Geneva speech by Ailsa Gray, BSc, LLB (Scots Law): Corporate lawyer / former Non-Executive Director of Highlands and Islands Enterprise [Images added added by way of illustration] Robert Black concluded that Scotland did not enter a voluntary partnership in 1707 but was annexed by a continuing English state – a corporate takeover in all butContinue reading “Scotland a Dependency not a Partner”
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Letter from Sweden
There’s a brisk wind from the Baltic on the Southern tip of Sweden. Its subdued roar moans through the structures of our seaside hotel. We’ve arrived here for a bit of R & R. Sweden, is a geographically large nation but relatively small in terms of population. From our location on the southern tip of the mainland toContinue reading “Letter from Sweden”
Letter from Denmark: A Tale of Two Speeches
In the week before Christmas a relative of mine had a health scare. This meant several hospital visits, MRI scans, x-rays, blood tests, the list goes on. Prompt action by a competent medical staff at two hospitals saved the day. Observing the doctors and nurses, the ambulances, the technical equipment, I realised how vulnerable these facilities are.Continue reading “Letter from Denmark: A Tale of Two Speeches”
Letter from Denmark: Time to Heal
How long does it take to decolonise your mind? I’m not entirely sure if it takes years, decades or a lifetime. That said, the experience of moving from Scotland to live in a small independent nation, is perhaps an indicator? Some of us now realise that Scotland was not only annexed and occupied, but colonised.Continue reading “Letter from Denmark: Time to Heal”
Letter from Exile: Paddy, Jock and Taffy
Paddy, Jock, and Taffy pictured in late 19th century English propaganda as friends in union with John Bull. “Unionists used variations of these figures to project an idealised image of the harmony and unity that they saw existing inside the Union. The cartoon, entitled, “No Home Rule”…is a classic example of this approach, showing theContinue reading “Letter from Exile: Paddy, Jock and Taffy”
Letter from Denmark: Viking Link
A post from Cameron McNeish caught my eye this week. He wrote, “Scotland’s wild landscapes are being torn up by wind farms and miles upon miles of goose-stepping lines of pylons.” I never really noticed pylons in my 1960s childhood. On bus trips to Troon or the Heads of Ayr the landscape looked pretty much rural and natural. I drank it inContinue reading “Letter from Denmark: Viking Link”
England’s Vassal State Part 3
From England’s Vassal State by Sandy McIntosh, author of “100 Home Rule Questions Answered”. First Published, April 1964. Anglified Scots Outside the British Isles Scotland is not a “recognised” country with separate nationhood, it is just part of England. The educated foreigner has great love and respect for Scotland, the country that fought so gallantly forContinue reading “England’s Vassal State Part 3”
Letter from Denmark: The Resistance
The plaque above the door at 51B reads: ‘The Resistance group HOLGER DANSKE was formed here during the occupation 1940-1945’. We’re on our way home through Christianshavn, and for the fun of it, I take some photos of the street to compare it with an old painting we have of this exact location. We areContinue reading “Letter from Denmark: The Resistance”
Letter from Denmark: Change and Alienation
I’m off on a long-ish bike ride to the North Coast. It’s a slightly damp morning, but a pleasant 20C. There are summer scents from the hedgerows and gardens. In the quiet of the early morning I become aware that everything around me was once totally foreign — from the now familiar summer fragrances to banalContinue reading “Letter from Denmark: Change and Alienation”
Among the Nations of the World
You’re probably familiar with the story. A young man is forced into exile and slavery by his own siblings. Many years later, those same siblings turn up looking for supplies of food due to famine back home. They no longer recognise the brother they sold into slavery, he is in every aspect a citizen ofContinue reading “Among the Nations of the World”
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