Tag Archives: Nigel Farage

The Telly Is Shite

I really shouldn’t give a toss But the telly is fucking dross I brace myself, pick up the remote Land on a soap; generic, inchoate And immediately my thoughts float, Like Libyans fleeing on a leaky boat Switch over to … Continue reading

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Smearing Sturgeon

With the General Election only a month away, expect a failing fourth estate that’s entirely reliant on sustaining the British electorate’s loyalty to Westminster’s conventions and structures, to throw copious amounts of shit at her and the SNP. The recent … Continue reading

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Why I’m voting Yes.

I’ve been writing steadily for about seven years now. Not for one second do I think I’m good, or even average at it. It can be hard to offer an honest, objective appraisal of one’s own work, and really, being … Continue reading

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UKIP’s rise? We’re all to blame.

I voted in the European Elections at my local polling station, the Gairbraid Church Hall in Maryhill. Having never been in it before I fully expected the interior to be transformed into a sparse state of temporary surrogacy, the mildly … Continue reading

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