Tag Archives: lies

Visiting Auschwitz in 1970

Posted on 23 February 2018 by

I only noticed this nearly week-old tweet today. It comes from a self-proclaimed Scottish nationalist who lives in Dublin. I first became aware of him last September when he claimed that his ‘Uncle Rab’ had fought the fascists in the … Continue reading →

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The fourth great lie of history

Posted on 25 April 2017 by

Years ago, a Canadian told me what he described as the three great lies of history – ‘The cheque’s in the post,’ ‘It was wonderful for me too honey,’ and ‘Hi, I’m from the government, I’m here to help.’ Well, … Continue reading →

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Who told the worse political lie?

Posted on 13 September 2015 by

This is a story of two lies. In one, a former minister who was standing as a candidate in the general election said that he had not agreed that someone else should leak a document to the media that may … Continue reading →

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Lies, myths, truth and Jim Murphy

Posted on 30 August 2014 by

I’ll return shortly to the comments on my piece about Why I’m going to vote No but I wanted briefly to go from one extreme (possibly) to another (also possibly). There’s been some publicity about Labour MP Jim Murphy’s 100 stops tour of … Continue reading →

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