tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post109301605873012292..comments2024-01-08T16:59:20.338+00:00Comments on Freedom and Whisky: In Charlotte SquareDavid Farrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-5441462621730716822012-11-03T16:03:12.410+00:002012-11-03T16:03:12.410+00:00Alastair Ross
The thought of being welcomed by Mr...Alastair Ross <br />The thought of being welcomed by Mr Dickson should have the same salutary effect on prospective immigrants as a prison visit from the late Lord Longford had on diehard recidivists. The old lags vowed to go straight and pledged,on pain of a subsequent meeting, to avoid HM prisons forever.<br /><br />22 August 2004, 01:27:44 GMT+01:00<br />– Like – Reply<br /><br /><br /><br /><David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-47326535718643865362012-11-03T16:01:35.691+00:002012-11-03T16:01:35.691+00:00Stuart Dickson
This sounds like a wonderful addit...<br /><br />Stuart Dickson <br />This sounds like a wonderful addition to our understanding of Scotland's immigrant groups. I may get hold of a copy once I have finished my current tome "Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure". <br /> <br />Consider the following extracts from the University of Dundee blurb: <br /> <br />http://www.dundee.ac.uk/pressreleases/proct03/english.html <David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-53299416817050431102012-11-03T16:01:20.827+00:002012-11-03T16:01:20.827+00:00Stuart Dickson
-Around 1 in 8 of the MSPs in the ...Stuart Dickson <br />-Around 1 in 8 of the MSPs in the first Scottish Parliament were born in England <br /> <br />-The only Morris dancing team in Scotland doubles up as a ceilidh band! <br /> <br />-The SNP has a group of English activists called New Scots for Independence <br /> <br />-The largest number of English migrants (more than a quarter of a million) live in the Central Belt <br />David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-27265944000292960922012-11-03T15:59:40.965+00:002012-11-03T15:59:40.965+00:00Squander Two
Having got my glib comment out of th...Squander Two <br />Having got my glib comment out of the way, I'll be serious. <br /> <br />Firstly, why would I say that Alistair was making a joke? He clearly wasn't. <br /> <br />Secondly, there is a difference between opposing immigration and being racist. As Stuart points out himself, immigration is, among other things, an economic issue. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to oppose David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-87493248461760254112012-11-03T15:58:36.989+00:002012-11-03T15:58:36.989+00:00Comments made on previous template:
Stuart Dickso...Comments made on previous template:<br /><br />Stuart Dickson <br />Good morning Verity <br /> <br />What a pleasure to see your cheery visage. May I be the first to welcome you back to the strand. <br /> <br />I do love to see your cheeky-chops. <br /> <br />When are you going to submit your anthropology homework? Your contributions to the field become ever more startling?<br /><br />24 August David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.com