If I hadn't seen such riches, I could live with being poor...
Why the relaunch? Liberal Landslide was first removed when it looked like I was going to the Scottish Parliament in 2007 and the Party high command were worried I'd get wired into the Shiraz and say...
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If annihilation has a smell, for me it's wild garlic.The anti-cyclone that graced these shores throughout the months of March and April 2011, saw the rampant proflegation of the herb along the cycle...
View ArticleThe end of the Party
One of the brightest sights in the known universe is the death throes of a star. Celestial giants of sufficient mass (say eight times that of our own sun) can end their stellar lives in a conflagration...
View ArticleHe's saved the party before, he can do it again.
A two word message was telegraphed to the fleet when Churchill was reappointed First Lord of the Admiralty:'Winston's back'The message came as some degree of comfort to officers and enlisted men of the...
View Articlewhat's not to love about losing?
I think I’m getting the hang of losing elections.I counted it backwards and I’m pretty sure that I’ve been running for something or managing someone else’s campaign since 2004. I’d almost forgotten...
View ArticleTales of ash and the North Atlantic
The Icelandic volcano erupted as I shook the last of my grandfather from his canister over a remote hill top in the Brecon Beacons. Strangely fitting that events in the North Atlantic should so...
View ArticleOur revolutions were never on the telly in the first place
The revolution will not be televised.The revolution will not be brought to you by zerox in four parts without commercial interruption,The revolution will not be televised.Gil Scott-Heron's dad was the...
View ArticleTaken too soon. Andrew Reeves- a tribute
One of the most important voices of the Liberal Movement was silenced today. In the small hours of 3rd June a heart attack robbed, at the brutally young age of 43, our party and our world of a...
View ArticleA question of wording...
Do you think that Scottish Ministers should enter into negotiations with the UK government to set out the terms under which they might meet to discuss the terms of a discussion about giving Scotland...
View ArticleAskEdM: What's wrong with Labour's PR machine(?)
I love the Labour party. Yesterday they made me laugh so much I almost did a tiny wee.This isn't a defection post, it's a long overdue homage to the ability of the Labour party to knock its own PR...
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