Comment on A new reading project for 2017 by Craig
Nice idea Simon! Guess there will be a lot of reading and interesting tales to be had during your project. Great stuff. I did a little project myself a few years back where I tried to read a book set...
View ArticleComment on A new reading project for 2017 by Simon Varwell
Thanks Craig, and hello. Yes it’s been really interesting so far through it is early days. I like the idea of your US states book idea. Was that novels or non-fiction? Now’s a good a time as any to try...
View ArticleComment on A proportional response by Kininvie
STV is a pain in the arse. Trying to campaign with it involves endless mathematical permutations, tension between candidates, and voters don’t understand the business of allocating 2nd & 3rd...
View ArticleComment on A high-speed blog post by änderung typklasse kfz versicherung
Geld betalen voor een kwalitatieve mismatch?Nog steeds is de matching van kandidaten met vacures online waardeloos. Ik als kandidaat krijg nog steeds een batterij aan vacatures waarbij zeker 70% zo in...
View ArticleComment on A proportional response by Simon Varwell
Hi Kininvie, thanks for your comment. STV only invokes endless mathematical permutations and tensions if you allow it to. Your job as a campaigner (I get the impression that’s what you are from your...
View ArticleComment on What can I do? by Wykisha
I really enjoyed reading your blog and I think it’s great that you’ve put these thoughts into words. But, respectfully, I don’t feel you’re seeing the complete picture. (Although that’s perhaps...
View ArticleComment on A proportional response by George Alilopo
This is a really sad read. Was it George Washington who first warned the destructive effects of hyper-partisanship? It’s actually very very scary that (seemingly) intelligent people put such effort...
View ArticleComment on A proportional response by Simon Varwell
Hi George, yes I genuinely do think that our country is sick – the levels of inequality and power discord are extraordinary and growing, and yes I do believe that we have deep-rooted racism because...
View ArticleComment on What can I do? by Simon Varwell
Hello Wykisha, thanks for your comment. I’m perfectly happy to try to put myself in the mind of a Trump voter, and it is not all that hard to do in fact. Firstly I’ve read quite a bit about the rise of...
View ArticleComment on Here we go again by susan
i went to an event where claire was talking. i went home i cuddled almost all young males in my family and i told them i was privileged and honored they were part of me. because i was not worried every...
View ArticleComment on Here we go again by Scramel
I too was offended that she chose to misinterpret the phrase “a fairer Scotland” and twist it in her mind into a “racist statement”. One might do the same with her final melodramatic tweet in which she...
View ArticleComment on Here we go again by Magnus Brown
First and foremost we should remember that Claire is a troll and attention seeker. After that…well there really isn’t that much more to Claire.
View ArticleComment on Here we go again by Valerie
Good, calm, rational analysis. The Labour party shot themselves in both feet last weekend. It’s noted, and won’t be forgotten. The Guardian or Claire herself, saw an opportunity to stir the pot,...
View ArticleComment on Here we go again by Niall
Thanks for taking the time to write this. An excellent analysis of both articles.
View ArticleComment on Here we go again by Brian Macfarlane
Nice article Simon. Only issue I have a problem with is on Colonialism and Scotlands part in it. This wasn’t about Scotland. It was about individual Scots actions. Not excusing it but Soldiers took the...
View ArticleComment on Here we go again by Proud Cybernat
Neither the Guardian nor Claire Heuchan made it clear in her article that she is a former anti-independence Better Together activist and, as such, has something of an axe to grind in Scotland’s...
View ArticleComment on Here we go again by Robert Peffers
Do not these people realise that their own form of racism is far, far more corrosive than that in regard to Scotland’s independence? Can they not comprehend the irony in their own, “British”, (sic),...
View ArticleComment on Here we go again by K.A.Mylchreest
Well said. The pity is that it needed saying at all.
View ArticleComment on The wrong graces? by Andrew
Hi Simon, They are placed in the order they were in when they adorned the old Tweed Warehouse. I believe it was felt that their order should be maintained as they work better as a group in that order.
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