” A wilful disregard for detail that comes close reckless boredom. Such a person isn’t remotely fit for high office. As my grandfather used to say, such a person isn’t even fit to run Kirkcolm Bowling Club.”
I Am On Your Side
Except for Viewers in Scotland
“it is bizarre that a national broadcaster would serially (and seemingly deliberately) omit the speech of the leader of the third largest party in the commons and the second largest in terms of membership in the United Kingdom”
The Gentleness of Normality
“Roads that start here and end there, somehow allowing a wound to heal…..it’s counter intuitive so say that nothing to see now is more real than what there was then. ‘Nothing to see’ means reality” (Stephen Rea, from “Brexit: a cry from the Irish Border”)
A Further Development in the Kirkyard Headstones Fiasco
“At first, Orkney Islands Council paid people to pull over, or knock down, headstones in kirkyards, in case they might fall on people.”
Maree Todd : “With A Growing Sense of Déjà Vu”
“As the Westminster Tory government drags us ever closer to a catastrophic no-deal Brexit, it seems ever more unlikely that we’ll achieve an outcome that will be good for the people of Scotland.”
“Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into.”
This famous catch phrase from the 1930 film ‘Another Fine Mess’ pops into my mind on many an occasion and none more so than the daily lies we are subjected to by our elected politicians.
Adore the Rising Sun
“we’re fighting for a mandate for a vote that won’t solve anything instead of using the mandate we actually do have to solve both Brexit and save Scottish Democracy. “
Sound and Fury
“There’s folk getting in an awful stooshie over the whole BBC Question Time rammy. For the record, include me out.”
Farming Matters: England, Their England
“At least 80% of the turnover of the business I now run is generated in England, so it stands to reason that I spend a lot of time there. It’s a privilege, in fact, to do so. In fact, it’s from Yorkshire that I write this.”
An Open Letter: Dear British Unionists in Scotland,
“Isn’t it time you stood up for Scotland, as you promised.”
