Monthly Archives: June 2024

The Cruelty of the Tories

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Grouse Beater

Warning: Oliver refers to ‘Britain’ as a single unit. John Oliver looked homeward on his latest Last Week Tonight, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a surprise general election for next month. (The prime minister can call an election whenever they want, as long … Continue reading →

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Inside Out 2 – a review

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Grouse Beater

Joy and Anxiety, one old and one new character in Outside In 2 I don’t know what I was expecting from Inside Out 2. I entered Leith’s mausoleum to our nation of shopkeepers and buyers called Ocean Terminal more concerned … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart on Gun Crime

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Grouse Beater

This week Jon Stewart debunks GOP’s City Crime Narrative. The video is 15 minutes in length. Trump called the RNC host city of Milwaukee a horrible place and is now trying to pass the insult off as a concern about … Continue reading →

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Political Liars

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Grouse Beater

The general tone and tenor coming from candidates in this lacklustre, boring election, the foot sloggers chapping on doors and standing by their stalls piled with leaflets and badges, is one of ennui. Only Labour hopefuls claim people they canvass … Continue reading →

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Bad Pizza

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Grouse Beater

‘The menu is irresistible, that they cannot cook, a source of dismay.’ Photo: Richard Gaston This is Grousist’s first reprint of a restaurant guide by the renowned food critic and television food judge Grace Dent, her male counterpoint Jay Rayner, having … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Would Be King

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Grouse Beater

Russell Findlay MSP, a mixture of sensible proposals and colonial constraints Readers might not know that the MSP being groomed for stardom as the new leader of the Tory’s Scottish Branch, Russell Findlay, (a man with two surnames) was once … Continue reading →

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England’s RSPCA

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Grouse Beater

If it sports a Union Jack – put it back! Television commercials for England’s cruelty to animals society, (RSPCA) ought to have been banned from tranmission in Scotland years ago. We have our own SSPCA. But broadcast they are paying … Continue reading →

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Embra Bans SUV Ads

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Grouse Beater

Edinburgh, the chewing gum capital “There’s a moment happening here,” said Ben Parker, the Edinburgh city councillor who spearheaded the ban on SUVs. “It’s a way of saying fossil fuel companies and arms manufacturers are not welcome in our city.” … Continue reading →

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Scotland Is a Colony

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Grouse Beater

Professor Alfred Baird distils into four-and-half minutes almost everything I have written about at length these last ten years on the subject of our colonisation. There isn’t a better, clearer rational and scholarly analysis, without falling into crude tabloid prose. … Continue reading →

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The Salmond Interview

Posted on June 15, 2024 by Grouse Beater

Andrew Neil and Alex Salmond – tired hacks rush in where angels fear to tread Where will Alex Salmond’s party be if the media refuse to allow them air and press time? Why is the SNP so scared of joining … Continue reading →

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