As ever my end of year review is a mixture of the global the local the personal and the political.
Month: December 2015
Tis the season of negative goodwill
Ah well, another day and still no sign, as of this morning, of that pesky £5m.
Dispatches from a reluctant reporter
As of this morning, that pesky £5m had not appeared in the bank account of Sports Direct.
An ecumenical matter
I was interested that Mr Paul Murray told the STV chaps last night that there’s £5m resting in an account.
Questions from a foreign country
There was something that was puzzling me about all of this Sports Direct loan business.
Reconnaissance mission
It is rare for anyone in the Ashley organisation not to be multi-tasked.
Charming and not in the least offensive
Back in the tax dodging glory days the Ibrox crowd were fond of singing “no one likes us we don’t care”.
The Third Punic War and other expensive excursions
The debacle of the £5m loan is only the latest in the Sevco shambles that thwarts all attempts at parody.
The Phantom of the Sevco soap opera
I am currently spending most of my waking hours working on a piece of fiction.
Communique from a grumpy playwright
I have had to re-emerge grumpily from the dark of the word mines to put something right.