Monthly Archives: October 2018

GMB – a Cockney Clique

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Grouse Beater

The GMB union held a two day strike in Glasgow on behalf of equal pay for women. It is valuable to look at its motivation and what it achieved. They were paid up to £3 an hour less than council … Continue reading →

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First Man – a review

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Grouse Beater

Neil Armstrong was the first man to step onto our moon, on July 20, 1969, to be exact. He’s also the first man to screw up his historic lines as he stepped onto the moon. Armstrong is of Scottish descent. … Continue reading →

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Car News: SNP Charges On

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Grouse Beater

A weekly guide to all that’s rotten about car ownership, plus some good bits The Scottish Government is to invest nearly £17 million in green transport – good news direct from Scotland’s First (Street Smart) Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. Cries of … Continue reading →

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Of Shills and Spooks

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Grouse Beater

“And there they are, a hundred thousand protesting students, not rebels, not vandals, not anarchists, just peaceful marchers demanding their government allow greater democratic rights. And how we cheer them along!” Narrator Bob Danvers-Walker, Pathé News, describing a 100,000 marchers … Continue reading →

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Car News: The Great Lie

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Grouse Beater

A weekly guide to all that’s rotten about car ownership, plus some good bits The problem lies with most car magazines having morphed into sales rags. Almost all are aimed at boy racers. Their writers might be knowledgeable about how an … Continue reading →

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Clergy – a review

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Grouse Beater

This is one hell of a savage movie, a full frontal attack on the Catholic Church, specifically an attack on the Catholic Church of Poland. In Poland the Catholic Church and the ruling political party have condemned it – the … Continue reading →

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Car News: A Mini Surprise

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Grouse Beater

A weekly guide to all that’s rotten about car ownership, plus some good bits I popped into my local Mini showroom the other day, a neat, black Art Deco style bijou building befitting the Mini nomenclature. A pre-owned orange Austin Mini … Continue reading →

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An Orkney Visit

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Grouse Beater

The visit was limited to the Orkney mainland, only a few days and over twenty-five years since my last, back then shimmering in sultry heat to film a documentary about the  Italian prisoners of war and their unshakeable links with the U-Boat … Continue reading →

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Car News – The Chinese are Coming!

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Grouse Beater

A weekly guide to all that’s rotten about car ownership, plus some good bits. As England waves goodbye-ee to Europe wiping a crocodile tear from its eye-ee, the Chinese are moving in. All those Midland car workers busily making Japanese cars who … Continue reading →

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