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I was nominated by James Arthur to post five of my favourite tunes
I was nominated by James Arthur to post five of my favourite tunes and decided to stick to the Seventies when I first started buying records. Here is...

The BBC managed to shoot itself in both feet. It over-hyped the
The BBC managed to shoot itself in both feet. It over-hyped the more powers that were being offered by the former prime minister Gordon Brown in his r...

I was criticised a couple of weeks ago for changing my profile
I was criticised a couple of weeks ago for changing my profile picture to YES embedded within the saltire, as being overtly nationalist. I have chang...

There is an old photograph currently being displayed in a Crieff
There is an old photograph currently being displayed in a Crieff shop window. It is of a young man in WWI uniform of the Black Watch. It is a studio p...

This month, equally, the Coalition was forced to admit what was
This month, equally, the Coalition was forced to admit what was long suspected: zero-hours contracts are far more prevalent than politicians were prep...

The UK political establishment knows where its common interest
The UK political establishment knows where its common interest lies and it can work together when it wants to. We saw this in February when George Osb...

One of the most chilling experiences I have had recently was at an
One of the most chilling experiences I have had recently was at an NHS Scotland conference last week on welfare reform in Scotland. The impact of the ...