Category Economy General
CORONAVIRUS | WHERE’S THIS HEADING (PART 2A)?
This post is Part 2A of what will now be a three-part series. The thrust of my argument from here on is that for nations to strive to return to globalised business-as-usual post-Covid-19 would be a mistake; indeed, it may not even be possible. Some of us argue that life won’t and, indeed, shouldn’t be […]
CORONAVIRUS | WHERE'S THIS HEADING? (PART 1)
Last night at 2030 hrs GMT the Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, made a statement to the British people. He told us that freedom of movement in the UK was terminated. We’re now confined to quarters, enforceable by law. You can go to work (but only if you absolutely cannot work from […]
EUROPE WARS: THE LAST BREXITEER & A CHRISTMAS CAROL
An open letter to Mr Douglas Ross MP, my Member of Parliament THE RESISTANCE You’ll be aware that Star Wars: The Last Jedi is now on general release. I couldn’t help but draw a connection between the Star Wars film’s promotional blurb and the situation today as the UK seeks to extricate itself from the […]
MORAY COUNCIL ELECTIONS: WHICH WAY TO VOTE?
Please forgive this somewhat parochial post, which is important to me and 75,000 other voters living in the Scottish shire of Moray. Welcome in particular to readers of The Northern Scot and The Press & Journal newspapers! NB: I have amended the original post on this subject to reflect feedback from a Moray Councillor on the facts […]
STARTING A NEW JOB
This website was conceived – as the strapline suggests – as a father’s thoughts for his children. I wanted some way of sharing thoughts and ideas with my children that didn’t involve me boring them rigid over the dinner table (not unknown). I’ve been pretty rubbish at focusing on the sorts of topics that might […]
EU REFERENDUM: SHAFTING THE COMMONWEALTH
Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham VC and Bar The history of the UK’s membership of the European Union is the history of the UK shitting on its Commonwealth family (pardon me for the language). Here’s one man from a fine member of the Commonwealth family, New Zealand, whose life deserves a mention. It does sadden me […]
EU REFERENDUM: PIFFLE
Once again, time to watch a short movie, if you please. Here we learn about some of the piffle spouted by the Remainians … Please do your fellow countrymen a favour and share this post
EU REFERENDUM: IS IT REALLY THE ECONOMY, STUPID?
Welcome back to Moraymint Chatter (especially readers of The Northern Scot newspaper)! Post # 2-of-4 on the subject of the EU Referendum: how will you decide which way to vote? A Punter’s Guide. ‘Europe’s nations should be guided towards the superstate without their people understanding what is happening. This can be accomplished by successive steps, […]
ON THE UK GENERAL ELECTION RESULT
Depending on your political point of view here is a fact which is either sobering, or which says something rather profound about the thinking of the British people: UKIP is now the 3rd largest party in British politics in terms of vote share. Under Proportional Representation UKIP would have 83 seats in Parliament: 39% of […]
WHERE’S THIS HEADING?
Pour Yourself a Beer Pour yourself a beer or something before you start reading this post; it’s a ‘big yin’ (big one) as we say here in Scotland. What’s a Young Person Supposed to Do? This post is the first of two consecutive posts. The second post will address the question, ‘What’s a young person […]
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