Someone once said,’The British Empire will defend itself to the very last Scottish soldier’. This is just one of a multitude of insults levelled against our cousins. OK, just a bit of satire, but there is more than a grain of truth in some of the insults [http://www.insults.net/html/world/england.html]. Remembrance Sunday brought this home, when the BBC presented the list of…
Category: This makes me mad
Hypocrisy Sir
I like it when someone shares my point of view. Actually, and perhaps I am maturing, but I also like when someone challenges me with a different point of view – what an opportunity to learn something new. But I hate ambivalence, double standards, two-faced people. Far too many politicians fit that bill. In fact, for politicians it is almost…
Purdah me, Sir
I thought I had heard it all when Osborne announced new powers for Scotland agreed across the 3 main parties, OK the 2 plus LibDems. Bearing in mind many voters in Scotland have already sent in their postal votes. Now just supposing someone posted a NO vote then when they heard this latest piece of deception they would have seen…
Sorry to Rehn on your parade
Just a quickie. Watched the ‘big #ScotsDecide debate on STV. Trouble with these debates is they are not really about the issues, they are more about the impact the scare stories have had on the audience? What I mean is, a sensible question might be ‘will Scotland remain in Europe?’. Instead we get, ‘What will happen to Scotland when we…