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    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “That so? These people sound like what we would call colonialists on here. Happy to be proved wrong. Maybe they’re…Mar 5, 13:19
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Wheesht, Northy, that carpet has been gnawed to threads. There’s a plush new carpet on the flair, 100% acrylic, with…Mar 5, 13:14
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: ““Who started this?” To be fair, I would say the Romans. To be unfair (and why not?), the First Caliphate…Mar 5, 13:09
    • TURABDIN on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “INDEPENDENCE is a good, but a good that in a deeply troubled & divided world imposes responsibilities that the current…Mar 5, 12:53
    • diabloandco on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Don’t know about the Middle East but I’ve certainly gone off the American Government.That said I am awaiting news of…Mar 5, 12:48
    • Geri on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “The solution? STOP ILLEGALLY INVADING OTHER COUNTRIES. Simples. Then people won’t be forced to move. They’ll be more than happy…Mar 5, 12:36
    • TURABDIN on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “AMERIKA is now involved in Ecuador. Supposedly to crush drug cartels the US being the largest user. Doha where my…Mar 5, 12:36
    • Breastplate on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “John, everything thing you fear and hate is because you and your friends got exactly the politicians you wanted into…Mar 5, 12:27
    • lothianlad on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “The SNP used to do everything to promote and achieve independence. Now, They do everything to avoid it. Parcel of…Mar 5, 12:18
    • Northcode on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “War? What war? I see no war. I see only the insane murdering each other with their flying or swimming…Mar 5, 11:42
    • Northcode on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Ah, the preposterous Swinney; the man who would be king, and his own court jester all at once; the humourless…Mar 5, 10:21
    • TURABDIN on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “The favoured domain of the «sociopath» is politics. No one ought to be allowed to enter the field before first…Mar 5, 10:04
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “What’s your solution, then, TURABDIN? We’ve already tried letting every one who can escape the shitholes come here. We pretended…Mar 5, 09:58
    • TURABDIN on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “and EVIL’s spawn. https://archive.is/RBCXa Reckon Mr Swinney might benefit from reading this. Statecraft….phew!Mar 5, 09:22
    • 100%Yes on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Swinney could win a referendum, he could also make as many excuses as he likes not to hold it. I’d…Mar 5, 09:06
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Live by the sword, die by the sword, TURABDIN. There’s not one single Scot who hasn’t been adversely affected by…Mar 5, 08:51
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “The only explanation of “the plan” I’ve found so far: https://unherd.com/2026/03/trumps-plan-for-iran/ It has a certain superficial plausibility to it. And…Mar 5, 08:35
    • TURABDIN on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “AMERICA IS EVIL, root and branch. No more mealymouthed verbiage.Mar 5, 08:31
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: ““Me too” I guess talk is cheap. I guess we’ll wait a long time to discover the “man of principle”…Mar 5, 08:03
    • Cynicus on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “‘And then Swinney (and indeed all his idiot apologists) will have to turn to expectant SNP voters and say “Ehm,…Mar 5, 01:33
    • Angus on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Those were the days of the Alex Salmond led SNP, which was genuinely pro-independence. What followed has been the SNP…Mar 5, 00:36
    • Cynicus on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “RobertG says: 4 March, 2026 at 9:05 pm “I am far from convinced with the polling projections. I suspect that…Mar 5, 00:13
    • Big Jock on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “He already has the excuse lined up. The war in Iran. Which England is dragging Scotland into. Now is not…Mar 5, 00:08
    • Rob on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Even in the extremely unlikely event that the UN agrees with you there will still need to be a referendum.Mar 4, 23:44
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “IAIN UIG Chaochail a bhean. Ghoid iad a chàr. Mharbh iad a chù. Bhuail òrd air làr. Sìor spadadh dhe…Mar 4, 22:50
    • Andy Wiltshire on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “If by some miracle there is a referendum, and indy wins, I sometimes wonder if we would be forced to…Mar 4, 22:28
    • 100%Yes on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “I’ll tell you who believes Swinney the one’s making a living out of pretending to support Independence when they don’t.Mar 4, 22:28
    • Hatey McHateface on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “Are you having a laugh? “RUK unionists incomers are now in the majority” Why do you continue to insist that…Mar 4, 21:40
    • Mark Beggan on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “They have been trying to kill us since 1979.Mar 4, 21:22
    • RobertG on Scotland’s Most Frightened: “I am far from convinced with the polling projections. I suspect that the curent SNP will really strugle to win…Mar 4, 21:05
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