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SNP Abstention on IPBill | #talkingmince
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SNP Abstention on IPBill. And my knee jerk moment. Having been out all afternoon, I got back to the interwebs to an avalanche of Tweets about the SNP doing that thing we most abhor. They were getting ready to ABSTAIN and ABSTAIN they did. Calming myself down a notch or ten I went and read Joanna Cherry’s (QC MP) speech in full, twice. It’s long but worth it. It’s over here. Scroll down till you find her and keep scrolling, she took a number of interventions. Anyone can submit written evidence to a Public...
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It’s not easy being Green. | #talkingmince
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It’s not easy being Green. How to not get that list vote you want folk to lend you. I should preface this, my first post by saying, I quite like the Scottish Greens, I think they get a raw deal when it comes to getting their voice heard (witness the latest attempt by the BBC to shut them out). I’m quite fond of Patrick Harvey, he sponsored me so we could screen Gas Land II at the Scottish Parliament a couple of years ago. A little bit more said there but not much more. So far, no detail. A helpful tweet ...
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To September And Beyond: October 2014
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To September And Beyond. What's so funny about wanting to build a better nation? Saturday, 25 October 2014. JoLa - A Farewell Tribute. I don't reckon Dolly Parton takes all that much interest in Scottish politics, but if she did her reaction to Johann Lamont's departure as manager of Labour's Scottish branch office might go something like this. Those of a musical bent who know the tune are welcome to sing it heartily. JoLa, JoLa, JoLa, JoLa. I’m begging of you, please don’t step aside. As Tories gathered...
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To September And Beyond: June 2014
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To September And Beyond. What's so funny about wanting to build a better nation? Friday, 27 June 2014. Could It Be Magic? Monday/ Tuesday. 85 days of campaigning to go…. It was generally agreed that the independence debate was lacking a bit of magic, so The Herald. And its fellow rags duly arranged for two practitioners of the mystic arts to materialise in a puff of headlines. Sketches might have observed, “Izziaffiz bliddichump? Could this be a game-changer, we wondered? Would it benefit Alistair Carmic...
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To September And Beyond: June 2015
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To September And Beyond. What's so funny about wanting to build a better nation? Friday, 26 June 2015. Talking To The Enemy. Who’d have imagined such a day would come? Stomach-churning angst amongst Yes supporters and celebratory congas throughout Bastardville. Nicola Sturgeon’s fallen from grace with an almighty splat, and nothing will ever be the same again. She’s… she’s… (adjusts straitjacket)… written a piece for the Daily Mail! Gee, thanks, Nicola! I don’t know if there’s a section of th...If I were...
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To September And Beyond: Talking To The Enemy
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To September And Beyond. What's so funny about wanting to build a better nation? Friday, 26 June 2015. Talking To The Enemy. Who’d have imagined such a day would come? Stomach-churning angst amongst Yes supporters and celebratory congas throughout Bastardville. Nicola Sturgeon’s fallen from grace with an almighty splat, and nothing will ever be the same again. She’s… she’s… (adjusts straitjacket)… written a piece for the Daily Mail! Gee, thanks, Nicola! I don’t know if there’s a section of th...If I were...
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To September And Beyond: May 2015
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To September And Beyond. What's so funny about wanting to build a better nation? Friday, 29 May 2015. Archive Hour: The Talented Mr Blatter. I've just come across this piece I wrote in May 2011, on a long-defunct blog, back when I were a whippersnapper. Goes to show that scandal and corruption are all part of a giant merry-go-round, d oesn't it. I was probably quite hard on the SFA, but they were different times. 8220;Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe to football.". And i...
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To September And Beyond: April 2015
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To September And Beyond. What's so funny about wanting to build a better nation? Thursday, 30 April 2015. Continuing the transcripts of my contributions to Michael Greenwell’s The Polling Station podcast over the last few days. You can listen to it each day here. 8211; it's always well worth it. Even my bit. Watching the Andrew Marr Show. 8220;The Scottish Nationalist Party”, trumpeted the blond bombshell, in that schoolboy prankster fashion that’s made him the idol of the Conservatosser Party. BorisR...
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Totally Radical Dudes | A Wilderness of Peace
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A Wilderness of Peace. Auferre trucidare rapere falsis nominibus imperium, atque ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant. 4 August, 2015. SCOTLAND has far more committed left wingers than England, new analysis has revealed amid speculation that thousands of Scots were radicalised during the independence referendum. A detailed breakdown of political attitudes north and south of the border shows more than one in seven Scots fall in to the most radical segment of the left-right political spectrum. 8220;It ...
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One thing usually leads to another | #talkingmince
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One thing usually leads to another. Especially if you ask a question on Twitter. It’s Sunday, my day of reading. It always starts out with a quick check in on Twitter followed by the Sunday Herald. We have a bit of a tradition in our house where I read some of the articles to the other half while he makes breakfast and if he can bare it, after we’ve had breakfast too. We both still miss the great Ian Bell very very much. 8220;We can’t evade the thorny A1P1 property rights issues.”. A quick search led me ...
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