Category Archives: Politics

Glorious and Free

Posted on August 20, 2012 by davidsberry

Before unionist readers have conniption fits about this being another diatribe about Scottish independence, allow me to point out that the title is the English translation of the Province of Manitoba’s motto: GLORIOSUS ET LIBER. And why should I be citing … Continue reading →

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Romney Marsh

Posted on August 18, 2012 by davidsberry

Mitt Romney has less than three months to convince American voters that he is the man to lead them (and the rest of the planet) out of the biggest fiscal hole it has fallen into since the Depression. While we … Continue reading →

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Indy-Contrarian Broon Misgivings (ICBM) Strike

Posted on August 15, 2012 by davidsberry

From whatever hardened silo complex outside Auchtertool in which they had been nursing his wrath to keep it warm, the Hootsmon launched their secret weapon of Irn Broon full-frontal-page yesterday. For a man who can make the word ‘dour’ look like … Continue reading →

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Queen Elizabeth—Another ‘K’atastrophe?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by davidsberry

Regular readers will know of my interest in history in general and of naval history in particular. Last week, as part of North Berwick’s Fringe by the Sea, I gave a couple of talks on the former to be delighted … Continue reading →

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How Come Big Countries Have Such Small Minds?

Posted on August 12, 2012 by davidsberry

I belong to a huge minority—the minority that shunned the Olympic opening ceremony because none of us were really sports fans in the first place and had not yet recovered from the previous two months unrelenting blanket coverage of football … Continue reading →

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Why Our Friends Aren’t Idiots

Posted on August 11, 2012 by davidsberry

There has been much huffing an puffing in the press recently about the supposed ‘split’ in the SNP over NATO and some of my colleagues have taken advantage of the traditional summer silly season to pour a little gasoline of … Continue reading →

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The Last Resort

Posted on August 10, 2012 by davidsberry

“Patriotism: the last resort of a scoundrel.” Dr Samuel Johnston The Edinburgh Festival is now launched full-scale and among the myriad of performances  is a play from  Tricycle Theatre at the always avant-garde Traverse called “Letter of Last Resort“. As … Continue reading →

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England’s Not Foreign to Me

Posted on August 8, 2012 by davidsberry

Peter Jones is not a man with whom I would normally choose to cross verbal swords. Freelance journalist more recently for the Hootsmon but previously regular contributor to weighty pieces in the Times and Economist, he knows his stuff but—more … Continue reading →

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What Next for (Scottish) Labour?

Posted on August 2, 2012 by davidsberry

A book is published this year, entitled What Next for Labour. The blurb for it states “Now is the time for a real debate about the future of the Labour party and its decisive role in British politics. Labour needs to … Continue reading →

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Why SNP Will Not Say ‘No’ to NATO

Posted on August 1, 2012 by davidsberry

The Scottish press are rather relishing the rammy that they expect to break out within the ranks of the SNP in the run-up to their main annual conference in Perth in October. On some levels, they are right to do … Continue reading →

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