Just looking at the election results coming in for the Scottish Parliament.

Jeeeesssuuuusssss.

I know Labour may have run a duff campaign but seriously...

RED CLYDESIDE'S TURNED NAT YELLOW ON THE MAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was chatting to my Mum last night and she was telling me about the May Day celebrations in Glasgow this year. They were at the Fruitmarket where in addition to the music there was a looped video montage footage from Glasgow May Days gone by ( Read more... )

On Saturday I donned the Red Braces of Socialism and went for a stroll along Embankment… with half a million fellow travellers. Half a Million ( Read more... )

The book I am reading: “Restless” - William Boyd
The book I love most: “Picture This” - Joseph Heller
The last book I received as a gift: “Surface Detail” - Iain M. Banks
The last book I gave as a gift: “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” - Eric Carle
The nearest book: “Music Publishing, Copyright and Piracy in Victorian England” - (gathered by) James

The last year wasn't the best. I took a few knocks in 2010, many of them self-inflicted (including those I inflicted on others), and no year when a friend dies can be considered a happy one ( Read more... )

The headlines about the state of Ireland are pretty shocking... then I nip on BBC News at lunchtime and see this ( Read more... )

If any of you are around central london tomorrow you might consider joining me at this:

http://www.tuc.org.uk/economy/tuc-18533-f0.cfm

A good turnout won't stop the ConDems on its own but we need to start somewhere!

For those of you who've missed it, there's been a big review of higher education funding and an even bigger review coming up on spending ( Read more... )

Cool! Just found out that the Socialist Correspondent is available in online format which means I can share (other than in hard copy) my Dad's Immortal Memory from Burns Night a few years back!

"Burns ... Mair nonsense has been uttered in his name Than in ony's barrin' liberty - and Christ".Thus Hugh MacDiarmid, in the midst of a diatribe against ( Read more... )

Done my stint at a polling station and start knocking up at 10. Now if I can just find my braces!!!!!!!

I've picked my side, which will hardly be a surprise to people but whatever you do... Vote (Labour).

Never Forgive. Never Forget. Never let the Tories back in.