Category Archives: Politics

Show me the money…

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Guthlac

In just under two weeks time the phony election will be over and the real election will start as the parties and their leaders lick their wounds whilst starting to work out how they are going get enough votes together to … Continue reading →

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Known Unknowns

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Guthlac

As the general election campaign grinds on it is very easy to think that it couldn’t get any worse but it could it really really could (the Americans don’t vote for a new President for almost another two years yet … Continue reading →

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I agree with Nick

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Guthlac

“The inclusion of Plaid Cymu and the SNP in the televised leaders’ debates, the progressive aftershocks rippling through these islands following the independence referendum and the growing realisation that the Palace of Westminster has ceded its sovereignty to people, mean … Continue reading →

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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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