Tag Archives: scotland

Well Look Who is Back …

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Guthlac

Hubris is a great political teacher. Yesterday my great friend and I spent the day consuming art and talking politics. We discussed many subjects dealing with matters of the day from the forthcoming UK general election to inevitably ‘the Donald‘. … Continue reading →

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A House by the Lake…

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Guthlac

So the parliamentary season is almost over and it is a reasonable time to take stock as to exactly where things stand. Well as I write this on 17th december 2023 it looks most likely that Labour will win next year’s … Continue reading →

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From Here to There….

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Guthlac

So here we are the morning after the night before. Super Thursday, what a pointless pieces of Americanism, has taken place and the votes are going to be counted over the weekend so that by next week we’ll know what … Continue reading →

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Scottish Independence….

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Guthlac

Is it really 6 years already?  Seems like a generation ago. (Very poor joke – I apologize)   Anyway, as things stand at the moment it would seem that the SNP will get a solid majority in next year’s Holyrood elections … Continue reading →

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1 Day

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Guthlac

  This would have been it…we should have preparing ourselves for the great leap.  Instead, no ditch was worried by Boris Johnson but rather we are all getting ready for an election.   In many ways this is something of a … Continue reading →

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The V&A Dundee….

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Guthlac

I have been thinking about this a lot and what I am about to write is probably not fair and it could be argued that I am comparing Apples with Oranges.  This being said,  I don’t think the V&A at … Continue reading →

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42 Days

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Guthlac

  Once upon a time the best way to travel from one centre of power to another was by boat.  Of course this was before there was such a thing as Scotland or England but rather smaller kingdoms, in this … Continue reading →

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59 Days

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Guthlac

  It has been nearly 4 hours since I saw the best impersonation of a rabbit caught in the headlights in a long time – Boris Johnson’s speech to the nation.  I say speech it was more like someone who … Continue reading →

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60 Days

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Guthlac

I have written over the past few days that all the sound and fury being expelled towards the Boris Johnson government is fighting the wrong battle.  No doubt the protesters in Whitehall would see things differently – suggesting the size … Continue reading →

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93 Days

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Guthlac

  Yesterday saw Boris uniting the Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Scotland.  He did this by being booed in Edinburgh and then hiding away in a nuclear submarine. As for his principle opponent (probably) Jeremy Corbyn is … Continue reading →

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