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    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on And Nothing Happened Forever: “THE BOTTLE IMP Anyone interested in Scottish language and literature should note that back issues of The Association for Scottish…May 10, 13:36
    • Nae Need! on And Nothing Happened Forever: “I’m with you on that, What Rot. Restore Britain are the only political party who have stated that they will…May 10, 13:24
    • Young Lochinvar on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Chas Ah.. The usual sermon from the Scotchland Tory house Jock.. Rehabilitation in mother Englands eyes by looking down on…May 10, 13:14
    • Northcode on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Yet another opportunity to promote the braw Scots leid is given to me by a colonialist. Every Scots word I…May 10, 13:08
    • Young Lochinvar on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Happy anniversary today of the 1307 battle of Loudoun Hill. Bruce’s victories over the English just kept on piling in…May 10, 13:03
    • Radical Cartoons on And Nothing Happened Forever: “At least Scots now have 17 new MSPs (Reform) who might have the stones to stick their hands in the…May 10, 13:00
    • Young Lochinvar on And Nothing Happened Forever: “HMcH @ 8.12 You are late clocking on this morning. Late night of sodomy was it.. Your “reply”.. Mere deflection…May 10, 12:42
    • Northcode on And Nothing Happened Forever: “If only, if only… oh, if only. If only you English WOULD make a point in this place that I…May 10, 12:34
    • Geri on And Nothing Happened Forever: “They wouldn’t close Holyrood. They’d just send in more civil servants to do the administration themselves. Then Scotland has lost…May 10, 12:17
    • robertkknight on And Nothing Happened Forever: “What’s wrong is the zombie SNP gets flung a lifeline for another 5 years of paying lip service to its…May 10, 12:13
    • Northcode on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Voila (that’s French). An Inglis racist (living in Scotland, apparently), in a show of brazen, fathomless stupidity, is reeled in…May 10, 12:12
    • Rob on And Nothing Happened Forever: “As I understand he can only use the mens or the unisex bogs. You have to question how on earth…May 10, 12:12
    • Insider on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Northcode 9:38 You appear to have missed the point again ! Alf Baird has not been criticised for posting in…May 10, 12:11
    • Bilbo on And Nothing Happened Forever: “I doubt want to get involved in this language debate but many languages incorporate English loan words and adapt them…May 10, 12:06
    • Willie on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Now it may be that the dae nothing SNP have been returned. That is what the Brits have wanted, have…May 10, 11:56
    • Captain Caveman on And Nothing Happened Forever: ““We know plenty” You know fuck all. You need to: (a) Work (b) Live in the UK As prerequisites to…May 10, 11:50
    • Captain Caveman on And Nothing Happened Forever: ““Farage’s Brides” Brides… Probably one of the “grow your own cervix” clique, one imagines.May 10, 11:47
    • 100%Yes on And Nothing Happened Forever: “The SNP seem to be in a panic about reform and most will conclude its all about Holyrood, I don’t…May 10, 11:36
    • Geri on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Cave Dweller We know plenty. Maggie turned a country that was mostly self sufficient into a barren wasteland. Yet she…May 10, 11:25
    • Chas on And Nothing Happened Forever: “The Scots language you allude to and use in some of the mince you post is basically 75% misspelt English…May 10, 11:07
    • Bilbo on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Another one of the usual suspects taking my metaphor literally. Funny that? Farage’s Brides 😉May 10, 11:05
    • Alf Baird on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Insightful intellectual analysis, Northcode. Which confirms the cultural and hence linguistic divide in the colonial framework. And of course, that…May 10, 10:52
    • Frank Waring on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Why is the outcome of this election not regarded as the ideal result? The Scottish government can now do nothing…May 10, 10:31
    • Geri on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Shitface, Newsflash – Your twisted world view is in the minority. At home. Abroad. In the courts. At the United…May 10, 10:31
    • Captain Caveman on And Nothing Happened Forever: ““Guys, guys. Get a private room and circle jerk off all you like about those good old times.” Ugh. What…May 10, 09:51
    • Sven on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Big Jock @ 08.51. You’re being a bit unfair to Mr Kelly, B/Jock, bringing logic and common sense into the…May 10, 09:43
    • Northcode on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Mocking an Indigenous language is racist; it is racist because it attacks a protected characteristic indirectly: I’ve written down some…May 10, 09:38
    • TURABDIN on And Nothing Happened Forever: “EVENTUALLY, it may dawn that the comedy of bits of paper in metal boxes has zilch to do with regaining…May 10, 09:30
    • agentx on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Mannivannan identifies as ‘non-binary’ – so in Holyrood it can go in both the Ladies and/or Gents depending how it…May 10, 09:29
    • Bilbo on And Nothing Happened Forever: “@ Main I have explained that I was using that as a metaphor concerning the futility of longing for a…May 10, 09:23
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