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Marvola The Memory Woman 131

Posted on May 29, 2026 by

The multi-statement meltdown that has been the unravelling of Nicola Sturgeon this week has been quite something to behold. Last night, for example, we swear our Twitter feed presented these two tweets one after the other.

But then we read something even more extraordinary.
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The Modern Politician 339

Posted on February 10, 2026 by

A play in three acts:

And you thought ours were spineless.

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Category comedy, history, scottish politics, uk politics

The penalty for failure is video death 6

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

Despite the passage of almost 30 years, this is more or less exactly the way that the mainstream broadcast media still sees videogaming.

Category comedy, culture salvage, videogames

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