Have been away overseas for a week and not been following budget. Having returned and spoken to friends and acquaintances, been quite taken aback by hostility to the budget. General view seems to be … (View Post)

Big news in Stornoway.... https://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/business/tesco-announce-sunday-opening-date-4833800 "There has been strong opposition to the prospect of Sunday opening from island c… (View Post)

OT. Reasonable (and positive) assessment, though with a warning, of Kemi by Lord Ashcroft. https://conservativehome.com/2024/10/22/lord-ashcroft-the-conservatives-need-a-leader-of-rare-quality-for-me… (View Post)

Anyone at all interested in the tragic fate of the UK's oil and gas industry should read this. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/local/6608441/former-oil-and-gas-uk-chiefs-fears-of-north-… (View Post)

LOL. I wonder if she is a secret monarchist? This kind of stunt almost certainly has the opposite effect to what is presumably intended. Rural Australians secured the monarchy at the last referendum … (View Post)