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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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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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A Big Thanks
Image: vistamommy As is typical for an Easter Monday it rained all morning. No worries on my part because my holiday was officially over now and I was back to work, the beauty of that being it was now a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Poetry, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, UK, Writing
Tagged blog, Blogging, chapbook, Concervative Party, David Cameron, Day Job, Easter Monday, General Election, Gordon Brown, Holiday, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Poetry, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, readership, sales, Scottish Nationalists, Starbucks, Tories
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Edwina Currie – Why?
Image: Brandi Sims I was gutted to discover Spotify doesn’t have any of the classic De La Soul album, Three Feet High and Rising on its free database. A quick click on Play.com soon sorted that out. I used to … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Writing
Tagged coffee shop, Conservative Party, dairy farmers, De La Soul, Edinburgh, Edwina Currie, eggs, glasses, High School, John Major, Margaret Thatcher, Music, opticians, rugby, Scotland, Six Nations, Spotify, St Mirren, Three Feet High and Rising, Tories, Wales, Writing
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Thatcher and Me
I’m loathed to write something about the demise of Margaret Thatcher purely because so much has already been written and happened this past week. For me her death is nothing particularly remarkable. Back in the day I despised her politics, … Continue reading →