Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. Unfortunately, this warning came late for the Trojans in 1180BC! Had it come a few years earlier, history would have told the story of the great Trojan barbecue where they roasted their kebabs over the embers of a big wooden horse they found on the outskirts of the city. Can you hear all that racket…
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Scotland’s Referendum – The Clyde Field cover up Uncovered
Scotland’s Referendum – The truth about oil in the west coast – right outside my window, literally! ‘The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away’ then ‘the Lord giveth back’, good Lord!, and then the Westminster Government try to ‘taketh it away again’. The Lord moves in strange ways. In the heyday of Clyde shipping 300 large ships slide down…
Scotland’s referendum – My take on the Dumbarton debate
After Wednesday night’s light attendance, although great speakers, I decided to treat myself to the debate for Undecided voters in Dumbarton. This looked a lot more promising in numbers. There must have been about a hundred in the hall and the debate got under way. We had 4 speakers. Elspeth Crockett, a retired school teacher led the charge with an…
Scotland’s referendum – Just Another Saturday
Apologies to Billy Connolly for nickin’ the title of his film. So, it was Saturday again, a glorious morning, as we gathered in Helensburgh to continue our canvassing programme, taking the Yes Scotland message to the people of ‘very’ West Helensburgh. This week we had a change to our format to capture more useful information. I set off on my…