“There’s folk getting in an awful stooshie over the whole BBC Question Time rammy. For the record, include me out.”
Sound and Fury
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.”
Abraham Lincoln & Robert Burns
“Robert Burns is Scotland’s poet but he belongs to the world….I make no apologies for beginning my story about Burns not in Ayrshire, but in America.”
Letter: Puzzled by the Actions of OIC
” OIC have bought three, small, unspoilt islands, and plan to proceed to despoil them by building wind turbines”
Farming Matters: As Ithers See Us
“In the end, it’s about how we see ourselves. It’s about pride. It’s about how we see ourselves.”
“Do You Remember Spangles?”
Participation in votes on programmes like ‘Strictly’ or ‘X Factor’ are massive and many also respond willingly to social media polls on everything from climate change to ‘do you remember Spangles?’ .
Farming Matters: Through the Looking Glass
The question is no longer “should Scotland be independent” but is now “why on earth wouldn’t we?”
Heritage Society Objects to SSEN Plans for Orkney
“the Society believes two parts of the current project are unacceptable”
Farming Matters: A Deeper Understanding
“we must see things as they have never been and ask “why not?” Robert Kennedy
