By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart As I sit in my Kailyard I wonder often about the future. The debate the world over, that springs from the death penalty is something we have had reason to reflect upon over here in the UK as the final few days of the Trump administration has seen federal executions reach […]
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Two Days For the End At Least From The Bully Pulpit of One Donald John Trump!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart The clock strikes midnight, and all is quiet. Tuesday the 19th January 2021… Two people sit for the last time in the Not So Oval Office. Picture the scene… Orange Aide and Agent Orange are sat with champagne. They each have filled glasses and they are smiling.
Ringside Report Remembers British and Commonwealth Boxing Champion Nicky Booth (1980-2021)


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart It is sobering to realize that of my first two articles about individual boxers for Ringside Report in 2021 they have both been to celebrate the life of boxers who have passed away. The pandemic has got grip of us but from both of these boxers it was not COVID-19 that […]
Donald Trump and All Political Enablers Need to Face Justice Finally!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart As I sit in my Kailyard I wonder often about the future. “A serious attack on democracy.” From a country once said by George W Bush, to be economically backward, because it did not have a word for entrepreneur, that sounds like stinging criticism, courtesy of France. As we all, around […]
Donald Trump Implodes Over Being Banned From Twitter!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart Mr. Trump is dancing in the Not So White House… Picture the scene… It is a Wednesday. Not much happens on a Wednesday… But Mr. Trump is singing and dancing… On the television screen that is held on the wall of the Not So Oval Office there are scenes of carnage.
Ringside Report Remembers World Champion Frankie “The Surgeon” Randall (1961-2020)


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart A hard warrior with tough fists, who could also both mix it and box, but ultimately lost his fight with Parkinson’s and pugilistic dementia, Frankie Randall, 58-18-1, 42 KO’s passed at the somber age of just 59 years old. Prior to his leaving us, his trainer Aaron Sowell had in an […]
Ringside Report Looks Back at Three Weight Class World Champion Wilfred “El Radar” Benitez


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart It may seem like I am obsessing with one Puerto Rican fighter one week and then along comes another the following week, but I am not! Honest! This week I had a look at three times world champion Wilfred Benitez, 53-8-1 31 KO’s, who fought professionally no fewer than on 62 […]
The Republican Party is GONE! How Do They Rebuild?


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart As I sit in my Kailyard I wonder often about the future. The future is to come after a pandemic so could it possibly be worse than where we are just now? Strangely given my own political views perhaps, it is the future for the Republican Party after Donald J. Trump, […]
25 Days Left of the Madness of Donald J. Trump!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart “Damocles or Truth, Sir?” Mr. Trump looks up from his desk in confusion. Picture the scene… Mr. Trump is slowly realising that his time in the Not So White House might actually be coming to an end. He might not be packing – that is women’s work, but mentally he is […]
Ringside Report Looks Back at Former World Title Challenger Rafael Solis


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart For those of us in the United Kingdom with an interest in American politics, TV shows and the like we still have an unfirm grasp on the political status and legal entity that is Puerto Rico. Ironically it nestles next to the “British” Virgin Islands so there may be less of […]
Donald Trump: Cheater At Golf, Life & So Much More….


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart As I sit in my Kailyard there are times when the news turns to how we have contributed to the Trump mythology, over here in Scotland. Donald J. Trump’s mother was a Scot, hailing from the islands and the mythology and romanticism that flows from there attracts Americans to the idea […]
The Toddler – In – Chief in the QVC House AKA The Multiple Loser Donald J. Trump of the 2020 Presidential Election Continues His Insanity!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart In at least one part of the Not So White House, there is a smug orange feeling… Picture the scene… Mr. Trump is sitting behind a desk with that smug look on his face. He feels he has every right to be smug because HE has done it once again – […]
Ringside Report Looks Back at Boxer Jamie Moore


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart In the corner of the British warrior, and five-time world titlist, Martin Murray, on Friday the 4th December 2020, was his trainer Jamie Moore, 32-5, 24 KO’s. He was asked what was next for his man, having lost against Billy Joe Saunders. Murray was due to retire two years ago and […]
41 More Days of Donald J. Trump!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart A view from the new Kailyard or, how you look over there, from over here… (kailyard n. a genre of sentimental Scottish literature turned into effective invective comment from one Donald worth reading…) As I sit in my Kailyard I continue to wonder about the future for the good people over […]
Donald J. Trump Lost More Than A Presidential Election to President Elect Joe Biden! He Lost His Mind Long Ago…


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart It has become pretty chaotic down in the Not So White House. Having recently won the Call of Duty tournament in the basement, Orange Aid was feeling peachy. Then Mr. Trump stumbled in on it and thought it was a real firefight somewhere in Iraq and kept going on about the […]
The World Is Sick of Everything Donald J. Trump!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart A view from the new Kailyard or, how you look over there, from over here… (kailyard n. a genre of sentimental Scottish literature turned into effective invective comment from one Donald worth reading…) As I sit in my Kailyard I wonder about the Orange Man in your White House: a contrast […]
Donald J. Trump: A World Problem Who At Least From The Bully Pulpit Goes Away on January 20, 2021!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart It is Sunday morning with lots of people playing X box’s and Playstations in the Not So White House but in the Not So Oval Office there is a man in denial. Picture the scene… Mr. Trump is in a mood. It’s not a good mood. But if it is a […]
Ringside Report Remembers Fallen Boxing Warrior Jim Murray (1969-1995)


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart In October 2020 we had, in Scottish boxing terms, a tragic anniversary of an event that we wish never happened. In the very hotel in which he made his professional debut, on the 26th March 1993, Scottish boxer, father, brother, and son, bantamweight Jim Murray, 15-2, 5 KO’s, lost a British […]
Ringside Report Looks Back a Light Heavyweight & Heavyweight Champion of the World Michael Moorer


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart There is a lot of debate sparked around the WBC deciding that there needs to be a bridge division between the cruiserweights and the heavyweights as the difference in size between the Oleksandr Usyk’s of this world and the giants of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury demands it. Former WBC champion […]
Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Every Single Republican In Power & 73,947,962 (As of this Article) Are the Problem!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart A view from the new Kailyard or, how you look over there, from over here… (kailyard n. a genre of sentimental Scottish literature turned into effective invective comment from one Donald worth reading…) As I sit in my Kailyard I wonder about the world sometimes, broken so it is. The current […]
Donald Trump… Just Go Away!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart There is a hair product on the desk in the not so Oval Office and Mr. Trump is struggling to open it. Picture the scene… Mr. Trump is straining at a can on the table. Mr. Giuliani is sitting opposite him with a pained expression on his face. “Mr. President, are […]
The World Is Watching the Insanity of Donald J. Trump!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart A view from the new Kailyard or, how you look over there, from over here… (kailyard n. a genre of sentimental Scottish literature turned into effective invective comment from one Donald worth reading…) As I sit in my Kailyard I wonder about the world sometimes, broken, upset and needing healing love.
Ringside Report Looks Back at Boxing Champion Tony Bellew


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart His contribution can be summed up in more than just, “in my opinion.” Tony Bellew, 30-3-1, 20 KO’s has been one of British boxing’s most important figures for the last dozen or so years. An already glittering career was ended when he went up to heavyweight and beat a guy with […]
Donald J. Trump is DEAF!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart Orange Aid and Agent Orange are standing outside the room. Inside there is chaos. Picture the scene… Mr. Trump is arguing. He has been arguing a lot lately. Sometimes … without anyone else in the room. This time the room is filled with people. There is literally standing room only. Mr. […]
A View of Donald Trump From Scotland!


By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart A view from the new Kailyard or, how you look over there, from over here… (kailyard n. a genre of sentimental Scottish literature turned into effective invective comment from one Donald worth reading…) As I sit in my Kailyard I have to ask – is that any way to run an […]