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    • Northcode on The Modern Politician: “Holy Mary mother of God, Christ Almighty and fucking hell. English colonialists, aye and Scots yins anaw, (unionists if preferred……Feb 14, 13:42
    • Cynicus on The Modern Politician: ““NO” ========== Thanks, dollFeb 14, 13:40
    • sam on The Modern Politician: “It seems a majority decision is all that is needed, not unanimityFeb 14, 13:39
    • Lorna Campbell on The Modern Politician: “H. McH: she wouldn’t have opened our borders to all and sundry and she would not have been able to…Feb 14, 13:37
    • Alf Baird on The Modern Politician: ““he carries the passport of a country he claims doesn’t exist” Not so long ago many of the world’s former…Feb 14, 13:32
    • TURABDIN on The Modern Politician: “not immigration but americanization..https://archive.is/Ts82L the big yankee dinosaur munching it way through europe, invited in by those creepy politicians we…Feb 14, 13:28
    • sam on The Modern Politician: “It is likely that the Liberate Scotland’s petition will be assessed in June this year under the current C24 members…Feb 14, 13:21
    • Xaracen on The Modern Politician: “Aidan, you were already told what the encouraging signs were. If you couldn’t be bothered to read them when they…Feb 14, 13:05
    • Xaracen on The Modern Politician: ““which would have been better directed at just securing the earliest possible plebiscitary election” Do you seriously think that any…Feb 14, 13:02
    • Marie on The Modern Politician: “No.Feb 14, 12:28
    • sam on The Modern Politician: “The UN C 24 members of modern politics now are from: Antigua & Barbuda; Bolivia[; Chile; China; Cote D’Ivoire; Cuba;…Feb 14, 12:16
    • Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Wow. Pointing out that plenty of politicians have had plenty of time (36 years) to reverse Thatcher’s policies makes her…Feb 14, 11:32
    • Cynicus on The Modern Politician: “I am intrigued that someone with the handle, “Marie“ can address another (possibly male) commenter as, “doll“. Is this a…Feb 14, 11:23
    • Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Except, Lorna, Marie is wrong. Blokes aspiring to or just claiming to be girls no more denies the very existence…Feb 14, 11:22
    • Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “@PhilM You’ve outed yourself as an alert reader. I’d started to believe they were as mythical as Scotland’s national animal!…Feb 14, 11:06
    • Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “Odd, Northy. Twa posts frae ye in Inglis, the leein language o’ the coloniser. Fits the Scots fir “heepocrit”? Maybes…Feb 14, 11:00
    • Hatey McHateface on The Modern Politician: “FFS, Alf. Get ontae ebay. You may find somebody flogging a GSOH there.Feb 14, 10:56
    • Marie on The Modern Politician: “@Insider 09.44am. Buck House was described in exactly those terms by someone I know who worked for Royal Protection. That…Feb 14, 10:50
    • Alf Baird on The Modern Politician: ““She knew” We are surely moving ever closer toward realising the true nature of colonialism and “its fascist roots” (Cesaire)…Feb 14, 10:44
    • Aidan on The Modern Politician: “Please do tell us about these “encouraging signs”. As I say, it’s done, nothing is happening on this front. @Andy…Feb 14, 10:36
    • Northcode on The Modern Politician: ““Appropriation is the process by which the language is taken and made to ‘bear the burden’ of one’s own cultural…Feb 14, 10:07
    • Northcode on The Modern Politician: “This is interesting stuff… “The crucial function of language as a medium of power demands that post-colonial writing defines itself…Feb 14, 09:59
    • Insider on The Modern Politician: “Marie.. Did you keep a price list ? Who was on “special offer” ? (asking for a friend)Feb 14, 09:44
    • Northcode on The Modern Politician: “” In my book, migrants to the UK and Scotland” Where can I get a copy? I searched Amazon books…Feb 14, 09:11
    • Anthem on The Modern Politician: “Ficticious description or not. The sum still isn’t accounted for.Feb 14, 09:11
    • Marie on The Modern Politician: “You’re missing nothing. Buck House was a brothel.Feb 14, 09:04
    • Andy Ellis on The Modern Politician: “@Xaracen 8.33am OK, so what happens when (or as you prefer if) it does fail? As I’ve been saying for…Feb 14, 08:43
    • sam on The Modern Politician: “https://www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/resources/plantation-slavery-and-landownership-the-west-highlands-and-islands-legacies-and-lessons/ “Scores of estates in the West Highlands and Islands were acquired by people using the equivalent of well over…Feb 14, 08:41
    • Xaracen on The Modern Politician: “And up pops Aidan with his dishonest re-interpretations of the reality, yet again! The C-24 approach has not failed, YET!…Feb 14, 08:33
    • Aidan on The Modern Politician: “@100% yes – if you look at the Liberate Scotland website under “news” you’ll see . . nothing at all…Feb 14, 07:40
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