Category Archives: Politics

Project LV One – Day 340 – SNLP

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Guthlac

So the verdicts are in from the debate on Thursday evening and everyone is agreed that Nicola Sturgeon was the winner.  Suddenly the metropolitan papers have once again remembered that there is more than one country that makes up the union … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 336 – Mucking around in the filth – General Election No 1

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Guthlac

So we are official off and running and already it would seem that both of the main parties are trying to pretend that the last five years haven’t happened or rather their version of the last five years.   Now … Continue reading →

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Hubris

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Guthlac

Excessive Pride or Self Confidence…now which politician does that remind you of? I know this is a bit of a silly question as the list could be along and distinguished(?) but the one politician, for me, who embodies this more … Continue reading →

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The government that nobody voted for.

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Guthlac

Over the weekend there has been a series of articles by political commentators about the likely make up of the next government. The SNP boggy man (or should that be woman?) card was played heavily as though Scottish voters were … Continue reading →

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I have no idea what it is like to be rich

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Guthlac

Many years ago I realised that I had no real idea how to become rich. I had great ideas but no earthly understanding of how to turn those into money making schemes. Like many I wondered what it was like … Continue reading →

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From a distance things still don’t make any sense

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Guthlac

Over the past two weeks I have read many things about how Britain is no longer a major power. Apparently we are no longer punching above our weight, in fact we now talk loudly but carry only a very small … Continue reading →

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Welcome on board Mr Shapps

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Guthlac

Nice to see that the Conservative Party Chairman has time to follow my Twitter feed. I’m sure the reason is because he likes my original art and was taken a back by my selection of images on Pinterest. But I … Continue reading →

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Ruth Davidson: Salmond as deputy PM ‘scary’ – BBC News

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Guthlac

m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-30708925 I believe I had this first….ha ha Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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The World of Unintended Consequences

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Guthlac

Five years ago we had the rose garden and our political class trying to work together for the greater good, whatever that might be. Now we have the same old nonsense being spouted out by people who really really must … Continue reading →

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So Scotland has decided – well sort of

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Guthlac

What I am about to write must be put in context – I have been up all night and have had only a small amount of sleep over the last 24 hours so when I look back on this post … Continue reading →

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