I’ve had few regrets in my life (so far; still plenty of time, I hope) but one was not buying tickets for Taylor Swift in her current concert series. How could I have missed that? She played in Glasgow last night, even though I won’t be in that city til Saturday on my own ‘world tour’. But I can’t hate her for that. She’s not only wonderful, but she speaks to ME. She is MY personal best friend. More, my BFF. Maybe another F as well. Even though forever is a long time and it could be decades before another teeny-country-pop legend pops up with legs that long.

But its not about the legs. Ok, a bit. Its about the attitude. Not a Rhianna type ‘fuck-you!’ kind’a attitude, but a Taylor type ‘I love you’ in a platonic, besty kind of way. She speaks to me personally, just me. And all the other 12 year-old schoolgirls and proto-feminist wannabes. And, as she did with Sony Music, she gives off a massive ‘don’t fuck with me!’ A sentiment she doesn’t appear to share with her almost endless list of a-list celebrity beef exes. Never mind, today’s dumped feller is tomorrow’s number one hit.

However, I need to go to Scotland. Its destiny. Because Nicola Sturgeon has decided to cut the Queen off without any money. Bitch. That poor old lady whose given her entire life for Britain, will be destitute and possibly homeless without the Scottish funding. Ok, homes she’s not actually short of, but their upkeep is not exactly cheap. Buckingham Palace alone needs 15 million quid spending in it just to fix the boilers and do some re-pointing. Really, I suppose, the Queen should move into an assisted-living facility in Barnsley, a care home for the elderly, but that’s not Nicola Sturgeon’s bloody decision.

Nicola Sturgeon hates the Queen. Hates royalty. She’s a die hard (if only) lefty of the worst order. But that shouldn’t take the place of sheer economic sense. The royals generate money. People go to Edinburgh for two reasons: the festival and its history. And to see the Queen when she’s at Balmoral. Millions rush to the Scottish capital every year. And its not to see La Sturge, that’s for sure. So for a poxy (all in relative terms) 2.2 million, Nicola would rather keep her distance from Her Maj and make pathetic pseudo-socialistic gestures.

I’m gonna look her up and give her a piece of my mind. Right on the bridge of her nose.

Off to Scotland, can’t hang around.

A xxxx