February 2012
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We Will Remember Them
On Twitter yesterday evening I said - “journalists think they know which side their bread is buttered come #indy we will remember” - I’ve taken out the @people as I don’t intend to name names here but one poor, sensitive soul construed that as a threat against him personally.
Let me make one thing crystal clear, what I said was not a threat, it was not even a warning, it was much more an...
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Tories to call snap election?
In what seemed a very strange move, Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister, who had been due to appear on the BBC in the run-up to the Scotland v England Six Nations rugby match today, was axed from the programme at short notice.
This was, apparently, something of a surprise to BBC Scotland, the decision having been taken at a UK level, south of the Scottish border.
A spokesman was quoted as...
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Dear John Bull
Dear John Bull,
The problem with a marriage of convenience is that the longer it goes on, the less convenient it is likely to be.
After 300 years in this marriage, I am now seeking to regain my independence. It’s not as if you didn’t know this day would come, it’s clear we have grown apart in many ways.
I believe in looking after the people, you say they should look after themselves. I take...