Wings Over Scotland

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• Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on A crisis of democracy: “Alf, not to be tiresomely contentious, but you are again reprehensibly airbrushing Gaelic from our heritage. The Gaels were of…” Jan 15, 12:38
• sam on A crisis of democracy: “It’s a wee bit more nuanced than that, James. For instance quite strong belief that in UK big business takes…” Jan 15, 12:23
• Confused on A crisis of democracy: “The union was a perfect thought from the mind of God himself. And because the British Empire created western civilisation,…” Jan 15, 12:17
• James on A crisis of democracy: “So, ‘Reform’ – that some charlatans on this site are cheering on – support; Tax cuts for the rich. Benefit…” Jan 15, 12:11
• Alf Baird on A crisis of democracy: “Yes, ‘anglocentric heft’ a critical aspect in the dominant cultural hegemony ruling Scotland and prevailing over our ongoing ethnic oppression.…” Jan 15, 11:54
• Andrew F on A crisis of democracy: “Ivor Caplin. That name rings a bell. Was just reading a very interesting story about him being arrested the other…” Jan 15, 11:49
• Alf Baird on A crisis of democracy: “The reality is a bit different in a colonial society where there is also an ethnic, linguistic and cultural divide,…” Jan 15, 11:45
• sam on A crisis of democracy: “Young people today do not have enough respect for traditional British values 89% Migrants coming to the United Kingdom across…” Jan 15, 11:39
• Alf Baird on A crisis of democracy: “Yes, Kelly did the same in 2021 arguing for SNP 1+2 which as many predicted totally wasted the nationalist list…” Jan 15, 11:35
• Confused on A crisis of democracy: “the english state religion is worship of the mythic past” Jan 15, 11:24
• Cynicus on A crisis of democracy: ““Kelly is back in the SNP and is back to urging anyone who’ll listen to “cast both votes SNP”. What…” Jan 15, 11:11
• Cynicus on A crisis of democracy: “Not true. Of course, it was NOT P.R. And was far worse than any version of PR, including d’ Hondt.…” Jan 15, 10:53
• Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on A crisis of democracy: “Further to the René Lévesque video above, here is some informative nostalgia. The half-hour 2013 documentary linked to below was prescient…” Jan 15, 10:14
• Vivian O’Blivion on A crisis of democracy: “Further evidence of the febrile nature of UK politics. More in Common, Westminster voting intention, field work 10 – 13…” Jan 15, 10:01
• sam on A crisis of democracy: “YouGov shines a light on the backers of the insurgent party [Reformhttps://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/49887-what-do-reform-uk-voters-believe]” Jan 15, 09:49
• Mike on A crisis of democracy: “https://wingsoverscotland.com/dreaming-of-perfection/” Jan 15, 09:41
• Rev. Stuart Campbell on A crisis of democracy: “Or, y’know, because those polls put the “indy” parties combined on under 40% and the Unionist parties on over 60%,…” Jan 15, 09:30
• Chas on A crisis of democracy: “Wrong in so many ways. Are you a Tory?” Jan 15, 09:18
• Mark Beggan on A crisis of democracy: “” exceptionalist historic myth of origin” I take you are referring to Troy.” Jan 15, 09:11
• TURABDIN on A crisis of democracy: “In my relatively limited experience of the thing itself, i find the UK to be the fountainhead of the «proscriptive…” Jan 15, 09:06
• Vivian O’Blivion on A crisis of democracy: “James “both votes SNP” Kelly claims to have the Holyrood data set from the Survation poll (field work 7 -…” Jan 15, 08:55
• Mark Beggan on A crisis of democracy: “How many Promises, Vows and Visions will spew out of the political class between now and 2026?” Jan 15, 08:51
• Tartanpigsy on A crisis of democracy: “So any news on a single ticket Yes Front for the list vote? It is the only democratic option left…” Jan 15, 08:41
• Muscleguy on A crisis of democracy: “The non voting is partly driven by the Tory’s vote depressing measure to require photo ID at UK elections. I…” Jan 15, 07:32
• Humza Who? on A crisis of democracy: “The national debt was around £1.5T when Brown was booted out. This was AFTER the bank bail-outs. The Tories doubled…” Jan 15, 06:16
• Humza Who? on A crisis of democracy: “Those are more than reasonable assumptions. I would not put money on Trump only serving for one more term either,…” Jan 15, 05:48
• Humza Who? on A crisis of democracy: “You seem to have forgotten about the mob of Trump-supporting thugs who invaded the Capitol 4 years ago. They tried…” Jan 15, 05:15
• James Gardner on A crisis of democracy: “The UK squandered it building nuclear bombs and missile technology and fighting colonial wars.” Jan 15, 03:39
• gregor on A crisis of democracy: “re. rumours #ScotlandEARTHQUAKE” Jan 15, 01:19
• Young Lochinvar on A crisis of democracy: “Does that post constitute “whanging on about ….”? or am I simply picking this up wrong?” Jan 15, 00:58