Hello, this week’s Roundup is edited by Alistair Braidwood who many know better as Scots Whay Hae! As the Scottish Roundup is a must read of a Sunday morning I thought I would try and balance this week’s post in classic Sunday Newspaper style, so there is a little news from home and abroad, a […]
The one with sobbing, weeping, and tears of rage and anger.
When receiving the nominations for the round up this week I was duly notified that it would be an emotional read, and I can tell you right now she wasn’t wrong. So, I imagine you are all sitting around the kitchen table eating bagels, reading the Sunday papers, and discussing last night’s reality shows with […]
Subjective truth, Singing politicians and Scantily-clad bodies
Picking up the baton for this Round-up malarky is always a bit nerve wracking. I’m never sure quite what to focus on, quite what you all enjoy reading and if my choices will interest you because you are not my readers, you are, well actually I don’t know who you are! I worry that I […]
What a difference a week makes…
Hello there everyone! Kirsteen here from Debate is Free; doing my first Scottish Round up, please be gentle and don’t aim for the head the bruises will show. It’s been a funny old week with the fallout of the Icelandic ash cloud still dominating much of the headlines when it wasn’t vying for space against […]
Avoiding the wooden spoon
Greetings one and all, and welcome to this week’s Scottish Blogging Roundup. It is, as the nurse said to the patient, “months since I’ve been in this position”, so it’s good to see you all again. (No, really, that is what the nurse said to the patient.) Apart from Scotland’s marvellous win at Croke Park […]
Hot music, cooling weather, warming climate
Hello, and welcome to this week’s roundup. It’s the last one of the year. As normal, we are taking the week between Christmas and new year off. However, stay tuned for a special announcement some time next week! In the meantime, though, let’s get on with this week’s roundup. The year in music We are […]
A new President, an old Poet and a Big Beast
Hi folks! I’d open the Roundup by quoting some Burns at you, but frankly, you’ll have heard quite enough from the Bard by the end of the week. In any case, there have, as always, been lots of reasons for bloggers to take to their keyboards, not all of them poetry related. Firstly, people seemed […]
The Week of the Fascist Fonebook (Phascist Phonebook?)
Hi folks! It’s amazing what people get revved up about, isn’t it? This week, a list of contacts has set the blogosphere alight. Thing is, this is no ordinary contacts list – it’s a list of BNP members, and bloggers being excitable types, quite a few people had something to say. IndyGal weighs up the […]
Democracy, white working class people, and 99% of the population all under assault
Welcome to this week’s roundup! I decided to write this week’s roundup as well since I had so many weeks off. From next week onwards it’s back to the normal routine. There was much derision in the blogosphere about the Lib Dems’ decision to abstain in a Commons vote on the Lisbon Treaty. By Richard […]
A non-toff snout in the trough
Hello, and welcome to this week’s roundup! It’s been a good few weeks since I’ve edited the roundup, so I should say thanks to Will for doing such a great job holding the fort over the past couple of months, particularly amid some perplexing technical issues. Headline of the week comes from the aedjt (is […]