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    • Dan on The Long Unravelling: ““…the genie is out the bottle, so yes, you need to pick a side. Or, do you have an alternative?”…Nov 21, 11:50
    • Shug on The Long Unravelling: “So is swinney a plant or promoted above his abilitiesNov 21, 11:46
    • robertkknight on The Long Unravelling: ““Is that what you think this is about , eg ” supporting ” XY or Z” That’s exactly what it’s…Nov 21, 11:09
    • Hatey McHateface on The Long Unravelling: ““where a country has its territorial integrity invaded by a foreign power, that has to be repelled… I support the…Nov 21, 11:07
    • Alan Austin on The Long Unravelling: “As a unionist and someone who voted against having a devolved parliament I am afraid all my fears have come…Nov 21, 11:02
    • Hatey McHateface on The Long Unravelling: “I think most readers will understand that anybody genuinely anticipating “Catastrophic Nuclear War” won’t be wasting precious time pontificating on…Nov 21, 10:56
    • Dick Wall on The Long Unravelling: “As humans we are little different from any others. What makes us different is our institutions. How we go about…Nov 21, 10:40
    • Aidan on The Long Unravelling: “The report does not use the word “conditional” anywhere and certainly does not describe the ability of the U.K. Parliament…Nov 21, 10:38
    • TURABDIN on The Long Unravelling: “Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. James…Nov 21, 10:11
    • boyce on The Long Unravelling: “Alex Salmond passed a powerful and successful organisation to Nicola, who then immediately drowned it in a cesspit. She’s now…Nov 21, 09:54
    • boyce on The Long Unravelling: “You’d think with John Swinney would be able to control the finances wouldn’t you?Nov 21, 09:50
    • gregor on The Long Unravelling: “Yup: #WEFButtPlugsRUs #ScotlandLastNov 21, 09:33
    • boyce on The Way Forward: “You omit the reasons though. The SNP lies about Alba, its demand for both votes and the national media’s exclusion…Nov 21, 09:20
    • boyce on The Way Forward: “I stopped voting SNP because the SNP promised the world and then, like Labour, settled into power in Holyrood and…Nov 21, 09:15
    • Colin Alexander on The Long Unravelling: ““MSP ‘disturbed’ over Milngavie schools participation in ‘LGBT project'” “AN MSP says she was “deeply disturbed” to find out two…Nov 21, 09:00
    • Robert Hughes on The Long Unravelling: “He’s just following orders from his superiors : like the rest of ” them “Nov 21, 08:49
    • Breeks on The Long Unravelling: ““… is difficult to sustain in the face of the evidence as to what Parliament has done without objection and…Nov 21, 08:30
    • Robert Hughes on The Long Unravelling: “And all the Reality-denying idiots are out still refusing to accept we stand on the very brink of absolute devastation…Nov 21, 08:17
    • gregor on The Long Unravelling: “re. “Swinney The Muppet” LBC: NEW: Scotland’s FM John Swinney backs US measures to allow U***ine to use long-range missiles…Nov 21, 08:15
    • gregor on The Long Unravelling: “The National: Exclusive: Fears for nuclear ‘target’ Trident amid escalation tension with Ru****: “Hosting nuclear submarines in the Clyde isn’t…Nov 21, 08:12
    • Alf Baird on The Long Unravelling: “The key point (from that report and other material, not least the Articles of Union) is that the joint Anglo-Scottish…Nov 21, 07:51
    • gregor on The Long Unravelling: “Filthy Scot Gov/SNP-British war beast is a fu**ing abomination to Scotland, UK and humanity #ConsequencesNov 21, 07:51
    • Hatey McHateface on The Long Unravelling: “Good questions, Michael. Here’s some good questions for you. What’s tedious or insulting about insisting our country’s name be written…Nov 21, 07:34
    • Robert Hughes on The Long Unravelling: “With Swinney The Muppet now joining in the cat’s chorus of ” We Stand With Catastrophic Nuclear War ” we…Nov 21, 07:30
    • Aidan on The Long Unravelling: “The Supreme Court is the successor to the House of Lords in that it acts as the highest appeal court…Nov 21, 07:19
    • Young Lochinvar on The Long Unravelling: “The “Supreme Court” was a creation of Teflon Tony and crew and obviously post dates the Act of Union so…Nov 21, 02:33
    • Young Lochinvar on The Long Unravelling: “That wee bone however would have momentous impact in an election or referendum. Ask politicians who seek recounts. Just saying.Nov 21, 02:15
    • Young Lochinvar on The Long Unravelling: “Gloriana; you are simply mendaciously playing arithmetical sophistry using figures for polls, figures as voted and figures per capita to…Nov 21, 02:10
    • Young Lochinvar on The Long Unravelling: “Good points. Can you do the same for Westminster?Nov 21, 02:02
    • Michael Laing on The Long Unravelling: “Have you really got nothing better to do with your time than endlessly churn out tedious, insulting, infantile bilge, Faceache?…Nov 20, 22:15
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