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The arrival of the wolf 255

Posted on May 06, 2020 by

This site used to have a running joke about the number of times the Scottish media screamed “SNP CIVIL WAR!” whenever any two people in the party – one of whom would invariably be either Jim Sillars or Gordon Wilson – disagreed with each other about whether you should put the milk or the boiling water in a cup of tea first.

Well, here’s what a real one looks like.

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Neck and neck 131

Posted on May 05, 2020 by

We’re so underwhelmed and nonplussed by this information that to be honest it barely even occurred to us to write it up, but here we go anyway:

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All quiet on the forgotten front 676

Posted on May 02, 2020 by

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    • Alf Baird on Steadying The Ship: “” that we do, in fact, hold two contradictory, but, nevertheless, valid senses of ourselves.” You might, Lorncal, tho A…” May 16, 21:47
    • william G Walker on Steadying The Ship: “OTT Sorry mis-type above. It shouls have said: JAMBO says that “there are only three inavoidable rules in life –…” May 16, 21:39
    • Lorncal on Steadying The Ship: “Scottish antisyzygy is probably nearer the truth, Alf. Almost every Scottish writer, poet, artist, playwright, philosopher and political commentator displays…” May 16, 21:23
    • sarah on Steadying The Ship: “O/T Turning away from the topic of being stuck with the most embarrassingly incompetent bunch of MSPs ever, there are…” May 16, 21:10
    • william G Walker on Steadying The Ship: “OTT Jambo says that “There are only three inavoidable rules in life – death, taxes the Scottish Football Establishment based…” May 16, 20:54
    • Alf Baird on Steadying The Ship: “” We syriacs/assyrians know the schizoid condition well.” And ditto for us schizoid Scots. As David Purves wrote: “Since the…” May 16, 19:26
    • George Ferguson on Steadying The Ship: “The punishment has begun. After watching fitba all day. We are listening to Take the Floor. Apparently the second half…” May 16, 19:20
    • Mark Beggan on Steadying The Ship: “The English electorate are far from stupid. The arrogance of the Labour party passing seats to their mates so they…” May 16, 19:14
    • Alf Baird on Steadying The Ship: “Even today Hume’s self-hatred of Scottish culture looms large among assimilated native intellectuals and elites who ‘mimic the colonizer’ (Memmi)…” May 16, 18:58
    • Xaracen on The Broken Rainbow: “’I have always believed the truth will set us free and always will.“ Well, that can’t be true, Hatey; I…” May 16, 18:14
    • TURABDIN on Steadying The Ship: “@CYNICUS. no they are not, they are my «construct. Hume was very «antisyzygic». We syriacs/assyrians know the schizoid condition well.…” May 16, 18:03
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    • Mark Beggan on Steadying The Ship: “Sven meaning: Norse, boy, lad, young warrior.” May 16, 16:19
    • Cynicus on Steadying The Ship: “Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh says: 16 May, 2026 at 10:33 am “Cynicus: « the name of the author is Robert Curry. Not…” May 16, 16:19
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    • Mark Beggan on Steadying The Ship: “If your name is your destiny Turabin then you are a reference manual with incorrect spelling!” May 16, 15:40
    • Mark Beggan on Steadying The Ship: “Samuel that’s a good Jewish name. Means prophet, heard by God.” May 16, 15:36
    • Mark Beggan on Steadying The Ship: “You have been eating too much sugar again.” May 16, 15:29
    • Mark Beggan on Steadying The Ship: “So what about your name Sam?” May 16, 15:16
    • Captain Caveman on The Broken Rainbow: ““Now that you admit they’ll not be providing you with a running commentary, they’ll not be sending you any decision…” May 16, 15:12
    • Mark Beggan on Steadying The Ship: “Correct but it was Beggins. Changed when my grandfather came to Scotland. Mark Beggan translated means Brave of the small.” May 16, 14:58
    • TURABDIN on Steadying The Ship: “Neu terminologie fir auld…. United Kingdom/United Kleptocracy? Westminster/Wastaminster? WASTA is the cronyism that oils government & everything else in the…” May 16, 14:27
    • sam on Steadying The Ship: “Well named? The surname Beggan is of Irish origin and is derived from the Gaelic word “beagán,” which means “little”…” May 16, 14:16
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