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| Blazin Fiddles |
Has been a turbulent, insane, divisive and blind year and full of losses too. The words in 2016 were – fake news, post truth, we don’t know – if the news doesn’t know anymore?
Supposedly
we voted in 2014 for ‘the security and safety’ of an ‘equal’ partnership with
Westminster' and greater Devolution?? Mmm? As MP Mhairi Black
writes - 'they ask the Scottish parliament to drive a car with only the use of
the indicators. '
And Independence dreams…..
Some fearful
unionists supporters put the ‘Daily Star’ on top of the independence supporting
‘National’ newspaper every day! In the vain hope that any independence hopes
will simply fade away!. I like to hope in the end truth can prevail and the
reality of the false lies (not promises at all) from the false Westminster wake
the doubters up.
Scotland is
very defiantly a real country, with very real and very different aspirations to
those of England. In fact Scotland has a
long and proud history. I hope doubters can see this and that the best hopes
for Scotland’s future lie in independence in Europe.
Just as well the Westminster elites and those bumbling idiots such as
Boris and Davis are "taking back control for us all" - **phew **- I
was worried there are a while too? A lot of the 'posh' folks are champagne
socialists - one rule for meself, another for the plebs. My motto is - no
matter if you are a no or yes, or remain or leave in these FAKE referendums – we
need to 'de-centralise the UK governments' (which have been over-centralised
ever since the great wars last century). And that would be really taking back
control!
7 is one of
my lucky numbers so I am hoping for some magic in 2017!. Things can be better if
we remember first our shared humanity – and our interconnectedness – that has
made us what we are.
I believe we need more Education on Modern studies and Philosophy (rather than out-dated religions that don't run countries anymore, that is why at the time of Union 1707 Scotland kept the Kirk as religions used to run countries) urgently these days to counteract all the nonsense Fake News, Post Truth and online propaganda. We have a new US President elected on sensational Twitter posts and an unelected UK PM steering this strange exit to some unknown destination. What is going on?
That is one
big reason I focus on music, art and poetry – for they express what unites us and
more – the Arts express our higher callings. This used to be religion. I’m not
religious but I do believe in that magic at a top class gig when everyone is
singing and everyone is believing. This sustains us and feeds our soul. Some of
us have forgotten though….
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| Chieftians concert for the Easter Rising Celtic Connections 2016 |
2017 will be a Year of Anniversaries…..
100 years - Finland’s’ Independence
100 years – Russian Revolution
150 years - Canadian independence
Also ironically the 60 year anniversary of the
Treaty of Rome;
And the 70
year anniversary of the Edinburgh International festival.
PS It is well worth watching this recording of Nicola Sturgeon's speech to Irish
Senate (Seanad Eireann) and the Senates questions and responses after. Not sure I saw this mentioned on the
BBC news!??
