Apologies for the hiatus. I decided at the end of 2012 that during 2013 my own, main business activities (in the housing market) were not going to keep the wolf from the door. The housing market crash has meant that many businesses like mine have struggled since 2007/08; indeed, I’m aware of many businesses in […]
Before I put up my proposed next post entitled ‘What Are We Supposed To Do About It?’, I felt moved to say something about a BBC News item I saw this evening. I know we can’t wind the clock back. However, when I was minded to join the armed forces (in the 1970s) and then […]
Today Jeremy Warner pointed out in the Daily Telegraph (link below) that unless the National Health Service is reformed, root and branch, then the UK’s national debt will hit 220% of GDP by 2062. It won’t get to that situation, of course, because as the economist Herbert Stein once said, “If something cannot go on forever, […]
A GUEST POST I’m delighted to present a guest post today, prepared by Carlos. You may recall that in my previous post (Almost Time to Look to the Positives) I made reference to Carlos and some of the views that he holds which (on the face of it, anyway) are quite contrary to my own. […]
Introduction This post is the longest one I’ve written to date. You might wish to make yourself a cup of tea or coffee, or pour something stronger before reading on. Indeed, you might decide to wander off and find better things to do; if so, that’s fine by me. If you’re sticking around, though, you’ll […]
Up here on the Moray Firth the local ‘rag’ is a high quality, award winning weekly newspaper called The Northern Scot; I’ve been reading the fine organ since 1984. In 2012 The Northern Scot won the ‘UK Society of Editors’ Weekly Newspaper of the Year (circulation under 20,000)’ award and it was also voted the […]
The Mosque Kitchen, Potterow, Edinburgh When I took my eldest daughter, Victoria, to visit the University of Edinburgh prior to her applying to study there, we had an excellent lunchtime curry in the Mosque kitchen at Potterow. If the men (Muslims) serving from behind the counter thought that the person in the line couldn’t afford […]
… or so we are told today by Mr Nick Boles, Planning Minister (see link below). I live in the Highlands of Scotland: relatively low population density. Recently I found myself spending a couple of weeks living on the eastern outskirts of Bristol; I went down to arrange my father’s funeral. My experiences in the […]
I’ve been out of action this past 2 weeks. My dear father died on 11 May at the age of 84 years. He fell at home, was taken in to hospital in Weston-super-Mare, contracted pneumonia and died peacefully as a result. The NHS staff were truly superb. My dad lived in Clevedon, near Bristol. I […]
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