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From the Blog
EuroRef Day + 1
Oh dear me. What went wrong? It all felt good on Leith Walk, campaigning yesterday afternoon for an IN vote. Maybe as many as 20% of people to whom I gave a flyer and had a brief word of encouragement were European nationals living here and unable to vote. It turns...
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The day before - tomorrow is the big day, and I can only worry about what the situation will be on Friday morning. With many others, I am seriously depressed at the level of conversation. Basically, the Leave side, making its appeal to the heart not the head, has...
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I don't know what they are going to call the film of Porno the book - they can't give it the title of the book, who could ever Google that? "Trainspotting 2" is all I've heard. It's a bit feeble, it's clearly trading on past glories. Of course, it might be a good...
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