When Memes Collide - Hillary Clinton and Tom Cruise

I’m not sure if this is as much fun if you haven’t been following the fun on the internet in the last few days, but it sure points out to anyone watching just how devastating the cult of the amateur can be.

US Political Interviews, Compared to the UK

Have to giggle today at the ‘Journalist Attacks Mitt Romney’ story where Romney’s “I have no Lobbyists” phrase was queried (by a cute giggle) by a laptop bound journalist by the name of Glen Johnson, sitting cross legged on the floor like a pupil at Nursery School. I always wonder what the US candidates would […]

The Greatest American Political Commentators Do Not Match “Our Boris”

America has Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, Mitt Romney, John McCain et al. We have…
Boris Johnson.

Asked by Time magazine whether he considers himself a conviction politician, he gave a response that seems likely to grate in Millbank tower. He replied:
“I certainly have a range of convictions. Not for anything serious. God. I don’t have convictions, actually, […]

Is Obama the American Kinnock?

Back in 1992, every single political opinion poll was pointing to a Labour Victory in the UK general election. Neil Kinnock was going to be swept to power as Prime Minister, leaving John Major to be a footnote on the Thatcher years. History records it didn’t quite turn out that way. Once the population was […]

Boris Johnson for London Mayor?

Yes the rumour mill is flying, but even if he does go forward, and people look at him and see a well crafted buffoon character, read this little gem from his website and ask yourself if he gets it…
I have now been writing columns in this newspaper for almost 20 years, and in the past […]

An Explosion Is Not Needed For Success

Multiple aircraft cancellations, Glasgow Airport closed, delays to flights across the country, an over-reactive number of visible Police carrying Heckler and Koch MP5’s in day-glo vests, talk of extending periods of detention before charge from the current over-zealous 28 days, communities across the UK turning on Muslims with racist attacks and graffitti, vilification of foreign […]

More Chat, More Music, More Adrenalin; The Leith FM Wednesday Lunchtime Show

Update 2: Off air, I’ll do a little report when I get home. Short summary is it went pretty well.
Update: On air now - tune into the stream, and pop me a skype!
Yes it’s the weekly heads up to you all - those of you in Edinburgh can tune in to 98.8FM for the Wednesday […]

You Have The Freedom… to Watch What We Tell You

Yes there may be a lot of us who understand the whole problem of net neutrality, and the slow diminishing of human rights in the UK, and that complain about cpyright extension, and ‘friendly atmosphere’ interviews before you get a passport, but until this stuff jumps up and bites people, you’re not going to get […]

Reply to My Scottish Election Concerns From My MP

Back to the Scottish Election Mayhem. I’ve had a reply to my previous post (see here) which I forwarded to Mark Lazarowicz, my local MP at Westminster (and the Scottish Office at Westminster, ultimatly, is responsible for the Scottish Election. I quote it here in full, before commenting.
Dear Ewan
Thanks for your email. You are right […]

Northern Ireland Assembly Works - Scottish Parliament Doesn’t

Today the Northern Irish Assembly was opened with the Rev. Ian Paisley (Ulster Unionist) and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Fein) sharing power as First Minister and Deputy First Minister respectivly. A decade ago these two would metaphorically have happily ripped each other’s throats out if they thought they’d get away with it.

Today the Scottish Parliament convened […]

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