#Scots

YourWullie

YourWullie

On the back of todays events in George Square and the following comment yesterday from one of my followers:'The idea that “my nationalism is better then yours” is a narcissistic

Rob Ford

robfordmancs

It is interesting that nationalists dislike this idea as I think such voters are as likely to be pro-independence as the average voter resident in Scotland, perhaps more so. 1/?https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1296513983206301697

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BingoDemagogue

I'm an eyes open fan of Churchill on the whole; as a flawed character, whose rhetoric was lucky enough to fit the times. He's an interesting character rather than an

Brian Cerberus Wilson

cerberus399bc

Carl Schmitt's book on Hamlet is pretty cool. He tries to steer between psychological readings of the play and readings that completely reduce it to historical happenstance. I'm surprised by

Stephen Harrison

harrisonstephen

We covered a lot of ground this year in @Slate's Source Notes column about @Wikipedia and internet knowledge. Here is my list of five stories that I'm proud of from

Ireland Unlocked

IrelandUnlocked

There's a well established myth that there is something inherent in Irish people that causes our dysfunctinal relationship with alcohol.It's a toxic myth because it makes us fatalistic and reluctant

✨ Miss PunnyPennie ✨

Lenniesaurus

Ah yes, Welsh, a repressed minority language has marginal value, unlike *checks notes* the opinions of a former Telegraph editor... Welsh is a beautiful language, it IS useful and it

Old Weird Scotland

WeirdScotland

Many Scots, while owning Scotland's role in slavery, still take the stance that "normal" or "working class" Scots got no advantages from the fortunes made with enslaved labour, or any

Fairynuff1979

fairynuff1979

Tell the women who had to leave school at 15 and get a job to support their brothers staying on at school, that it wasn’t about their sex. 1/#SexNotGender #WarOnWomen

Joe Ray

PerfidiousAlbn

1. The Clarity Act was significant not just because it provided formal legislation for secessionist referendums within Canada but because it reframed the entire debate surrounding them – Quebec secession

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BingoDemagogue

Thread; The lie at the heart of civic Nationalism. Civic Nationalism is a cover story, it's a form of 'exceptionalism' ; Globally, Nationalism is generally recognised as a negative. It

Luke Russert

LukeRussert

The ENTIRETY of the American experiment is predicated on a functioning multicultural liberal democracy. This is embarrassing to West Point, Harvard and America.https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1351537398564286466 America was NEVER not m

thalia

namelesstaj

Facts about the 1960s Formula One decade, a thread: First major chance of the 60s was that the front-engines, who where the thing of the 50s, finally phased out after

C Roberts(Tweets from an occupied Scotland)

CRobertsonUK

Theres a value unseen in the political parties of the Dictator nation of the UK, that refuses us a means to secede it, repeating the mythical mantra "once in a

Malachy Tallack

malachytallack

1/ I think the framing of this article is problematic, but comparing Irish and Scottish contemporary writing – and how writers from Ireland and Scotland are viewed by London-based publishers

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Panic in No 10 about the union but surprising it’s taken them by surprise. Trying to retain Scotland, after a period where its lack of veto power on fundamental political

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