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”
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The Grossest Bribery and Corruption
“English bribes outweighed the mistaken zeal of Scottish patriotism and Jacobitism, united against the measure. “On the 25th of March, 1707, the treaty or union was ratified by the Estates, and on the 22nd of April the ancient Parliament of Scotland adjourned, to assemble no more. On that occasion the Chancellor Scofield made use ofContinue reading “The Grossest Bribery and Corruption”
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