I stopped blogging for a long time – you may have noticed. Or maybe you didn’t. Or maybe you did and didn’t care. Part of the reason was because I was busier. As well as my actual job, I spend a lot of the past 18 months being an Election Agent in the biggest General Election campaign of my life. And, I have to say, … Continue reading 2025.1 – Blogging Less, More
My name is Paul Cruikshank and I am a Rules Lawyering, question asking, “Umm Actually”ing, Pain in the Arse…
…but I think you’ll find that’s a good thing, actually. Continue reading You need a Pain in the Arse…
After not blogging for for the best part of 2 years, I ease myself back in gently by reflecting on the past 2 weeks – and the fact that I just don’t really get it. Continue reading Normal Service may Resume shortly…
…this piece was originally posted on LabourHame on 8th September 2018. I am a child of the Labour Party. My Mum was CLP Secretary and my Dad was CLP Chair, and they spent their honeymoon leafleting for Donald Dewar in Glasgow Garscadden. So I suppose it was inevitable that politics would be in my blood. But it was my decision, not theirs, when I joined the … Continue reading On 10 years’ Membership…
…or a Happy New Year and doing something different, without knowing exactly what it is. Firstly, Happy New Year. Secondly, I now have a new laptop which doesn’t overheat within the hour and force a shut-down, so I hope to pick-up the blogging here now, with a few new case notes coming shortly. I cannot fully express how irritating limited blogging-access was during the Carmichael … Continue reading Merry Fresh Annum…
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