sky News. With two weeks to go until the GE and after Nick Clegg’s unanimous defeat of his rivals in last week’s debate, he woke yesterday morning to splashed … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Film & TV, Politics
Tagged Conservative, David Cameron, foregin policy, Gordon Brown, immigration, Labour, Leaders' debate, Lib Dem, Liberal Deomcrats, Nick Clegg, pensions, Politics, the Pope, Tory
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Freedom from the Mundane 
EBS Event: Alistair Darling
Image: The Guardian Alistair Darling Alistair Darling was in town last night to promote his new book, Back From the Brink, “a first-hand account of the (economic) crisis of 2007, and a fascinating view of life inside the Downing Street … Continue reading →