When I was at school in Glasgow, history was a kind of non subject. Being a bit of a rebel and not always ‘well behaved?’ I was often punished by being sent to the history room or the school library where I was given a history book to read. This happened several times when I refused to play football for the…
Month: July 2014
Scotlands’ referendum – here’s the GUARANTEE
Imagine voting in a referendum and getting a guarantee? I am not talking about the short term selfish trickery of Westminster and the Better Together campaign. I mean a real guarantee. Not like the guarantee on your TV that runs out in 3 years. Not the false guarantee that our pensions are safer with Westminster. I mean a guarantee that remains forever;…
Scotland’s referendum – Vote NO, lose Faslane altogether!
DON’T VOTE NO TO SAVE FASLANE – ITS GOING ANYWAY! One of the principle concerns we find on the doorsteps of Argyll & Bute is potential closure of Faslane with a YES vote and an SNP Government. Two things are immediately worth pointing out. First, with a YES vote there is no guarantee nor is it a given that SNP…
Scotland’s referendum – the ‘power’ of the badge
It’s Saturday 28th and we are headed for Bannockburn. This is day 1 of 2 of the re-enactment and there is a capacity crowd of 10,000. It’s a nice(ish) day, some showers predicted but some sun as well. Nothing will dampen our spirits for this historic 700th anniversary. Going through Stirling we run out of road signs. The military celebration,…