The curse of the offshore worker
Ok, so maybe that title is a little melodramatic - there's nothing accursed about what me and my North Sea brethren do, we're not plagued by locusts, forced to spill blood every full moon or compelled...
View ArticleWestern Conceit: Western Hypocrisy
While surfing the BBC news website yesterday, I became aware of the plight of a 21 year old Briton who has been found guilty in the concern of supplying cannabis to an undercover cop. The sentence...
View ArticleA Lay-persons view of the banking crisis, LIBOR manipulation - PART 1
It occurred to me today that I haven't written much about what I think I know regarding the banking crisis, or of the subsequent crisis of confidence in "British Banking" as a whole. From what I...
View ArticleA Lay-persons view of the banking crisis, LIBOR manipulation - PART 2
I ended my little tirade with reference to the abject insolvency that one of the UK's biggest mortgage lenders; Northern Rock - suffered during the autumn of 2007. It was a pivotal moment in the...
View ArticleBlood On The Tracks
I was shocked to learn today that the UK Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley MP has drawn up proposals to privatise the blood service in England & Wales - essentially introducing profit margins to a...
View ArticleWhy my faith in the Police died along with Marshall Watt.
I actually wrote the following blog post, in it’s entirety, some 8 months ago – before the break-down of my relationship to my former partner, before the verdict delivered in the Tomlinson inquest and...
View ArticleWhat has happened to Labour?
The question that forms the title of this latest entry was asked as early as a fortnight ago, when Johann Lamont, the Leader of Labour in Scotland (I refuse to call them Scottish Labour as legally,...
View ArticleThe Law is an ASS
I was left gob smacked today by the custodial sentence handed down to a rail guard, Christopher McGee.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-20339630For those of you unfamiliar with the case,...
View ArticleAn Early New Beginning
Firstly, I have to apologise for not writing much lately - work, study and efforts towards being "sociable" have kept me away from both twitter and my blog for the last few weeks and as a result I've...
View ArticleThe New "Dash For Gas" and why you should oppose it.
As I roused awake this morning, I took the unusual step of putting the television on instead of my Sonos player - I don't really know why I did it other than I fancied waking up to something more...
View ArticleMy Bah Humbug
It's been over a week since I arrived home from Tern and nothing about it feels drastically different to any other leave I've had over the last three and a half years. The mornings are a little longer...
View ArticleWhen, Where, How and above all, Why?
I was asked a question on twitter yesterday that to all intents and purposes, I'd never asked myself before. The question was "why do you work offshore?" and as an aside I was asked to not give a glib,...
View ArticleMy letter to my MP about the price of gas
Some of you will know that I'm kind of into energy in a big way - so much so that I've kicked off a one-man crusade to try and give CHP tech and District Heating the attention it deserves.Todays...
View ArticleWhy did England vote for UKIP?
It's been a while since I posted any blogs, given the busy April I had with my new kitchen and my fantastic holiday to Barcelona. I was also kept busy with my university coursework which I'm proud to...
View ArticleThe economics of oil - A quick overview of money & corruption
I've decided, finally, to write a quasi-technical blog post about a subject that will become more and more prevalent as the Scottish Independence debate rages-on towards to its ultimate conclusion in...
View ArticleFarages humiliation: The mask of contempt slips
As with much of twitter, I took great interest in the unfolding UKIP saga that gripped Edinburgh in the run-up to the Aberdeen Donside by-election - A by-election you might be surprised to hear that...
View ArticleThe truth behind the Ineos Grangemouth issue
Forget Labour Candidate selection dramas or Union Posturing, the reason behind the Ineos Grangemouth dispute is cold, hard cash.I write this blog from one of the many oil & gas platforms that feed...
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What will happen to the oil & gas if Scotland votes YES to independence?
Well well well! I was as surprised as anyone to read the article in today's Financial Times, so surprised that I almost forgot that I was well aware of the facts and assertions they were espousing....
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What will happen to the Oil & Gas in the event of a YES vote?
Well well well! I was as surprised as anyone to read the article in todays Financial Times, so surprised that I almost forgot that I was well aware of the facts and assertions they were espousing....
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How would Scotland cope if it became independent? Part 1: Energy
In trying to put myself in the position of an undecided voter, I often times neglect to consider that what is common knowledge and simplistic to me, may come across as convoluted, daunting or alien to...
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