Mark Coburn, who cycled from Rome to Scotland to raise money for the YES campaign arrived home last night. Munguin's intrepid reporter was on hand to catch a couple of photos of him. It's worth mentioning that he did the bike ride with a broken bone in his elbow and four cracked ribs.
Munguin's woman on the scene was none other than Arbroath to whom Munguin sends his sincere thanks for sharing the pictures. Expenses are paid, he reminds her, on the usual basis. (Anything over £500,000 is reimbursed fully.)
Munguin's woman on the scene was none other than Arbroath to whom Munguin sends his sincere thanks for sharing the pictures. Expenses are paid, he reminds her, on the usual basis. (Anything over £500,000 is reimbursed fully.)
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| Mark, his bike and Arbroath's car! |
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| Mark with Arbroath, her partner and a friend from YES. More photos on Yes South Annandale Facebook page |
The Euro part of the election results hasn't even been announced yet (counting can't begin till after the polls close in all countries... and even then Western Isles won't count on the Sabbath so we won't have the final results till tomorrow), but based on what, I'm sure UK politicians see as the more important elections (English local councils) the knives are out for all the party leaders.
It's been hilarious listening to them wriggle and squirm over the last few days.
The parties are turning on their leaders and factions are setting up. Conservatives like our old favourite Jacob Rees Mogg are urging a pact with UKIP; Labour MPs are calling Ed Miliband weird and there are widespread calls for Nick Clegg to stand down.
But fear not. None of them will go. It's far too near the UK elections and the Scottish referendum for that, so we will have all of them to laugh at for a while longer.
My favourite interview has been Gideot telling us he respects Nigel and the people who voted for him and that they/he must do more listening to and understanding "ordinary" people. (He'll have to meet some first.)
The phrase that keeps coming to mind is: "when thieves fall out, honest men come by their own".
Talking of which...
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| How useful this will be to the average person from Glasgow or Wick. Will Londoners be helping to pay for new sewerage in Stornoway? And isn't sewerage in England a matter from private companies? |
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| How handy this train will be for people in Kirkcaldy, or Keith. Hop on and hop off. Studies have shown that it has the potential to damage the economies of Eastern Scotland and yet we will end up paying £& or £8 BILLION towards it. Oh the benefits of the greatest union ever known to man or beast... |
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| And, just a few months in they are starting to question whether the will be able to sustain the universal delivery. Look out fro massive price rises in all but the biggest cities in Scotland |
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| It speaks for itself. Add in the BBC money taken from Scotland to be spent in the UK. All the taxes from Tesco and its likes that go to London. What a rip off. |
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| This is what I just don't understand Labour. What is their motivation? |
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| Well, of course, there is this. Eh Robertson, ffoulkes, Martin, Liddell, and Wee Jock (it's a kilt I tell ye) McConnell. No daft Tory aristocratic titles in Scotland |
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| Oh yeah... and that. Doubt you'll do that in Edinburgh. Actually, you have to travel every day. Tough! |
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| Unless of course you like having the lowest pension by comparison to average wage in the developed world, in which case the UK is just superb. |
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| In fact what you pay would buy a far far better set of public services |
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| So, you read it in the Financial Times, that well-known pro independence paper...? |
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| They used our taxes to commission a report and when it didn't say what they wanted it to say they hid it. Does that sound familiar? |
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| Oh, I feel so safe with that big safety blanket of the UK's broad shoulders and clout to keep me from harm. |
