Sectarianism is rarely out of the news, but to call it all of Scotland’s Shame is an exaggeration - I grew up in Galston, Ayrshire where the few families who spouted sectarian hatred were regarded as low life scum by the majory of the respectable working class. More in this book.
Of course @KateForbesMSP was saying this on the day, she had a barrage of (mostly middle aged male tories who think they know better) patronising her telling her she was wrong.
I am sure they will be flooding her timeline with apologies...
@DavidHulmeCldwl seems that way, although my experience is limited, not talking hard core yoons though. "Why do you English want Scottish Independence?" is another one I come across.
These people tend to think they're non political, imo.
It isn't so much Nicola Sturgeon's handling of the pandemic that has seen her stock rise along with support for independence, it's more that the public have heard what she has to say without it first having gone through the BBC Scotland filter.
There's a lesson there.
Absolutely spot on. Spent five years on my PhD in the 1980s trying to get to the bottom of Scotland’s international trade and it was impossible. Still the case today. Felixstowe is a bigger exit point for Scottish products than the Forth or Clyde. Classified as English exports.
What the authors have shown is that in high exposure environment, where you are likely to be exposed to aerosols like in ICU, a cloth mask is of no use and in fact will trap pathogens.
The same does not apply when you are here 7/
For decades, Tories and the Tory media have been telling English voters that Scotland is fleecing them; that English taxpayers get a raw deal. Now a majority of English Tory and Labour voters say they’re prepared to ditch Scotland & NI. As ye sow, etc.
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