Hello everyone. My name is Craig Kelly, I’m 26 years old, and a recent graduate of the University of Dundee. Not to blow my own trumpet, but I’m going to, I just received a First Class honours MA History.
I’m a member of the SNP and I was obviously delighted with the election result in May. Despite this, on the 18th August I leave Scotland for two years. Sweden is calling, the city of Uppsala to be precise. This blog will follow my time in Sweden; the ups, downs, the periods of indifference, and will aim to provide some explanation as to why the hell I’m going to Sweden.
The posts under the ‘Uppsala’ and ‘Scotland’ categories in the right sidebar should be fairly self-explanatory. They will have posts regarding each place respectively. You will probably be able to tell if I’m feeling a little homesick by the vast increase in posts under ‘Scotland’. As I said, I’m a member of the nats. Whilst the section on Scotland will undoubtedly have posts on Scottish politics, it will not be uncritical of the Scottish Government. I will do my utmost to be objective and provide an outsider’s perspective of my home country. A novel perspective for me to take.
Lastly, there’s a little bit of self promotion going on; I am advertising my proofreading service under the aptly titled ‘Proofreading Service’.
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Came here to read about how many bottles of chivas your bringing, not about this gov stuff.
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Jees, give me a chance. I’m sure I’ll be posting about the price of alcohol in Sweden and lamenting the cheap concoctions back home.
Plus, the gov stuff is interesting to Scots – it’s an unusual time for us since we have just elected the first ever majority Government, a Government which is committed to holding a referendum on independence.
Anyway, yeah, the drink. I paid the equivalent of £12 for two pints of Guinness in Uppsala!
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12 pounds for fucking 2 pints of guinness??
they are fucking maaad!
Yeah, it’s crazy. You can get subsidised alcohol in the student nations (which are a bit like student unions). Anyway, I’ll be sure to have a couple of bottles of whiskey for going across.
Not to worry Craig, come October 1st, all supermarket drink promotions are to be, essentially, banned.
Still cheaper than Sweden though…..
http://www.thepublican.com/story.asp?storycode=69143
Yeah, still cheaper than Sweden.
Need to get a few pints sorted before I go mate!
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