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Oh Flower of Scotland!

It is days like today when I wish my mother (a Scot) was still alive, because she was a woman who could start a debate in an empty room. However, the room wouldn't be empty, as she would have organised some sort of referendum party and much to the despair of my father, she would have invited every Tom, Dick and Harry she passed in the street. However she is dead ...

Is Fattism the Same as Racism?

Contentious Blog alert, contentious blog alert... Okay, so here goes. A publication from the University College of London says that fattism (discrimination against fat people) is the equivalent of racism. Now, if I was in a classroom and told this, my hand would be raised in the air frantically demanding the attention of my tutor. "Sir...Sir...Surely you ...

Scottish Independence – An Omni-shambles of Socio-Economic Chaos?

It is fair to say that down here in England, there only seems to be negligible interest in the Scottish Independence vote that is to be cast on the 18th September. As someone with diluted Scottish blood running through my veins I should really have been paying more of an interest and I have tried, but neither Alistair Darling or Alex Salmond have triggered my ...

Anal Insertion Nightmare

As some of my recent blogs have been a bit deep, I thought I would finish the week with an amusing story. In my new flat I have a very modern and plush bathroom but the trouble with it is the taps on the bath, are, for some reason, placed in the middle and not on the end, which for me, has always been their traditional home. It is an old creature habit of mine ...

Is What We Become a Question of Morality?

I dropped my oldest son, George, off to his first day at work today and as he walked, slightly apprehensively, towards the reception, I wondered, with a lump in my throat, whether I had given him the right guidance in life with regards to how we value others and the morals we adhere to. The great moral compass has been intriguing me lately, because we all operate ...