Tag Archives: scotland

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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97 Days

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Guthlac

After the dust has started to settle just a little from the shock of a Boris Johnson Premiership what are the first trends that are starting to appear?   The first and probably only trend is that this is a Government … Continue reading →

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It’s a funny old world…

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Guthlac

So it is time to reveal just how accurate/inaccurate my European Election predictions were.   Without further delay here they are: Predictions Brexit Party 30% Lib Dems 25% Labour 15% Conservative 10% Final Vote Count The Brexit Party Vote share:31.6% Liberal … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Corbyn didn’t win anything

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Guthlac

I know that this is probably not the thing to point out today but despite a  huge surge in the proportion of people who voted Labour (10% increase in the percentage of the vote is a remarkable achievement but Labour … Continue reading →

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It’s a woman’s world

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Guthlac

In Britain at the moment we have the unusual position that the two most powerful politicians in the Isles are women and surprise surprise they are both, in their own ways, making a good job of the pretty rubbish hand … Continue reading →

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Standards

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Guthlac

Yesterday the British Prime Minister made a speech about Brexit which I thought set out the Britain’s position on their relationship with Europe going forward.  I could not see the continuation of membership of the single market once I had … Continue reading →

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Calling an Election…it just ain’t going to happen.

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Guthlac

Here we go again…just as we have chosen the new Prime Minister (PM) in a very British fashion the media is getting its knickers in a twist about a new election to give the new Prime Minister ‘legitimacy’.  If we … Continue reading →

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Uncertain

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Guthlac

These images were captured a week ago today and they already look like they were in another country, another time.  Since they were made the roof has collapsed on everything that seems to pass as normality in Britain.   Some … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Guthlac

So here we go again. A New Year and yet the same old story is being peddled to death – Corbyn is crap and dangerous and now is going to purge all the sane minded members of his shadow cabinet … Continue reading →

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Demise of the once great

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Guthlac

It is quite a while since I have written anything about Rugby Union but having spent the weekend watching the Rugby World Cup quarter finals I felt I needed to add my views to the firmament.   The first thing to … Continue reading →

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