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The Smurph and the Usan Salmon Fishers

It’s been a while. For this blog at least.  We have been busy in other spheres.  The rumour that we went to jail again is unfounded.  The word is busy. Busy +++. Bands, day jobs, consulting, contracting, agitating, politicking, making trouble.  That has been the watchword of the day. Since we last updated GTF, the Smurph has been appointed to be leader of “Scottish” Labour, whatever that may be.  It is simply an accounting unit within the great british Her Majesty's loyal opposition Labour Party. Murphy of course is a career politician.  He has never had any other kind of a job.  Like me (I am slightly older) he benefitted from a public policy of Grants for students.  We got our education at the public expense.  When an official of the National Union of Students Murphy was one of those who strove to ensure there would be no opposition to the abolition of grants. One difference between Murphy and myself is that the public has ...