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Martin Gregg
@MartinG1492
Believer, husband, Dad & scientist. Christian Humanist. Liberal in politics, evangelical & Reformed in faith. Just about enjoying the creative tension. #FBPPR
Feb 21, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
A worthwhile article but it makes 2 wrong assumptions.
1 - divergence between NI & GB is inevitable.
To misquote Mark Twain, only death & taxes are inevitable. Any divergence will be a matter of choice.
It won't happen in stds for eg manufactured (cont'd) unherd.com/2023/02/were-t… goods because EU stds are used all round the world. There are air-conditioning units in LA skyscrapers that were made in the USA and never left the USA but they were made to comply with EU stds. Why? Businesses only make 1 item to the highest global stds because of (cont'd)
Feb 15, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Over a year ago I signed a 30 Degrees petition to make Clashidarroch Forest in Scotland a sanctuary for Scottish Wild Cats. I mean what's the point of stopping species going extinct overseas if you aren't prepared 🧵

FINLAY HAS BEEN TAKEN chng.it/4kdJy465 via @UKChange to try and stop it in your own backyard. There was also a sentimental reason why I supported the appeal by Wild Cat Haven. One of our favourite kids stories was about a cat called 6 Dinner Sid. One of the books was about Sid going on holiday in the Scottish Highlands & meeting
Feb 22, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Unionists are complaining that they are not being listened to.
1921 - 1974 Old Stormont Regime - Complaints made about Unionist govt by Nationalists, Liberals & NI Labour.
Unionist response - "We're the majority. You Taigs & Lundys have to (cont'd 1) bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe… "dry your eyes, stop whinging and suck it up!"
1974 - 1997
Attempts to make a fair settlement in NI based on Consent of the whole community.
Unionist response -
"We're the majority you Taigs & Lundys should dry your eyes, suck it up and accept the solution we want" (cont'd 2)
Feb 20, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Reading this article the word that came to mind is "blinkered". Then I realised that the one of the authors is Patrick Roche, once described to me as evidence that very smart people can be bigoted, and to be it started to make sense.
I agree with most of the criticisms of 1/ Nationalists and Republicans but the complete lack of criticism of the Stormont regime is staggering. My Granny told me a story about her father who had come to Belfast from across the water & voted for the NI Labour Party all his life here.
One of the reasons was 2/
Dec 17, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Another poll has support for independence at over 50% & the SNP on course for an overall majority.
I have thought about how deal or no-deal affects this & I think that the SNP are in a win-win situation. A no-deal makes the tearing apart of the Union 1/
scotsman.com/news/politics/… even more harmful and we have seen some of the Indy supporters spout the same nonsense about a British border being seamless as the DUP & ERG said about the Irish Border. However, the anger at Scotland being forced out of the EU without a deal "against its will", may be 2/