But please do not send us facebook messages theres almost no chance of them being read. Scotland s fraser brown could face further punishment for his horror tip tackle on englands elliot daly on saturday. Click the link in the article the wee blue book or click on the wee blue book icon in the middle of this page and you will find all the downloadable versions of the wee blue book. Download the wee blue book for reading on smartphones and tablets. Scottish independence scotland politics referendum. Nothing like an open, curious, young mind to get you going. Sent to me today in an email thought it was quite funny. When alex salmond chose to release the date of the referendum to the sunday sun on 26 february 2012, he displayed contempt for the scottish parliament and, more importantly, the scottish people. We thought readers might be interested in a small update on yesterdays post. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. But they can win it even sooner if dundee beat aberdeen in friday nights clash. Economy rishi sunak has given a candid assessment of the economic effects of lockdown as over 10 million jobs hang in the balance.
Its an absolute twitter storm gone completely out of control which has now spread out into the. Wings over scotland have produced a wee black book and its brilliant posted on march 24, 2016 by horselover fat during the scottish independence referendum, wings over scotland produced the wee blue book, a handy guide to some of the arguments for independence which helped change many a persons mind in the course of the campaign. Wings over scotland the wee blue book how you can help. Theresa may has claimed that scotland will leave the eu whether or not it becomes an independent nation, insisting it was important for the uk to come together as a country. The snp must sell a radical vision, not just managerial. That is just 21% so there is no sense in which the tories won scotland. It is only here in scotland that we pirouette on the head of a pin over patriotism and nationalism. The wee blue book published by wings over scotland. We were wealthy before we had oil and weve never been subsidised. But it remains the case that theresa may is only able to cling on to no. Mclean scored in each half while jason brown also got on the scoresheet as the blue toon won their third game on the trot. There is also one at the bottom of the download page which is the professional, printready download which you can take to a local printer and have books printed.
Wings over scotland the worlds view according to thomson. The scots alister took to the skies in a north american at6 as part of. Curling superstar eve muirhead is scotland s ice queen. It will quickly establish itself as a local feature and point of reference, proving to be a reliable, efficient and cost effective means of advertising within the local community. This is devoted to scottish independence and to uncovering errors, inconsistencies and contradictions in the coverage that the mainstream british media gives to scotland, to the independence cause and to. It makes a clear and concise argument for a positive yes vote in the forthcoming referendum on scottish independence.
This government plans that the commission will report to parliament within the first two years of independence with a view to its recommendations being. And you can add the art gallery into that oooh, new and shiny category. Wings over scotland have produced a wee black book and it. The reverend stuart campbell is a former games designer and journalist and these days he runs a political website called wings over scotland. Bit hazy today although we had the usual day long sunshine. As pointed out in the recent opinion poll by wings over scotland, published in the scotland on sunday, earlier this month, showed that 41% of people are going to be voting yes this september. Strategy policy movement get your conference tickets now. A cosy, warm, romantic cabin for two, with breakfast in the main house about 25 yards walk away. We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. Meanwhile, over at the music hall there is a stunning transformation going on. For anyone that has not seen the wee blue book by the superb website wings over scotland here is the link.
I and many others have frequently highlighted errors in his wee blue book. Mclean, who netted a double against clyde last weekend, opened the scoring in the 32nd minute with a closerange effort from jack leitchs assist, not long after david mccracken had seen a header superbly saved by robby. I love my country but dont want it to govern itself. Also, yes campaigners are now targetting no campaigners to quiz us on our views, so even with a no. Celtic can wrap up the premiership title with a win over hearts this weekend. Ewan mcgregor swapped trainspotting to fly in a us world war two plane. The writing on bella caledonia and wings over scotland websites is of a very high quality and often surpasses what appears in paidfor titles sun 30 mar 2014 01. Wings over scotland the proindependence blog run by stuart campbell recently produced a book on the arguments, as they see it, for a yes vote in the referendum. You really couldnt make it up, well actually you could, but it wouldnt be half as much fun as the the real thing. The book highlights the various scaremongering tactics deployed by the. By using our site, you agree to our use of cookies.
For example, 200 stickers works out at a unit cost of. Commenting on the debate in the house of commons on the lords amendment to the uk energy bill and in particular amendment 54 which removed the scottish parliaments powers in respect of renewables obligation in scotland snp energy spokesman mike weir said. Dissecting wings over scotlands wee blue book and why. An analysis by the scottish conservatives highlights promises made in the.
Your listing or advert will be attractive and so easy to find that my wee black book will replace all other directories, bringing your customers back, again and again. People vote labour in scotland because its the only party, other than tories, thats even worth voting for snp are a scottish party, pretty pointless to vote for, greens are marginal and wont ever get any real power, lib dems slightly less so and have. In the end, european council president donald tusk did not call the prime minister to make her information point euspeak for an update until just before 1 a. Nicola sturgeon on scottish independence and brexit. Tories in challenge to snp over 51 broken promises. Scottish parliamentary proisrael lobby group and the scottish tory friends of israel early in 2016 ruth davidson persuaded the holyrood debating agenda to arrange a formal invitation to the jewish lobby group culture for coexistence and britains deputy israeli ambassador eitan naeh to. Wings over scotland is a mainly scottish political media digest and monitor, which also offers its own commentary. Lords axe holyroods power over scottish renewables. Scotland is a clear target for yoons due to the embedding of the only party which claims to be stronger for scotland the snp. The savoury snack was last week axed from the bakers stores across the country, leaving pielovers furious and sparking a scotland wide campaign. As the snp prepares to mark a decade in power, the party has been accused of failing to deliver 51 of its manifesto pledges. Pension age is established and tasked with considering the appropriate rate of increase of the state pension age for scotland over the long term.
The wee blue book published by wings over scotland transceltic. Wings over scotland sentiment without action is the ruin. Hillwalking mainly, bagging wee hills,marilyns,grahams and the odd corbett. The wee blue book 6 this is perhaps the simplest aspect of the debate to deal with. Get the wee blue book oil the uk government and the ukbased parties try to talk down scotland s oil wealth today, just like they talked it down and hid the truth from the moment the oil was discovered in the 70s see chapter 1. Max and stacy are joined by joel benjamin, local authority debt audit campaigner with debt resistance uk, and nigel henderson, who lost his hotel business to rbss restructuring division, to talk of the stunned commoners in awe at the brazenness of the royal bank of scotland. We have been asked to further explain what this site is meant to be about. Beforehand, the prime ministers aides were happy that shed been given a slot over dinner to address her partners, claiming it as a minor victory. This is surely got to be one of the best views in the central belt of scotland with an incredible panorama over the firth of clyde and the islands of arran, great and little cumbrae, bute and the mountains of cowal. Davidsons small troop of msps overturn 20 years of.
The power of language blue wings 12017 over the past ten years i have had the joy and privilege to speak at more than 150 schools. Scots have voted for labour at every westminster election since 1955, but by the time of the 2015 election will have had conservative. Stuart campbell responsible for the popular blog, wings over scotland. Book hotels from rocketmiles and earn up to 10,000 finnair plus points every night, every time. It demolishes the many halftruths and inaccuracies of the no campaign which is supported by the overwhelming majority of the media. Annie finchs books of poetry include calendars tupelo, 2003, eve story line, 1997. Investing some of the proceeds from oil in wind, wave, tidal and hydro power over the coming decades will ensure scotland stays a very wealthy country for centuries to come.
Wings over scotland is just awaiting the green light from nicola sturgeon to publish wee blue two a sequel to the wee blue book which. Yes scotland is a bit late to realise that wings over. Weve been absolutely blown away by the response to the wee blue book, readers. Lodge cabin in the grounds of ruddyglow park with views of loch assynt. The economy of an independent scotland the wee blue book. Ewan mcgregor very fortunate to fly in american world. In scotland april fools day is traditionally called as huntthegowk day. Being an anthology of the best scottish verse from the earliest times to the present 1911 george douglas on. More power to glasgows online journalists kevin mckenna.
Choose from over 400,000 hotels and resorts around the world. As we told you, graham shields the head of strategic communications and engagement at the crown office and procurator fiscal service who fobbed off our complaint about newspapers enabling the identification of sexual assault accusers was the editor of the. Accusations of negative campaigning by its opponents. A german journalist who has lived in the highlands for 36 years claims locals once put on hitler moustaches and marched past his table at the local pub. With the better together campaign being in disarray. First point that is made is utter shite to begin with, it completely skips over why people vote for labour in the general election. And where once one would have had to penetrate the manhattan galaand book talk scene in order to hurl abuse at a new york times opinion columnist, now anyone with an internet connection can politely explain to nicholas kristof precisely why he is utterly and completely full of shit an opportunity that the current affairs editorial staff takes. A few weeks ago my girlfriend and i went on a weekend trip to scotland. Ahdinnaeken hate blinded idiocy from the vaults of the. The trees were just beginning to change colour yet snow was predicted to fall briefly on the highest mountain tops in scotland over the weekend. These events are often the highlight of my working week. As we write this its about to pass an astonishing 200,000 downloads in just two days, and were besieged by enquiries about the print edition, which should be rolling off the presses any time now but its no use just sitting around patting ourselves on the back about how much yes supporters seem to like it.
The wee blue book was a multiformat publication published in 2014 and written by stuart campbell, editor of proindependence blog wings over scotland. Scottish twitter and scotland in general does have a problem with yoons, both malign and hateful, and the scale of the problem is quantifiable 55% at the last referendum. The unique thing about the scotland s fools day is that unlike many other countries scotland celebrates it. Scottish tories on the golan heights 25 february 2016. Twas doon by the inch o abbots oor johnny walked one day when he saw a sicht that troubled him far more that he could say a fanatic muslim bastard wiz doin what hed planned and intae glescas departure hall a cherokee hed.
What happened after scotland voted no the wee black book. Scott minto sick smears snp accused squabbling sue lyons the bain principle the big lie the positive case for the union too wee too poor too stupid unionist of the day unnamed sources vote no get. What needs to happen this weekend for celtic to win the. Euan duguid investigates community investment in the whisky industry. April fools day in scotland origin and history of hunt. Wings over scotland blogger slammed for blaming liverpool.
I much prefer it to be in a minority in another parliament where it can always be outvoted and where parties we dont support will dictate our. Wings over scotland s wee blue book is now being given out by yes street stall campaigners. German living in highlands claims scots are racist and. At almost 70 pages long, this wee blue book is probably a bit too long to go through in detail, but i thought it would be worth assessing some of the key points to give.
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