http://www.shanegreer.com Shane Greer's daily blog on politics and campaigning from the UK with international relevance. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:15:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As many will know, next years marks the Scottish Homecoming; where people of Scottish descent from around the world are invited to come back to Scotland to celebrate, well, Scotland and all things Scottish.  Rather conveniently of course it's taking place in the year before the referendum on Scottish independence ... http://www.shanegreer.com/2008/12/23/snp-propaganda/ Earlier in the month Iain Dale broke the news that Boris had saved Christmas by refusing to bow to the PC Brigade's desire to see a GLA 'Multi-Faith Concert' this winter, and instead forced through a GLA Christmas Carol Service. Quite right too.  Well, it would seem Boris ... http://www.shanegreer.com/2008/12/19/boris-vanquishes-the-pc-brigade/ http://www.shanegreer.com/2008/12/19/merry-christmas-from-total-politics/ Another gem from Penny Arcade: http://www.shanegreer.com/2008/12/18/twitter-tastic/ In case you missed it: http://www.shanegreer.com/2008/12/18/burger-king-deodorant/ I'll be on Sky News this evening at 7 discussing some of the more interesting stories moving across the web today, so if you're near a TV and fancy listening to me discuss Burger King body spray (no really!) then tune in.  http://www.shanegreer.com/2008/12/17/sky-news-tonight-6/ Mike Rouse dropped me an email to draw my attention to this post over at engadget: "It's pretty much common sense that when you're ditching your old cell phone you want to erase your personal data, contacts and emails -- or at least try to. Oh sure, there are ... http://www.shanegreer.com/2008/12/14/one-final-mistake-from-the-mccain-campaign/ This made me chuckle: http://www.shanegreer.com/2008/12/13/why-you-cant-beat-steven-seagal/ It's no secret that I'm not the biggest fan of the Liberal Democrats, largely because I just don't get them; I mean, what exactly is the point of being a Liberal Democrat?  But there are times when partisan differences have to be put to one side, and the current Lynne ... http://www.shanegreer.com/2008/12/13/in-defence-of-lynne-featherstone/ Usually we don't release the latest Total Politics cover until a couple of days before the issue is on the shelves, but we've made an exception with the January issue (out Friday 19th December) given today's events!  Accordingly to Harriet Harman, Gordon Brown is Superman, which will come as a ... http://www.shanegreer.com/2008/12/11/what-a-coincidence/