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Lorna Campbell on The Modern Politician: “She tried to run the country as one would run a domestic budget at home. That was madness. Selling off…” Feb 13, 22:48
Lorna Campbell on The Modern Politician: “Except H McH, Marie is right. If you say that any man can be a woman or boy a girl,…” Feb 13, 22:20
Southernbystander on The Modern Politician: “Hatey, I think the word colonise has lost all meaning tbh. In my book, migrants to the UK and Scotland,…” Feb 13, 22:16
Young Lochinvar on The Modern Politician: “Marie. Off course she knew. And the timing of stepping down days before “blue tent day” has tip-off written all…” Feb 13, 21:57
sarah on The Modern Politician: “@ 100%Yes: the January update from Liberation about their activities is on their website, liberation.scot, under the News tab. It…” Feb 13, 21:57
Lorna Campbell on The Modern Politician: “Apparently, reliable sources state that he was a violent child from an early age and would hurt his sibling. This…” Feb 13, 21:40
agentx on The Modern Politician: “@ Anthem – details of the charges have already been posted on here.” Feb 13, 21:24
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Odd isn’t it. The same people telling us no former colony ever wants to turn the clock back are the…” Feb 13, 21:17
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Haha, Twat H, good one! You, sam, Northy, willie, Marie, YL and many more – you should get on the…” Feb 13, 21:09
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Sorry to have to break this to you, Anthem, but there is no such concept as ‘ring fenced’ in law,…” Feb 13, 20:55
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Yes. And lay off the royal we. It’s not for the likes of you.” Feb 13, 20:46
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Sam says “great post”. Well looky here. One liar complementing another on his lies.” Feb 13, 20:44
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “First you’re an interstellar Pict, now you’re not an interstellar Pict, it’s hard to keep up, Northy. Any ideas for…” Feb 13, 20:36
Willie on The Modern Politician: “Turning back to the Crown in whose name all prosecutions are made made, is the Crown disbarred from pursuing the…” Feb 13, 20:35
Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Haha, anti-genocide. Odd how the genocide stops when the ham ass scum stop dragging innocent lassies down tunnels to carve…” Feb 13, 20:31
Anthem on The Modern Politician: “That is clear political interference. I’d also like to point out that there is no mention of the missing £600,000…” Feb 13, 20:29
Southernbystander on The Modern Politician: “You have a good point about Empire and the long tail of consequences. This was even predicted in the 18th…” Feb 13, 20:26
100%Yes on The Modern Politician: “Good news Sarah, I’m glad Salmond case is continuing, what happening with the C-24?” Feb 13, 19:50
agentx on The Modern Politician: ““The preliminary hearing for Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive charged with embezzlement of party funds, has been pushed…” Feb 13, 19:22
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Modern Politician: “Sorry. Try this as direct link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX2yOB-5FA4” Feb 13, 18:37
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Modern Politician: “Grouse Beater’s current blog item features this Holyrood presentation by Fergus Ewing regarding the Mark Hirst case: Fergus Ewing raises…” Feb 13, 18:20
twathater on The Modern Politician: “@ Sam 12th Feb 2026 @ 6.20pm , Sam you could have just stopped after, “You are such a fucking…” Feb 13, 18:17
Lorna Campbell on The Modern Politician: “Well what would you call it, H. McH. How else do they take it? By the by, it now appears…” Feb 13, 17:17
Lorna Campbell on The Modern Politician: “Sam: in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s until well into the 1970s and even early 1980s, most young people stayed…” Feb 13, 16:17
Lorna Campbell on The Modern Politician: “H. McH: you really do underestimate the strength of feeling many in the SNP have about independence. For them, independence…” Feb 13, 15:59
sarah on The Modern Politician: “Good news in 3 court cases today: Alex Salmond’s case v Scottish government is continuing; The law proscribing anti-genocide activists…” Feb 13, 15:33
James Che on The Modern Politician: “Peter McAvoy. Englands registered political parties shouldnt even be sticking their nose into Scottish elections, Because they are named as…” Feb 13, 15:21
James Che on The Modern Politician: “North Code, I did notice the new claims that England is being Colonised by the legislation passed in their own…” Feb 13, 15:14
James Cheyne on The Modern Politician: “Willie, Aye, and Scotland is not even in a union with England, GB parliament or UK parliament, since it was…” Feb 13, 15:04
Aw, the Telegraph put his obit in the "Royalty" section. This makes me happy.
Such a good story, and well told. Really enjoyed that. And RIP, of course.