Thursday, July 14, 2011

A decade-and-a-half of institutional pigheadedness at the MoD

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Many years ago, Sir John Day and Sir William Wratten, the two RAF Reviewing Officers who found the deceased pilots of the Mull of Kintyre cr...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Will the last Murdoch apologist to leave the building please turn out the lights

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On the morning of the 1992 general election, The Sun ran one of the most infamous headlines in British history - "If Kinnock wins to...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Questions for Alex Gallagher (to which the answer may well be "I no speak so good zee Eengleesh")

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I've just caught up with Councillor Alex Gallagher's latest "contribution to the debate" on independence over at Labour H...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Hisse et ho, Santiano...

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Way back in the mists of time (well, 1999 to be specific) I was on a family holiday in Brittany, and we just happened to be doing some sight...
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Friday, July 8, 2011

Photos on Friday : Barcelona, Besalu and (possibly) Girona

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In spite of the 'sensational' news that the News of the World is to be replaced by the ' Sun on Sunday' (will life ever be...
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Thursday, July 7, 2011

A critic of the Murdoch empire? Get out of your parents' basement and GROW UP.

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When a UK news story makes headlines across the Atlantic, it's always entertaining to read right-wing reaction on the online comments th...
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'Ye dinnae ken me but I ken you'

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Three years ago, there was an infamous incident in the world of curling when the Scottish women's team ended up playing their concluding...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

The amateurism of modern journalism : a small example

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A couple of days back, I discussed how startlingly amateurish journalists can be sometimes. A good example of this can be seen right now i...
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

'You do not speak for Scotland, sir'

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Gerry Hassan has written a very detailed analysis of last night's Newsnight debate on 'the future of the Union'. I must say t...
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Questions to which the answer is 'look into my eyes, look into my eyes, don't look around the eyes, the eyes, the eyes, you're under...when you wake up you will under NO CIRCUMSTANCES remember you have just asked me a question'

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A quick follow-up to the UNANSWERED question I asked of our Labour Hame friends the other day - You recently claimed that Alex Salmond h...
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