Daibhidh: October 2013

Thursday 31 October 2013

Man spotted in Edinburgh wearing unicorn head - Odd - The Scotsman

SCOT goes POP!: Wisdom on Wednesday : Some jokes are truly timeles...

SCOT goes POP!: Wisdom on Wednesday : Some jokes are truly timeles...: "George Robertson says that a semi-detached Scots Parliament will 'kill dead the rump separatist desire'. Ho, ho, ho." ...

Tarff Advertiser: Then they came for me ....

Tarff Advertiser: Then they came for me ....: Time to think carefully about what sort of country you wish to live in and what the UK really means: DWP figures - 10,600 people died with...

Alba Matters: Feder ye spikkin' aboot?

Alba Matters: Feder ye spikkin' aboot?: Feder... Fit are... Geddit? Yeah, anyway, this isn't about Roger Federer (in case you got confused), it's about the Lib Dems and t...

Wednesday 30 October 2013

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : VISITING THE PARLIAMENT OF GALICIA // VISITANDO O ...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : VISITING THE PARLIAMENT OF GALICIA // VISITANDO O ...: Today my lovely Scottish family and I visited the Galician Parliament. We followed the debate (Question time to the President) and e...

Tocasaid: Hugh Reilly. Bigot.

Tocasaid: Hugh Reilly. Bigot.: Hugh Reilly is an everyman. Particularly, he's an auldman. While women may become crabbit with age, many men unfortunately morph i...

No Campaign EU membership myth falls apart!

Oil bosses’ ‘Doric Dictionary’ to go on sale - Top stories - The Scotsman

Edinburgh Pentlands CLP: Better Together Edinburgh - Juniper Green

Edinburgh Pentlands CLP: Better Together Edinburgh - Juniper Green: Several members of the Edinburgh Pentlands CLP joined Better Together activists at the Juniper Green Farmers' Market on Saturday....

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Independence, Grangemouth – and facing economic re...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Independence, Grangemouth – and facing economic re...: Grangemouth – and I mean the town, not just the plant – is saved. Can anyone not celebrate that? The answer unfortunately is yes – there ar...

Scottish Navy: Scotland is a maritime nation - how do we look aft...

Scottish Navy: Scotland is a maritime nation - how do we look aft...: @ScottishNavy " Scotland is a maritime nation with more than 11,000 miles of coastline, including nearly 800 islands, critical under...

Scottish Navy: Down to the nitty-gritty - Part 3: A divorce settl...

Scottish Navy: Down to the nitty-gritty - Part 3: A divorce settl...: @ScottishNavy Scotland is being offered £3.7bn assets - Navy could have £1bn worth of vessels Defence Minister Peter Luff recently sugg...

Tuesday 29 October 2013

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Ian Davidson and Dennis Canavan - Scotland Tonight...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Ian Davidson and Dennis Canavan - Scotland Tonight...: Source // Fonte: Peter Curran @moridura

British journalists lock each other up and throw away the key » Spectator Blogs

Theresa May's grubby little warning: an independent Scotland will be out in the cold » Spectator Blogs

Monday 28 October 2013

Andrew Wilson: Alex Salmond speech delivers - News - The Scotsman

Our splash

Scottish independence: Yes campaigners heartened by poll - Top stories - The Scotsman

SCOT goes POP!: Boost for pro-independence campaign in new Panelba...

SCOT goes POP!: Boost for pro-independence campaign in new Panelba...: I'm delighted to see that RevStu has included a straight voting intention question in the latest Wings over Scotland poll , partly beca...

Sunday 27 October 2013

Munguin's Republic: IS THAT SMOKE I SEE FROM Ms LAMONT'S TROUSERS

Munguin's Republic: IS THAT SMOKE I SEE FROM Ms LAMONT'S TROUSERS: Johann Lamont made an appearance on The Sunday Politics Scotland show today, in which she denied ever using the phrase "something f...

Saturday 26 October 2013

SCOT goes POP!: Dunfermline result provides further evidence that ...

SCOT goes POP!: Dunfermline result provides further evidence that ...: In the immortal words of Peter Snow (possibly modified slightly by Rory Bremner) - "It's just a bit of fun, that's all it is!&q...

Friday 25 October 2013

Munguin's Republic: RANDOM THOUGHTS

Gauging Govan: Grangemouth Crisis Shows Need for Independence and...

Gauging Govan: Grangemouth Crisis Shows Need for Independence and...: The closure of the petrochemical plant at Grangemouth has led directly to the loss of eight hundred jobs and put at risk not only a further...

Tarff Advertiser: The United Kingdom of London

Tarff Advertiser: Thanks for the memories ...

Tarff Advertiser: Thanks for the memories ...: It is 02:45. I took my sleeping pills and painkillers at 23:00 went to bed at 23:45 and have tossed and turned ever since. The problem wi...

Logic's Rock: We Don't Need no Revolution.

Logic's Rock: We Don't Need no Revolution.: I couldn't count myself as Russell Brand's greatest fan, but he obviously has a passion for popular sovereignty. We in Scot...

Tarff Advertiser: The United Kingdom of London

Tarff Advertiser: The United Kingdom of London: I saw an interesting graph yesterday showing wholesale gas prices are not much, if any, higher than a year ...

Thursday 24 October 2013

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : YES SCOTLAND CALLING: INFORMING ALL SCOTLAND // IN...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : YES SCOTLAND CALLING: INFORMING ALL SCOTLAND // IN...: Blair Jenkins interview published today in Sermos Galiza Blair is the Chief Executive of Yes Scotland Entrevista a Blair Jenkins pu...

SCOT goes POP!: "The Scottish Government must do everything! No, ...

SCOT goes POP!: "The Scottish Government must do everything! No, ...: I had to rush off urgently at 6.30pm, which unfortunately meant I had to abandon a highly entertaining - if also slightly depressing - Twitt...

Wednesday 23 October 2013

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Grangemouth: Chips are down - and the panic begins...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : NON Á LOMCE - 24 DE OUTUBRO: FOLGA! STRIKE!

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : NON Á LOMCE - 24 DE OUTUBRO: FOLGA! STRIKE!: FOLGA! Eu tamén me sumo! Por unha ensinanza universal, pública e de calidade Xa está ben de recortar en educación e en democracia !...

UK Grangemouth refinery closed since last week; impact on oil prices - a Platts Podcast

Ineos Grangemouth petchems complex to close, liquidators appointed within a week :: Chemical Week

SCOT goes POP!: The Civil Service's potted guide on how to be bias...

SCOT goes POP!: The Civil Service's potted guide on how to be bias...: I'm indebted to Stuart Dickson for pointing me in the direction of something rather extraordinary. The website for the Civil Service Fa...

Tuesday 22 October 2013

SCOT goes POP!: Is the Labour campaign in Dunfermline about to cla...

SCOT goes POP!: Is the Labour campaign in Dunfermline about to cla...: I know there has been a degree of disquiet about Labour's campaign leaflet in the Dunfermline by-election, in which the party uses logic...

Monday 21 October 2013

The Real McGowan: Living Wage Victory

The Real McGowan: Living Wage Victory: Sturgeon: We intend to make decent pay the norm, not the exception. Friday saw Scotland’s Deputy First Minister announce at the SNP conf...

Lesley Riddoch: Different standards apply here - News - The Scotsman

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : RECOMENDACIÓN ACTIVIDADE Librería AENEA: PREPARA...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : RECOMENDACIÓN ACTIVIDADE Librería AENEA: PREPARA...: Librería AENEA: PREPARACIÓN A SAMAHIN

Sunday 20 October 2013

Richie Venton Scottish Socialist Party: GRANGEMOUTH SHOWDOWN: defend workers' rights from ...

Richie Venton Scottish Socialist Party: GRANGEMOUTH SHOWDOWN: defend workers' rights from ...: A very important Demo has been called this Sunday 20th October at 12noon at Gate 4, (Bo'ness Road) of the INEOS plant in Grangemouth. ...

Lallands Peat Worrier: Lamont's tale of sound and fury

Lallands Peat Worrier: Lamont's tale of sound and fury: Seeing as it is the SNP conference weekend, a modest partisan gloat. Since taking over the good ship Scottish Labour after Iain Gray's...

SCOT goes POP!: Is it just me, or...

SCOT goes POP!: Is it just me, or...: There are some things that anti-independence campaigners say (and it seems to happen more and more as time goes on) that have such obvious h...

Saturday 19 October 2013

Land Destroyer: EXPOSED: Syrian Human Rights Front is EU-Funded Fr...

Land Destroyer: EXPOSED: Syrian Human Rights Front is EU-Funded Fr...: NYT admits fraudulent Syrian human rights group is UK-based "one-man band" funded by EU and one other "European country.&quo...

Friday 18 October 2013

Scotland to get first taste of lost Belgian beer - Lifestyle - The Scotsman

Munguin's Republic: DIDN'T BLUNDER PATERSON DO WELL?

Munguin's Republic: DIDN'T BLUNDER PATERSON DO WELL?: We all know how intensely satisfying it is when yet another English Tory blunders into Edinburgh to tell us how completely useless we are an...

Munguin's Republic: BETTER TOGETHER...WITH THIS LOT... WHAT???

Munguin's Republic: BETTER TOGETHER...WITH THIS LOT... WHAT???: Heartbreaking stories... ...Reminiscent of the 1800s While this sort of scumbag looks down from on high Lord Ponse Makes you p...

Germany intervenes: We don't want to commemorate the battles. We want to commemorate the dead

Mareni Politics: “The Energy Market Needs to be Nationalised.”

Mareni Politics: “The Energy Market Needs to be Nationalised.”: “ The Energy Market Needs to be Nationalised.” I bet that I wasn’t the only person who said, ‘Nationalise the Feckers’, when the new...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : SPANISH MEDIA: ARTICLE PUBLISHED TODAY #INDYREF #...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : SPANISH MEDIA: ARTICLE PUBLISHED TODAY #INDYREF #...: Article published today in "El Mundo" : SNP National Conference and Scottish independence . Artigo publicado hoxe por "El...

Allan Massie: Gaelic will only be a hobby language - Gaelic - The Scotsman

Thursday 17 October 2013

The Calum Maclean Project: Clach na h-Aidhrinn / The Mass Stone

The Calum Maclean Project: Clach na h-Aidhrinn / The Mass Stone: During the winter of 1951 Calum Maclean visited Bohuntine, Glenroy to collect material from Donald MacDonald, then a retired soldier aged...

The Calum Maclean Project: Rob Roy MacGregor

The Calum Maclean Project: Rob Roy MacGregor: One of the perennial heroes of the Highlands is, of course, Rob Roy MacGregor, whose colourful life and exploits have inspired not a few no...

The Calum Maclean Project: George Buchanan and the King

The Calum Maclean Project: George Buchanan and the King: An interesting character who appears sporadically in some of John MacDonald's tales is George Buchanan (1506–1582), the sixteenth cen...

The Calum Maclean Project: Alasdair Crotach MacLeod and Cameron of Lochiel’s ...

The Calum Maclean Project: Alasdair Crotach MacLeod and Cameron of Lochiel’s ...: Many of the items recorded by Calum Maclean from John MacDonald of Highbridge were historical legends or anecdotes. Such tales contain mo...

The Calum Maclean Project: The Seal Folk: Clann ’icCodrum nan Ròn

The Calum Maclean Project: The Seal Folk: Clann ’icCodrum nan Ròn: The following legendary story was recorded from Angus Barrach MacMillan , one of Calum Maclean’s most accomplished storytellers, on the 1...

Logic's Rock: £25,000 Internet Fraud. Lord Robertson Presses Cha...

Logic's Rock: £25,000 Internet Fraud. Lord Robertson Presses Cha...: It's only been running since yesterday, but already nearly 30 Scots have allegedly been fleeced of almost £1,300 according to Lord Robe...

Lallands Peat Worrier: The Unpolitical Lord Advocate (Vol. 2)

Lallands Peat Worrier: The Unpolitical Lord Advocate (Vol. 2): It became easy to forget, when the SNP were first elected in 2007, that they entered government with no experience whatever of rule. For...

Lallands Peat Worrier: Scotland: A Crowned Republic

Lallands Peat Worrier: Scotland: A Crowned Republic: After the Union of the Crowns in 1603, the Scottish Court having decamped south to govern Britain from the banks of the Thames, King Jame...

Video â€“ Fukushima Update: â€œApocalyptic Typhoon Wiphaâ€ Is About To Destroy Island Of Japan

Brown Moses Blog: Hizballah Executing Syrian Prisoners? - Analyzing ...

Brown Moses Blog: Hizballah Executing Syrian Prisoners? - Analyzing ...: A guest post by Phillip Smyth of Jihadology.net . Videos and images should be considered graphic. Uploaded onto YouTube on October 8,...

‘More than 30 years life in West of Shetland gas fields’ | ShetlandTimes.co.uk

Wednesday 16 October 2013

SCOT goes POP!: UK government keeping it unreal

SCOT goes POP!: UK government keeping it unreal: From the BBC yesterday - "The new Scottish Secretary reckoned David Cameron should not take part in TV debates about the 2014 referen...

Tuesday 15 October 2013

THE SCOTS VIEW: ATLANTIC EXPLORATION HERALDS NEW OIL FRONTIER FOR ...

THE SCOTS VIEW: ATLANTIC EXPLORATION HERALDS NEW OIL FRONTIER FOR ...: SCOTLAND HAS OIL RESERVES APLENTY OFF THE WEST COAST By Martin Black The focus of Scotland's oil and gas industry moved this mo...

Peter A Bell: Looking behind the polls

Peter A Bell: Looking behind the polls: I don't often comment on polls. I find it a bit of a pointless exercise. Such comments as I see on independence referendum-related po...

The Lockerbie Case: London link to Pan Am bomb

The Lockerbie Case: London link to Pan Am bomb: [This is the headline over a report by Greg Christison in the Scottish edition of today’s Sunday Express (page 14) . It does not feature on...

The Lockerbie Case: Jim Swire's response to Crown Office attack on his...

The Lockerbie Case: Jim Swire's response to Crown Office attack on his...: [What follows is the text of a letter submitted to The Times by Dr Jim Swire, but not selected for publication, following a report in tha...

British Public Running Out Of Expletives To Describe George Osborne

Tarff Advertiser: Krystalnacht - coming to an England near you

Monday 14 October 2013

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Alistair Carmichael fumbles and blusters on what h...: Alexander Morrison "Alistair" Carmichael , the new ‘Scottish’ Secretary opens by criticising the YES Campaign for "lack of d...

Munguin's Republic: PROJECT FEAR HAS NOTHING ON THIS PILE OF LIES FROM...

Munguin's Republic: PROJECT FEAR HAS NOTHING ON THIS PILE OF LIES FROM...: The MoD report on Independence (compiled using taxpayers’ money) has come out with some real trash. Here are just a few points from it. ...

Munguin's Republic: NOW THERE'S AN HONEST APPROACH... WELL DONE GORDO

Munguin's Republic: THINGS ON THURSDAY

Munguin's Republic: THINGS ON THURSDAY: Like any of us would be alive by the time it gets to the border! This is the flag that revolts Mark Smith (the guy who is impressed wi...

Munguin's Republic: SNAPS ON SUNDAY

Munguin's Republic: SNAPS ON SUNDAY: Lord Robertson's notes? Lordy, Lordy, another of these scroungers who, had he managed to work a flanker like that and been unempl...

Munguin's Republic: DECISION TIME ON ROYAL MAIL FOR JOHANN

Munguin's Republic: DECISION TIME ON ROYAL MAIL FOR JOHANN: Poor old Johann Lamont! After her embarrassing display of low end political behaviour in parliament and her deputy Anas Sarwar being shoute...

THE SCOTS VIEW: ATLANTIC EXPLORATION HERALDS NEW OIL FRONTIER FOR ...

Sunday 13 October 2013

SCOT goes POP!: Something else you can do to help

SCOT goes POP!: Something else you can do to help: I gave a mention the other day to one fundraising campaign that only has a short time left to run , so I might as well also give a plug to a...

Saturday 12 October 2013

Scottish independence: McLeish backs SNP appeal to rivals - Top stories - The Scotsman

Salmond and Cameron set for clash over welfare - UK - The Scotsman

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : NOITE DE SAMAIN-HALLOWEEN // SAMHAIN-HALLOWEEN NI...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : NOITE DE SAMAIN-HALLOWEEN // SAMHAIN-HALLOWEEN NI...: Unha das datas mais importantes da nosa cultura ancestral é a noite de Samain/Samhain/Halloween onde se rende culto a tod@s aqueles que x...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : NOITE DE SAMAIN-HALLOWEEN // SAMHAIN-HALLOWEEN NI...

Wednesday 9 October 2013

Power In Community: 100 Citizens Stand Up

Power In Community: 100 Citizens Stand Up: Sustain the grassroots campaign! Be an active citizen. St Mungo : &5.00 GBP - monthly Bishop Wishart : &10.00 GBP - mon...

Independent Scotland’s relationship with EU discussed at public event | The University of Aberdeen

Sunday 6 October 2013

Tarff Advertiser: Lack in the US of A

Tarff Advertiser: Lack in the US of A: The US Government has ceased to exist in all major respects, it is broke, it can not pay its employees so all the normal little cogs of go...

Saturday 5 October 2013

Logic's Rock: We Have Lift Off!

Logic's Rock: We Have Lift Off!: The Yes Campaign achieved Lift Off yesterday evening in Leith. It was the self-styled Project Fear's worst nightmare: Over a year of...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : DESCUBRINDO AS NOSAS MUSICAS: SantiagoTafall Abad ...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : DESCUBRINDO AS NOSAS MUSICAS: SantiagoTafall Abad ...: Parabéns, Beatriz Cancela por tan fabuloso traballo sobre a Historia dos nosos músicos. Unha aperta enorme! DESCUBRINDO AS NOSAS MUSICAS...

Thursday 3 October 2013

Tarff Advertiser: Tell Scotland I love her, Tell Scotland I care ......

Tarff Advertiser: Tell Scotland I love her, Tell Scotland I care ......: I have been leading a pretty normal and quiet life, for me, since my last blog post; having taken an oath to myself to ignore the rest of ...

Wednesday 2 October 2013

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Keep yourself well informed about // Mantente ben ...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Keep yourself well informed about // Mantente ben ...: Make yourselves useful : http://wingsoverscotland.com/make-yourselves-useful/ Very interesting links: http://www.newsnetscotland.co...