Burns got it right.

He wrote this wonderful verse more than two centuries ago - yet we're still having abject parasites like Toby Young imposed on us.

"Ye see yon birkie ca’d a lord,
Wha struts, an’ stares, an’ a’ that,
Tho’ hundreds worship at his word,
He’s but a coof for a’ that.
For a’ that, an’ a’ that,
His ribband, star, an’ a’ that,
The man o’ independent mind,
He looks an’ laughs at a’ that."

#IndependenceIsNormal
#ScottishIndependence
#ScottishIndependentRepublic

This is desperate, even for The Guardian.

"Stonehenge may have been erected to unite [sic] early British [sic] farming communities, research finds."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/20/stonehenge-may-have-been-erected-to-unite-early-british-farming-communities-research-finds

(PS No mention can be found in today's online edition of the #BelieveInScotland poll result yesterday that 59% would be in favour of a #ScottishIndependentRepublic.)

Hold the bus...

"If Scottish independence meant that Scotland would be a republic - meaning the King would no longer be the head of state, so Scotland’s governance would be fully democratic and not a monarchy - how would you vote if there were an independence referendum tomorrow?

"Republicanism moves independence support from 54% in the same poll to 59%."

https://www.believeinscotland.org/new_poll_would_offering_an_independent_scottish_republic_increase_independence_support

#BelieveInScotland
#IndependenceIsNormal
#ScottishIndependence
#ScottishIndependentRepublic