#scotlland

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Then, of course, the telephone’s such a convenient thing; it just sits there and demands you call someone who doesn’t want to be called.

- Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of the Sun

It’s what we Scots call an ‘aye Phone’.

Photo: A remote telephone box in the Scottish Highlands, near Kintar.

[n-atalia]

Edinburgh

[billy-on-a-walk]

Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven (built c.1400–1600) Scotland

[bletheringskite]

This, too, is part of the new thinking. Thanks to the research undertaken by Sara Salyers and others, we now know that the “legal and constitutional” route to independence exists.

That it does not exist in the legal and constitutional framework imposed on Scotland by the colonising power should not be at all surprising. I shall eschew further comment on those who maintained that this non-existent route was the democratic “gold standard”.

I shall even restrain myself from passing judgement on those who yet adhere to this ‘old thinking’ despite all the real-world developments which point up the idiocy of doing so.

That the “legal and constitutional” route does exist in Scotland’s own legal and constitutional environment will be news to most people, I suspect. It certainly was a revelation to me.

The new thinking

With vanishingly rare exceptions, all the Scottish (not British) politicians and parties defer to the alien concept of parliamentary soverei

[flossiebentonrogers]

Tuesday Tales 2022-6-21 Rake

Tuesday Tales 2022-6-21 Rake

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, where authors write weekly excerpts based on word and picture prompts. The prompt this week is rake. When you finish reading my snippet, make sure to visit all the talented authors of Tuesday Tales. He was a giant. Only her lessons in krav maga had allowed her to knock him beneath his knees and run for her life. Only desperation had allowed her to twist in a quick…

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[seanalexanderfisher]

On the way to Mull

[daftynews-blog]

Scotland Skyrocket Up FIFA Rankings After Scott Brown Announces International Retirement

Scotland Skyrocket Up FIFA Rankings After Scott Brown Announces International Retirement

CELTIC captain, Scott Brown announced his retirement from international football, sending Scotland up 50 places in the FIFA rankings, it has emerged.

Scotland sit nicely at the top of FIFA rankings following Scott Brown’s retirement from international duty

The news sent the annual FIFA rankings into a tailspin as the tiny 5 million population – who haven’t been to a major tournament in 20 years –…

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[photowilliams]

Skye Solitude

Isle of Skye. Scotland.