The late Queen's sister, Margaret, described the Irish as 'pigs' in 1979.

‘The Irish were an underclass, 50% poorer than the English’: New exhibition comes to Epic museum ‘The Irish were the raw material for the Industrial Revolution in England,’ says exhibition curator Christopher Kissane

‘The story we have so largely forgotten - the often difficult economic fortunes of the Irish in Britain over 200 years - told in a fascinating new exhibition now opened in Dublin - The Irish were an underclass, 50% poorer than the English’
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It has been quite remarkable to see the gusto with which numerous politicians from other parties - including those heavily funded by supermarket owners, or personally heir to a supermarket supplier fortune - have, just before an election, rushed to declare that poor people don't deserve food.

Sounds very handy. Perfect weather for your seeds to germinate. 🙂

Fit's an omnitool?

This years larch cones forming

This is a joke? Right? #CommonwealthGames

A BIG PITTODRIE +3 FOR THE DONS!!

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Emma Barnett vigorously defended keeping the poorest earners in the UK on dirt wages at the same time she picks up £300,000 for her cushy job on BBC Radio 4 Today. #minimumwage

Dispossession and Abuse: the Crofter’s War and Land Reform – another tale of Westminster’s loathing of Scots The Land For generations Highland communities tended to occupy defined areas associated with a specific clan chief, perhaps taking his name, perhaps not, but loyal to him and protected by him and t…

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donald trump is wearing a blue suit and red tie while speaking into a microphone . ALT: donald trump is wearing a blue suit and red tie while speaking into a microphone .

Trump blinks first

Jamini Sen: The Bengali doctor who made medical history in Britain In 1912, Jamini Sen became the first woman Fellow of Glasgow’s Royal College, founded in 1599 and long closed to women.

Another forgotten story of an amazing woman - now recovered in a biography by her great-niece. She qualified at Kolkata Medical College, became physician to the royal household in Nepal, &
the first female Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow
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UK allows US to use bases to strike Iranian sites targeting Strait of Hormuz Downing Street says ministers approved the expansion after accusing Iran of

Stupid. Weak. Vacillating.
Told us Britain was staying out of it. Now he is allowing US bombers to take off from Britain to hit even more targets in Iran. Please don't agree to patrol the Straits of Hormuz at great cost in life. It is Trump's problem to fix.
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Candy beetroot.

#Spring #SunSaturday

Painting featuring the upper half of a Japanese woman leaning on a fence facing left looking up wearing a kimono

Women Waiting for the Moon to Rise, 1944 by Uemura Shoen, an important artist in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese painting #WomensArt

The world's most amoral military.

The moment Israel targeted British journalist Steve Sweeney in southern Lebanon.

NEW: We often hear that Scotland’s more progressive income tax is “driving people out the country.”

New HMRC data shows the opposite. Far more taxpayers are moving to Scotland than leaving it.

Let’s look at the data 🧵

Saturday Night (2013 Remaster) YouTube video by Eagles - Topic

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What indeed happened to Saturday night?

Spot the blackbird

Just stop it happening. The world is in peril with Trump and Netanyahu flouting all international law. It's shocking that Scotland is being used by them to inflict death and destruction.

The front cover of the Scottish daily newspaper, The National, today.
I wish that all UK dailies would follow suit.

#illegalwar #iran #usroguestate #israelroguestate

With almost every passing hour Tony Blair’s calls for U.K. - and Starmer - to fully commit to US and Israel’s war in Iran looks more deranged

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Andrew Watson in his Scotland shirt.

145 years ago today, Andrew Watson became the first black person to play international football, captaining Scotland to a 6-1 win over England.

I declare today Andrew Watson Day 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

In loving memory of the 16 children and their teacher who lost their lives at Dunblane Primary School

13 March 1996. And immediately the gun laws were changed. It never happened again. Are you listening America? Of course you’re not! Guns are more important than children, right? #history #scotland

Dunblane, 30 Years Ago #OTD