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    • Geri on And Then What?: “Wasn’t that Brexshit?Dec 30, 16:03
    • Geri on And Then What?: “No, it’s known as stupidity. You completely miss the point & the question on the ballot which is “should Scotland…Dec 30, 16:01
    • Republicofscotland on And Then What?: “Are we surprised, I think not. “The Middle East Editor of BBC News previously worked as “news editor” for US…Dec 30, 15:53
    • Aidan on And Then What?: “Let’s go through and debunk a few of these things. Firstly and most obviously, Hansard is not a source of…Dec 30, 15:42
    • Hatey McHateface on And Then What?: “Thought there was a “gen0cide” going on there, Ros. How did she avoid being “gen0cided”, or starved, crushed, kidnapped, ethnically…Dec 30, 15:39
    • James Cheyne on And Then What?: “Lorna Campbell. The contectual original union referred to only Scotland and England, the original Treaty of Union survives, Does it…Dec 30, 15:27
    • Hatey McHateface on And Then What?: “There’s a banging article on the BBC Online right now. The headline is “‘Green’ ferry emits more CO2 than old…Dec 30, 15:23
    • James on And Then What?: “That’s funny, there was a poll published a few days ago with the exact opposite result…. Read it and weep,…Dec 30, 15:09
    • Vivian O’Blivion on And Then What?: “The Glen Sannox is less efficient in terms of CO2 emissions than the ferry it replaced. So runs the BBC…Dec 30, 15:02
    • Mia on And Then What?: ““The Treaty of Union does not exist as a treaty in international law” Don’t be ridiculous. Go on, go and…Dec 30, 15:02
    • John K on And Then What?: ““…Reform doesn’t have the answers to their problems but at least they are trying to provide one…” You’ve nailed it…Dec 30, 14:58
    • John K on And Then What?: “Reform UK is a UK, not an English, party (clues in the name). It’s perfectly entitled to run in Holyrood.Dec 30, 14:55
    • Neil Singleton on And Then What?: “And the De Facto referendum of 4th July 2024?Dec 30, 14:50
    • Aidan on And Then What?: “So to summarise, “everyone everywhere for hundreds of years has been wrong about the constitutional structure of the U.K., but…Dec 30, 14:49
    • John K on And Then What?: “I don;t thing that Reform UK could be described as far-right. Right of centre yes but I’m not seeing any…Dec 30, 14:48
    • Neil Singleton on And Then What?: “The unreconstructed Marxists on Scottish Prism are not interested in the state of the economy/standard of living etc, in an…Dec 30, 14:47
    • John McGregor on And Then What?: “An ar@e wipe n at best a chip paperDec 30, 14:46
    • John K on And Then What?: ““…you had your indyref in 2014…”. ?End of the debate surely?Dec 30, 14:44
    • Neil Singleton on And Then What?: “Salvo are a small bunch of moon howlers.Dec 30, 14:40
    • Hatey McHateface on And Then What?: “Oooo, Dew baiting from Mia back again. But hey, I’m not opposed to it per se. I just get riled…Dec 30, 14:38
    • Neil Singleton on And Then What?: “Probably not for much longer. Subscriptions below 3,000 and tanking.Dec 30, 14:35
    • James on And Then What?: “Every 7 years, chump. If it’s good enough for Northern Ireland, it’s good enough for us. Now fuck off, there’s…Dec 30, 14:35
    • James on And Then What?: “Clown.Dec 30, 14:34
    • James on And Then What?: “They’re just getting their quota in afore their New Year leave.Dec 30, 14:33
    • Republicofscotland on And Then What?: “She thoroughly deserves this, for all her hard work. The United Nations has voted Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur…Dec 30, 14:32
    • Hatey McHateface on And Then What?: ““The Scots are sovereign, pal. There is absolutely zero law, invention or jiggery-pokery that yoons can summon to cancel it”…Dec 30, 14:31
    • James on And Then What?: ““Aidan”; “…the U.K. will suffer no reputational damage….” BIG LOLZ that HAS to be the line of the year. What…Dec 30, 14:31
    • Neil Singleton on And Then What?: “As Stalin said “ it does not matter how many votes there are in an election, it’s who counts them…Dec 30, 14:29
    • James on And Then What?: “Wow….twathater has it right, it’s teeming with them; they are all coming out, blinking in the daylight, from under their…Dec 30, 14:26
    • James Cheyne on And Then What?: “Phil. With the parliament and monarch of England declaring separation under UDI from the parliament of Scotland in 1707, it…Dec 30, 14:22
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