If we were skint after the Darien how come we instantly started servicing English debt (accrued by endless wars with Europeans).
There's a brexit joke in there somewhere.
There's a brexit joke in there somewhere.
https://twitter.com/iainmartin1/status/1344235903187906562
For the hard of thinking:
The Darien Scheme bankrupted individual rich nobles, not the country.
That's why they were so easy to blackmail, bribe and threaten.
#ParcelOfRogues
The Darien Scheme bankrupted individual rich nobles, not the country.
That's why they were so easy to blackmail, bribe and threaten.
#ParcelOfRogues
99% of Scots who didn't get a say were outraged. Then we were cut off from our biggest trading partner (the French) because England was at war with them.
Iain Martin is only a bawhair off the batshit crazy opinion of Neil Oliver who compares Scotland joining the union to a gold digger who marries a rich old fuck for money.
Both cringetastic house jocks that like to rewrite history.
Wishing you both a horrible Hogmanay.
Both cringetastic house jocks that like to rewrite history.
Wishing you both a horrible Hogmanay.
FAO all English People who oppose Scottish independence.
Any & all of your property in Scotland will be confiscated by the state & you will be ostracised forever.
If you think this is unfair you really should read up on the #AlienAct of 1705. A precursor to the treaty of union.
Any & all of your property in Scotland will be confiscated by the state & you will be ostracised forever.
If you think this is unfair you really should read up on the #AlienAct of 1705. A precursor to the treaty of union.
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