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    • Cynicus on Trying To Understand: “Hatey Did you actually read Robin McAlpine‘s piece? You comment gives no sense of the force of his argument. Since…Aug 7, 00:53
    • robertkknight on Trying To Understand: “Can we not introduce a policy of Assisted Dying for the SNP? It’s prognosis is terminal decline, so can we…Aug 6, 23:36
    • Young Lochinvar on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “In reply to P3nisbreath McP3nisbreathfaces ramblings @ 8.17 Aha! So you were crying! Sought out snivelling recourse in your Dorling…Aug 6, 22:19
    • Alf Baird on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “Not just working class, but also being a Scots speaker; i.e. ethnic discrimination, which reflects our colonial reality and the…Aug 6, 21:45
    • Hatey McHateface on Trying To Understand: “@Lorn Robin McAlpine’s latest blog explores the reasons for Kate Forbes standing down. He reckons she’s one of the best…Aug 6, 21:16
    • Lorn on Trying To Understand: “AlanM/Hatey: it would be informative and interesting to run a poll to see just which politician people believe would be…Aug 6, 20:21
    • Hatey McHateface on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “YL Sah! says: Something requiring him to write “penis” 4 times. I blame the heat and the ubiquity of online…Aug 6, 20:17
    • Owen Mullions on Trying To Understand: “He thinks ‘Stew’ will annoy the Rev. He really is a rather sad, pathetic individual these days, desperately trying to…Aug 6, 20:05
    • willie on Trying To Understand: “Anytime I’ve had a look at James Kelly’s blog posts posts its all anti Alba and or anti Stu Campbell.…Aug 6, 19:45
    • Young Lochinvar on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “In reply to P3nisbreath McP3nisbreathface @ 10.59 Oh my!! Pass the smelling salts to P3nisbreath somebody as he is clearly…Aug 6, 19:31
    • Andy Wiltshire on Trying To Understand: “Best wishes on recovery.Aug 6, 19:19
    • agent x on Trying To Understand: “a Hate Crime Bill that missed out women. Then the misogyny bill not followed up.Aug 6, 18:22
    • Al-Stuart on Trying To Understand: “. Hi Stuart, Aplogies Chief, I kinda stopped commenting since having a stroke a while back. But Artificial Intelligence is…Aug 6, 17:42
    • Effijy on Trying To Understand: “They could hire someone to check if their latest statements are gibberish or if they contradict Other recent statements prior…Aug 6, 17:33
    • Hatey McHateface on Trying To Understand: “Hmmm. Somebody once said that a country gets the leaders it deserves. That’s why the Orcs always end up being…Aug 6, 17:31
    • Aidan on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “@Hatey – of course, and this coming from Craig Murray’s blog, someone who is very closely aligned to the country…Aug 6, 16:46
    • ALANM on Trying To Understand: “Following the tragic death of Alex Salmond, it’s clear for all to see that Scotland simply doesn’t possess politicians of…Aug 6, 16:39
    • 100%Yes on Trying To Understand: “Its so annoying and I’m being polite here, when you have so called Indy supporters arguing that JS is a…Aug 6, 16:08
    • James Cheyne on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “TURABDIN, Politics of Britain have always dragged Scotland behind, But when needed is positioned at the front of politics and…Aug 6, 14:57
    • Peter McAvoy on Trying To Understand: “In the last few years these are some things that the party for Scottish independence have done that I recall.…Aug 6, 14:55
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “@ James Cheyne, 6 Aug, 12:35 pm __________ All the best on your journey, James. Snatch of a Derick Thomson…Aug 6, 14:30
    • Hatey McHateface on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “@ Aidan says: 6 August, 2025 at 1:33 pm “It’s funny because I don’t remember saying at all that I…Aug 6, 14:14
    • Mark Beggan on Trying To Understand: “Independence has been off the agenda since 2014. The ‘hatred and jealousy causing brain rot’ have polls and policies all…Aug 6, 14:14
    • Hatey McHateface on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “@ Aidan says: 6 August, 2025 at 8:02 am “Do you think that the headline “President Vlad and the Taliban…Aug 6, 13:51
    • Hatey McHateface on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: ““We know that re-nationalisation of utilities, better public services and taxation of the wealthy are popular” We didn’t know that…Aug 6, 13:38
    • Aidan on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “It’s funny because I don’t remember saying at all that I was a fan of the death penalty. I thought…Aug 6, 13:33
    • Hatey McHateface on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “@ James says: 6 August, 2025 at 12:13 pm “Does anybody ken the fable aboot the c*nt who cried “naw”?…Aug 6, 13:23
    • James Cheyne on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “On a entirely different note, It has not passed my personal observations that finances are funnelling out of the UK…Aug 6, 12:49
    • TURABDIN on The Deafening Echo Of Nothing: “E.M.FORSTER in the dystopian sci fi short story The Machine Stops describes a tech led and dependent society not so…Aug 6, 12:41
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