Briton Of The Year

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Rev. Stuart Campbell

…according to today’s edition of The Times, is Alex Salmond. If you were wondering:

“We are fully aware of the irony of awarding this title to someone who does not believe in the idea of Britain itself.”

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22bstar says:

27 December, 2011 at 7:43 pm

hi, do you have the profile article on Alex Salmond?

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Erchie says:

29 December, 2011 at 12:06 am

Pretty sure Alex Salmond holds Britain to be an indisputable fact, barring tectonic shift or Arthur's Seat doing something interesting
Unless you can only be a Briton is you accept the rule of the Anglo-Norman Westminster, now THAT'S ironic

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TYRAN says:

29 December, 2011 at 11:45 am

"How Scotland got brave about independence" is in today's Times. Not that I can see it.

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