Diary Of An Anti-Tory Protestor – Part 1
George Square, 30th March 2013 There comes a point in every man’s life – or, at least, I hope there does – when you realise that clicking “like” on shared Facebook photos and statuses is not an...
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Margaret Thatcher Goes To Hell, 8th April 2013 Margaret Thatcher died unexpectedly peacefully, at the age of 87. I found out about it from a friend who told me succinctly that “Thatcher is dead.” As...
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Scrap Trident, George Square, 13th April 2013 I had to do a bit of research before deciding whether or not to join this demo. My previous excursions into public protest had been based on long-held...
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“Remember Thatcher’s Victims”, George Square, 17th April 2013 They planted Thatcher today. Actually, I think they burned her. Either way, I do not care, and I suspect neither does she. The BBC and most...
View ArticlePubs, Offensive Shirts, And Invisible Children.
A letter to a national pub chain, after I was asked to remove a particular item of clothing in one of their bars. Nobody has previously complained about the garment in question, and so I curiously...
View ArticleNow It’s Cone Too Far.
I love this city. Although I was born and brought up some eleven miles away, I quickly realised upon moving here that I was always Glaswegian – I had just been trapped elsewhere for twenty-three years....
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