Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba agus gnìomh gnàth-shìde. Oxford MA; Imp College MBA; Juris Doctor - Law. Far more intl experience & a better CV than any politician!
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Picture of me on the Great Wall of China in 1988! Deng Xiaoping was still paramount leader & there were only a handful of cars in Beijing. This was me taking a break from my Mandarin studies touring around iconic sites in China. Can't believe this was 37 years ago! #China
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In 1998 the UK's 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th largest city regions (Greater Manchester, Greater Birmingham, Greater Leeds, Greater Glasgow) have economies of exactly the same strength. By 2024, they have diverged enormously. And to the surprise of so many, it's Glasgow that comes top.
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For people remaining committed to the everything-is-shit-in-Glasgow narrative the cognitive dissonance must actually be becoming painful.
Personally, I'm going to email Ian Murray, Minister of State (Dpt for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport) & ask him if my family & I are automatically predestined to be "tight" due to our being Scottish. News to me but good to know. He seems to speak with authority on this.. 🤔
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Here are the actual exit poll figures (Scottish Referendum Study, Edinburgh University Centre on Constitutional Change). Those born outside the UK voted 42.9% YES. Those from the rest of the UK voted even less – 27.9% YES. Demography is indeed a problem, especially in a constitutional vote. The 2014 vote failed interenational standards on multiple accounts, including the franchise. And it made the difference beween independence an the muscular unionism the British state immediately introduced. Starting next day, in fact, if anyone remembers David Cameron and EVEL.
Appears I've rattled a few unionist cages. Yes, funnily enough I'm pretty well versed in history: I don't need lessons from armchair historians with axes to grind. I'm exercising my right to find it peculiar tht this largely foreign event is celebrated with such gusto in Scotland
Never really understand the meaning of bonfire night esp in Scotland. In England 90% of ppl either don't know or care wht it was originally abt: a plot to blow up the English parliament in 1605. BEFORE the Act of Union therefore a classic case of colonial cultural diffusion.
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To my lovely trolls who say I’m not Scottish because of my skin tone. I was born & raised in Scotland, & I still live in the very same Scottish town I was born in.
Scotland is all I’ve ever known, and it’s what I will always defend and stand up for, no matter the situation or
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15 Megaprojects kicking off in UK, each one costing £billions. From Barrow in Furness, Submarines, Derby, small Nuclear Reactors, London, Lower Thames Crossing, HS2, Cross Penine Railway, all one thing in common, Scotland excluded except for putting it on our Credit Card at 8.6%.
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I don't know how anyone in Scotland watching the budget can honestly think they are better off with the dead weight of england hanging around their necks. If Scotland become independent, energy becomes cheaper and businesses move to Scotland #budget26
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Getting our own Scottish currency doesn't need to take forever.
We don't need to be chained to rUK sterling after we choose #ScottishIndependence.
12 of these 15 countries i.e. 75% did it in 10 Months or LESS!
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Being a Scot who’s lived & worked around the world as a Financial Analyst within the Oil Sector I’ve always been disgusted by WM’s lies about how poor Scotland would have been if it were Independent.
They have destroyed Scottish citizens children & grandchildren’s fiscal future
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Scotland is paying the price for Westminster control.
ALT Comparison graphic showing Norway and Scotland's energy wealth: Norway, labeled as independent, has a £2 trillion wealth fund, while Scotland, labeled as Westminster controlled, has £0.00 in its wealth fund, emphasising that both nations are rich in energy but only one controls its wealth.
Watching @skynews :usual non Scottish panel talking in a v proprietorial way abt "our oil & gas" ; "our reserves". Look at how much has been plundered - literally 00s of billions of £s.Imagine how rich Scotl wld hv been had they copied Norway. Yet they see us as spongers. WTAF!!
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Pooling and Sharing...looks like a one way street to me. It’s our wealth & England are helping themselves to it. Too late to reclaim what they’ve already looted, but we can ensure we keep future revenues in Scotland. Independence isn’t really a choice, it’s an economic necessity.
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Better Together told Scots oil and gas was running out. Some fell for it and voted no because they thought we were skint.
All lies.
Now the Unionists are all excited about Jackdaw and want to start drilling in Rosebank with no real benefit to Scotland.
You were lied to. And they are still stealing your resources.