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6th February 201916th June 2019 Mac Logan 0 Comments #Brexit, 7 principles of public life, alternative to truth, Bremain, David Davis, Der Spiegel, exit EU, inside the bubble, remain, seeking truth, snap election, Theresa May, untruths, Winston S Churchill

Travelling back from a funeral with three other oldies, I was shocked by their unreasoned beliefs about Brexit.

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Boil-Up and Save the UK (videos)

18th January 201930th March 2019 Mac Logan 2 Comments #Brexit, a divided country, a voice of reason, BigMarch, BoilUp, cross, deceit, double cross, face yourself, fact, facts, facts who needs them, Kettle Mettle, lies, manipulation, political hypocrisy, political reform, political spin, politicians, politics, referendum, remain, sad to say, second referendum, too late a voice of reason, what we gonna do?

Boil your kettle every night at 8:30 pm. Get the attention of Parliament and our government, wherever you live. Make politics and our politicians change their ways. Make us proud again.

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A Country is Known by the People it Keeps … sadly

4th January 201925th November 2019 Mac Logan 5 Comments #Brexit, Bremain, Capitol, fudge, go compare, House, human decency, jyngs, leadership, leadership but not as we know it, lies, May, Parliament, POTUS, Prime Minister, Rome is burning, the cliff, Trump, Westminster

I tend to avoid the Brexit and Bremain rudeness because idiocy, whatever your stripe, is idiocy. It’s time to stand up and be counted.

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Why don't we stay, for now?

11th December 201818th February 2019 Mac Logan 9 Comments #Brexit, BBC, BBC Politics Today, bloody-nose, brexit what the hell happened, cliff-edge, Conservative, diversity, emotion, Labour, libdem, PM, remain, SNP, Tory, UK Politics, Westminster, why don't we

We’d be insane to do anything more, just now, than pull Article 50 and start again… if we must.

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Fraud and Error … No Need for Austerity then …

7th September 201810th November 2019 Mac Logan 5 Comments AFI, Annual Fraud Indicator, austerity, benefits, benefits fraud, Cabinet Office, crime, DWP, Experian, fraud, fraud and error, greedy bastards, HMRC, Hostile Environment, Hostile environment but not for fraud, Minister for Constitution, MOD, news, NHS funding, UK Government Ambition

… an attempt to spin-away major UK government failures to investigate public sector fraud and bring criminals to justice

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Why go on?

25th June 201818th February 2019 Mac Logan 0 Comments #Brexit, Angels Share, deomcratic, ideology, incompetence, Mac Logan, no mandate, politicians, referendum, remain, seven principles of public life, Westminster bubble

Brexit or Bremain. Imagine, going forward eyes wide-open … hand-in-hand after making the right decision.

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Why UK Government projects fail

4th April 201827th November 2019 Mac Logan 9 Comments #Brexit, #brexitshambles, British Courts, decision-making, diktat, dysfuntional, Gaius Petronius, goverment supplier, government, Government Policy, Groupthink, IL Janis, irrational, Janis, major UK government projects fail, management, mendacious politicians, mendacity, operational, operations, plausible deniability, PM, political spin, Prime Minister, public sector contract, real politic, Syria, tomfoolery, touchy feely, Westminster bubble, Windrush

I experienced the world of the lower level officials. In my eyes, they had (have) much potential in an environment that has problems developing or applying relevant capability. I could cry.

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Clear and Factual Danger

23rd March 201818th February 2019 Mac Logan 6 Comments £450 million lie, alternative to truth, Angels Cut, Boris Johnson, Damian Green, dishonest communications, ethical standards, hypocrisy, Iraq, Liam Fox, petition, PMQ, police funding statement untrue, SKY News, slash and burn, spin, the seven principles of public life, Theresa May, Westminster bubble

Naturally enough, a choice of spin over fact is at best annoying and at worst criminal (remember Iraq). Yet our government hires spin doctors. Did the PM tell porkies?

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Settled Will? Anybody Seen One?

19th March 201818th February 2019 Mac Logan 4 Comments #Scotland, Angels Share, carillion, Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, David Davis, Hilary Benn, Jacob Rees Mogg, Jeremy Lefroy, Liam Fox, Mac Logan, Mac Logan Writes, political conspiracy, political thriller, Sam Duncan, Sam Duncan Tonka and Eilidh, Scottish Crime, Scottish Mystery, settled will, Society of Authors, Stephen Crabbe, Stephen Kinnock, The Guardian, Windrush

With all the fog, you have to ask a question, what is the truth? What’s in our best interests? Then with mounting concern, do any of these people know? Finally, with sadness, how many in the Bubble actually, care?

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The Meek Shall Inherit the Dearth (video)

15th March 201822nd February 2019 Mac Logan 2 Comments #Scotland, Angels Cut, Angels Share, Angels' Sare series, austerity, Bourne Identity, British detective, British Mystery, conspiracy, creed, Crime Writers Association, crime. British Crime, crooked, Dark Art, Devil's Due, dishonest, doctrine, dogma, double-dealing, Eilidh, false, Financial Crash, Great Depression, ideology, inherit, meek, meek shall inherit, pay the price, PFI, political conspiracy, Prime Minister, Sam Duncan, Sam Duncan Tonka and Eilidh, Scottish Crime, Society of Authors, Taken, the Crash, Yanis Varoufakis

“The meek shall inherit the dearth.” Our leaders implemented ”Austerity”. In fact, they promised the misery would cure our crash-related problems. As it turns out, they got it wrong, missed their deadline and hammered the meek.

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Bread – Sourdough a go-go (revised)

Sourdough a go-go? Easy Imagine a calm Scottish seascape, Grasshopper, and lose your anxiety, it’s sour dough, a go-go, time … This is a quick guide for my pal Bob to help him make a sourdough loaf using a proven method. the aim This approach is designed to save time. Key pointers and stages are covered in the headings […]