WW2 Geek, Weegie, Birder, love Family, Peaty Malts, Celtic, Labour, Intense Dislike of Scottish Nationalism, Confirmatory vote or no Scexit, Broadstairsphile.
Jun 22, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
1) I misread Angus's tweet as 'the preposterous papers'. On reflection my 1st reading was bang on.
This article gives us a fascinating insight into how the old adage, that a lie has gone 3 times round the world before the truth has got its boots on, works in reality.
2) Tribal epistemology tells us that for fake news to be created - 4 things need to be in place first. 1. Firstly. you need a completely unsubstantiated lie. In Angus's article we have not 1 but 2 whoppers. Ist being that a Scexit Scotland will be better off than being in the UK
May 27, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
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Things which you don't find in Glasgow.
Streets which are regularly swept. #Broadstairs
Main street pavements which are litter free. #broadstairs
Feb 16, 2020 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
1. For leave UK to win it is absolutely vital that inconvenient Scexit economic truths such as loss of Barnet, Deficit, Pop share of UK debt, interest charges on debt, start up costs of new country, foreign currency reserves, capital flight are NEVER brought to the attention
2. of the electorate. Every Scottish based daily has a Nat journalist embedded ensuring that negative Scexit economic articles are never written which ensures that this taboo topic is kept out of public Scexit discourse. This allows them to concentrate exclusively on churning
