Category: Politics

  • Abolish the Monarchy in the United Kingdom

    Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s racism in the United Kingdoms sacred institution; The Monarchy! They say power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely! The Monarchy is the perfect example of the utter…

  • Western Democracy! Fact or Fiction?

    Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s Trump’s acquittal and the long-term impact it will have on Democracy around the world and on the divisions within the US of A. After the appalling sight…

  • Brexit Saga Ends -Breakup of UK Begins

    Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s the beginning of the end of the Tory party because of its decade long austerity, divisions on class, extreme poverty, hungry children and the final nail in…

  • Recycling Tools Project Scuppered Due to local politics!

    Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on how a successful reuse project set up under the You Can Grow umbrella was scuppered by nepotism, favouritism and local politics! During the final year of delivering our pioneering growing project “Food for Life” at St. Ronan’s primary school, Innerleithen;…

  • Priti Patel – The Tories Poster Girl for How to be a Bully!

    Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s bullying and Boris Johnson’s support for his Home Secretary Priti Patel despite the conclusion of an inquiry into these allegations. It beggars belief that anyone at the…

  • Breaking the Law is now acceptable under the Tories

    Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s the UK Governments Internal Market Bill… Boris has done it again! This guy has all the making of a Dictator and is actually putting Trump to shame…

  • Bedroom Tax – Tory Policy to cull the Working Class

    Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s the “The Bedroom Tax”. Since the Tories came to power at Westminster in 2010 led by David Cameron winning the largest number of votes and seats but…

  • Furlough vs Key workers

    Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week its “Furlough vs Key Workers”. Thanks to the Conservatives at Westminster the biggest beneficiary of the pandemic are Furlough workers. 80 percent of salaries paid for up to…

  • Black Lives Matter

    Having moved to Peebles in 2002,  ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s Black Lives Matter… The murder of a Black man in America caught on film was so heart-breaking to watch, never mind the past of this man. Right-wing…

  • Britain’s Very Own Darth Vader!

    Having moved to Peebles in 2002, self-proclaimed ‘stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s Sir Ian Duncan Smith! Recently after watching Episode III – Return of the Sith movie, from the Star Wars saga, I could not help compare the…