I think the Abbott debacle (along with other mis-steps) shows Starmer’s political inexperience. We’re about to replace one politically inexperienced technocrat with another. Both men are smart, both … (View Post)

Tory omnishambles SNP “hold my beer” bonkers! the SNP successfully amends the motion on Michael Matheson then doesn’t vote for it. what a mess Swinney has made of the straightforward case of a fella … (View Post)

Had Prime Minister Miliband not been negotiating independence with First Minister (soon to be Prime Minister) Salmond…. (View Post)

Decades after it had been drummed into me that I lived in a “howse” and not a “hoos” I discovered my “incorrect” pronunciation had in fact been the standard until “the great vowel shift”. (View Post)

My pet linguistic peeve is introducing management speak into everyday conversation…..to my horror I once found myself saying “Mother, that’s not actionable….” (View Post)