Saturday 26 November 2011

Frankly: The Future Is Ours

Frankly: The Future Is Ours: César Chávez The art of political oration can hardly be said to be thriving in the UK . . . except in the autonomist and independenti...

Thursday 24 November 2011

Frankly: Breaking Away

Frankly: Breaking Away: The Scots and the Basques are the European nations which are most likely to break away from the states of which they are currently c...

Munguin's Republic: An sent Coe hamewart, tae think again

Munguin's Republic: An sent Coe hamewart, tae think again: So the good news is that Historic Scotland has said "no" to the preposterous idea of massive Olympic rings being placed on our castle. Ol...

Tuesday 15 November 2011

Friday 11 November 2011

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: The New Coalition – Labour Scots in league with th...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: The New Coalition – Labour Scots in league with th...: Today’s Scotsman has decided the issue for me. Accepting that Alex Salmond being named Politician of the Year is a Herald award, the fac...

Droppin' the ba'!

What is it with young laddies sticking their hand down the front of their trousers and standing/walking around like that? Am I just getting old or is this actually a strange,and kinda tasteless,thing to do?  Is it an insecurity thing i.e. they're feart it's going to fall off? I know we all have to adjust our tackle sometimes but I like to think most of us are discreet about it! Weird!

Wednesday 9 November 2011

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: The poppy and pro-war propaganda

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: The poppy and pro-war propaganda: I have written on the poppy and the war before, and most of what I say below I have said before. But it needs to be said again. These...

SCOT goes POP!: Poppy zealotry

SCOT goes POP!: Poppy zealotry: I'm glad a sensible compromise has been reached to allow the England football to display poppies, but some of the language used along the wa...

Monday 7 November 2011

Frankly: Unreconstructed

Frankly: Unreconstructed: Following the election of Ruth Davidson MSP as leader of the Tory Party in Scotland , the former leader's justice adviser, Paul McBr...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: The Ladybird Book of devo max – suitable for union...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: The Ladybird Book of devo max – suitable for union...: Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin … Once upon a time, there was an independent – that means free, child ren – nation called Sc...