News, views and opinions from a Gàidheal
Yep, it’s one year ago today that I started blogging from this here site and looking back on things it actually feels like I’ve been doing it for far longer! I’ve really enjoyed writing articles every few days for the site, and I think it’s proved relatively successful. I started writing on a Blogspot blog years ago and more seriously from about eighteen months ago, as it was quick and easy to set up and offered everything I needed to get a few thoughts out — Read more →
Any football fan taking a look at the latest FIFA World Rankings will always have a moment of pause where they think: “Hang on, how is this team higher than that team?” It’s a problem that has existed since the dawn of the table back in 1993, and the way in which FIFA decides which country is better than another has consistently flummoxed the general population in football with its unusual placements. Football’s top organisation can’t win when it comes to deciding who is better — Read more →
Last week brought into sharp focus the way in which the game of the people in this country has become more commercialised than ever before. There were two flashpoints in this enduring theme: the BBC’s publication of their annual Price of Football report and the release of Scotland tickets for both the Euro 2016 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland and the glamour friendly against the Auld Enemy of England. Both of these highlighted how much it now costs for fans to fully get behind — Read more →
In the wake of last month’s referendum, Prime Minister David Cameron appointed Lord Smith of Kelvin to head a commission looking at the issue of devolving more powers to Scotland including which powers should be devolved and how the process is handled. Politicians from both the Yes and No parties have been invited to participate, with their detailed submissions now available to read, and just as importantly so have the people of Scotland. Until the 31st of October, absolutely anyone can put their own view — Read more →
British politics is seldom more alive than when a politician’s comments are called into question by the other side. Conservative peer and welfare reform minister Lord Freud has been the centre of media and opposition attention over the last few days after making what has been claimed to be disparaging remarks about the disabled. At a fringe meeting about the Government’s Universal Credit policy at the Conservative party conference last month, Lord Freud was responding to a question about the disabled and the National Minimum — Read more →
