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2022-08-22 15:20:25 Alex Bell, a former special advisor to the SNP who was involved in negotating the last referendum, says that Sturgeon is playing political games and wasting time and money over her latest indyref bid.

Bell said that the Scottish Government had received clear legal advice that they did not have the right to hold a vote without UK government permission.

If this is true, Sturgeon is not only wasting money but is also betraying her supporters. The bid, Bell claims, is no more than a bit of political theatre to cover up her failure on the issue. Another failure in a long list of failures that have betrayed the future of our nation.

It's time that SNP supporters wake up and boot Sturgeon and her small clique of cronies out. Open / Comment

2022-08-21 13:43:38 Scotland's children are already suffering a crisis in education. Now it looks like they will lose two days a week of in-school education. This can only make the situation worse. Even if the days that schools are closed are replaced by "virtual learning" this is not good enough. As we found during the government-enforced Covid lockdowns, many children do not fare well with virtual learning.

The Scottish education system used to be the envy of the world. Now it is a disaster for many children.

The so-called "Curriculum for Excellence" is anything but, and is unpopular not just with pupils but also with teachers. The SNP's much-vaunted program to close the attainment gap is another failure, with the gap actually widening. Then of course we have the issue that schools are being turned into camps to brainwash our youth into the latest "progressive" ideas, ideas that are having a negative effect on society.

It is easy to see why so many are now turning to homeschooling. Open / Comment

2022-08-20 14:27:35 Check out Motherland, an awesome new track from Kinsfolk.

https://odysee.com/@PatAltScotland:c/KinsfolkMotherland:3

PA duo Mean Peem and Kenny Smith updated the lyrics on this Natalie Merchant song and are part of the PA Music Club community group. If you are in the vetted PA community, we now have a national Music Club Telegram chat group were folk can share their work and collaborate on projects like this. Contact your RO to join in. Open / Comment

2022-08-20 13:03:41 William Miller died on the 20th of August 1872. Miller was a Scottish poet best known for the nursery rhyme Wee Willie Winkie.

Miller, known as "The Laureate of the Nursery", was born in Glasgow and lived in Dennistoun, Scotland. He suffered from ill health and was unable to become a surgeon and instead took up woodturning and cabinet making. At the same time he began writing poetry and children's rhymes, mainly in the Scots language. His poetry was published in various works including the Whistle-binkie books.

In 1842, Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fireside was published and contained the rhyme Wee Willie Winkie. The poem would go on to become known in other countries, in translation, and made Miller famous at the time.

In 1871, Miller's leg became ulcerated and he had to retire from cabinet making. The leg became infected and led to his death in 1872 aged 62. By then Miller was destitute and was buried at Tollcross. Later a memorial to Miller was erected on the Glasgow Necropolis.[ Open / Comment

2022-08-19 16:42:39 Do White Lives Matter? - Patriotic Alternative
https://www.patrioticalternative.org.uk/do_white_lives_matter Open / Comment

2022-08-19 16:41:22 Two new articles from the Scottish writing team Open / Comment

2022-08-19 16:41:22 Scotland: Time to Close this Danger to Scotland's Youth - Patriotic Alternative
https://www.patrioticalternative.org.uk/scotland_time_to_close_this_danger_to_scotlands_youth Open / Comment

2022-08-18 15:28:01 The SNP super sponsor programme for Ukrainian refugees has turned into yet another fiasco. It appears that there is nothing that the SNP cannot mess up.

Sturgeon said Scotland would welcome uncapped numbers of Ukrainians and give them homes. Over 10,000 have arrived already and a further 20,000 have been given the right to come. Though Sturgeon, as she has with some many promises, has now gone back on that promise by ending the scheme, urging Ukrainians not to come or to sort out their own accommodation.

Those who are here are being dumped on ferries in Leith (and soon to be on the Clyde) which have been hired to accommodate several thousand people at a cost of up to £100 million.

Many Scots are homeless or on years-long waiting lists for their own house, but Sturgeon seems to care more about spending eye-watering amounts to house incomers in what appears to be some attempt to boost her own image as a world leader and human rights champion. Open / Comment

2022-08-18 14:53:32 On this day in 1773 Samuel Johnson and James Boswell set out on their three month tour of the Highlands and Hebrides.


In 1773, Boswell enticed his English friend Samuel Johnson to accompany him on a tour through the highlands and western islands of Scotland. Johnson was then in his mid-sixties and well known for his literary works and his Dictionary. The two travellers set out from Edinburgh and skirted the eastern and northeastern coasts of Scotland, passing through St Andrews, Aberdeen and Inverness. They then passed into the highlands and spent several weeks on various islands in the Hebrides, including Skye, Coll, and Mull. After a visit to Boswell's estate at Auchinleck, the travellers returned to Edinburgh. Johnson published his Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland on 18 January 1775.

James Boswell, also kept a record of the trip, published in 1785 as A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. The two narratives are often published as a single volume. Open / Comment