Enforced Rest

no longer having a potential French ally on the northern border and Scotland got someone to pays its debts. Then the combined country went on to develop a massive trade empire – and Scottish traders benefitted hugely from the protection of the Royal Navy. All opium and slaves, of course.

Haricot Vert

“For as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule.” From The Declaration of Arbroath 1320. It’s a disgrace that many have forgotten what it means to be Scottish.

RJS

Signed by earls and barons who would not have consulted their constituents. The nationalist rhetoric “So long as a hundred of us” etc was being used – as it still is – to fire up the cannon fodder to be exploited by the rich. This document is a disgrace and an embarrassment.

Savispud S For a moment I thought Banksy had got to it.

Pamela Brown The A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful in Argyll and Bute – one of the main arteries for swathes of Scotland’s West Coast – remained closed at the weekend after heavy rain caused fresh landslips.

The Italians, despite their obvious poverty, have an answer even in areas subject to earthquake: tunnels, flyovers and other built protective structures. They may not be as pretty to look at but they seem to do the job.

Alan Rodger The Rest and be Thankful problem didn’t suddenly spring up in the past 11 or 12 years. It has been present throughout my life – and I’m pushing 80.

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