Archive - Mar 21, 2012

May 26 - Bigot day in Edinburgh

I guess it's the price you pay for being the capital city of a nation moving towards full independence. And unfortunately, being independent won't rid us off the braindoner brigade.

£567,000 smackaroonies for something we already own. We just can’t give enough can we.

There’s more to the Crown Estate in Scotland than just coastal assets.

Read more: http://commongoodwatch.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/567000-smackaroonies-for-something-we-already-own-we-just-cant-give-enough-can-we/

Jim Sillars: Dancing Around Devolution

In an article first published in Holyrood magazine, SNP veteran and nationalist icon, Jim Sillars, questions the SNP leadership’s courting of the of the Devo Max brigade.
Read more: http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/03/21/jim-sillars-dancing-around-devolution/

3 Month Prison Sentence for Anti-Nuclear Court Graffiti Protest


Two peace activists were sentenced today (19th March) in Dumbarton Sheriff Court for painting "political graffiti" on the walls of the court following a 2010 trial in which they maintained that the court did not uphold international law with respect to the illegality of the Trident nuclear weapon system. Barbara Dowling, a retired Occuptational Therapist, 67, of Knightswood was given 3 months in prison and Janet Fenton, 64, Secretary of Scottish CND was given 120 hours Community Service.

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