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The Cost of Nationalism
Image: English Passport Scotland Votes The result of the Scottish Parliamentary Election was nothing short of staggering. While the Liberal Democrats were being punished for their performance at the Westminster, and the Tories were bumbling on as insignificantly as ever, … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Politics, Scotland
Tagged Alex Salmond, economics, Edinburgh, election, Grassmarket, Labour, Liberal Democrats, nationalism, oil, Politics, pubs, Scottish Independence, Scottish Parliamentary election, SNP, Tories, unionism, whisky
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Sarah Palin: American Ambassador
Image: The Periscope Post Sarah Palin is for Real Twitter throws up the most amazing things sometimes. Occasionally you pick up something someone has said and it totally connects, other times you feel like you want to throttle someone for … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Poetry, Politics, Scotland, Writing
Tagged America, Americans, Democrats, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, extremists, Guardian, IRA, Jihad, Kids' Poems, Leith, Mafioso, Muslim, notebook, Osama Bin Laden, Paul Auster, poems, Poetry, Politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Scotland, Scottish Parliamentary election, The Red Notebook, Twitter, United Nations, USA, Writing
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Still Undecided in the Scottish Parliamentary Elections
Image: STV.tv The Scottish Elections It’s another sunny but chilly day over the Scottish capital. I think this contradiction in weather patterns has something to do with the Scottish Parliamentary Elections this week. Oh, hadn’t you heard? Yes, we Scots … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Photography, Poetry, Politics, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Alex Salmond, Annabel Goldie, artist, boudoir, chapbook, chesty, cold and flu, Council Tax, Day Job, Edinburgh, elections, Gail Galbraith, Holyrood, illustrations, Independence, nationalism, parliament, Photography, Poetry, politicians, Politics, Scotland, Scottish Parliamentary Elections, Silly Poems, SNP, Tory, unionism, voting, Weather, web design, websites
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Two Men: Two Lectures
Image: Wikimedia My planned weekend at the Edinburgh Book Festival fell apart at the seams due to unforeseen circumstances. Higher priorities took over that meant everything else had to be cancelled at short notice or rearranged. It was just one … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Politics, Reading, Writing
Tagged AC Grayling, Adam Roberts, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh Book Festival, Ken MacLeod, Labour Party, Peter Mandelson, philosophy, Politics, Roy Hattersley, Tony Blair
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Edinburgh’s Shame Part 2
Image: BBC Margo Macdonald is at it again. She’s talking sense when all around her are going mad. Again. She’s the first MSP to come out with a case for scrapping the Edinburgh Trams farce altogether, citing the council’s plans … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Freelance, Music, Photography, Politics, Reading, Writing
Tagged advertising, Bilfinger Berger, Books, Calton Hill, Day Job, dentist, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh City Council, Edinburgh trams, Editing, Fiction, Gail Galbraith Photography, gig review, history, Man in the East, Margo Macdonald, National Monument, Photography, Politics, proofing, public transport, rewriting, Six Nations Rugby, special offers, Supergrass, traffic
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Schoolboy Running The Show
Image: Mascarade Yesterday’s Word of the Day on the Dictionary.com mailing list was unbelievably topical; too topical, in fact, for it not to be a coincidence. Check it out: mugwump MUHG-wuhmp, noun: A person who is unable to make up … Continue reading
Masterplan
Image: Patrick Hoesly Saturday was a fun day. Up and out the house early but not to a coffee shop or anything like that, to Waverley train station and the 10am to Glasgow Queen Street. My target destination: St Mirren … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, I.T., Politics, Reading, Sport, Theatre, Travel
Tagged birthday party, Books, Edinburgh Playhouse, Football, General Election, government, Les Miserables, Paisley, Politics, Reading, SPL, St Mirren, Theatre, websites
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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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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 →