By Gael. History is often presented to us as a series of neat dates and decisions made by powerful figures in drawing rooms. Occasionally, however, something happens that defies easy categorisation: an explosion of collective energy from below that shakes the foundations of society. The 1859 Christian Revival in Ulster was one such moment… Tommy […]
Since 2013 these ‘Hitchhikers’ electoral guides (for both Scotland and Australia) have become a bit of a tradition on my blog. Â I’ve now covered two Australian federal elections, a European Parliament election, a Westminster general election (No.2 coming soon), a Scottish Parliament election and of course two very different referenda. This will be the first […]
by Willie Millars Moustache… It is quite a feat for the tories to take everyone by surprise, including themselves but they managed it. I assumed the thieving bastards would hang on to January to squeeze the very last penny out of the public purse and plant as many landmines and bear traps as possible. But […]
