Tag Archives: Scottish Independence

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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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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A Time to Reflect…..

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Guthlac

  it is all just guesswork so with that in mind my guess for how the election will turn out is: The Conservatives will be the largest party but nowhere near an overall majority Labour has a bad election and … Continue reading →

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May the Games Begin

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Guthlac

“…Are you going to say that my job will go because you will not have an arrangement with the United Kingdom?…’ Ian Duncan Smith “…It’s just utter bollocks that it will it should take ten years…” Lawrence Tomlinson Friday 22nd … Continue reading →

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Things were so simple in 2014

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Guthlac

After the week we have just had in Westminster it is tempting to think anything is possible and it seems that some of the impossible thoughts are permeating to the surface, one such thought is that Scotland can stay in … Continue reading →

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Second Thoughts

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Guthlac

Having slept on things I now have a better sense of where Britain is after the most monumental 24 hours in political history for an awful long time and I have to say it is clear that no one really … Continue reading →

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Some first thoughts

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Guthlac

So we have voted to leave the European Union (EU) by a small but significant margin.  For anyone who has been reading this blog over the months will know that I want to Remain but the people have spoken and … 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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Article: Scotland’s Independence Vote Shows a Global Crisis of the Elites

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Guthlac

Scotland’s Independence Vote Shows a Global Crisis of the Elites http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/upshot/scotland-independence-vote.html Sent via Flipboard Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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