tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73517786917525466902024-03-18T10:39:51.947+03:00English Language Etiquette for RussiansTEACHING YOU THE LANGUAGE THE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS DON'T TEACH, AND
GIVING YOU THE EXAMPLES THE EXEMPLARY SCHOOLS DON'T GIVEIan Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.comBlogger404125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-15222782135557517562024-02-06T14:00:00.005+03:002024-02-06T14:00:52.039+03:00Lying politicians caught by skilled examination in Scottish cover-up case - Sturgeon on the rack<p>Read it all here!</p><p><a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2024/02/why-sturgeons-clannish-conceit-is-a-challenge-to-democracy/">https://thinkscotland.org/2024/02/why-sturgeons-clannish-conceit-is-a-challenge-to-democracy/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Sturgeon even tried blubbing - but to no effect. Her day is DONE!</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many parallels with nineteenth century practice, as described in this excellent book about how Britain started on the road to democracy:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWhEDoR7exJc90DX6cMNlqDYMHKMdsgX0TBxLUQE1afZB-l2buEqwVyR1umVda9SPNCaKdkemYBx25D98v5ee0LaVpVwj8hvlaJ27HnOMxwgO1DVerYt9Dc86oaTIonz7JhSw8VgRyiPArHr_zBKilD0tDgh8Wn0GkjSWmNnKXCGkTd39qj3eF-gIehyo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWhEDoR7exJc90DX6cMNlqDYMHKMdsgX0TBxLUQE1afZB-l2buEqwVyR1umVda9SPNCaKdkemYBx25D98v5ee0LaVpVwj8hvlaJ27HnOMxwgO1DVerYt9Dc86oaTIonz7JhSw8VgRyiPArHr_zBKilD0tDgh8Wn0GkjSWmNnKXCGkTd39qj3eF-gIehyo=w262-h400" width="262" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-40588222155834674862024-01-28T14:53:00.002+03:002024-01-28T14:53:21.241+03:00Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office - or interested in Marshal Petain's "betrayal"of France in 1940?<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Is Paula Vennells the new Nicola Sturgeon? And how does Alister Jack stack up against Marshal Petain?</span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">For a clear statement of the comparison between Vennells and Sturgeon in point of public spiritedness, charity, compassion and long-term intelligence, I recommend this thoughtful analysis, as it also places Marshal Petain’s 1945 trial for treason to France in the context of the Tory failure to control the Scottish pirate parliament today: <a href="Is Paula Vennells the new Nicola Sturgeon? And how does Alister Jack stack up against Marshal Petain? For a clear statement of the comparison between Vennells and Sturgeon in point of public spiritedness, charity, compassion and long-term intelligence, I recommend this thoughtful analysis, as it also places Marshal Petain’s 1945 trial for treason to France in the context of the Tory failure to control the Scottish pirate parliament today: https://thinkscotland.org/2024/01/paula-vennells-and-the-snp-beware-the-sordid-parallels/">https://thinkscotland.org/2024/01/paula-vennells-and-the-snp-beware-the-sordid-parallels/ </a></span><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH5YLczaxQK4jATvq5x8P-UAAnij5hlEQ6korEdNrAk7y3NJUP0u5G02n4d48QcpJJgVdedCI4uYIKpbRNbBy2ctHHA5C0INFK33BWf2LqvYuwzkFuUDbwklBTIMRD-nRWMWBUe9z7R9VTGDvSHMdjgf1c1n-oPrHVVfoGC7KhndPk0wcIYtLCSUKHflU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH5YLczaxQK4jATvq5x8P-UAAnij5hlEQ6korEdNrAk7y3NJUP0u5G02n4d48QcpJJgVdedCI4uYIKpbRNbBy2ctHHA5C0INFK33BWf2LqvYuwzkFuUDbwklBTIMRD-nRWMWBUe9z7R9VTGDvSHMdjgf1c1n-oPrHVVfoGC7KhndPk0wcIYtLCSUKHflU=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-71885812334607047452024-01-08T14:02:00.002+03:002024-01-08T14:02:23.861+03:00Scotland: The Declaration of Arbroath, and the fake analysis which surrounds it<p> A film (made in a beautiful location on the Hebridean island of Coll) which explains how many Scottish nationalists manufacture history when the reality does not suit them.<br /><br />The classic document which offers them an opportunity to do so is one of the most important in Scottish history - but not for the reasons they claim.<br /><br />Watch the video (and practice your Gaelic) here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcS15_hFQL4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcS15_hFQL4</a> </p><p>(there is also some beautiful music at the beginning and end)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7QhmrLTsnpaU0r7hWMdrclMv1E6hTa3faKbQH5UVHgZgBoO7peznp2l2oZy2HTj0LCAaQTAbf-rCXQ82TTlWtk_eauAxXqIcqdgTkEDlFphgmiAg3foOpo7mTVdwPgYCtHL4aFMRFut2iHIBU15KZs_h3GoevUWijk4Zlz-25PJ2mC4ttCU40xv1aJ4/s2328/Scan_20221001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2328" data-original-width="1546" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7QhmrLTsnpaU0r7hWMdrclMv1E6hTa3faKbQH5UVHgZgBoO7peznp2l2oZy2HTj0LCAaQTAbf-rCXQ82TTlWtk_eauAxXqIcqdgTkEDlFphgmiAg3foOpo7mTVdwPgYCtHL4aFMRFut2iHIBU15KZs_h3GoevUWijk4Zlz-25PJ2mC4ttCU40xv1aJ4/s320/Scan_20221001.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-44338056323094259222023-12-11T14:28:00.000+03:002023-12-11T14:28:16.001+03:00Scotland's current attempt to destroy the rule of law - a warning to all petty states and pushy princelettes<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The Scottish government’s attempt to undermine judicial
independence, and thereby abolish the rule of law, is deeply concerning –
apparently to the judiciary too, and they should know!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are heading for an Orban-style state in which pointless
triumphalism, unfounded victimism and endless scams to “disappear” taxpayers’
cash is a substitute for good government.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yousaf should mind his step or there’ll be tears before
bedtime, as described here: <a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/12/learning-at-the-feet-of-erdogan-and-putin-humzas-abolition-of-judicial-independence/">https://thinkscotland.org/2023/12/learning-at-the-feet-of-erdogan-and-putin-humzas-abolition-of-judicial-independence/</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy – but ponder too!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Justice-Factory-second-Twenty-First-Scotland/dp/1981993401/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690632110&sr=1-1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="928" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCV2eU4DZ9MGAq7e5vNxhkdeM5zMm-6-Te55-fzDZKEi8C6VkCkYFSTZrxsaj57VIxYq9JeGu3oh_4ZQVzCsUzMgEk_KQnMtaINrPRQBDWPe385N6laO4-0yCHWmtNRoswmo_w5Lp0EMlv4WFT7cx9LfAvEI6jrDOsStfqehudlYYr9xA_EE_J3EY7nsI/w436-h640/Front%20only%202.1.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-57246095954782289222023-11-23T14:34:00.004+03:002023-11-23T14:34:34.567+03:00Don't cry for me, Michael Blubbington - weeping Scottish wanker blubs in parliament while pretending to be a minister but in fact lying about disappearing public money<p> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Corruption loud and clear – <b><u>Matheson the Blubber is
still in government</u></b> despite having, in effect, admitted to having lied.
Yousaf thinks this OK. One wit on social media said the SNP is like Hamas in
that it is happy to use children as human shields.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until we get rid of this criminal gang, whose <b><u>only</u></b>
interest is in plundering the public purse for their own personal advantage,
Scotland will continue to die as a political nation. If they had weapons,
they’d be like Mugabe.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And what is Mr Alister Jack, supposedly the guardian of
BRITISH liberty in Scotland, doing about this? NOTHING. Does he realise that
Scotland is part of the United Kingdom? Or is he just another plundering
placeman waiting for his next salary and expenses cheque?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More on these themes, and the British constitution here: <a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/11/yousurf-matheson-and-titillating-football-in-morocco/">https://thinkscotland.org/2023/11/yousurf-matheson-and-titillating-football-in-morocco/</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The book below is covered in the article:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br />
<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKmhIlmogjSivIIiNgIIQzykE3pPBGfFwPRGWdhh63GPikf1hG07oW_3gBs2cnQ2j3J9aWUM0SzPWU-br1ks-_BVjqSkZZN3RfZTB5lwSzFrHPH7mP_38cxAYiBi18eBw5utxbOXDqdrQX-cef-fndcYF4AVsFeAIIq7t6Is4DK7nAnloLeapwYvYZQk/s708/The-British-Constitution-Thumbnail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKmhIlmogjSivIIiNgIIQzykE3pPBGfFwPRGWdhh63GPikf1hG07oW_3gBs2cnQ2j3J9aWUM0SzPWU-br1ks-_BVjqSkZZN3RfZTB5lwSzFrHPH7mP_38cxAYiBi18eBw5utxbOXDqdrQX-cef-fndcYF4AVsFeAIIq7t6Is4DK7nAnloLeapwYvYZQk/w254-h400/The-British-Constitution-Thumbnail.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><p></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-3679946300953985722023-10-31T14:03:00.003+03:002023-10-31T14:03:59.180+03:00Apparent criminality in the Scottish government - a comparison with China in 1793, when Lord Macartney visited<p><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">Now that we now that almost everyone of note in the SNP is trying to cover their tracks about their murderous Covid policy (which killed old agers in care homes due to infections received in hospitals), it seems pointless to comment on Scottish politics anymore. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">We are the victims of a coup d’etat and neither of the two organisations which are supposed to safeguard legality, the British government (constitutional) and the Scottish police (criminal), seem interested in doing anything about it. Either they are corrupt or complacent.</span></p><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times;">What lessons can we derive in this crisis from the story of the mission of Lord Macartney to Peking in 1793 to open trade relations with the richest country on earth?</span></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times;">See here for the answer: <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthinkscotland.org%2F2023%2F10%2Fyousaf-jack-and-chinese-emperor-gaozong-of-qing%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2M7tWC_0JRBQshV5lNqO14VHBwvOJ93kYQw5K-nZzQZUqDmGHkWAKjc-c&h=AT1O-_TyD14XXXyOwp6wlAtVgxHgsNBdnUIf72y-7Qc1u4Ltjk60R0lamk7as7vepkyqUiiuoS-6dnytVHjWNSp-aEm_A0iqRmucnn_wUEsX0lzlyqY9NDf4L27zDimOO6zBUrltnzwe2cltrmDy&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2t4U_FdeCzd6MOP3dYaZN8oMU6PYu59uCYegYcSvTZVeLT80qJuSeJLt9iZFJGXNU8uXQRxYH1vmZvZwb4_9tavQtOQDTo63TuF7GVyNHaPLZdBYZOtbAGbEGzyVog2FHtbzdDctPr-Sz-UgpaJdUboPnGLbnQhq9Di4c" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifZxiedZujh9w8wI0wWTO4AGeLjj5PKppmc249e2Iu0s57Luuwp8trSITw58HNM7_qVlWBeuAXI45NaVc4j8GvZT6LOeXOaKEF0z_JF-PAdadMA1SJW6apJtsmD5ZWSbxR2vE_2_yOAvhDKK6dalpQF-KQqL38lyN893Um9NhqoIZD13wrOVLPwPA7sas" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="639" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifZxiedZujh9w8wI0wWTO4AGeLjj5PKppmc249e2Iu0s57Luuwp8trSITw58HNM7_qVlWBeuAXI45NaVc4j8GvZT6LOeXOaKEF0z_JF-PAdadMA1SJW6apJtsmD5ZWSbxR2vE_2_yOAvhDKK6dalpQF-KQqL38lyN893Um9NhqoIZD13wrOVLPwPA7sas=w640-h316" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-56809744487623991402023-09-19T12:26:00.001+03:002023-09-19T12:26:13.538+03:00The man who saved Britain from aggressive nationalism<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Dude to perverted nationalism, w</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">e have a profoundly amateurish government in Scotland. The pseudo-government's chief job is to furnish themselves with gold-plated pensions while the country they are stealing from drowns in public debt, largely due to their incompetence and indifference to public opinion. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">They are anti-democrats in an important sense and the article linked below illuminates that point by giving an example of the opposite, in the unlikely form of Neville Chamberlain--so long considered only the dupe of Hitler at Munich. In fact, he was the man who, in the 1930s, saved the country </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Yousaf is now trying to destroy. Yousaf, of course, is doing what the early SNP leaders tried to do during WWII when man y thought that they would prefer government by Hitler to the Beritish in London (which included many Scots). They were, and are, traitors. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">See here: </span><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/09/does-humza-yousaf-suffer-from-a-bad-case-of-narcissistic-imposter-syndrome/">https://thinkscotland.org/2023/09/does-humza-yousaf-suffer-from-a-bad-case-of-narcissistic-imposter-syndrome/ </a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">This is the book discussed:</span> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9ktVhAzKOVukxIcUMSm5ZEXkmRUfEdQp5L5-mPG-HU-1Q80saJp7ApUrstWqMuN-8VSwEZysvg0hQlu4RGtyD7tZZe2NH2-rMaKXnoYDc-oV4_DkzSkzydZMwN5n0j21dl581WT1cQTrkjky8HteAir9GUZIOty9ad7uTkQVjoTgfGz96nIZalJE77I/s1024/Sing-as-we-go-Jacket-cover-666x1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="666" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9ktVhAzKOVukxIcUMSm5ZEXkmRUfEdQp5L5-mPG-HU-1Q80saJp7ApUrstWqMuN-8VSwEZysvg0hQlu4RGtyD7tZZe2NH2-rMaKXnoYDc-oV4_DkzSkzydZMwN5n0j21dl581WT1cQTrkjky8HteAir9GUZIOty9ad7uTkQVjoTgfGz96nIZalJE77I/w416-h640/Sing-as-we-go-Jacket-cover-666x1024.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-44990263508616097412023-08-16T14:15:00.003+03:002023-08-16T14:15:30.632+03:00Political carpet-baggers in Scotland today - nationalists are "the party of crooks and thieves"<p> Now that we know that the SNP government sprays gifts around to favourites who might be consolidated into a national patronage network, it is worth recalling just how well they treat themselves. The issue of Humza Yousaf’s extravagant hotel accommodation in London has suggested to many that simply spending tax-payers’ money is the way this government thinks it can staying in power.</p><br />This is a trick at least as old as the Mongol empire, whose ruling principle was to force subject peoples to finance, through tribute and forced recruitment, for their conquerors ability to keep the subjects in subjection. SNP corruption appears designed to achieve the same end.<br /><br />Hamish Gobson argues from there to the surprising conclusion that Mrs Murrell and Alastair Jack might have more in common that we thought…. Something to do with tents, I gather! <br /><br /><a class="x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7" href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/08/just-like-mrs-murrell-high-end-humza-eats-the-taxpayer/">https://thinkscotland.org/2023/08/just-like-mrs-murrell-high-end-humza-eats-the-taxpayer/</a><br /><br />Happy camping!<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg03gTrguLsE45U_8iCjj1ZFvaDeakKqFWft9M7crUNTkPYh9F6btQecynuXXVE_rZlx-dDR0JXimiIqLFotz5yVBLLyasghty5iUaj-F6n8r-05-di4_nb4rKkEzcarzT8lXzMsPYfR9qWpd3WSZgHUY22gKQ0eVh2i-rwyGlzQp90Xs2ZctMU3JYj708" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg03gTrguLsE45U_8iCjj1ZFvaDeakKqFWft9M7crUNTkPYh9F6btQecynuXXVE_rZlx-dDR0JXimiIqLFotz5yVBLLyasghty5iUaj-F6n8r-05-di4_nb4rKkEzcarzT8lXzMsPYfR9qWpd3WSZgHUY22gKQ0eVh2i-rwyGlzQp90Xs2ZctMU3JYj708=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-497844923732148552023-07-21T13:43:00.003+03:002023-07-21T13:43:35.181+03:00Whales in Scotland and the paralysis of the political class<p class="MsoNormal">This piece is rather good on Lorna Slater - the Green Goddess of Scotland today - but in reality mutton dressed
as cart-horse. She is clearly embarrassed about the intelligence of whales, a number of whom were recently stranded on a beach in the west of Scotland, on a romantic Hebridean isle. <br /><br />Also our First Minister, Humza Yousaf (also known as “the Hamsta” as he spends his life spinning on a little wheel of insiderism in politics) needs to be unravelled. In the light of the
mass stranding of refugee whales trying to get ashore in the Hebrides last
weekend, the question arises: what is the Islamic position on whales?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here are some answers:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br />
<a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/07/will-continuity-yousaf-stop-whales-getting-the-vote/">https://thinkscotland.org/2023/07/will-continuity-yousaf-stop-whales-getting-the-vote/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Empathise!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Enthuse!<o:p></o:p></p><p></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-64702211518471865682023-07-14T12:36:00.000+03:002023-07-14T12:36:05.758+03:00Barbara Cartland was the Queen of Romantic novelists - see how she worked for good causes even when she was in politics<p> Romance beats a socialist robot, EVEN in political activism!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/07/how-barbara-cartland-was-a-better-politician-than-mhairi-black/">TS 022 - Barbara Cartland and Mhairi Black</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLP1oOct55pPVTMyeiwuPE-YNVJ9cv_3AnKyp6cUj1_BYA9OS5jim-4Ga3d-fq479KzlFnc13YQQtyeGXxJBFvcObsOC4Qq2t2xpPW_REGo4a3G6ZU1OSbS1Sniu6FnorUM6cfY565RVOab4OlsGWZpaUVIeLxSCbU3iINMmFS77aFyuuvgCDW4WUKtU/s2588/Scan_20230707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="1658" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLP1oOct55pPVTMyeiwuPE-YNVJ9cv_3AnKyp6cUj1_BYA9OS5jim-4Ga3d-fq479KzlFnc13YQQtyeGXxJBFvcObsOC4Qq2t2xpPW_REGo4a3G6ZU1OSbS1Sniu6FnorUM6cfY565RVOab4OlsGWZpaUVIeLxSCbU3iINMmFS77aFyuuvgCDW4WUKtU/w410-h640/Scan_20230707.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-56717729128984357142023-07-06T13:05:00.001+03:002023-07-06T13:06:00.512+03:00THREE new pieces today which might interest the reader wanting to improve their English - about Prigozhin and Bonnie Prince Charlie - Baden-Powell and the Boy Scouts - and about Scotland turning anti-bureaucratic<p> This the the main one - about Evgeny Prigozhin and Bonnie Prince Charlie:</p><p><a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/07/the-upkilting-of-humza/">TS 021 - BPCharlie and upkilting Humza</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And this is about Robert Baden-Powell and the Scout movement in real life:<br /><br /><a href="https://countrysquire.co.uk/2023/07/01/be-prepared/">CSM HG 01 - Baden Powell</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here's a bonus track, so to speak, about the Orkney isles and their desire to get out of Scotland - and the Hebrides too. Everyone wants to leave the bureaucratic empire of modern, squalidly nationalist Scotland:<br /><br /><a href="https://capx.co/the-snp-will-be-to-blame-if-orkney-joins-norway/">CapX 09 - Orkney and Norway</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy!</p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy!</p><p><br /></p><p>and Enjoy! - respectively!<br /><br /><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-78927755096415896712023-06-26T16:37:00.003+03:002023-06-26T16:37:45.647+03:00Another piece, both interesting and amusing, about George Washington and his latest competitor for the title of global revolutionary: Humza Yousaf<p><br />It is becoming increasingly obvious that Humza Yousaf does
not have any idea HOW to fix the problems left over by the collapse of the
Sturgeon regime. He may want to be “Continuity” Humza, but he does not have the
basic skills necessary to do the job Sturgeon helped him get. For her, it seems
that he was just “Contiguity” Humza, always hovering about, trying to look like
the poor man’s Yevgeny Prigozhin (see, for example, his racist rant here:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kFam_JUqOA&t=658s">Short 04
- Hate Crime Bill (Humza's Bummer, 2020) - YouTube</a> ) He wasn’t even very
good at that, though the Broughty Ferry nursery case had its ominous echoes of
darker conflicts.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Once again, Scotland is the victim of nationalist conceit.
Here is a short piece, published today, which presents a yardstick against
which Mr Yousaf might usefully be measured: <a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/06/no-legislation-without-representation-why-george-washington-was-no-humza-yousaf/">https://thinkscotland.org/2023/06/no-legislation-without-representation-why-george-washington-was-no-humza-yousaf/</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1GoKSTSz56r-JYOf40cZHGE-VJUFqlTOoUGkI_HhuV5MzlFKTJU_kYc2TOlDVKQxxe0GIuQqtG8SBRft054uOyeaNyN6BvlRICxytvOK0MH0k4wRwRSs4bPOK15LDfQs5FDJcraAO8lZqIiATNo-VWnpxuRSkjZhAL6SKLD8YvaJFsBWy4a7iJveAX4/s300/George-Washington-Entrepreneur-Jacket-Cover-196x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="196" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1GoKSTSz56r-JYOf40cZHGE-VJUFqlTOoUGkI_HhuV5MzlFKTJU_kYc2TOlDVKQxxe0GIuQqtG8SBRft054uOyeaNyN6BvlRICxytvOK0MH0k4wRwRSs4bPOK15LDfQs5FDJcraAO8lZqIiATNo-VWnpxuRSkjZhAL6SKLD8YvaJFsBWy4a7iJveAX4/w261-h400/George-Washington-Entrepreneur-Jacket-Cover-196x300.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><p></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-8009663011288824762023-06-15T13:36:00.004+03:002023-06-15T13:36:58.123+03:00Here is what the UNABOMBER said about modern psychoses <p> The Unabomber in his famous Manifesto, really explained modern politicians very well. This article covers Nicola Sturgeon (in fact "Mrs Murrell"), the scourge of modern Scotland with her vacuity, egotism, narcissism and, most important of all, her inferiority complex (like Louis XIV, it seems):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/06/mrs-murrell-analysed-from-the-unabombers-chair/">TS 019 - Mrs Murrell analysed by the Unabomber</a></p><p><br /></p><p>See below, his arrest at his cabin in Montana, from where he sent his bombs:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYAWzY835k1s00W093lw8NFkztUrw-d-8r4sv4o8EdjNKqpFDHdc68hFzfy_mIlmfG_FxSB0f-yQxbcJLwBb_d8S5qwWPfR_8dZCq5ggDKqH9-j9-N3k2S7-YWUjvn9qfS0DtrT47x4qutNX1UI1BguJh8ciwIP2-GuYwyxepwPM7D32sYve3CiUP/s1200/manhunt-unabomber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYAWzY835k1s00W093lw8NFkztUrw-d-8r4sv4o8EdjNKqpFDHdc68hFzfy_mIlmfG_FxSB0f-yQxbcJLwBb_d8S5qwWPfR_8dZCq5ggDKqH9-j9-N3k2S7-YWUjvn9qfS0DtrT47x4qutNX1UI1BguJh8ciwIP2-GuYwyxepwPM7D32sYve3CiUP/w640-h429/manhunt-unabomber.jpg" title="Arrest of the Unabomber at his cabin in Montana" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-59581670973748808872023-06-01T12:59:00.004+03:002023-06-01T12:59:54.507+03:00And another amusing post about the collapse of coherent government in Scotland due to its tsar-like approach to civil rights<p> Alexander II emancipated the serfs - will the Scottish government be able to do something equally creative? Doubtful, due to its traditions of secrecy, elitism and clannish authoritarianism. Unlike "the benevolent Tsar", our government treats power as a benefit not a responsibility. How very <i>Putin</i> of them!<br /><br />Read full story here: <a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/05/mrs-murrells-tsar-like-attitude-to-serfdom-secrecy-and-driving-instructions/">https://thinkscotland.org/2023/05/mrs-murrells-tsar-like-attitude-to-serfdom-secrecy-and-driving-instructions/ </a></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI3xVJm_49g_Mw4UP6fB8myEoGMgMzsBZSUYtjtTcg_T80gw93z-21lBEmAHjZXDp6JjyW5iVQ_qx7LsVlIR04VjN06ygqUxYYUaDCULti2VkPsTEjVgqXAPa3VASt5J75E6H8VV1WpVQ8Jzqr7HabGoEWxHA3H3WvvRRMTLKejbaHChxNYFyNNR10" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1500" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI3xVJm_49g_Mw4UP6fB8myEoGMgMzsBZSUYtjtTcg_T80gw93z-21lBEmAHjZXDp6JjyW5iVQ_qx7LsVlIR04VjN06ygqUxYYUaDCULti2VkPsTEjVgqXAPa3VASt5J75E6H8VV1WpVQ8Jzqr7HabGoEWxHA3H3WvvRRMTLKejbaHChxNYFyNNR10=w640-h412" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-4204052334995539492023-05-26T12:49:00.003+03:002023-05-26T12:49:59.251+03:00Here is another amusing yet insightful article about Dr Livingston in Africa<p> He always wore a dinner jacket to dine at night, even when alone in the jungle. A model for modern "smart casual" wearers!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/05/should-dr-livingstone-be-presumed-forgotten/">TS 016 - Dr Livingstone and Thomas Packenham</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-51947642123755659712023-05-13T13:07:00.000+03:002023-05-13T13:07:06.309+03:00A Highland raider - Rob Roy MacGregor - and the Scottish government today<p> Do we want a clannish approach to government, involving theft, blackmail and THIN men?<br /><br /><a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/05/is-humza-continuity-rob-roy-macgregor/">TS 015 - Is Humza continuity Rob Roy MacGregor?</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JW5GL3Hxz5LkSTcRKK0k1krkYxTM5I2rW-NbpLHC3g8HKeqkfXjBL5C8X1RY9PM3CUPJ_lYOyh2klvIe18D4QbmMxUvGlPLe6lTaCAV-TZ94VXeUyhRH-j2iv5neSY72f5yem3phgWlmi2sLfCLuJZlOvmsmr0yhAcNbMelRQ0nL1YXcM8uM3BRY/s582/Picture1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="582" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JW5GL3Hxz5LkSTcRKK0k1krkYxTM5I2rW-NbpLHC3g8HKeqkfXjBL5C8X1RY9PM3CUPJ_lYOyh2klvIe18D4QbmMxUvGlPLe6lTaCAV-TZ94VXeUyhRH-j2iv5neSY72f5yem3phgWlmi2sLfCLuJZlOvmsmr0yhAcNbMelRQ0nL1YXcM8uM3BRY/w400-h399/Picture1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>ENJOY!</p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-36040133416611689502023-05-05T13:10:00.002+03:002023-05-05T13:10:42.846+03:00Hamish Gobson investigates online sites for lonely parrots - and gets a surprise!<p> <a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/05/when-parrots-talk/">TS 014 - When lonely Parrots talk…</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy!</p><p><br /></p><p>PS: A cuttle-fish (whose bone parrots love to nibble)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRwQRArTTKjp1vPzaF7WE4BXiVzCMBtfv0acNmch4Kre9lDuT8UH8dA6T1pjPuSg_m0h5P08XmOOfxpOUCd8U3Ai1kMZ-rJOB-Lv4I64kPJ2MqQcweUk1ir3Ku8tyrBgQqdY0HQfwORfjq8eZxt53oQyVq8315dEBjxsSWPlnE_TVDwTJ_74Ioar7/s1280/Seba_molluscas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="1280" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRwQRArTTKjp1vPzaF7WE4BXiVzCMBtfv0acNmch4Kre9lDuT8UH8dA6T1pjPuSg_m0h5P08XmOOfxpOUCd8U3Ai1kMZ-rJOB-Lv4I64kPJ2MqQcweUk1ir3Ku8tyrBgQqdY0HQfwORfjq8eZxt53oQyVq8315dEBjxsSWPlnE_TVDwTJ_74Ioar7/w400-h330/Seba_molluscas.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-43820685822130782452023-05-02T12:32:00.003+03:002023-05-02T12:32:50.937+03:00Another little adventure from Hamish Gobson - includes a Ferrari!<p> <a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/04/saving-china-through-scottish-self-sacrifice/">TS 013 - Saving China without Ferraris</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy!</p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-34006726369763203812023-04-09T12:05:00.007+03:002023-04-09T12:05:42.230+03:00Brilliant new article from Hamish Gobson - alias Hameesh al-Qobson....<p> <a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/04/the-hidden-hand-on-humzas-tiller/">TS 010 - Hidden hand on Humza’s tiller</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is all about post-political control of the perceived political process, as democracy sinks under the power of bureaucracy in the Google Empire.<br /><br />It's funny too....</p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-89046788928067697562023-03-03T15:05:00.004+03:002023-03-03T15:05:47.303+03:00This is very funny - and TRUE<p> <a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/03/the-threepny-opera/">TS 007 - The Threepny Opera</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVX0xsy1EybtI7KX4n9d48tS-QiWM2FhnC3F8NkDCBTXlCmf6vjOwiZxqwu6aM4l3RVem7GJGq9UcDMytTAAW6fIb8mi7lUmedpYuasAaOBXAQVsXj3HdOIRGIFPfsIqw5_kmwDm9tBqYfhWXrLE_q666Y30xNoJfvISLSx2bu_zcx5cyibzcIEjjp/s315/2597%20-%20Copy%20for%20cutting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="260" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVX0xsy1EybtI7KX4n9d48tS-QiWM2FhnC3F8NkDCBTXlCmf6vjOwiZxqwu6aM4l3RVem7GJGq9UcDMytTAAW6fIb8mi7lUmedpYuasAaOBXAQVsXj3HdOIRGIFPfsIqw5_kmwDm9tBqYfhWXrLE_q666Y30xNoJfvISLSx2bu_zcx5cyibzcIEjjp/w264-h320/2597%20-%20Copy%20for%20cutting.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>See here: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nicola-Sturgeon-vol-1970-2007-Parliament/dp/B0BPVLR9ND/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ITD8BBLFZMRC&keywords=nicola+sturgeon+a+citizen%27s+biography&qid=1676465554&s=books&sprefix=nicola+sturgeon+a+citizen+s+biography%2Cstripbooks%2C66&sr=1-1">Nicola Sturgeon - The Years of Ascent</a> </p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-14088768118741757652023-02-25T17:57:00.000+03:002023-02-25T17:57:02.612+03:00A new story from Hamish Gobson about dark deeds in the corridors of power in Scotland today<p> <a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/02/the-coronation-of-king-humza/">TS 006 - The Coronation of King Humza</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Can this be for real??? See what YOU think!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the film referred to in the article - about the Hate Crime Act in Scotland, and My Yousaf's dark part in this appalling drama....</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kFam_JUqOA&t=658s">Short 04 - Hate Crime Bill (Humza's Bummer, 2020) - YouTube</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy!</p><p><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-2174694415132083102023-02-22T15:35:00.002+03:002023-02-22T15:35:22.056+03:00The Scottish parliament is NOT democratic<p> An interesting new essay on the undemocratic nature of the Scottish parliament, which is one of the reasons Nicola Sturgeon has been able to hang on to power for so long. She forced through laws which are repugnant to most Scots, like the Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which was vetoed by the UK parliament recently, and which probably led to Sturgeon's fall:<br /><br /><a href="https://capx.co/with-sturgeon-on-the-way-out-its-time-to-reform-scotlands-undemocratic-electoral-system/">CapX 09 - After Sturgeon - Holyrood reform</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BT8MQ4R1/ref=sr_1_1?Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=0&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=0&__mk_en_GB=%C3%85M%C3%85Z%C3%95%C3%91&qid=1675164524&refinements=p_28%3Ahating+tories&s=books&sr=1-1&unfiltered=1ntent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HsBzeNiZQL67t7q400hSGRt4zAplYwLUxcYghqbPfeI6UjfC8jhkMDcZOlLdEyeNFrK4QtTg9zX6j4lZD4GWXOBkZkQvRNAHJI2OnAG-5AUD-4oIIY62fLcUkKx-_F81rJcxnXYdCCycIHy0RQeB095D2xgqDyEKIXUUH6CFcMtqTCiE4trROh4L/s1979/Hating%20Tories.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="1979" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HsBzeNiZQL67t7q400hSGRt4zAplYwLUxcYghqbPfeI6UjfC8jhkMDcZOlLdEyeNFrK4QtTg9zX6j4lZD4GWXOBkZkQvRNAHJI2OnAG-5AUD-4oIIY62fLcUkKx-_F81rJcxnXYdCCycIHy0RQeB095D2xgqDyEKIXUUH6CFcMtqTCiE4trROh4L/s320/Hating%20Tories.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-71197217455436346472023-02-16T16:57:00.002+03:002023-02-16T16:57:19.528+03:00Two really good and amusing posts from the elusive Hamish Gobson about Scottish politics <p>Re: Nicola Sturgeon's resignation see this: <a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/02/be-prepared/">TS 004 - “Be prepared!”</a></p><p>and then this: <a href="https://thinkscotland.org/2023/02/enough-in-the-tank/">TS 005 - “Enough in the tank?”</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoVOC4A1wGlD8mGuBflnD999BvaCQRmkESz8UgWZ8jZRIDi8ejtXutnbP2Pw-haM-Ee8kGa0oilpkb_QKB90PqO6EQ-g16SuUALQLGq-2MA8cJnDezmaGZ6EYM5Kf9PIf-hhQWuOlTmNVVGTkkK6UHOVVQkkIS2tVVwf1PeUqpYSQgCpwTRSoouc3/s749/B-P%20book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="423" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoVOC4A1wGlD8mGuBflnD999BvaCQRmkESz8UgWZ8jZRIDi8ejtXutnbP2Pw-haM-Ee8kGa0oilpkb_QKB90PqO6EQ-g16SuUALQLGq-2MA8cJnDezmaGZ6EYM5Kf9PIf-hhQWuOlTmNVVGTkkK6UHOVVQkkIS2tVVwf1PeUqpYSQgCpwTRSoouc3/w226-h400/B-P%20book.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.com0