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    • Northcode on The shifting sands of memory: ““It does matter how it came about” I do believe you are correct, James. But how the last three centuries…May 22, 17:32
    • Aidan on The shifting sands of memory: “The hour is 17:04 and Geri has been on the Buckie (probably since 8am). Which despotic regime or famine-inflicted region…May 22, 17:29
    • Geri on The shifting sands of memory: ““A response has been received which says “thank you for your submission, this is not a matter within our remit…May 22, 17:04
    • James Cheyne on The shifting sands of memory: “Northcode. It does matter how it came about, due to the present monarch being the monarch of England and the…May 22, 16:59
    • James Cheyne on The shifting sands of memory: “Except the Scots did not merge, or become part of Westminsters Great Britain because Westminster state there was no treaty…May 22, 16:37
    • Aidan on The shifting sands of memory: “Yes, so here’s the thing, I think that either; a) no response has been received because this has gone into…May 22, 16:27
    • Northcode on The shifting sands of memory: “Here’s what I think. And because I’m not a lawyer I’m probably right. It doesn’t matter now if Scotland was…May 22, 16:21
    • James Cheyne on The shifting sands of memory: “Lorn, When Westminister state that Scots were not asked to join the treaty even although they were aware they should…May 22, 16:17
    • Andy Wiltshire on The shifting sands of memory: “I just love that film ‘Passport to Pimlico’.May 22, 16:09
    • robertkknight on The shifting sands of memory: “What matters, ultimately, is that the people of Scotland should be able to determine their future whenever they see fit,…May 22, 16:04
    • Steven Lannigan on The shifting sands of memory: “When the National & Westminster banks ‘merged’ they became the NatWest. Neither the National nor the Westminster exist anymore. Now…May 22, 15:50
    • Oneliner on The shifting sands of memory: “How naive you are to think that the wheels of bureaucracy will speed up for you. And even if they…May 22, 15:30
    • Aidan on The shifting sands of memory: “@Mia – it’s only looking like ‘checkmate’ from here if we subscribe to your unique brand of legal reasoning which…May 22, 15:23
    • James Cheyne on The shifting sands of memory: “The more we learn the more we realise that a Colonial take over is not a binding treaty with between…May 22, 15:18
    • James Cheyne on The shifting sands of memory: “Lorn, There is a problem with declaring Sots law desuetued, or even sections of it, because of the UK government…May 22, 15:13
    • Mia on The shifting sands of memory: ““I and others think this is a total dead end. I’m interested to hear if a response has been received”…May 22, 15:05
    • Cynicus on The shifting sands of memory: ““Vivian: yes, I also think that Robin has long since abandoned his post structuralist roots ” ====== He definitely has.…May 22, 14:55
    • Cynicus on The shifting sands of memory: ““What ever happened to the new site layout, I preferred it.” ====== So too, did myriad cyberYOON trolls, hackers and…May 22, 14:48
    • Dan on The shifting sands of memory: “Plus, there’s this re. Flamingo Land. Flamingos? FFS, this is Scotland, if it’s just a corporate piss-take then could at…May 22, 14:46
    • Mia on The shifting sands of memory: ““You folks are clearly starting to panic, and rightly so” What is most fascinating to me is that those who…May 22, 14:44
    • Aidan on The shifting sands of memory: “It’s not a rhetorical question – Salvo submitted a dossier to great fanfare back in March to the UNCDC we…May 22, 14:40
    • Oneliner on The shifting sands of memory: “Rhetorical question – just like yoursMay 22, 14:25
    • Peter McAvoy on The shifting sands of memory: “The closure of tourist information centres is also an act of vandalism that should be reversed.I read that this was…May 22, 14:25
    • Geri on The shifting sands of memory: “During indyref there was a lecture/BT/Yes convention held at Edinburgh Uni where Tom Devine spoke of the Union & it…May 22, 14:18
    • Alf Baird on The shifting sands of memory: “Robin will aye “struggle more to explain to people what is going on in Scotland” so long as he and…May 22, 13:23
    • Mia on The shifting sands of memory: “I must admit I am still in two minds about it. I can see that there was, at least, some…May 22, 13:18
    • Lorn on The shifting sands of memory: “Mia: no, I agree that the Claim of Right has not fallen into desuetude. There are and have always been…May 22, 13:08
    • James Cheyne on The shifting sands of memory: “Alf, Indeed Alf, they are projecting anxiety. Back here, in droves trying to protect the treaty of union articles which…May 22, 12:56
    • Captain Caveman on The shifting sands of memory: “Lorn said: “… Scotland, by a majority, whether you believe it or not, wants out of the Union” Easily verifiable,…May 22, 12:53
    • Lorn on The shifting sands of memory: “I don’t believe that Scotland was annexed. Yes, that has been the effect of the chicanery by Westminster and Whitehall,…May 22, 12:47
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