Bank holiday reflections from Clootie City
BANK holidays are a novelty to me after a lifetime on the media frontline, and while I am getting used
AKA the ramblings of a dour Scottish hack
BANK holidays are a novelty to me after a lifetime on the media frontline, and while I am getting used
Nothing much to add to what I said before, but here’s something you won’t read in the MSM – what
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IF my CV showed a job I’d only been in for 44 days before being forced out, I’d be ashamed
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It’s been a while, but I’ve been completely scunnered by the worsening state of the UK as a handful of
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