Munguin's Republic: SCOTLAND WILL BENEFIT FROM SCOTLAND'S GAMES

Munguin's Republic: SCOTLAND WILL BENEFIT FROM SCOTLAND'S GAMES: Following news that Scottish businesses have won 133 of the 171 contracts through the Glasgow Business Portal, Shona Robison, Minist...

Tocasaid: Cheap laughs in other people's misery

Tocasaid: Cheap laughs in other people's misery: The recent stooshies surrounding the humour of some English media types is probably heaven-sent propaganda material for certain right-wing ...

Tocasaid: Skins, bagpipes and thrash - Oi Polloi at 30

Tocasaid: Skins, bagpipes and thrash - Oi Polloi at 30: Some may argue that any punk band that has been together for 30 years isn't a punk band. Some like the UK Subs and GBH never went away. Oth...

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...

DARK LOCHNAGAR: THE REAL ISRAEL AND THEIR GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE!

DARK LOCHNAGAR: THE REAL ISRAEL AND THEIR GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE!

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...

Munguin's Republic: 'I'M ALRIGHT JACK', SAYS FRANCIS

Munguin's Republic: 'I'M ALRIGHT JACK', SAYS FRANCIS: Francis 'Big Society' Maude is the Cabinet Minister who is slashing away at the pensions of civil servants who, on average, get around £5,60...

Tocasaid: Some questions regarding sectarianism in Scotland

Tocasaid: Some questions regarding sectarianism in Scotland: Perhaps not unsurprisingly, the new figures showing an increase in sectarian or 'hate crimes' does little or nothing to give us a clear pic...

Black Swan

Easterton of Roseisle Stone

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: FMQs, sketch writers, and hounding the Wee Lord of...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: FMQs, sketch writers, and hounding the Wee Lord of...: Most newspapers carry as part of their political coverage a political sketch column. These are intended as a lighter note to the portentousl...

Munguin's Republic: EDINBURGH CASTLE STANDS UPON A ROCK.... AND THERE ...

Munguin's Republic: EDINBURGH CASTLE STANDS UPON A ROCK.... AND THERE ...: Subrosa had an article yesterday about Historic Scotland's application to Edinburgh Council for the right to erect massive Olympic Rings o...

Munguin's Republic: IT'S ALL EVERYONE'S FAULT ... EXCEPT THE BANKERS

Munguin's Republic: IT'S ALL EVERYONE'S FAULT ... EXCEPT THE BANKERS: I wonder just how much good Merv King is. I mean to say, he has got every single prediction he ever made wrong. He constantly downgrades ...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: Understanding the Unionist mind – and how professi...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: Understanding the Unionist mind – and how professi...: A key skill in negotiation, in diplomacy, in conflict resolution and in conflict itself is getting inside the head of the other party or pa...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: Referendum – legal matters and the relevance of Qu...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: Referendum – legal matters and the relevance of Qu...: What I try to do in my blog is discuss issues relating to Scotland’s governance and Scotland’s independence from the standpoint of an ordina...

Munguin's Republic: BBC DIRECTION ALL WRONG

Munguin's Republic: BBC DIRECTION ALL WRONG: The BBC's interpretation of "North West" I should be used to it by now. But tonight I watched the BBC news, and coverage of the debate on...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: Eejits out in force today–Herald Letters and Stark...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: Eejits out in force today–Herald Letters and Stark...: I mentioned in my last blog that among the most ridiculous suggestions by unionists as they tramped their sour grapes after the May election...

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!

DARK LOCHNAGAR: THUGS!

DARK LOCHNAGAR: THUGS!

SCOT goes POP!: Devastation stalks the streets : the GB football t...

SCOT goes POP!: Devastation stalks the streets : the GB football t...: Nick Pearce writes in the Telegraph about the unveiling of the Great Britain football teams' fixture list for next year's Olympics - "As...

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...

Frankly: A Doctor Writes

Frankly: A Doctor Writes: If you have been entertained, appalled, disgusted or merely intrigued by the attitude which now seems to be prevalent among many Engl...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: The Referendum eye chart tidied up – with thanks t...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: The Referendum eye chart tidied up – with thanks t...: REFERENDUM EYE CHART REFERENDUM SECONDHALFOFPARLIAMENT SCOTTISHVOTERSONLY CONSULTATIVEONLY NOTLEGALLYBINDING NEGOTIATIONFOLLOWS QUES...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: It's that Old Devil Called Devo Max Again! - The Q...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: It's that Old Devil Called Devo Max Again! - The Q...: “ The name’s Max – Devo Max , licensed to talk nonsense about independence: my number is 1707-2014 – give me a call sometime …” In moments...

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...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: Ius naturale, independence and negotiation

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: Ius naturale, independence and negotiation: I made my living for many years as a negotiator, in employee relations, then as a consultant and trainer in negotiation and negotiating ski...

Sunset over The South Inch

Thursday

DARK LOCHNAGAR: GREECE HAS THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA ARMED FORCES IN ...

DARK LOCHNAGAR: GREECE HAS THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA ARMED FORCES IN ...: State Active Reserve Paramilitary Total of population Total per 1,000 capita United Kingdom 197,780 ...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: Citigroup – the company attacking Scotland’s refer...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2011: Citigroup – the company attacking Scotland’s refer...: David Cameron alighted on Citigroup’s investment advice to companies proposing to invest in Scotland like a fly on to a pile of shi t at P...

An Autumn morning looking across the South Inch from my living room window!

DARK LOCHNAGAR: I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HATES AMERICANISMS!

DARK LOCHNAGAR: I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HATES AMERICANISMS!

DARK LOCHNAGAR: WHY DOES THIS ARSEHOLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VETO LAWS...

DARK LOCHNAGAR: WHY DOES THIS ARSEHOLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VETO LAWS...: Ministers have been forced to seek permission from Prince Charles before passing laws in at least a dozen separate areas during the past f...

Munguin's Republic: CHARLES WIELDS POWER OVER A WIDE RANGE OF MATTERS

Munguin's Republic: CHARLES WIELDS POWER OVER A WIDE RANGE OF MATTERS: Lithograph of the Black Prince (2nd left) Under an ancient law dating from 1337 which has never been revoked, The Duke of Cornwall has th...

Happy Samhuinn!

Happy Samhuinn everyone! Since this is the Celtic New Year here's a resolution.........let's try to get back to celebrating Hallowe'en in Scotland in a Scottish way! Nae pumpkin lanterns,let's carve neep lanterns,nae bobbing for apples,let's dook for aipples,nae trick or treat,let's hae the bairns guisin' again!

Whit's it a' aboot?

This blog is going to be my place for blethering about all sorts of stuff...........................stuff that pisses me off,stuff that makes me happy,stuff that interests me and stuff that's just stuff! I'll be regularly adding photos I take on my travels around Scotland,particularly here in my home town of Perth! I do tend to be a tad opinionated,but I'm always prepared to listen to a reasonable argument,as long as it agrees with mine! Hopefully it'll be fun,even when I'm having a wee rant!

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