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It shall pass

He looked out west over the sea. Where he was used to gilded opulence and vistas thronged with sycophancy, here … More

Environment, History, Humanity, Island, Leadership, Life, Places, Politics, Writing

The Day Democracy Left

I write this on the evening Boris Johnstone prorogued Parliament. Some have called it the deterioration of democracy, buy why?

Boris Johnstone, Britain, Democracy, Empire, End of Democracy, Politics, Prorogue, Ruth Davidson, Scotland, UK

England, a part of an island

‘Wot’s the use of talking like that? You know very well that the country is being ruined by foreigners.’ Crass, … More

Brexit, E.U, England, Family, Hulme, Humanity, Manchester, Politics, Scotland, visitengland

Frack’d

On a clear white November morning, I was driven down to the anti-fracking camp at Kirby Misperton. Situated south of … More

Activism, Anti-fracking, Environment, Frack, Fracking, Greg Clark, Politics, Ryedale, UK, York, Yorkshire

The Youth Awoke..

The youth awoke from a deep slumber sounding a roaring call for progressive change here in Britain. Previous elections had … More

Change, Conservative, Labour, Politics, the electorate, UK, Youth

Puppies packing heat

After strolling around town on a day off work last Monday afternoon with Liam, we walked into my flatmate Gete’s … More

Fascism, Home, Places, Politics, Scotland, Travel, Trump, USA, Welcome

Media Box: The Confines of Fear

In news seismic tremors shift political tectonic plates. Orgasm-inducing levels of vibration have realigned core demographics with many deprived constituencies … More

Conservative, Fear, Labour, Mainstream Media, News, Politics, Satire, UK

what EU gonna do Scotland?

I tentatively drew back the blinds, eyes dulled and vision raw, as I tried to adjust to the early morning … More

EU, Europe, Politics, Scotland, Scotland Independence, UK

7: If you don’t want to know the score, look away now.

I had spent my weeks side by side with people from all across Europe including the UK and shared in … More

1690, Brexit, Britain, British Empire, England, Football, Labour, Politics, Queen, Royal family, Scotland, Scottish Greens, Scottish independence, SNP, Tories

5: There’s something in the water

Sir, what are you doing? ‘…Cigarette?’ ‘After, back inside’ It was 4am on a dark, cold night in November. Stuck … More

coconut water, Politics, President, psychedelics, Travel, Trump, USA

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