42 year old Liberal Democrat non-runner who has decided to start going to the gym (again). Lives in Newhaven, Edinburgh with his partner and their two cats Loco and Tazzer.
I am Deputy Director of Campaigns for the Liberal Democrats responsible for Scotland, been a party member since 1997, activist for years and worked for the party since 2000.
I love watching sport, too old to compete and the best sport ever is ice hockey - I support the Edinburgh Capitals, based at Murrayfield.
Starter Packs Dundee AGM
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Last night, I had the pleasure of being guest speaker at the Annual General
Meeting of Starter Packs Dundee, which took place at Meadowside St Paul's
Chur...
Bed Blocking Crisis is getting worse
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The Health Minister needs to take immediate steps to tackle the bed
blocking crisis in the NHS after figures released yesterday showed that the
number of p...
Dubious legality and unpardonable folly
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I agree with the general consensus that *Road to Referendum* has been an
excellent series that has hopefully presaged the broadcast media upping
their game...
A response to my 'Question Time' critics
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By Liam McLaughlan
*I've lifted this article from The Targe, having informed Liam of my
intention to do so. *
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*As I read it I found myself wondering if...
Craig Murray on Haute de la Garenne
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Craig Murray wrote on his blog last year:
I receive, constantly, emails from people wishing me to take up various
cases on my blog and furnishing informati...
Coulson in Court
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Be careful what you say – you don't want to be on Contempt of Court – Andy
Coulson %$#@!+&%$#@@!$%&#@@+@$%%@ m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…— Guido Fawkes
(@Gu...
Would you have helped Nigella?
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Everyone's been pretty shocked by the photos of Charles Saatchi's assault
on Nigella Lawson for which he has now received a Police caution.
Just out of int...
The Football Act's iffy conviction rates...
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Last Friday, the Scottish Government published this statistical research on
the operation of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Etc (Scotland) Act.
The p...
My take on the Morrissey Report
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It's been a while since I wrote anything. An uncharacteristically long
time, I should add.
Such is life when the combined challenges of a full-time job, ru...
On empathy, equality and inclusivity
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We are finally back after some hosting problems. Many thanks to Roundup’s
original founder Duncan Stephen for sorting them for us. We still have
spaces for...
A million jobs created, a million more to come
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Work is the answer to so many things – outside of the most important
ability to pay the bills – it gives all of us a place to be, a purpose,
self respect a...
The biggest K of them all
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As a new group of volunteers fly in to kick off VU’s busy summer programme
we take a look at what they can expect from Uganda’s bustling capital city,
Kamp...
Questions for Question Time
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I normally object to political hacks objecting to media bias. With the
newspapers in particular, it always sounds like sailors complaining about
the wind. ...
MPs to launch “who owns Scotland” investigation
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Ahead of the debate on land reform in Holyrood today Scots MPs at
Westminster have signalled they are to launch an investigation into the
shady offshore c...
Church and State...or not!
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Today, so far, has been about religion. The councils petitions committee
has been considering petitions for and against religious observance in non
denomin...
Significant Others
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I’ve not written anything on here about theatre. I can tell because in
creating this post, I’ve just had to add a “Theatre” category. And yet in
the last f...
I have in my hand a piece of paper…
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Awful things are happening in the news but in my small world it has been a
good day. Hortense has passed her MOT. For the last few weeks I have been
trying...
Woolwich Killing: Who is the Real Target?
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A soldier dead, a family in mourning, a nation outraged and it feels like
the 1970s. This is not a good place to be.
Two Islamist terrorists commit a bruta...
Tim Farron and his Equal Marriage Abstention
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This is the email that Tim Farron sent to all Lib Dem members on April 18th
2012 and why I'm so disappointed with his abstention today:
Dear Chris,
One of...
The Four Freedoms of liberalism
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Tonight I just wanted to record some important words that I feel need
spoken again.
In January 1941 America's greatest president, Franklin Roosevelt, de...
David Brent on ‘How To Play Guitar’
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Online guitar lessons have grown massively in recent years as people give
up instruction books and in-person lessons in favour of learning online
from the ...
9 Press Photographers In Terrorism Stop & Search
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On Sunday the 21st April 2013 myself and another eight lens based
journalists were directed off the motorway by Sussex police officers. Seven
members of ...
A message to the Labour Party: Get better soon…
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In many ways, the current position of the commentariat should be seen as a
compliment to Labour: it’s not often that people can look at a poll lead of
just...
In praise of...Dermot O'Leary
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So, somewhere during the past 3-4 years it turns out that I became
middle-aged. I listen to Radio 2. Mostly on a Saturday. But guess what -
R2 on a Satu...
The end!
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Please note that no one was specifically 'banned' or otherwise excluded
from reading this blog over recent days. As I said in the previous post, it
was a c...
I see Les Mis So You Don't Have To
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Let me first of all start with an apology to the patrons of Screen One in
the Belmont Cinema last night; it was me who loudly guffawed the moment
Russell ...
Seeking the Spiritual in the City
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In recent years, Christians have been increasingly drawn to labyrinth walks
and what labyrinths signified in medieval Christianity. The most famous of
the ...
Green In The Media 13th - 19th August
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Without any fanfare, the World Service have decided to stop broadcasting
their environmental programme One Planet. It's been a welcome and
much-loved (by m...
The King is Dead, Long Live the Queen 60 Years On
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Sixty years ago George VI died of his lung cancer at Sandringham Palace out
in Kenya the young Princess didn't know for some hours. She returned by
plane a...
White smoke over Central Quay as Pope leaves Record
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Pope, who made the move to digital after the best part of a decade at
Central Quay, is the latest signing in STV’s increasingly Real Madrid-esque
policy of...
On being a woman in politics
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A few things have recently been rattling around in my head which concern
women in politics; I've been trying to gather some ideas as to why there
aren't mo...
On the move
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Thank you for reading my blog.
It has now moved to a new home, with a fresh format.
Visit my new page to see all of my expert analysis in one place. You ...
Luke Massey hits fame in Liverpool
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Just had a phone call from one of my fellow Lib Dems regarding my brother’s
apparent fame amongst politicians in Liverpool. As some of you may be
aware, Lu...
I'm backing Tim Farron
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I will vote for Tim Farron to be the next President of the Liberal Democrats, and I'm backing him for three reasons. Number 1: He's a brilliant public speake...
SNP Tactical Voting - The End of the Line
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*Today I announce the mothballing of one blog (this one) and the beginning
of another (**Better Nation**).*
First, the obligatory but still utterly unneces...
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