@Sathnam Not just a regular "obsession" but an intense one, apparently, yet in all the references I'm coming up with on Google the word "gifted" is used with sledgehammer sarcasm ...?
@LeeKurtiss@wil_da_beast630 Well it may be exaggerated (as per @wil_da_beast630's original point) but there's been much talk of choking in the context of the "rough sex defence" for murder here (UK) in last couple of years.
@kmckenna63@GabyMcKay No one's in any doubt about Stalin's historical role. Dundas' is – by Mr McKay's own admission – controversial. How big is this explanatory plaque going to be?
@WingsScotland Sorry. I see that "treated it as a sort of media story" is a bit mealy-mouthed and "sold" the story is still a bit pejorative, but, while I obviously can't speak to its sincerity, it still reads like a "mea culpa", no?
@LevinsLaw @Phildidgee@wordeths Sorry if you've already dealt with this point. If and when a criminal case *did* become active, would RB be able to argue that the fact that so many of us on Twitter today are assuming his guilt prevents his getting a fair trial?
@_SimonBarnett@kehinde_andrews I agree he's taking it a bit too seriously, but why would you red-highlight something because it's the larger of two islands?
@hatpinwoman@SVPhillimore@HannahBerrelli "that’s incorrect." You're very categorical. How was this popular public opinion measured? How far would it have prevailed against the inevitable press campaign? What allowance do you want to make for the scope of the voting franchise ...?
@Dorianlynskey@jonlis1 “Virtue, see me signal you,” says man who refuses to believe multiple detailed reports (Cass, Barnes …) of the abusiveness of the Gender Affirmative Model offering ad hominem slurs in place of refutation.