Monthly Archives: April 2018

An Excess of Democracy

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Grouse Beater

The significant sentence slipped into the Brexit Withdrawal Bill is innocuous but all encompassing: “Only the UK Government, with the approval of the UK Parliament, can act for the UK as a whole.” It was not in the draft copy. It … Continue reading →

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Car News: Automobile Gigantism

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Grouse Beater

A weekly look at what sucks in the automotive industry, plus some good bits Mini marvels and mountain SUVs The excuse BMW gave for recreating the ground-breaking British Mini, a car designed by a Greek screwed up by his British … Continue reading →

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The Sorrow and the Shame

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Grouse Beater

If clearing people from their land by force is not cleansing, what is it? The term ethnic cleansing to denote over a hundred years of clearing Scots from their land is a phrase rejected by those who see Scotland’s ills … Continue reading →

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The Sharp Shooter

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Grouse Beater

An occasional series on eminent Scots undervalued by the public or forgotten Alan Sharp (1934 – 2013) Looking at the life and times of Alan Sharp, author and screenwriter, leaves me with an edgy feeling he would have made a … Continue reading →

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Cars News: Leccy Rules

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Grouse Beater

A squint at the machinations of the car industry and why we’re all suckers for it. UK sales of new cars continue to fall markedly. There are lost of reasons for this, though I’d like to think we are getting … Continue reading →

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A Quiet Place – a review

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Grouse Beater

Horror films are not my cup of blood. None have the depth of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – The Modern Prometheus. Then again, most are not based on pioneering novels. Those from Hollywood are fixated on screaming teenagers, either stalking, chasing, torturing or … Continue reading →

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Scotland the Rogue Nation

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Grouse Beater

Hardy a week passes by without some sad sniper pop up from nowhere and then disappearing again to claim an historical narrative I’ve published has no basis in fact. They arrive locked and loaded. I call those moments, drive by … Continue reading →

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