http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Thu, 23 May 2013 08:13:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/05/if-mitt-romney-wins-what-will-the-world-get/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/05/if-mitt-romney-wins-what-will-the-world-get/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:44:20 +0000 Erich McElroy http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29694 I voted last week (via absentee ballot) for Obama and I still think he will win. He could ruin his chances completely if while visiting the storm damaged East Coast he steps on a puppy. It could happen, he ate dog as a child in Indonesia, and according to some blogs he still drinks the blood of a poodle every morning.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/05/if-mitt-romney-wins-what-will-the-world-get/feed/ 41 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/14/the-british-citizenship-test-goes-to-edinburgh/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/14/the-british-citizenship-test-goes-to-edinburgh/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:58:46 +0000 Erich McElroy http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28399 After the fun we had asking people in London how they would do in a completely unscientific sampling of The British citizenship test, we decided to have a go again in Edinburgh – where I’m did my show, The Brit Identity, about my journey from American to British citizen.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/14/the-british-citizenship-test-goes-to-edinburgh/feed/ 122 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/14/the-british-citizenship-test-how-much-do-you-know/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/14/the-british-citizenship-test-how-much-do-you-know/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:00:36 +0000 Erich McElroy http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27262 I moved to the UK from America in 2000, not with a plan to immigrate, it was an opportunity to live outside my home country and see the world a bit. I was lucky with the job I got, which I mercilessly and proudly stole from a British person. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/14/the-british-citizenship-test-how-much-do-you-know/feed/ 82