Poor Me, Poor Me, Pour Me Another.

I Refused This Evening At Oxford University To Debate With An Israeli, A Supporter Of The Apartheid State Of Israel. The Reason Is Simple: No Recognition, No Normalisation. Just Boycott, Divestment And Sanctions, Until The Apartheid State Is Defeated. I Never Debate With Israelis Nor Speak To Their Media. If They Want To Speak About Palestine – The Address Is The Plo.

My Own Experience Of Growing Up As A Roman Catholic In Scotland Has Led Me To Fear Independence In Scotland. The Possibility Of Scotland Being A Kind Of Stormont Is A Real One. I Wrote A Book Recently About Neil Lennon's Year Of Living Dangerously And In The Course Of It I Had To Revisit Some Of My Own Experiences. Of Course, Most Scottish People Are Not Swivel-eyed, Loyalist Sectarians But There Are A Large Number Of Them. A Large Six-figure Number, And If I Were Living In Scotland As A Roman Catholic I Would Be Worried About That.

Tony Blair Will Be Remembered For Nothing Other Than That He Followed George W. Bush Over A Cliff; Took The Rest Of Us With Them, And We Haven't Yet Reached The Bottom, I'm Afraid.

We Say Here That If You Fall Down In The United States, The Ambulance Man Must Feel For Your Wallet Before He Feels For Your Pulse.

I Saw 'new Labour'conceived, Watched It Gestate, Witnessed Its Birth And Growth. Now I Fervently Hope I Will Be Present At Its Death.