Monthly Archives: April 2017

Car News: Smoking Mirrors

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Grouse Beater

Your weekly guide to all that’s rotten in the auto industry, plus some good bits For my occasional essays on the car industry I freely admit I veer from excessive adoration of good design – cars are not art though … Continue reading →

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The Auld Enemy

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Grouse Beater

Credo in unum Deum, Toryatrem omnipotente – I believe in one God, the Tory Almighty Scotland is facing its old enemy again, Britain ruled by the Tory party in all its ugly, nasty anti-democratic fervour. If people were not convinced that the Tory’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Scottish Politics | 15 Comments

Their Finest – a review

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Grouse Beater

A choice of two films this weekend both annoyingly and unimaginatively navel gazing. They are obsessed with the movie trade. One is British, one American. To irritate all the more they have a women as the central plucky talent trying to make … Continue reading →

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England The Oil Thief

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Grouse Beater

One of the most pernicious lies plied on Scotland by British nationalists is the one about Scotland being a poverty-stricken country, perpetually on the brink of bankruptcy, begging for hand-outs. Considering Scotland’s been ruled by Westminster almost 300 years yet apparently none the … Continue reading →

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The Ineptitude of Theresa May

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Grouse Beater

Unable to face Her Majesty’s opposition and like Erdogan of Turkey wants unlimited autocratic powers? Playing games with the constitution, or plain feckless? What is Theresa May other than a pice of blotting paper? The Woman Who Shook Hands with … Continue reading →

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The Handmaiden – a review

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Grouse Beater

The Handmaiden is one hot, sizzling beautiful movie to look at and to listen to. You watch its most erotic scenes either wondering what sort of man is the director – it’s essentially a lesbian parable – or you accept there are … Continue reading →

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Lost in LaLa Land 3

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Grouse Beater

  “If you’re going to Hollywood, go for fun … and get a bloody lawyer!” That’s wise advice from Sean Connery. You can be at the top of your fame and still get stiffed. Even he got cheated out of … Continue reading →

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My Country to Govern

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Grouse Beater

One law for me, another for you If a Scot says, give me my country to govern again, he is judged a fool, and everything is done to demean him and mock him. When an Englishman says he wants his country … Continue reading →

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Ghost in the Shell – a review

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Grouse Beater

In the world of graphic comics I never graduated beyond Batman. I’m happy with that. There’s great literature out there; adult comics are not a substitute for challenging novels or poetic literature, certainly not the bulk of science fiction comics. To me, … Continue reading →

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Car News: Tax Increased

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Grouse Beater

Your weekly guide to all that’s rotten in the auto industry, plus some good bits Regular readers will know I publish the occasional item on the car industry. This week it seems helpful to lay out how much your nice … Continue reading →

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