Archive for the 'Scotland' Category
Pants to paedophiles preferring pleats
Yazan: Sara | 31 May 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: children, crime, Scotland
Today’s Daily Mail caries a story bizarre even by that publication’s usual standards. So bizarre that I was not prepared to believe it until I had obtained verification from another source. But it is true. A secondary school in Glasgow has changed its school uniform regulations and in order to frighten parents itno complying has [...]
Danny, Champion of the World – or at least Scottish politics
Yazan: Sara | 30 October 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Labour, LibDems, Scotland
So Harriet Harman has been forced into a grovelling apology for her nasty remarks about Danny Alexander. Quite right too. The remarks also seem to have caused some embarrassment within the Labour party. Good. But full marks to Danny Alexander for his response that he was ”proud to be ginger”, adding that “rodents do valuable work cleaning up [...]
Scotland the Brave
Yazan: sarabedford | 03 April 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Scotland, Soccer specials
I am astounded but admiring of the strength of mind and character of the Scottish FA and Rangers FC for their life ban and suspension respectively of captain Barry Ferguson and goalkeeper Allan McGregor. The pair were involved in an eight hour drinking session on returning from a recent World Cup qualifier defeat, which led to [...]
Don't be ghoulish, don't be foolish
Yazan: sarabedford | 14 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: by-elections, Gordon Brown, Scotland, SNP
There’s nothing like a by-election to get us political types excited – anything from a Parish Council to a Parliamentary seat will do. Most of us of all parties are sent scrambling for the statistics and background to see what the chances are. It’s important to remember that behind many by-elections is a tragedy – [...]
