Month: December 2013

Quotes Of The Year #12

Speymouth December 31, 2013

Holy hell, we made it! (Via January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November.) “It is in the UK’s self-interest to portray relations with an independent Scotland on this side of the referendum as highly contentious and difficult but its interests will immediately change on the …read more

Quotes Of The Year #11

Speymouth December 31, 2013

We’re so close now, readers. Stick with it. Think of the stories you’ll be able to tell your grandchildren. (Earlier tales: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October.) “Well, we have worked together, absolutely closely and co-operating throughout this process. The, the, the power to impose special …read more

Quotes Of The Year #10

Speymouth December 31, 2013

So, yeah, here’s more stuff people said this year. (You have also been watching: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, and September.) “Indeed, 55 per cent of people who said that they voted for the Scottish National Party in 2011 have said that they are not in favour …read more

Quotes Of The Year #9

Speymouth December 31, 2013

Okay, let’s neck another load of Red Bull and Pro-Plus and get on with this thing. How many more months can there be, anyway? (This post preceded by: January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August.) “Mr Salmond and his empty brains has not spoken about Spain again but …read more

The Sun Has got His Hat On

Speymouth December 31, 2013

What a day I’m having…I had my belly laugh at Johann presenting herself as stateswoman of the year (she’s been watching Borgen) and then Alistair Carmichael entered my territory by reminding us that the real choice is not between independence and devolution but between Scotland and Britain – which is …read more

Quotes Of The Year #8

Speymouth December 31, 2013

Sob. (Previously: January, February, March, April, May, June, July.) “Labour for Independence is a sham, a tawdry little con in which some of the party’s most bitter rivals are complicit.” – Euan ‘Scoop’ McColm uses all his top investigative skills to identify the terrible secrets behind LFI by, er, reading …read more

Resolution

Speymouth December 31, 2013

By Mike Small In 259 days we can and will win.That such a sentence can be written at all is all a feat of some doing, and no doubt we are standing on the shoulders of giants who have brought… Read More › …read more

Quotes Of The Year #7

Speymouth December 31, 2013

Erk. I think spending a whole day crouched over a laptop trying to install Windows bloody 8 might have done me in, readers. Judging by the wracked state of my upper torso last night and this morning, for a while there I thought I was going to be bringing in …read more

From My Parallel Universe

Speymouth December 31, 2013

Thank you, Johann for the biggest laugh on the last day of the year. Reading the end-of-year bromides from our political leaders, I was absent-mindedly sipping my tea when I came across this.

Johann Lamont urged Scots to conduct the debate respectfully, especially as the eyes of the world would be …read more