David Sproat

Dublin Scot. IT guy. Fitba and politics geek.

[David Sproat @davidsproat]

@johnnyjmils @_Raghnall Most Scots realise that independence is about more than any given individual. That's why the majority still support independence (according to the polling) while the SNP's popularity has lost about 15% due to the corruption you mention. Odd that you don't seem to be able to

[Rt Hon Spike Wallace the 2nd @Anthony58340236]

The absolute shite people of Scotland were conned with.

[Angry Pict @SymbolStones]

1800: "The Parliaments of England and Ireland have agreed upon the articles following:"
https://t.co/rAL3mxXw7e

The "Parliament of England" in 1800?

If a new entity, Great Britain, was created in 1707, the Parliament of England had to cease to exist at that moment. All evidence points to the opposite conclusion, however Westminster maintained the fiction, at least until this.

A dissolved parliament cannot be a contracting party to anything.

Yet in 1800, the contracting party is named "The Parliaments of England and Ireland."

For that naming to be legally valid the Parliament of England must have had continuous legal existence from 1707 to 1800.

A parliament that had been extinguished clearly couldn't be a contractual party.

The clear conclusion is that the Parliament of England was never extinguished. It continued. "Great Britain" was a designation applied to it, not a new institution that replaced it.

This is precisely what constitutional experts like De Lolme in 1786 state, and Robert Black KC has recently concluded - the English Parliament was made the sole Parliament for Great Britain, with Scottish representatives incorporated into it.

That's evidence from Westminster itself of the reality of what happened in 1707.

An important find, and legally a devastating one for the fiction of 'Union'.

England persisted, renamed, Scotland was annexed and incorporated.

[David Sproat @davidsproat]

@Dan_Jeffries1 @optimablog @Plinz Nuclear weapons alone will never have the potential to replicate themselves, follow their own goals and deceive their operators. AGI/Superintelligence is like no technology humans have ever invented before

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@Bathhibby @GovSherrillNJ Do the NFL pay for the trains to Foxborough for fans? Course not Adam!

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@BobbyInTheNorth @Rickoza @J4m35c4mpb3ll

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@BobbyInTheNorth @Rickoza @J4m35c4mpb3ll I'd say your willingness to square logical circles (as you've done in our discussion) is explained by 'British nationalist fervour'

[David Sproat @davidsproat]

@BobbyInTheNorth @Rickoza @J4m35c4mpb3ll You can't say public appetite for Indy isn't growing while opinion polling shows that it has indeed grown since 2014.

You can selectively point to election results, but you'd be being disingenuous

[David Sproat @davidsproat]

@BobbyInTheNorth @Rickoza @J4m35c4mpb3ll You say the dial hasn't shifted and mention the demographic changes. Are you aware that the polling companies weight their results by recalled 2014 vote, and create their sample to reflect the electorate of back then? This has the effect of negating those demographic changes

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@Ian_I4S @RaeComm Are you familiar with the concepts of team spirit and club mentality?

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@alexmassie "Tremendous potential", yet you can't realise it. Just like your auld school teachers used to say

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@DunneOisin4 @pharmst @AaronBastani @ColeSandick "Higher living standards", yet Ireland is way behind the UK on consumption per capita, and with lower public service levels. I'd love what you say to be true, but as a Scot living in Dublin I'm just not feeling it

[David Sproat @davidsproat]

@BrianMc23314790 "I understand."

Do you understand that if Labour are ever to win power in Scotland you need to break with UK Labour and stop being a branch office?

[Alan Ferrier @alanferrier]

Another remarkably prescient quote from Tony Benn:

[Michael Breslin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @AyeCowal]

Excellent letter in today’s @heraldscotland .

We need more of this because GERS is essentially meaningless.

#ScottishIndependence

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@KarenRo99773156 @believeinscot

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An incredible piece of work. The UK's class divide laid bare

[Graham Hughes Has Left The Building @EveryCountry]

Over the last few years, I've been compiling a list of UK celebs and what private school they attended.

If you've not seen it yet, prepare to be blown away.

https://t.co/WW8ieozFcI

[David Sproat @davidsproat]

@pile_of_eggs Thanks for that Cillian. Very interesting for us pro-indy Scots

[Media Lens @medialens]

How it works. 👇

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@MrJohnNicolson @RosieisaHolt John, are you familiar with Poe's Law? I'm afraid you're falling foul of it