All quiet
on Nov 10, 2009 in The End Blogging Personal I realise posting has been pretty none existent recently. I think I'm at a stage where I'm reconsidering why I blog/ if I can be bothered with it any more. If I carry on, it probably won't be anything like the frequency it has been in the past - I'...

Autumn International Predictions
on Nov 7, 2009 in Rugby Predictions England 25-16 AustraliaWales 27-33 New ZealandWhich probably means Australia and Wales will win, given my history at predictions...

Democracy, thy name is Tavish
on Nov 1, 2009 in Lib Dems Democracy Partisan Politics Jokes I was going to write a post criticising the Liberal "Democrats" for the position taken at their conference yesterday.I was going to, and then I read Will's post, which makes the point far more eloquently than I could, so I won't bother.Except to say...

Car for sale (maybe)
on Oct 30, 2009 in Cars Environment Personal I'm thinking about selling my car (and joining the Edinburgh City Car Club).Anyone interested in purchasing a 1999 Ford Fiesta Zetec? If so, drop me a comment or an email, and we can chat about it.Cheers,Malc.

Spousal (expense) abuse
on Oct 29, 2009 in Expenses Scottish Parliament UK Parliament Just a thought.Remember when the expenses scandal broke? How the Scottish Parliament made itself look morally superior to its Westminster counterpart, emphasising how the expenses system at Holyrood is transparent, open and accountable?BBC News last...

Simon Cowell's dream contestant
on Oct 28, 2009 in Gordon Brown Funny The lighter side of Gordon Brown... by Rory Bremner:Hat-tip Subrosa.

Leading Labour
on Oct 27, 2009 in Iain Gray Jim Murphy Labour Elections Scottish Parliament Like him or loathe him (and I know plenty on the latter side of that) Jim Murphy has done a fairly good decent job as Secretary of State for Scotland - from a political perspective at least.No really. A number of commentators and academics had conce...

Guest Post: Lib Dems - supporting a referendum?
on Oct 26, 2009 in Lib Dems Guest Blog Referendum Another guest contribution, this time from Linlithgow's favourite Liberal Democrat, Stephen Glenn. He is a Lib Dem, so be gentle with him. But he is writing about an interesting subject, so get torn in!Malc has kindly asked me write a guest post lo...

Compassionate Conservatives...
on Oct 24, 2009 in David Cameron Tories Darth Vader A friend passed this on. Couldn't resist. Captions?

The world keeps turning
on Oct 23, 2009 in Liberty Democracy BNP BBC Nick Griffin appeared on Question Time then. I watched it, and so, I'll guess, did about 5 or so million other people. Yousuf didn't - and now wants to know what the outcome was. You can let him know here.I'm not going to review it, except to say...