Monthly Archives: August 2019

Shutting Down Democracy

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Grouse Beater

In a week that saw an over-confident but predicable attack on the few democratic mechanisms remaining at Westminster, attacks led by an unelected Back Door Boris and his Tammany Hall gang, including underboss hitman Dominic Cummings, who, it is claimed, … Continue reading →

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Car News: Death of a Salesman

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Grouse Beater

A weekly look at all that sucks and blows in the car world, and some good bits Readers who take little interest in cars won’t have noticed various obituaries published on the death of one of the car industry’s giants, … Continue reading →

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The Ruling Class

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Grouse Beater

The howls of anger and derision that greeted Back Door Boris on his visit to Edinburgh to meet first minister Nicola Sturgeon were deliciously reassuring. So too was reading articles penned by well-known British opinion makers, hitherto happy to accept … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Time – a review

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Grouse Beater

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is reported Tarantino’s last movie, his ninth. On the strength of this one he probably is wise walking away. This one is a retread. Now there is talk of a tenth. I hope it … Continue reading →

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Car News: Investing in cars

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Grouse Beater

A weekly look at all that sucks and blows in the car world, and some good bits All cars bought new lose money as soon as they leave the showroom. A Ferrari can drop over £40,000 as you uplift the … Continue reading →

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Jane Haining

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Grouse Beater

An occasional series on great Scots unjustly ignored or forgotten Empathy for others is one of humankind’s greatest qualities.  There are those among us, ordinary down-to-earth folk, modest in ambition and material possession, that make a life altering decision to sublimate their … Continue reading →

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Car News: Hands-free to jobs-free

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Grouse Beater

A weekly look at all that sucks in the automotive world, plus some good bits Scotland is, as envisaged, getting it in the goolies as a result of Brexit’s effect on British car makers. We might not have a car … Continue reading →

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English on English

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Grouse Beater

Depending on how you use it, the internet is a force for good or an evil invention. For my part, I’ve made good friends out of it, tested my political arguments to destruction, and got maligned by the malicious. You … Continue reading →

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Car News: Fat Cars

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Grouse Beater

A weekly look at all that sucks in the automotive world, plus some good bits A number of automobile journalists have been writing of late about how cars are getting bigger, not just taller, but wider. Michael Heseltine’s rag, ‘Autocar’, … Continue reading →

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Car News: Terrified Germans

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Grouse Beater

A weekly look at all that sucks in the auto world, and some good bits “The German car industry relies on the UK for sales.” Ergo, EU officials will relax their resistance to renegotiating terms for leaving the EU, and … Continue reading →

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