The news came in whispers, a rustling of leaves in the wind, a hushed murmur today.
Our man, lost for day's in the labyrinthine corridors of a foreign bureaucracy, was coming home.
Not through the grand pronouncements of Westminster or the pronouncements of Holyrood, but
A man sees a sign outside a house -
'Talking Dog For Sale.'
He rings the bell, the owner appears and tells him the dog can be viewed in the back garden.
The man sees a very nice looking Labrador Retriever sitting there.
"Do you really talk?" he asks the dog.
Shawfield Mansion Glasgow
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Imagine walking down Trongate, one of Glasgow’s bustling streets, until you reach the junction with Glassford Street. There, on the wall of what is now a Cafe Nero—once the Commercial Bank of Scotland—you’d find a plaque that might make you pause and
''If, in the highlands the people were trying to exist upon a diet of boiled grass and nettles, the case was even worse in the City wynds. Within a circle of 12 miles of Glasgow there were 10,000 paupers receiving, on an average, not more than 1/6' per week.''- Part 1 tomorrow
The Forgotten Champion of Democracy: Thomas Muir of Huntershill.
In the late 18th century, Scotland was plagued by a corrupt political system that favored the wealthy elite, leaving the working class and common people without a voice. Amidst this turmoil, a young advocate named
The Picts - Part 1 of 2.
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The Picts, a fascinating ancient people of Scotland, are both widely recognized and yet shrouded in mystery. Unlike the Britons, Gaels, Angles, and Vikings who have ties to other nations, the Picts are uniquely Scottish.
Fifty one years ago, on September 14 1969, the Seaquest drilling rig struck oil for the first time in the North Sea. Brendan McKeown, its superintendent, took a helicopter out there as soon as he was radioed the news that oil was flowing. Famously, he put it in a pickle jar
As a 2014 No voter, I'd just like to say to others that are on the fence, so to speak(and I know many are lurking here). All I can say is '' make the decision, the time is right,come on over, it's all good ''
Dear
@NicolaSturgeon
I would like to offer a bet today - £1000 (winnings to a charity of our choice) says that there will not be a ref in 2023. I'm quite sure that I'll win the bet, are you up for it ?
@KirstyWark
@BBCTwo
Dear
@KirstyWark
How did you and your hubby find the names / addresses / telephone numbers of the women for your hubbies documentary? We are told they are under a cloak of anonymity? Who gave you contact details
N.I. end up with a better deal than Scotland and yet the Sinn Fein have never set a foot inside WM. You do have to wonder, what difference snp MPs made?
Forgotten Hero - Constantine II - In four parts. Part One.
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He is Scotland's Alfred the Great, our forgotten hero king who repelled the Viking invaders, founded the kingdom of Alba, and fought off England's first attempt at conquest.
He is Constantine II, known in Gaelic as
This morning, on the radio, I heard Chris Deerin call
@alexsalmond
'' Scotland's Farage '' and also heard
@AlynSmith
call Eck '' Geo Galloway without the hat '' and'' Scotlands Trump''-
@thesnp
ers who are telling me to stop attacking SNP now....really need to look closer to home
Dear
@KirstyWark
How did you and your hubby find the names / addresses / telephone numbers of the women for your hubbies documentary? We are told they are under a cloak of anonymity? Who gave you contact details
The Callanish Standing Stones
It has been nicknamed the 'Stonehenge of the North' but, built around 3000 BC, the stones actually predate Stonehenge by approximately 2,000 years.
There should be an inquiry into today's debacle
@scotgov
. Someone needs to be accountable. Security man did not decide this by himself, security boss, did not make this decision. AN MSP or MSPs made this decision and they are open to legal action. Inquiry now.
The Highland Clearances was one of the most brutal and heartbreaking episodes in Scottish history. Over the course of 150 years the demographic spread of Scotland was changed forever as thousands of families were forcibly driven from their ancestral homes to make way for sheep.
If the SNP staff, ex FM and party leader are shown to be liars and thieves, this throws great doubt on evidence/statements given during the trial of
@AlexSalmond
.
@NicolaSturgeon
@PeterMurrell
can you tell me what happened to the ring fenced cash we gave snp £482,000 and what happened to the £177,000 we gave snp for an info-book to be sent to every address in Scotland. Looking forward to a reply.
1/18 Joan of Arc - The Scots arrive in France -
"Consumers of mutton and wine." That was the fairly dismissive description which met the Scottish soldiers who arrived in France in the autumn 1419. This was a dark time for the French with the disastrous defeat at
I could easily compile a list of 50 Scots women/men(not military) who are worthy of a statue. What must visitors think when they arrive, at say, George Square and find An English queen,A German Prince and an English Tory MP, for instance?? I want folks to see Statues of Scots
.
@NicolaSturgeon
you must do something about the border region, as we begin to open-up Scotland on the 3rd July. We will be inundated with holiday makers from a country, who's
#covid19
cases are rising alarmingly.
come up with such a high figure?" The Aberdonian whispers back, £1000 for me, £1000 for you, and we hire the guy from London to do the job."
"Done!" replies the government official.
And we named the company - Carillion -
The
@BBCNews
just ran a report on Russia having a '' massive spike in new covid cases '' The '' massive spike '' was 2,258 new cases. What they didn't report was The UK had 4,342 new cases in the same time period......strange that.
Some folks may not know this but Susan Calman was an unknown in 2014 until she spouted that cybernats were bullying her. The BBC ran with this but in the end she couldn't provide evidence. BBC didn't care, they signed her up
My local MP
@marionfellows
for whom I walked for miles, knocking on doors etc, was one of those who stood up and marched out of WM while
@eastlothianmp
was standing-up for Scotland.......what a fool I was....what a fool.
#dadjokesfordavid
Man gets run over by a red lorry, then a yellow lorry, then a red lorry, then a yellow lorry.
Policeman informs family "There's no easy way to say this"...
Alex Salmond isn't finished. 2023 - Evidence about alleged misconduct by Nicola Sturgeon around the Alex Salmond inquiry is set to be subject to a court battle with ministers disputing a transparency ruling.
Breaking - Nicola Sturgeon's government has spent more than £50,000 "preparing" civil servants to give evidence about the Alex Salmond affair at hearings where they suffered "collective memory loss", it has emerged.
Information obtained by The Daily Telegraph shows that
Cherry's shadow justice brief will be taken on by Anne McLaughlin, who becomes the party's spokeswoman on justice and immigration, Anne will convey points through the medium of dance
#stupidparty
I've learnt tonight that a friend ours died yesterday at Parkhead. Wee Alison was stalwart of the Yes campaign, a nurse, a celtic fan and a very, very decent person. My wife and I will miss her.
A timely reminder. Alex Salmond points out that he didn't need permission from Ruk with regards to holding a consultative referendum. It is within the scope of Holyrood. As soon as he had shown this to be the case, Ruk agreed to a referendum.
Personally, I think we need to destroy it. If it's going to take Humza 10-20yrs to get around to Indy then we need to use our time just now to build-up
#ALBA
. Snp are a lost cause and we can't waste another day on them.
@SusaninLangside
@artpistol
@GlasgowsPride
Are you completely aff yer heids!!! Get the streets cleaned, get the potholes filled, stop the rats by emptying the bins, and open the Mitchell archive properly rather than cleaning the outside of the building, SHELTER & FOOD for our homeless children !! Ram yer woke pish right
One or two attackers today on my 'potted history' of Scotland. Please remember, this is twitter. Everything has to be shortened. I'm sorry if I've missed a detail and you want to tell me all about, but my aim is to divert attention , for a wee while, from our situation.
Dear
@AlexSalmond
We need to let you know that we are thinking of you, supporting you and wishing you well. We'll always have your back.
.
I'm sure other will add a message of support to this thread.
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The truth will out !
Scottish Travellers, or the people in Scotland loosely termed gypsies or travellers, consist of a number of diverse, unrelated communities that speak a variety of different languages and dialects that pertain to distinct customs, histories, and traditions.
There are four
1/4 Back in 2008, I purchased a set of letters from the 1840's to 1870s. These letters are a one-sided correspondence from a young Scottish family who had emigrated to Canada from Scotland. These letters give an incredible insight into the lives of those, who had to or
you may remember a few weeks back, I asked
@Feorlean
where our ' ring fenced ' cash was ( £482,000 + £177,000) He replied that I should contact
@DougchapmanSNP
well, I did.......
1/10 The Massacre of Tranent took place on 29 August 1797 in the town of Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland.
On 28 August a proclamation was drawn up by local people to object to the conscription of Scots into the British Militia, to be used either for controlling their
School petition against union, 1706
Hugh Nisbet, a schoolboy at the High School in the Canongate, Edinburgh, wrote to the Duke of Hamilton, the anti-union leader, on behalf of his school. Together, the boys felt that union would be 'the ruin and destruction of the whole nation.'
No more useless Yes marches and gatherings. ALL marches should be aimed at our present Scottish govt. 6 mandates, stolen cash, GRA etc etc. Protests are required, we're doing nothing here, we're taking this and we should be rebelling
To those who have excused godley today cos she apologised, it's not down to you to say ' she's apologised let's move on'.... It'll be down to those she offended to decide
I've read and re-read the
#albaparty
manifesto. It's the best manifesto I can remember reading. It's as if Indy was switched-off in 2014 and is only now, being switched back on.
Right
@NicolaSturgeon
just said she'll call out any abuse on social media, can we start with Ms Leese and
@AlynSmith
's partner. I;ll wait to see you call them out
In the past month, the SNP quietly dropped a manifesto pledge to give all primary school weans free school meals......yet the cash can be found for this nonsense
Fresh lunacy in Sturrell Scotland. '£9 million to improve 'gender identity healthcare'. As if there isn't a shortage of funding to simply deliver HEALTHCARE. All being forced through on the back of voters who voted New SNP to deliver INDEPENDENCE.
A “tiny and precious” Book of Gospels that was used at a Pictish-era monastery in Scotland more than 1,000 years ago has come home.
The Book of Deer, which dates from around 850AD and is believed to be Scotland’s oldest surviving manuscript, is now on show in Aberdeen after a
In 2015 there was talk from
@thesnp
about a Nationalised bank. A Scottish currency. A Scottish stock-exchange. Nothing has been done to forward these ahead of any indy campaign.On May 7th,in stead of being in a position of' these are done and dusted 'we will begin at ground zero
Alex Salmond is expected to outline devastating allegations of a high-level conspiracy against him after being lined up to give evidence to a Holyrood inquiry.
The former first minister will be called as a witness as part of the investigation into how the Scottish government
#alba21
everyone today, who has taken to the stage, has fire in their belly. I'm hearing determination, not heard since 2013/14 What a breath of fresh air this is.....
I see, yet again, comfy Pete has issues with '' the fringes of the Yes movement '' - May I remind Comfy Pete - the SNP has approx 100,000 members and
@thesnp
rely on that '' fringe '' of 1.8m yessers for their success. Can I also add '' fuck you Pete ''
When the truth comes out. When the scandals are known. When woke Nicola is outed. When we uncover the extent of the corruption. When we finally rid Scotland of the Murrells. We will re-group, come-together and free this land with the right people at the top -
@NicolaSturgeon
1/7 The Royal Scots Navy (or Old Scots Navy) was the navy of the Kingdom of Scotland from its origins in the Middle Ages until its merger with the Kingdom of England's Royal Navy per the Acts of Union 1707. There are mentions in Medieval records of fleets commanded