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    • Lorn on The shifting sands of memory: “Actually, no, it’s not, Dec. The Treaty was real and very much based in legality. The Scots have never really…May 21, 20:53
    • Lorn on The shifting sands of memory: “Mia: the laws that were not compatible with the Treaty fell into desuetude – which means that they were no…May 21, 20:51
    • Hatey McHateface on Some Attention For James: “Uh oh, Barbie’s been allowed back into the community. Is it me suggesting we get vets to run the euthanasia…May 21, 20:33
    • Hatey McHateface on The shifting sands of memory: ““We will have to use every ounce of ingenuity and courage to free ourselves” Sure, but you’ve missed the third…May 21, 20:21
    • Mia on The shifting sands of memory: “@Geri They made several attempts at a union, but all monarchs failed until Anne. She seemed to have achieved what…May 21, 20:21
    • Hatey McHateface on The shifting sands of memory: ““I wonder how the BBC will report the liberation of the Scots” Do you really? I’m thinking most grounded people…May 21, 20:06
    • Hatey McHateface on The shifting sands of memory: “If you use AI to write it, you can use AI to summarise it. “We wus robbed” about covers it.May 21, 19:50
    • JB on The shifting sands of memory: “Lorm @6:23pm As to “surrendering the fishing industry” on Monday, so far that is only a political agreement to surrender…May 21, 19:48
    • Geri on The shifting sands of memory: “It’s my understanding there was no union or parliament of ‘Great Britain’ because it never happened. It was a wish…May 21, 19:37
    • Northcode on The shifting sands of memory: “Mia, your comments are often a mammoth read but it’s always worth making that little extra effort to read them.…May 21, 19:28
    • Geri on Some Attention For James: “You’d think by now the penny would drop at your end by now.. “Scotgov” is a colonial outpost, ya cretin.…May 21, 19:23
    • Mia on The shifting sands of memory: ““A basic piece of research would dispel this immediately, the Union with England Act 1707 Article XXVV passed by the…May 21, 19:18
    • Aidan on The shifting sands of memory: “A basic piece of research would dispel this immediately, the Union with England Act 1707 Article XXVV passed by the…May 21, 19:02
    • Mia on The shifting sands of memory: ““the ToU is a fraud” There is indeed something rather iffy about the Treaty of Union and the way the…May 21, 18:46
    • Northcode on The shifting sands of memory: “Replying to James Cheyne: 21st May @ 5:19 pm “Give us our Country back, you must be joking” I was…May 21, 18:42
    • caltonjock on The shifting sands of memory: “Thank you JockMay 21, 18:27
    • Lorn on The shifting sands of memory: “Agree with most of that, James. I would say that both the Queen and her English Commissioners did negotiate a…May 21, 18:23
    • Alf Baird on The shifting sands of memory: “Perhaps Mr. Kerr and others of his ilk are suffering acute anxiety from discovery that there is no union; hence…May 21, 18:15
    • Lorn on The shifting sands of memory: “Oh, I’m afraid they will if they want international recognition.May 21, 18:12
    • Lorn on The shifting sands of memory: “I believe that most FMs have been complicit in devolved chicanery because they have always accepted devolution, bar Salmond. He…May 21, 18:10
    • Lorn on The shifting sands of memory: “Does it? Politicians say all kinds of ordure that cannot be termed ‘legal’. Either the Treaty was and remains an…May 21, 18:03
    • Wally Jumblatt on The shifting sands of memory: “A nation makes it’s own laws. When the people of Scotland wish to confirm they are a nation, they will…May 21, 17:59
    • James Cheyne on The shifting sands of memory: “Northcode. Give us our Country back, you must be joking, England will fight tooth an nail and avoid everything in…May 21, 17:19
    • James Cheyne on The shifting sands of memory: “Thank you stu for taking this discussion up, it is sorely needing clarification, It is without doubt that England presumed…May 21, 16:47
    • Ian McCubbin on The shifting sands of memory: “Northcode has it clearly. The book legitimacy….self determination clearly sets out the legal routes for colonies like Scotland. The Independence…May 21, 16:28
    • Dek on The shifting sands of memory: “Well said.May 21, 16:08
    • GM on The shifting sands of memory: “Aye, it is a wonder Peter. I recall at the time being extremely frustrated at Swinney accepting what was on…May 21, 15:55
    • Northcode on The shifting sands of memory: “My understanding of Professor Black’s view is that Scotland was illegally annexed as a territory of England and that the…May 21, 15:48
    • Peter McAvoy on The shifting sands of memory: “As I have mentioned on previous comments to articles on Wings Why do the SNP and other independence supporting parties…May 21, 14:47
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The shifting sands of memory: “Scottish Sovereignty Research Group Conference (17 May 2025) KEYNOTE SPEECH BY PROFESSOR ROBERT BLACK KC Starts at 1.46.35 into youtube…May 21, 14:30
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