Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
SCOT goes POP!: The EU must stop accepting a 'this far and no fart...
SCOT goes POP!: The EU must stop accepting a 'this far and no fart...: Although it's caused little more than a ripple, the announcement from the Spanish foreign minister that his country would have "nothing to s...
Monday, 27 February 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Admin, aka 'I can't believe he's not suspended fro...
SCOT goes POP!: Admin, aka 'I can't believe he's not suspended fro...: I was just idly looking at Tom Harris' Twitter page (it's one of my main sources of material, after all), and who do you think was listed in...
Munguin's Republic: I SUSPECT THAT WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE LIST
Munguin's Republic: I SUSPECT THAT WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE LIST: We've heard a lot recently about how much fiddling goes on in the benefits system. Since the days of Peter Lilley and his song and dan...
Munguin's Republic: I SUSPECT THAT WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE LIST
Munguin's Republic: I SUSPECT THAT WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE LIST: We've heard a lot recently about how much fiddling goes on in the benefits system. Since the days of Peter Lilley and his song and dan...
Munguin's Republic: I KNOW NUTHEENK
Munguin's Republic: I KNOW NUTHEENK: When David Cameron made Emma Harrison a 'Tsar' (I wish they wouldn't use that word; it is the name for a supreme ruler in Slavic Europe, ...
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Old Glenbogle: The Treaty of Union, 1707 - a dreary beginning.
Old Glenbogle: The Treaty of Union, 1707 - a dreary beginning.: My Lord Chancellor, When our kings succeeded to the crown of England, the ministers of that nation took a short way to ruin u...
Munguin's Republic: BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR THAT TOMORROW THERE'LL BE T...
Munguin's Republic: BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR THAT TOMORROW THERE'LL BE T...: According to The Sun (on Friday) mr Rupert Murdoch went on Twitter personally (gasp) to announce that the Sun on Saturday will sell fo...
Old Glenbogle: Nothing much has changed since 1974
Old Glenbogle: Nothing much has changed since 1974: Friends were round recently, to watch The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil, shown - rarely - on BBC Alba. The whisky-fuelled d...
SCOT goes POP!: The Scot Goes Pop interview : meet the man who wan...
SCOT goes POP!: The Scot Goes Pop interview : meet the man who wan...: On Friday night I was feeling a bit fed up, so when the right-wing PB hordes started interrogating me about my views on inheritance tax, I d...
Saturday, 25 February 2012
Friday, 24 February 2012
SCOT goes POP!: This isn't just any consultation response, this is...
SCOT goes POP!: This isn't just any consultation response, this is...: Just when you think you've seen it all. It appears Michael Moore has given up hope of manipulating the raw numbers in the UK government's r...
Munguin's Republic: MR EXPENSES IS NOW MR OFFENSIVE
Munguin's Republic: MR EXPENSES IS NOW MR OFFENSIVE: The Hon Eric Joyce MP has proved to be rather dis honourable. Last night, in a Commons bar, i n front of a delegation from the Canad...
Munguin's Republic: IDLE THOUGHTS ...
Munguin's Republic: IDLE THOUGHTS ...: "British Gas would do better to focus more on being energy experts not experts in making a quick buck at the expense of the British people...
Grangetown Jack: AWEMA & Labour
Grangetown Jack: AWEMA & Labour: I have resisted blogging on this topic until now, as I felt it was important for Labour to have the opportunity to prove that any accusation...
Thin Pinstriped Line: What have the 2*s ever done for us? (apart from le...
Thin Pinstriped Line: What have the 2*s ever done for us? (apart from le...: As a continuation from the earlier piece regarding the DT's article on the reduction in 2* plus officers from only 137 - 130, the next piece...
RedClydeside: David Cameron- deflecting from the real divisions
RedClydeside: David Cameron- deflecting from the real divisions: Earlier today we saw the Prime Minister pander to the most unsavoury elements of our society by inferring that multiculturalism in the UK ha...
A Bankie's Blether.: The BBC - Blatantly Biased Cluster.
A Bankie's Blether.: The BBC - Blatantly Biased Cluster.: I nearly wrote this blog on Thursday 16th February. I nearly wrote it again on Monday 20th February. I find myself unable to maintain my sil...
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Tarff Advertiser: A response to 'Losing Faith' in Labour
Tarff Advertiser: A response to 'Losing Faith' in Labour: As an ex-Labour supporter who they lost by their the sequencial , twisted, self serving and inarcticulate goings on of Labour's Scottish Reg...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The antis and the uncommitted – the key to indepen...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The antis and the uncommitted – the key to indepen...: A number of conversations with individuals in the last week brought home to me forcibly again the fact that a large number of people are aga...
Gauging Govan: Lies and Labour
Gauging Govan: Lies and Labour: It has oft been the policy of the Labour Party to use division and dissembling as a political tool. Witness last year when the deputy leade...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Gauging Govan: Labour Plunge New Depths In Glasgow in Blackmail S...
Gauging Govan: Labour Plunge New Depths In Glasgow in Blackmail S...: Congratulations are in order to Gordon M atheson, who took over from Labour criminal Stephen Purcell in a scandalous resigna tion involving ...
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Breaking : Scottish posts allowed on Political Bet...
SCOT goes POP!: Breaking : Scottish posts allowed on Political Bet...: In the wake of seeming to break his own rule of disallowing off-topic comments on Scottish politics, Mike Smithson now says that the rule w...
SCOT goes POP!: OK, so it looks like neutral reporting from Reuter...
SCOT goes POP!: OK, so it looks like neutral reporting from Reuter...: Via Yahoo, I've just caught up with a Reuters report on the independence referendum that reads like a Labour or Downing Street press release...
SCOT goes POP!: For the attention of George Robertson : a cut-out-...
SCOT goes POP!: For the attention of George Robertson : a cut-out-...: Not too long before Tom Harris made his infamous Downfall video about Joan McAlpine (which with delicious irony triggered his own downfall ...
SCOT goes POP!: All the questions are for the British Nationalists...
SCOT goes POP!: All the questions are for the British Nationalists...: So, where to begin with David Cameron's "positive case for the union"? There's a lot of agreement that it's preferable that he has at last ...
SCOT goes POP!: Telegraph demands that no more powers be passed to...
SCOT goes POP!: Telegraph demands that no more powers be passed to...: A typically restrained Telegraph editorial of the "no appeasement to the separatist animals" variety prompted me to leave the following comm...
SCOT goes POP!: The Tory bully-boys win again : after brief outbre...
SCOT goes POP!: The Tory bully-boys win again : after brief outbre...: Yes, I know this is murderously hard to keep track of. Last Sunday, we were led to believe that Scottish posts had been subject to an utter...
Munguin's Republic: JOHN SWINNEY'S TAKE ON MOODY'S WARNING
Munguin's Republic: JOHN SWINNEY'S TAKE ON MOODY'S WARNING: Commenting on the publication of the report by Moody’s Investors Service – which changes the UK’s AAA rating from stable to negative, Fi...
Munguin's Republic: NO COMFORT TO BE HAD FROM THE BANK OF BRITAIN, ER ...
Munguin's Republic: NO COMFORT TO BE HAD FROM THE BANK OF BRITAIN, ER ...: The message today from Mervyn King , governor of the Bank of Britain England is that he can do nothing to help savers, who are receiving in...
Munguin's Republic: SOON THE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURE WILL DROP TO -2...
Munguin's Republic: SOON THE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURE WILL DROP TO -2...: It seems that our clever London government has found a way to improve the youth unemployment figures. That nice Mr Grayling came up wit...
Munguin's Republic: YOU'RE WELCOME BACK, ANY TIME, MR CAMERON
Munguin's Republic: YOU'RE WELCOME BACK, ANY TIME, MR CAMERON: The BBC seems to have nailed its colours to the mast by affording Alex Salmond a mere mention and David Cameron a line by line analysis of...
Munguin's Republic: SOME OF MY
Munguin's Republic: SOME OF MY: ON THE UK GOVERNMENT AND CAMERON'S STATE VISIT TO EDINBURGH A few weeks ago the UK government warned that if Scotland were to break aw...
Munguin's Republic: STOP THE WORLD - SCOTLAND IS ABOUT TO GET ON
Munguin's Republic: STOP THE WORLD - SCOTLAND IS ABOUT TO GET ON: Winnie Ewing is now 83 and looking forward to the referendum in 2014 but has in the wake of Mr Cameron's speech in Edinburgh, warned ag...
Munguin's Republic: SOME
Munguin's Republic: SOME: For some strange reason an English Energy minister blokey called Charles Hendry, who is a Sussex MP, made a speech in Edinburgh, telling u...
Munguin's Republic: DAVID HAS MADE MR FORSYTH CROSS
Munguin's Republic: DAVID HAS MADE MR FORSYTH CROSS: The Daily Record has a none too flattering thumbnail of Michael Forsyth which goes as follows: "MICHAEL Forsyth was the Tory governmen...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Cameron, porridge and the Forth Bridge
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Cameron, porridge and the Forth Bridge: Vini, vidi, vici said Julius Caesar – or so they say he said – of his landing in Britain. (My Latin teacher, Mr. Bland, insisted that this ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The Scottish press – contrasts between Scotland on...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The Scottish press – contrasts between Scotland on...: THE MILITARY/INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX The MOD gravy train , a money-making machine for civil servants and career politicians that functions as a...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Alistair Darling – naive, disingenuous, or just wo...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Alistair Darling – naive, disingenuous, or just wo...: Alistair Darling has been an MP for 25 years. He served in the Labour Cabinet continuously from 1997 to 2010, and was Chancellor of the Exc...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Independence facts- happy tweeting time
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Independence facts- happy tweeting time: Peter Curran The front man for Stop the Scots Getting Indpendence campiagn? Alistair is not my Darling - he's naebodies darling! moridura...
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Monday, 13 February 2012
The Book of Cletis: The Art of Political Lying by Jonathan Swift
The Book of Cletis: The Art of Political Lying by Jonathan Swift: Note from Cletis: Another masterpiece written by, arguably, the greatest satirist of all time, read slowly and enjoy. I challenge yo...
The Book of Cletis: A Man For The Ages by Ryan Morrison
The Book of Cletis: A Man For The Ages by Ryan Morrison: Note from Cletis McStump: Scotland Here and Now is a charming place managed by a bright young man who is kind enough to share his thoughts ...
The Book of Cletis: The Forgotten Heroes of R34 by Ryan Morrison
The Book of Cletis: The Forgotten Heroes of R34 by Ryan Morrison: This post caught my eye on a recent trip to visit my friend, Ryan, in Edinburgh. I had never heard this story and I had to bring it home for...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Who are we? - or - Who were we in 2007/08? Mitchel...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Who are we? - or - Who were we in 2007/08? Mitchel...: Scotland on Sunday yesterday … Well, Scotland on Sunday - and The Scotsman - are y esterday – they have little to do with political ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Decisive, incisive Mundel? Afraid not - God help t...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Decisive, incisive Mundel? Afraid not - God help t...: This is the Scottish Tories - or rather, this is THE Scottish Tory - the only one at Westminster . Only the Borders could elect such a candi...
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Munguin's Republic: Jimmy Krankie new leader of Labour In Scotland!
Munguin's Republic: Jimmy Krankie new leader of Labour In Scotland!: On a light hearted note. Here is a little tit-bit from the latest edition of Private Eye that I thought I would share with you all! I pers...
Munguin's Republic: IN THE 21st CENTURY RELIGION AND POLITICS SHOULD B...
Munguin's Republic: IN THE 21st CENTURY RELIGION AND POLITICS SHOULD B...: The ramifications of the situation at Bideford have started to be felt all over England, as councils and other organisations reflect on th...
SCOT goes POP!: Scotland joins the Holocaust as one of only two ba...
SCOT goes POP!: Scotland joins the Holocaust as one of only two ba...: In the early hours of this morning, the popular former SNP blogger and Political Betting poster Stuart Dickson sent me an email alerting me...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The Mitchell Survey of SNP members – and Scotland ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The Mitchell Survey of SNP members – and Scotland ...: Scotland on Sunday is in full unionist attack mode today, in the guise of objective journalism. Read it and the Sunday Herald side by side...
Saturday, 11 February 2012
The Barefoot Crofter: Seven Days - joys and sadness
The Barefoot Crofter: Seven Days - joys and sadness: It has been seven days since I have been here - a whole week has passed. It has been a beautiful week, to be sure. Many blessings a...
Gauging Govan: Lies and Labour
Gauging Govan: Lies and Labour: It has oft been the policy of the Labour Party to use division and dissembling as a political tool. Witness last year when the deputy leade...
Munguin's Republic: THE SUN'LL COME OUT TOMORROW
Munguin's Republic: THE SUN'LL COME OUT TOMORROW: Despite now having what must be half of the management team of The Sun on bail, Rupert Murdoch, has promised that the paper will continue ...
SCOT goes POP!: Poll : does Trump branding Alex Salmond "insane" r...
SCOT goes POP!: Poll : does Trump branding Alex Salmond "insane" r...: As far as I can remember, the one and only time I've found myself arguing in favour of something I don't really believe in was on the subjec...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The Holyrood Budget - Labour arithmetic 2+2=5
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The Holyrood Budget - Labour arithmetic 2+2=5: John Swinney responds to Tory and Labour demands for budget changes demanded without their offering any idea about where the money could co...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Get the facts, Scottish voters!
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Get the facts, Scottish voters!: The following represents my individual understanding, as a voter, of some essential facts about the background to the referendum vote in Aut...
Friday, 10 February 2012
Munguin's Republic: FUSS ABOUT NOTHING
Munguin's Republic: FUSS ABOUT NOTHING: Further to the fuss over the First minister’s use of the term, can I just point out that the House of Commons deems Gauleiter an acceptabl...
Munguin's Republic: FUSS ABOUT NOTHING
Munguin's Republic: FUSS ABOUT NOTHING: Further to the fuss over the First minister’s use of the term, can I just point out that the House of Commons deems Gauleiter an acceptabl...
Munguin's Republic: WHY?
Munguin's Republic: WHY?: Full list of 32 Scottish Labour MPs who voted for further privatisation of the NHS in England On Monday January 16, 2012. No wonder pe...
SCOT goes POP!: Six Nations 2012 prediction
SCOT goes POP!: Six Nations 2012 prediction: Obviously a week late, but this is, hand on heart, what I put in the sweepstake form that I always end up filling in for my sister's work. ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: A message to Glasgow Labour councillors – don’t be...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: A message to Glasgow Labour councillors – don’t be...: The Glasgow Labour ship is aground, holed below the waterline, but may float until May. To Labour councillors - I have this to say - you ...
SNmr: Facts are chiels that winna ding
SNmr: Facts are chiels that winna ding: I see from today's Independent on Sunday that " David Cameron is to go head to head with Alex Salmond in a bitter battle over the future of ...
SNmr: 20 years out of date?
SNmr: 20 years out of date?: I've been busy in recent weeks getting the first piece of written work for my PhD finished. It is now in, I've caught up with my sleep and s...
The Lockerbie Case: Further Ashton-McLetchie correspondence
The Lockerbie Case: Further Ashton-McLetchie correspondence: A further exchange of letters between Megrahi biographer John Ashton and Scottish Conservatives justice spokesman David McLetchie MSP can be...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Glasgow City Labour – three wheels on their wagon ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Glasgow City Labour – three wheels on their wagon ...: Municipal politics often present an ugly, sordid spectacle, one that is mercilessly depicted in Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs feature. Few ...
Thursday, 9 February 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Turning around the Telegraph supertanker
SCOT goes POP!: Turning around the Telegraph supertanker: If you've ever wanted to know what cognitive dissonance sounds like, look no further than the Telegraph 's reporting of George Osborne's lat...
SCOT goes POP!: Can Sheridan save rugby from the 'separatists'?
SCOT goes POP!: Can Sheridan save rugby from the 'separatists'?: Labour MP Jim Sheridan in full holier-than-thou mode on the Alex Salmond Six Nations row - "Putting aside the offensive and deeply inappro...
Munguin's Republic: In which Tris has a night off and reprints a fanta...
Munguin's Republic: In which Tris has a night off and reprints a fanta...: Thanks to Dubbieside for altering me to this superb article from Michael Greenwell on the Huffington Post . I've reproduced it here in ...
Munguin's Republic: UNA SERIE DI EVENTI DELL'INSIEME BIZZARRA
Munguin's Republic: UNA SERIE DI EVENTI DELL'INSIEME BIZZARRA: So.... yesterday, in England, Harry Redknapp was found not guilty, by an English jury of 8 men and 4 women, of tax evasion. Yesterday too...
Munguin's Republic: “Printing money is the last resort of desperate go...
Munguin's Republic: “Printing money is the last resort of desperate go...: Today, the Bank of England announced that it would be injecting £50 billion into the economy by...er.... printing it... Ooooops. It ...
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Grangetown Jack: Planet Earth Calling the Tory Party
Grangetown Jack: Planet Earth Calling the Tory Party: A 21st Century King Canute - Leggin' It There are nimby's, there are super nimby's and there are Tories. I am frankly gobsmacked at the sh...
GOVERNMENT TERRORISM: #Syria : CIA Caught Once Again Funding Their 'Data...
GOVERNMENT TERRORISM: #Syria : CIA Caught Once Again Funding Their 'Data...: Lebanon’s security officials say a suspicious cargo containing huge amounts of US dollars, guns, special passports and credit cards have bee...
aangirfan: THE ROYAL AIRFORCE
aangirfan: THE ROYAL AIRFORCE: Website for this image The job of the Royal Airforce is to indulge in sex orgies, kill innocent civilians and help run concentration camps...
A Bankie's Blether.: Can we not be seen as grown-ups? Please?
A Bankie's Blether.: Can we not be seen as grown-ups? Please?: Can it really be over a fortnight since I penned my last diatribe? Tempus fugit seems ever more apt as time passes by. A lot has happened (a...
Gauging Govan: Questions, Answers, SLabbers and Sudan
Gauging Govan: Questions, Answers, SLabbers and Sudan: The Government's question for the referendum is straightforward, concise, and will elicit a clear answer in either direction. It is, quite s...
Munguin's Republic: Il neige en Algérie...
Munguin's Republic: Il neige en Algérie...: http://www.linternaute.com/actualite/photo-reportage/chutes-de-neiges-en-algerie/a-ras-el-aioun.shtml Alors que l'ensemble de l'Europe ...
Strange Shite & Anti-Democratic Oddities
At your leisure - and should you will - peruse the side-bar re-blogs & spot the UK (soon rump ?) copies of Black Ops planted "stories" (hint, the crudest of the base inventions may be found in the Scotsman little sibling to the thuggish, Angloista Daily Telegraph - the Brit officers' mandatory read).
Enjoy tracking down the manifold, weblike threads & treat yourself to a treat when the pattern emerges.
UPDATE RE COUNTER BLACKOPS: Check out ECHR/UN counter-moves by the SDA (Scottish Democratic Alliance) again on side-bar: Anglo reprise of anti-Mau Mau, et al, imperialist tactics fucked big time?
Enjoy tracking down the manifold, weblike threads & treat yourself to a treat when the pattern emerges.
UPDATE RE COUNTER BLACKOPS: Check out ECHR/UN counter-moves by the SDA (Scottish Democratic Alliance) again on side-bar: Anglo reprise of anti-Mau Mau, et al, imperialist tactics fucked big time?
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Tarff Advertiser: Ae Muckle Yette ...
Tarff Advertiser: Ae Muckle Yette ...: Yet another day of 'Scotland's doomed', Yet another day of 'nasty nat' attacks, Yet another day of Britain's glory, Yet another day of u...
SCOT goes POP!: If Alex Salmond is merely one of Sir Peter Housden...
SCOT goes POP!: If Alex Salmond is merely one of Sir Peter Housden...: From the Telegraph - "The Daily Telegraph has learned that the permanent secretaries from all the Whitehall departments no longer discuss...
Munguin's Republic: NICOLA STURGEON WAS RIGHT TO SCRAP THE PRESCRIPTIO...
Munguin's Republic: NICOLA STURGEON WAS RIGHT TO SCRAP THE PRESCRIPTIO...: There was considerable criticism of the government's policy of scrapping prescription charges last year. It had been a long term aim o...
Monday, 6 February 2012
Spectator: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics!
Spectator: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics!: Both sides of the debate on independence, should, by the time the referendum is held, be a great deal better educated about the economics of...
SCOT goes POP!: Herald loses the plot in its reporting of TNS-BMRB...
SCOT goes POP!: Herald loses the plot in its reporting of TNS-BMRB...: First things first, here are the results of the latest TNS-BMRB poll on independence - Do you agree that the Scottish Government should ne...
Munguin's Republic: ALBA GU BRÀTH
Munguin's Republic: ALBA GU BRÀTH: A survey completed by Panelbase for the Sunday Times and Real Radio Scotland found some interesting answers from its participants. ...
Sunday, 5 February 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Panelbase poll : independence trails by just six p...
SCOT goes POP!: Panelbase poll : independence trails by just six p...: Thanks once again to Marcia for alerting me to the latest highly encouraging poll on voting intentions for the independence referendum, whic...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: How can the electorate become engaged with the ref...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: How can the electorate become engaged with the ref...: The referendum ballot is the most significant choice the Scottish electorate will have made for over 300 years. It cannot and must not be vi...
NEW IRELANDER: YA-BOO POLITICS
NEW IRELANDER: YA-BOO POLITICS: In both the Commons and Leinster House; indeed, in countless councils and parliaments both here and abroad, politicians hurl verbal abuse at...
Saturday, 4 February 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Sorry, Ron, but freedom will have to wait another ...
SCOT goes POP!: Sorry, Ron, but freedom will have to wait another ...: As part of my peculiar quest to cast a vote for a man who stands for a lot of the things I most despise (ie. Ron Paul), I had a quick look ...
should 16 & 17 year olds get to vote: Should We Give 16/17 Year Old's The Vote
should 16 & 17 year olds get to vote: Should We Give 16/17 Year Old's The Vote: Should We Give 16 & 17 Year Old's The Vote There has been much discussion and probably more to come, about whether to give 16 & 17 yea...
The Day Alex Salmond Came To Town: The Day Alex Salmond Came To Town
The Day Alex Salmond Came To Town: The Day Alex Salmond Came To Town: So the pro-unionist will tell you that Alex Salmond does not care about Scottish Jobs, that he would rather give them to foreign companies w...
Lord Sinclair Want's Scotland's Oil: Lord Sinclair Wants Scotland's Oil So Tory Peer ...
Lord Sinclair Want's Scotland's Oil: Lord Sinclair Wants Scotland's Oil
So Tory Peer ...: Lord Sinclair Wants Scotland's Oil So Tory Peer Lord Sinclair has tabled an amendment to the Scotland Bill, that simply states, that if S...
So Tory Peer ...: Lord Sinclair Wants Scotland's Oil So Tory Peer Lord Sinclair has tabled an amendment to the Scotland Bill, that simply states, that if S...
Munguin's Republic: PLEEEASE TAKE THE MONEY... OH PLEEEEASE
Munguin's Republic: PLEEEASE TAKE THE MONEY... OH PLEEEEASE: You are really going to love this. Many people, including some readers of the Republic, have been asking for some years why we give aid ...
The Book of Cletis: Shame On US
The Book of Cletis: Shame On US: Note from Cletis: I'm proud of my country but in our zeal to protect our freedom we must not engage in policies which make a mockery of that...
The Book of Cletis: Republicans Hard At Work
The Book of Cletis: Republicans Hard At Work: Bonus post: I couldn't resist. Today's main post by Daniel Berry is just below these idiots.
Col·lectiu Emma: Recommended article in the Financial Times: "Catal...
Col·lectiu Emma: Recommended article in the Financial Times: "Catal...: We want to recommend Victor Mallet's article in the Financial Times " Catalonia demands new deal from Spain ". Some excerpts from the arti...
Col·lectiu Emma: Recommended article in the Financial Times: "Catal...
Col·lectiu Emma: Recommended article in the Financial Times: "Catal...: We want to recommend Victor Mallet's article in the Financial Times " Catalonia demands new deal from Spain ". Some excerpts from the arti...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The Question(s) and the ballot paper
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The Question(s) and the ballot paper: A series of comments I received from Holebender on my proposed ballot paper have proved a slow burn for me, and led me to review my ideas. B...
Friday, 3 February 2012
The Scottish Aeneas: John Paul Jones and the building of the Leith Fort...
The Scottish Aeneas: John Paul Jones and the building of the Leith Fort...: In August of 1779, during the height of the American War of Independence, or Revolutionary War as it is more often known in the USA, a floti...
Frankly: The Meaning of Meaning and the Question Question
Frankly: The Meaning of Meaning and the Question Question: Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country? What a superlatively splendid question, or so it appears to me, not least beca...
Frankly: With Reference to the Referendum
Frankly: With Reference to the Referendum: Parliament recognizes the mandate given to the Scottish Government by the people of Scotland in the May 2011 Scottish election to hold a re...
Munguin's Republic: Would an independent Scotland be financially sound...
Munguin's Republic: Would an independent Scotland be financially sound...: every scot SHOULD read this I've lifted this entire article from Newsnet . I hope they will forgive me. It seemed to good to not be sh...
Munguin's Republic: DANNY DANNY DANNY, OUT OUT OUT, AS THEY SAY IN INV...
Munguin's Republic: DANNY DANNY DANNY, OUT OUT OUT, AS THEY SAY IN INV...: What on earth was Danny Alexander thinking about when he agreed that the head of the Student Loan Company could avoid tax? Indeed who ...
Munguin's Republic: WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER WHEN IT COMES TO PAY O...
Munguin's Republic: WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER WHEN IT COMES TO PAY O...: Ex-energy secretary, Chris Huhne, is if he wishes to accept it, entitled under current legislation, to a severance payment of more tha...
SCOT goes POP!: How can I put this...*cough*...I agree with George...
SCOT goes POP!: How can I put this...*cough*...I agree with George...: I still haven't got round to actually sending in my submission to the Scottish government's referendum consultation , which is a great pity,...
SCOT goes POP!: Ashcroft poll backfires as support for independenc...
SCOT goes POP!: Ashcroft poll backfires as support for independenc...: I have to put a caveat on the above headline, because it's based on the assumption that the Ashcroft poll was conducted by YouGov. However,...
SCOT goes POP!: SNP lead over Labour punctures the stratosphere
SCOT goes POP!: SNP lead over Labour punctures the stratosphere: As promised, here are the Ipsos-Mori voting intention figures for Holyrood, which show that the SNP's lead has increased from 25 to a record...
SCOT goes POP!: Unionists hopping on the Shetland Bus
SCOT goes POP!: Unionists hopping on the Shetland Bus: You might think that the people most interested in the constitutional future of Shetland would be those who actually live there, or have at ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The butterfly emerges, flaps its wings and trigger...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The butterfly emerges, flaps its wings and trigger...: Autumn 2014 starts on the 23rd of September, so the earliest date for the referendum is 23rd September 2014, and the latest date before the...
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Tom Gallagher in Scottish Review on the Paxman/Sal...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Tom Gallagher in Scottish Review on the Paxman/Sal...: When this blog was posted, Barack Obama had been President for just under a year and Alex Salmond and the SNP were still a minority governme...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The Sheridan’s are together again–a brave, loyal w...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The Sheridan’s are together again–a brave, loyal w...: Since I wrote this over thirteen months ago, Andy Coulson has resigned from his post as Cameron’s spin doctor, Rebecca Brooks resigned fro...
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Civic Scotland, devo max and politics
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Civic Scotland, devo max and politics: Let’s start with a question - who is pushing devo max? If you listen to the unionist parties and commentators, it’s Alex Salmond, who the...