Mull Theatre Macbeth at Ardrishaig
After last years’s very successful visit by Mull Theatre with their gripping ‘spooks’ play, Cyprus, the company makes a welcome return with Macbeth on Thursday 11th September. The performance will be...
View ArticleMoD, Argyll, redundant submarines and nuclear waste disposal
Much of the Scottish Media has spent the last two days headlining the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) intention to dump nuclear waste from redundant nuclear submarines in up to 5 locations in Scotland.Our...
View ArticleEuroheist on Cyprus savers’ deposits likely to trigger a run on European banks
The EU – stoutly defended today [17th March], by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has ordered Cypriot banks to hand over up to 10% of their deposits as a guarantee of responsible conduct following an...
View ArticleUK Government reneges on Osborne promise of only yesterday to compensate UK...
It has been revealed tonight that the UK Treasury has reneged on a key promise the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, issued only yesterday, 17th March.The European Commission, the...
View ArticleCypriot Parliament rejects EC bank deposits levy – what will Russia do?
As of a couple of minutes ago – 18.30, 19th March – the Parliament of Cyprus rejected the bail out offered by the EU and the IMF on condition that the Cypriot banks hand over up to 10% of the deposits...
View ArticleEU, ECB and IMF play high risk game with Cyprus
The so-called ‘Troika’ – ironically the Russian word for a triumvirate – of the EU, the European Central Bank [ECB] and the International Monetary Fund [IMF] are engaged in a high risk game with...
View ArticleContradictory EU deal on Cyprus
As predictable, the ‘Troika’ of the EU, European Central Bank [ECB] and the International Monetary Fund [IMF] has done a deal to keep Cyprus in the eurozone.The deal makes a nonsense of the crisis the...
View ArticleUK government backtracking furiously on reported interest in annexing Faslane
Yesterday’s Guardian, 10th July 2p13, reported that Government officials in the Ministry of Defence are exploring the possibility of making Faslane – and presumably Coulport – UK sovereign...
View ArticleStory of extraordinary way EU prevented eurozone meltdown in 2011 and 2012
It is still as likely as not that this meltdown will come because little has really changed in the fiscal position of the EU’s cluster of crisis-ridden member states.However, we now know the substance...
View ArticlePorkie from Salmond on fiscal policy as Darling bests him again in Reporting...
The female is indeed deadlier than the male when it comes to Scottish television interviewers.Jackie Bird [in to bat first, with Alex Salmond yesterday evening] and Sally Magnusson [with Alastair...
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