Monthly Archives: September 2019

So the Tories pledge to raise the minimum wage to £10.50 an hour from £8.21 by 2024. That’s basically a 45p per hour rise a year. The real living wage right now is deemed to be £9 per hour, just … Continue reading →

Deep Purple In Rock 1970 Now I’m not a huge Deep Purple fan but their fourth album released in 1970 has to be one for their best. This is the mark 2 line up of the band so there was … Continue reading →

So Boris Johnson is making his statement to Parliament and to be honest he has shut down the opposition and taunted them at the same time. Johnson basically has said bring it on Jeremy Corbyn did ok but again no … Continue reading →

When you think about Brexit and Boris Johnsons apparent determination to achieve a no deal Brexit you can’t help but wonder if this is more about tax than democracy. The European Union are pressing ahead with ATAD (Anti Tax Avoidance … Continue reading →

Boris Johnson is allegedly under pressure following the Supreme Court decision this morning. All of the leaders of the opposition parties are calling for Johnson to resign, but should he. The public seem to think so by a narrow margin, … Continue reading →

So we have heard in recent weeks from the unionists about how they will all deny another Scottish independence referendum. The Liberal Democrat’s The Conservatives The Labour Party Scotland get back in your box, what you gonna do about it. … Continue reading →

Richard, jumpy jumpy, Leonard, the branch manager of British Labour in Scotland gave a speech to the Labour Conference today. It was pretty much the same as any other speech in any other year to be honest. According to Ricky … Continue reading →

What can I say, I love a good old Sylvester Stallone movie. Let’s be honest I wasn’t hopeful when I went to watch the film tonight at the pictures. Stallone is 74 now and not as mobile as he used … Continue reading →

Today young people will go on strike across the UK, with permission from their parents and schools of course making it a weird kind of strike, about the issue of climate change. Now the thing that strikes me (excuse the … Continue reading →

The last couple of days we have had nothing but oh my God David Cameron spoke about how he tried to influence the Queen to get involved in the independence referendum. Even the radio this morning are talking like this … Continue reading →