Saturday, 26 November 2022

Back to Political Basics. One: The Environment

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In the last couple of years, I have been taking a break from active politics. Unfortunately in life, politics does not return the favour. Pr...
Saturday, 18 June 2022

Dragons

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Brexit is going as expected. Ruined trade, broken pledges and ongoing assaults on human rights and the rule of law. It has led me to reflect...
Monday, 30 August 2021

Changing Career (Even when one is over 50)

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From 1996 until 2014 I was a geophysical engineer and, to be more precise, a borehole seismic engineer. I was forced out of that job at the ...
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Thursday, 15 July 2021

Something EVEL This Way Comes…

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It always stuck me as odd that it should be MP Douglas Ross to take over the leadership, unopposed, of the Scottish Conservative Party in 20...
Saturday, 1 May 2021

A Letter to the Children of Class P4

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Candidates were invited to respond to the letters written by the class of P4 of Calderbridge Primary School, Wishaw. The children have alrea...
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Monday, 22 March 2021

Britain: Junior Partner and Authoritarian Future

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  I am heartened that during the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference, held on the weekend, that both the party’s dedication towards the Europ...
Tuesday, 26 January 2021

Post Brexit Britain and Scottish Independence

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In my 2014 blog, The Scottish Referendum: Why I am voting No , I outlined the reasons for staying with the United Kingdom. At the time, all ...