Category Letter to Children
EU REFERENDUM: WHAT NOW?
Post-EU Referendum analysis of the principal reasons for voting one way or the other threw out the following key conclusions. Remainians voted primarily out of fear of the economic and social consequences of us leaving the EU: honourable and fair enough. On the other hand, we Leavers voted primarily for self-determination: equally honourable and fair […]
EU REFERENDUM: BREXIT IT IS
Well, there we go. Democracy in action, whether you like the result or not. Remember, the European Union only does sham democracy. The UK does democracy in the raw. Let’s take a moment to look at some sentiments about the European Union. “I have never understood why public opinion about European ideas should be taken into […]
WHAT IF?
I started this blog with my children in mind, as a means of conveying information to them in a way which I hoped they might consider and assimilate. My assumption was that one’s children are not too keen on listening to Dad’s pronouncements about life, the universe and everything around the kitchen table. The fact is that […]
THE EUROPEAN UNION: MAKE ME LARF
If you’re wondering whether, come 23 June, you want to be a Brit or a citizen of the European Union (it’s one or the other; you can’t be both), then you need to watch this presentation by Boris Johnson. Show me one politician, just one politician from the ‘Remain in the EU’ side who has […]
CHRISTMAS AND SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE
Heresy The debate rages about whether we should cuddle up to Islam, or destroy it. Our Establishment elite exhorts us to love Muslims; to do anything else makes one a fascist. Meantime, the British government sets about bombing Islamic State. The BBC struggles with this one a bit and almost chokes on the term, ‘Islamic […]
THE END IS NIGH
Miserable Git Anyone who has the remotest interest in the idle musings of me, Moraymint, would almost certainly conclude that I’m a pessimist. Indeed, some would doubtless go so far as to say that I’m the proverbial miserable old git who really should get a life. Post after post on this blog identifies me with […]
A DUTY TO BE POSITIVE
Carlos is Moraymint’s contrarian; in that sense he’s about to do me a big favour. Let’s be honest, I’ve devoted perhaps a little too much blog space (understatement) to explaining how and why I think we’re at one of history’s great ‘turning points’. I argue – and will probably continue to argue – that we’re living […]
800 YEARS OF MAGNA CARTA
Warning: Controversial Comment Today, the Daily Telegraph reported, ‘Horrifying animal slaughter in [a] halal abattoir’ in Yorkshire. If you have a strong stomach then click on the link at the bottom of this post to witness a little bit of hell on earth. Now, what I don’t understand is this. This year marks the 800th […]
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 […]
WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO (INTRO)?
Introduction Despite the worst fears of at least one of my daughters, I am in fact a happy chappy. You could be forgiven for thinking otherwise if you read most of the posts on this blog, or my contributions to the comments pages of the Daily Telegraph or, indeed, many of the posts on my […]
Moraymint Chatter 