THOSE AT A LOSS to explain why our highland games are in sad decline need look no further than the ever growing burden of health and safety regulation imposed by local authorities.
A particularly grim example has just come my way from the organiser of my local games in Lochearnhead, Perthshire. I had to ...
WAR STILL rages in Syria - a fact that we are too quick to forget. The second birthday of the crisis has long passed and resolution doesn't appear to be on the horizon. When Syria-related news does reach our media outlets and Twitter feeds, it usually focuses on chemical weapons or possible intervention by the US. ...
APOLOGIES for being late yet again. But I don't feel that bad as some of you are responsible for the catastrophic evening that was last night. First of all.... thank you for taking the time to vote. Secondly, fuck you for letting Number 1 aka "The Neighbour" win the date.
Let me tell you ...
| DAVID TORRANCE | SNP critique of UK applies more readily to the EU |
| ALEX MASSIE | How UKIP may scupper the SNP's anti-Tory argument |
| BILL JAMIESON | The tossers throttling our Highland Games |
| BRIAN MONTEITH | The hounding of Farage a sad day for Scottish democracy |
| EUAN MCCOLM | How divided will Scotland be after the result? |
| MR EUGENIDES | Mad, swivel-eyed loons deserve defending |
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