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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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5 reasons why UK needs apathy like an elephant needs a power station

5th July 201718th February 2019 Mac Logan 5 Comments #Brexit, Abraham Lincoln, alternative facts, Ann Pettifor, apathy, bank bailouts, BBC radio 4, cost overrun, decency, Eddie Mair, fraud and error, Grenfell, honesty, HS2, HS2 budget, Jeremy Corbyn, lies, PM news BBC, politicians, spin, terror, terrorist, Theresa May, UK, UK governance

When we get close to a tragedy, we see ourselves for what we are … people who care, who love one another.

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Our Broken Land – a Feary Tale of Politics, Greed and Deceit

9th June 20171st June 2019 Mac Logan 3 Comments #Brexit, #Scotland, £350M, angels share series, BoJo, Boris, Bremain, corruption, cover-up, crime, divided society, EU, fairy tail, feary tale, Gordon Brown, Gove, Guardian, Jeremy Corbyn, John Major, Labour, Lib Dem, lies damned lies, Mac Logan, Margaret Thatcher, mendacity, Nicola Sturgeon, politics, referendum, spin, Tony Blair, Tory, UK

A feary tale is like a fairy tale only scary and all too real.

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Should We Stay or Should We Go? “BrEXIT” or “BreMAIN” New Info (to me)

7th June 2016 Mac Logan 1 Comment #Brexit, BoJo, Boris Johnson, Bremain, corruption, crime, expenditure comparison, greed is good, immigration, incompetence, Margaret Thatcher, mendacity, Nicola Strugeon, Parliament, Quantitative easing, Richard Murphy, spin, Tony Blair, Tory, true costs

… should we, as a country, decide to Bremain (if we can) then this (assuming accuracy) may help our thinking.

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Drilling Rigs to Exploit Major Find in Firth of Forth

6th June 2016 Mac Logan 0 Comments #Brexit, #Scotland, #whisky, abstinence, Angels Cut, Boris Johnson, Bremain, cork in it, crime writer, David Cameron, George Orwell, hogwash, Mac Logan, NHS, political hypocrisy, remain, scotch, Scots, spin, tax, tax avoidance, tax bonanza, tax evasion, temperance

Scottish Government is almost incoherent with delight at a recent discovery

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Out of the mouths … on politicians

3rd May 2015 Mac Logan 1 Comment children and politics, lies, political spin, spin, UK election, untruths

Why do politicians call each other liars all the time?

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 […]