“This is essentially a story about the universal, global appeal and relevance of a poet in a world that boasts at least forty statues of him.”
Immortal Memory
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Thoughts from a long journey south
“This is about self-respect.”
“The antithetical mind”
“That was the phrase employed by Byron to describe the genius of Robert Burns in viewing things from the opposite perspective, of looking through the glass from the other side”
‘The Way To Win’
“There’s a thing called empathetic fallacy, which means that we take our own logical thinking and assume that everybody thinks like us.”
“For A’ That”
“Yesterday, following on from last weeks extraordinary General Election, Holyrood voted in favour of requesting a section 30 order.”
Three billboards outside Stranraer
“This is unlike any election that has ever been. It’s not so much an election as two referendums rolled into one.”
The STV Leaders’ Debate
“Scotland has been pursuing a different political course. That is now in starker relief than ever.”
North Queensferry, Fife, 26/11/19
“Because it isn’t about bridges, or the NHS, or the SNP. It’s not even about about Yes or No. It’s “who shall speak for Scotland”?
1984 ?
“I’m beginning to worry that what actually determines our futures isn’t us, but dark money and forces beyond our ken.”
Last Among Equals
“very often it’s the little details that hint at a broader and deeper truth.”
