Category Archives: Politics
Halt The Progressives
Twitter “phenom” @BevaniteEllie has been writing about the Labour leadership contest on The Guardian’s Comment Is Free site: Harriet Harman is right: a political movement is growing. Labour can seize this moment and become a formidable campaign force again. We … Continue reading
Don’t Hide From The Real Debate
Mark Thompson confused censorship and editorial morality. Griffin is not censored by the BBC – he is more often on current affairs than most Labour MPs. Thompson gave in to the stunt culture of the BBC and provided a platform … Continue reading
#welovetheNHS
In the mid 1960’s my grandfather went on, what we could call today, a fact finding and relationship building trip to the United States and Canada. By then he was in charge of the Orthopaedic Workshop at Edinburgh’s Princess Margaret … Continue reading
Brown’s Bubble Bounces On
Much as predictions can be dangerous territory: It now looks as if Labour have held on in the Glenrothes by election. Couple of things if this is confirmed. It now seems clear that Brown will lead Labour into the next … Continue reading
Election Fever
The US election, the Glenrothes by election and, more importantly, the Edinburgh council by election for the Forth seat. A big week all in all. I was treated to a miniscule insight into how hard it must be for both … Continue reading
