This evening I lifted my personal embargo on the BBC to watch Scotland 2014 where Alistair Darling was taking questions from Sarah Smith. My expectations were not great, I have to admit; Sarah Smith has not lived up to the original programme hype, but with Darling in the hot seat there was a morbid curiosity sitting within me. Not long…
Category: This makes me mad
Thatcher (May79 – Sep14) – give her a good send off
Margaret Thatcher (3 May 1979 – 18 September 2014). Let’s give her a good send off! Thatcher meant a lot of things to a lot of people. To me, when she came to power on 3 May 1979 she immediately introduce the ‘ME, ME, ME’ society to the UK. ‘I’m all right, Jack’ quickly became the new UK mantra. She…
Ode to a village idiot
In my last blog I explained a little about contingency planning, why they are necessary and why within Financial Services they are mandatory when faced with a potential change, such as the new Independent Scotland after 18 September 2014. But let’s rewind and think about why we are having to explain the bleedin’ obvious. Some journalist got sight of a…
Christian leaders must not sit on the fence
After some more canvassing it was off to St Joseph’s Hall in Helensburgh for a talk from the fabulously inspiring Rev. Ian Miller, supported by Fiona Sarwar, a member of the church of Scotland and David Kerr, catholic Journalist and broadcaster. The meeting was hosted by Christians for Independence, supported by YesHelensburgh&Lomond and with a Christian church on every street…