“At least 80% of the turnover of the business I now run is generated in England, so it stands to reason that I spend a lot of time there. It’s a privilege, in fact, to do so. In fact, it’s from Yorkshire that I write this.”
“Isn’t it time you stood up for Scotland, as you promised.”
“Robert Burns is Scotland’s poet but he belongs to the world….I make no apologies for beginning my story about Burns not in Ayrshire, but in America.”
” OIC have bought three, small, unspoilt islands, and plan to proceed to despoil them by building wind turbines”
“In the end, it’s about how we see ourselves. It’s about pride. It’s about how we see ourselves.”
Participation in votes on programmes like ‘Strictly’ or ‘X Factor’ are massive and many also respond willingly to social media polls on everything from climate change to ‘do you remember Spangles?’ .
The question is no longer “should Scotland be independent” but is now “why on earth wouldn’t we?”
“the Society believes two parts of the current project are unacceptable”
“we must see things as they have never been and ask “why not?” Robert Kennedy
“To step aside is human” (Robert Burns, ‘Address to the Unco’ Guid’)
