I would. It's the fact that we had the referendum at all. Identity politics is a dangerous preoccupation. (View Post)

It's a shame Sir John Betjeman isn't still around to debunk this kind of thinking. (View Post)

Huckleberry Finn is well worth reading for an understanding of contemporary attitudes. Mark Twain was near enough in time to represent the period in which he set the book. One of the great American n… (View Post)

By chance am reading the very Flashman novel in which Flashy is embroiled with the slave trade and the underground railroad: Flash for Freedom. Highly recommended. Although a comic novel it very well… (View Post)

Well, David Duguid (MP for Banff and Buchan) won't be embarrassed as he's just been appointed a Scotland Office Minister, along with Iain Stewart. Appears to be a job-share with them both being appoi… (View Post)