Happy New year! That time again for resolutions and reflection. I’ll try and stay positive and focus on a personal change. Don’t have time or head-space for a full run down on the rolling omni-crisis. I spent 2023 alcohol free. Nae drams or pints, tasty malbec or pan-galactic gargleblasters. This is the longest period of […]
Read more "Not a problem, until it is."At the heart of All issues,From kings wrapped in tissues,To folk flat underfoot,There’s one thing at the root. From those who sit on high,Piled on money, to the sky,To those in the mud,Smeared, ragged in blood. Hierarchy is the pyramid,But there’s truth that’s hid,The pole we’re told to climb,Is daubed with elite slime. Society is […]
Read more "Dr Suess does Hierarchy"The announcement on Wednesday that the UK government, through the hilariously named, “North Sea Transition Authority” (NSTA) has given the go ahead to the Rosebank oil field is exactly the wrong thing to be doing. It shows a callous disregard for future generations. We need to leave the oil in the ground and move to […]
Read more "The Party’s Over."Or, maybe should be called a Borderland Postscript? Another summer walking holiday through sylvan rolling hills, fresh air and the smells of summer. Gorse, pollen and decomposing dung work seamlessly with our gentle pace to leave us refreshed. Sounds of the river, wind in the leaves and steady footsteps. There are many posts on here […]
Read more "Borders Abbeys Way 2023"Hard to believe that these people are serious. That bloke over there is openly spouting hate and appears to have come dressed as an off-brand Hitler. Saturday 17th of June saw hundreds of anti-fascists, trade unionists and concerned citizens counter protest a “rally” called by the local far right group. The “rally” peaked at 9 […]
Read more "Cosplay and Contempt"I was challenged to a fight last Wednesday. A pot-bellied bedraggled black Toyota tail-gated me up the road as I cycled home from work, horn blaring intermittently. This on a residential street crammed with parked cars, with nowhere for me to go to allow him past. Sadly this is fairly average, what happened next, not […]
Read more "Cars and Freedom"Hello everybody, thanks for coming on such a cold Saturday afternoon. We’re here again. It’s a, grim, grinding pattern. Prices rise, rents rise, bills rise. Wages stay the same, or hours are cut, often to the insidious zero hour’s contract. People are forced to choose between heating and eating. Between shoes for the bairn or […]
Read more "Speech for ATUC demo. 12/2/22"NB. Written with a head full of cotton wool and itchy eyes. Brain probably not sparking at it’s best. The inevitable has a habit of happening. Second week back at school after the winter break and it did, I tested positive for Covid for the first time. Amazing I’d avoided it for so long, spending […]
Read more "Positive Pondering"Happy New year! Lang may yer lum reek! Aw’ the best an’ that! Perhaps a little late, but Myshele and I have been having a little digital detox over the last few days, clearing our minds for the fun that 2022 will bring. I post this today as a spur to myself to try and […]
Read more "Here we go!"“I’ve had 16 months to research this! It’s about bodily autonomy! They’re trying to take our freedom and we need to stand up!” This was when I thought I should walk on. The locals outside the pub were more than capable of continuing the discussion. I’d stopped out of surprise at the woman on Montrose […]
Read more "Pandemic Precarity"
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