Jiggery Popery

From 3rd April this year - a gift of  Balmoral Whisky

It's the Pope's turn at Scottish independence.

It's front page news on many of the MSM publications today. here for example

He doesn't appear to think it's a good idea: "In remarks that may resonate with Scotland’s Catholics, he said: ‘All division  worries me". Which is surely a curious phrase, given most religion appears divisional.

It's more likely, in fact far more likely, to encourage a vote for independence rather than the contrary, simply because there is still a fairly large percentage of Scottish people who are, let's say, anti-catholic.

Just to reiterate, there will be no such thing as independence, or an independent country in the not too distant future; we might live under an illusion of such but when everyone is using the same (electronic) currency to purchase the same mass produced goods from the same corporations, it's simply mutton dressed as lamb.

Potter meets the Queen for some magickal games

cheers

Golden balls

Last post we noted in some depth the the St. Andrews to Edinburgh leg of the Olympic relay: commencing on the world famous Old Course before a ritual pyramid forming torch kiss to young Joseph Forrester, who recreated the Chariots of Fire scene on the golden sands.

Today we note from the Daily Record of how David Beckham puts playing a round of golf there as one of his top ten things to do in Britain, alongside dropping in to see the Queen at Buckingham Palace. The fairly sycophantic article also claims, via VisitBritain boss Sandie Dawe,  that Becks "is not only a global superstar, but an ambassador for Britain wherever he goes". Which, given the recent photo above is surely concerning; or perhaps enlightening.


Coincidentally, the same newspaper also carries a story today re Chariots of Fire. Eric Liddell's (on whom the movie is based) daughter noting  that today's society  is a different world from the one her Christian father lived in, and that greed is one of the main problems. (here)

To me, the pairing speaks volumes.

cheers 

Note: Beckham was heavily involved in both the Beijing - London Olympic handover (here), and the transportation of the flame to the UK from Greece.

Top image - St Andrews - Home of Royal and Ancient Game poster
Bottom image - A favorite from the Ambassador's party.