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Scottish referendum

17/09/2014

Possibly My Last Ever Post from a Unified UK! Or Not!

You guys, this could be my last ever post this side of the Union! The next time I write, one quarter of my nationality (ethnic background? Family history?) might be foreign. Which would take my total amount of Britishness down to… like, a quarter. I’m not actually sure. Independence could cause a bit of confusion in Continue reading

Government and Politics, September 2014, THE WORLD *head in hands*

devolution, Edinburgh Fringe, EU, Hogmanay, Indifferent Ignorance, politicians, Scottish independence, Scottish referendum, SNP, sovereign states, UN
25/07/2014

The Six O’Clock News: the Queen Does Smile!

To be totally honest, I wanted to do the News about the Commonwealth Games so I could include this: I heard that the Queen isn’t ‘allowed’ to smile in official photos or at big occasions, which is definitely a tradition that needs to go because elderly ladies smiling is always brilliant, especially when they posses Continue reading

DISCUSS., Funny, Government and Politics, Internet, July 2014, LGBT, The Six O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*

‘John Barrowman Delivers Rebuke To Anti-LGBT Countries With Commonwealth Games Kiss’, @TheTweetOfGod, British Empire, colonial shit, Commonwealth Games, Huffington Post, Indifferent Ignorance, John Barrowman, LGBT, photobombing Queen, Scottie Dogs, Scottish referendum, The Six O’Clock News, Tom Daley, Tunnock’s Teacakes