The Gonzo Daily - Friday
Well, guess what I was doing until stupid o'clock
this morning?
I had not intended to do so, but I stayed up all
night watching the Scottish referendum results. I found the whole experience
fascinating. It was probably the most exciting referendum that I have watched
since my first one back in the February of 1974. I am pleased with the result
but not for the sort of flag waving Land-Of-Hope-And-Gloryesque reasons that
many people seem to be celebrating this morning. As a nation we are in deep
trouble, and there are many things that are badly wrong. If we are to fix them,
it will only be by a concerted effort of all of us, rather than by the
Balkanisation of Britain.
It seems to me that many of the Scottish
politicians on both sides of the divide have more to recommend them than do the
politicians of further south in out Scepter'd Isle. I think there is much that
the Palace of Westminster could learn from the way that politicians in Scotland
have behaved over this issue. But even that is not the best thing about the
result. The people of Scotland have sent a clear message to those in Power over
us all that the current system for all of us in the UK is not working and has
not worked for a long time. We need a complete re-evaluation of our social and
political infrastructure which will go far beyond regional assemblies and a
measure of Home Rule. I would like to think that this is the beginning of
something truly momentous for the United Kingdom, and I can't wait to see what
happens next!
It has the one and only Mick Rogers,
singer/guitarist with Manfred Mann's Earth Band and the legendary Aviator on the
cover, and an exclusive interview with the man himself inside. Doug Harr meets
the lovely and massively talended Paula Frazer, and Jon critiques the new U2
album and is critical about its marketing. There are also new shows from the
wonderfully eccentric Jaki and Tim on their Submarine, from the multi-talented
Neil Nixon at Strange Fruit from Canterbury sans Frontieres presented by Matthew
Watkins, and from M Destiny at Friday Night Progressive. There is also a
collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and long nosed potoroos (OK,
no weird antipodean macropods, but I got carried away with things that rhymed
with OOOOS) than you can shake a stick at. And the best part is IT's ABSOLUTELY
FREE!!!
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