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…
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Now do you see?
Travelling down to Weston Super-Mare on Friday for my mates wedding on Saturday was an eye opener. I have made the journey to nearby Bristol on very many occasions and the trip down South once or twice a week for over twenty years. Congrats to Alan and Rosa I reckoned 5 hours tops because of the Gatsos and camera vans…
Scotland’s Referendum – The New Scottish Enlightenment, the Enlightenment of the People
When I was at school in Glasgow, history was a kind of non subject. Being a bit of a rebel and not always ‘well behaved?’ I was often punished by being sent to the history room or the school library where I was given a history book to read. This happened several times when I refused to play football for the…
Scotland’s referendum – Vote NO, lose Faslane altogether!
DON’T VOTE NO TO SAVE FASLANE – ITS GOING ANYWAY! One of the principle concerns we find on the doorsteps of Argyll & Bute is potential closure of Faslane with a YES vote and an SNP Government. Two things are immediately worth pointing out. First, with a YES vote there is no guarantee nor is it a given that SNP…