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    • sam on Yelling at the tide: “Link https://murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/2025/12/12/statement-on-the-closure-of-our-petition-pe1876-on-recording-sex-accurately-in-cases-of-rape/ “We would like to thank Tess White MSP, Carol Mochan MSP, Michelle Thomson MSP, Ruth Maguire MSP, Rachael…Jan 22, 17:32
    • sam on Yelling at the tide: “From MBM Policy on 12/12 /2025 “Statement On Wednesday 10 December the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee closed our…Jan 22, 17:29
    • Alf Baird on Yelling at the tide: “What we do know is that current “Diversity” policy totally ignores and is definitely not about prioritising the rights or…Jan 22, 17:05
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Yelling at the tide: “TRANS ACTIVISTS HACK FREE SPEECH GROUP IN IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN ATTACK A free speech organisation has been hacked by a trans…Jan 22, 16:07
    • David Rodgers on Yelling at the tide: “Fair points but I will take independence first – woke or no woke.Jan 22, 16:03
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Yelling at the tide: “HEALTH SEC CHALLENGED OVER ‘IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN’ PUBERTY BLOCKER TRIAL ******* QUOTE: “… It is important to reiterate that gender incongruence…Jan 22, 15:50
    • Michael McCoy on Yelling at the tide: “Brilliant! Unbelievable that this is necessary but thank god, someone is prepared to hold these chancers to account. Well done…Jan 22, 14:38
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Yelling at the tide: ““Cha ro-innleachd cianalas.”Jan 22, 14:10
    • sam on Yelling at the tide: “From the For women Scotland website. “Ahead of the judicial review of the Scottish Prison Service Policy for the Management…Jan 22, 14:01
    • sam on Yelling at the tide: “Copy of letter sent on 6/1/2026 by For Women Scotland to John Swinney. Dear Mr Swinney, Thank you for your…Jan 22, 13:52
    • James Cheyne on Yelling at the tide: “Sam, The Scottish government is under the legislation of the Great Britain parliament. Scotland Act, Scotland does not have a…Jan 22, 13:15
    • James Cheyne on Yelling at the tide: “The parliament of Great Britain and the UK parliament having made no such international treaty with Scotlands 1707 parliament, Having…Jan 22, 13:01
    • James Cheyne on Yelling at the tide: “North Code, A mythical and magical fantasy world of the parliament of England to be precise.Jan 22, 12:36
    • sam on Yelling at the tide: “This is from the blog at Legal Feminist, Naomi Cunningham writing under the title “Three Questions”. “The second question arises…Jan 22, 12:33
    • James Cheyne on Yelling at the tide: “Alf Baird . Scotland made a treaty of union with England 1707. Scotland did ( not ) make a treaty…Jan 22, 12:28
    • James Cheyne on Yelling at the tide: “Alf Baird. Scotland does not hold nor ever has done a 1707 Treaty of Union with the parliament of Great…Jan 22, 12:01
    • James Cheyne on Yelling at the tide: “Scots law. The laws that were to “remain the same as before the union” in the treaty of union. NOT…Jan 22, 11:41
    • Alf Baird on Yelling at the tide: ““A magical tale set in a fantasy world” Indeed so, Northcode. Which follows on from the fantasy of a mythical…Jan 22, 11:09
    • Northcode on Yelling at the tide: “Whit an erse am !… I only went and postit my laist comment up oan the wrang threed. Here it…Jan 22, 09:40
    • Hatey McHateface on The Secondhand Amendment: “£20 says it can be trusted to inspire millions of Scots to vote for it in May.Jan 22, 09:37
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Yelling at the tide: ““Nostalgia is not a strategy.” (Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, Davos WEF, Switzerland, 20 Jan 2026)Jan 22, 09:28
    • TURABDIN on Yelling at the tide: “AULD LANG SYN…..or maybe not. https://archive.ph/7wBQAJan 22, 09:27
    • Northcode on The Secondhand Amendment: “Kempian Law (The theory and its practical application in a Scottish court of law). Kemp’s Law – The Series (Perry…Jan 22, 09:12
    • Hatey McHateface on Yelling at the tide: “How can he when several million Scots voters continually and consistently go out and vote for more of the same?…Jan 22, 08:54
    • Hatey McHateface on Yelling at the tide: “Such a cryptic post, Scot. What is it about rule from Brussels that so many so-called Indy supporters find so…Jan 22, 08:50
    • Onlooker on Yelling at the tide: “Any updates on the Alex Salmond case? I hope it’s still going ahead. Be quite willing to kick money into…Jan 22, 03:08
    • Saffron Robe on Yelling at the tide: “Well done, Stuart. Keep at them. No one is above the law and that includes the judiciary.Jan 22, 01:06
    • AdamH on Yelling at the tide: “What would happen to an FOI request for the “correspondence with judicial colleague”?Jan 22, 00:52
    • Jason Smoothpiece on Yelling at the tide: “Harrumph Know your place man.Jan 21, 22:37
    • Marie on Yelling at the tide: “I have as much confidence in the Scottish judiciary as I have in Scotland’s politicians – zero.Jan 21, 22:19
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