Author Archives: moraymint
ANTI-MUSLIM HOSTILITY
Reading Time: 6 minutes. Abhorrent Racist: Qui, Moi? The Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland is Mr Anas Sarwar; he’s a Muslim, as a matter of fact. In August 2019, Mr Sarwar labelled me “an abhorrent racist” which several newspapers at the time, including ‘The National’ (the Scottish nationalists’ news organ of choice), made […]
HELLO | I’M BACK
This is a post simply to announce that I’ve decided to resurrect my Moraymint Chatter blog. My first substantial post will be published presently. I look forward to engaging or re-engaging with you shortly in the name of freedom of speech. Happy New Year to you. See you down the pub. Yours Moraymint
HRH PRINCE PHILIP | MY VERY MODEST CONNECTION TO THE MAN
As a teenager I aspired to join the British armed forces. In 1973, when I was 16 years old, I went to Royal Air Force Biggin Hill to do what was then called a ‘Test in Advance’. After several days of mental and physical tests I was told that I had the potential to be […]
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS 2021
Political Priorities In the last Scottish Parliament elections (2016), most voters in Scotland (53.5%) did not vote for the Scottish National Party (SNP). Listening to the SNP minority-government’s political pronouncements over many years, one could be forgiven for thinking that Scotland was defined by Scottish nationalism. Sure, the SNP is defined by Scottish nationalism (not […]
MR ANAS SARWAR MEMBER OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
This post reflects advice provided to me by my solicitor, Harper Macleod, and by The Free Speech Union, of which I’m a Gold Member, and other substantial individuals whose opinions I trust and value If you’re reading this post, the assumption is that you’re conducting ‘background checks’ on me, Mark Nash, also known as Moraymint. […]
COVID-19 | A MORAL MAZE
Pressure is mounting to enforce the lockdown-equivalent of super-gluing every citizen in the land to their living room sofa to prevent us all from dying of COVID-19. One has to question the morality of blanket, state-enforced lockdowns. Holding the Contrary View One of the drawbacks of being a lockdown sceptic – I’m one of them […]
COVID-19 | A VERY BRITISH TYRANNY
The principal reason I write about anything at all is to help shape my understanding of topics of interest to me. If in so doing your own understanding of the topic in question is also shaped in some way – possibly not in the same direction as mine – then that’s a good thing. The […]
COVID | AN EARLY CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
At the time of writing, Scotland’s National Clinical Director (who’s a dentist in fact, but there you go) has just told me to ‘get your digital Christmas ready’. How exciting! On Professor Leitch’s Wikipedia page, under ‘Awards and Honours’, Prof Leitch is attributed with being ‘The Grinch who stole Christmas 2020’. We shouldn’t be surprised […]
HSBC BACKS SUPPRESSION OF FREEDOM IN HONG KONG
This is an open letter to Mr Noel Quinn, Group Chief Executive of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC). The picture above is Mr Peter Wong, HSBC’s Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive. Dear Mr Quinn It looks almost certain that the Communist Party of China will enact a law which would bypass Hong […]
CORONAVIRUS | POLITICS (STILL) GOING CRAZY
This Covid-19 crisis is certainly flushing out who and what we are as a nation – with an awful lot of road to travel yet. Douglas Ross probably had no choice in resigning as a junior government minister and I respect his decision; he’s a dyed-in-the-wool constituency MP and I admire him for that. However, […]
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