Would An Independent Scotland Have Been Able To Afford The Furlough Scheme?
Supposing that Scotland had voted to become independent in 2014. Supposing that this nation had not fallen stillborn from the …
Tag Archives: Opinion
The Corona Rock Snake Attacks!
The citizens of Edinburgh had made the snake on the Meadows. I suppose that most of the people who had …
We Don’t Need A COVID-19 Public Inquiry.
Already these people are starting. Already it is creeping into discussions within the media and it is being viewed increasingly …
The Lockdown and Thanatos.
Why has there been such a widespread public acquiescence to the lockdown? It is over a month now since this …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 24). Covid-19 Special.
[SCENE: Not a pub. We are in the living room of Zbigniew Tycienski’s Newington apartment. There are two large perspex …
Coronavirus and the Job Retention Scheme.
COVID-19, the latest coronavirus, should cause only mild symptoms in strong, healthy bodies. It is surely of symbolic import, therefore, …
Coronavirus: Edinburgh Is Going To Take A Dive.
The British and Scottish governments are correct to shut down half of Edinburgh’s economy to prevent the spread of the …
Boring Snoring Boris Johnson.
Why has a Boris Johnson government turned out to be so colossally boring? It might be somewhat unsettling for us …
“And The Glitter Is Gone”: On How to Leave the EU with Emotional Intelligence.
The sun is setting over New York. We are on a roof, with the horizon at waist level, and with …
Book Review: Mindf*ck.
Christopher Wylie is this bratty young Canadian guy with the pink lid who had “blown the whistle” on the Vote …
Where You Belong (a review of GE2019).
‘You are pitiful, isolated individuals! You are bankrupts. Your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on—into …
Labour’s “It’s Time For Real Change” is a post-Brexit manifesto.
Brexiteers, or anybody with any lingering attachment to democracy, are likely to be offended by the Labour party’s latest Brexit …
Vertex Vortex: Jeremy Corbyn’s NHS Paranoia.
One would think that a cliché is untrue simply by virtue of being a cliché. According to the electioneering Labour …
Why aren’t Extinction Rebellion Campaigning for Nuclear Fusion?
Why aren’t Extinction Rebellion (XR) big on the topic of nuclear fusion? XR, a “non-violent, civil-disobedience activist movement,” want to …
Sick Kids Meet Sick Buildings Syndrome.
The Emporio Armani boutique on Glasgow’s swanky Ingram Street can be hardly said to be jerry built. According to the …
