Dear Scottish Fetchies

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57.5 Degrees of Pain Sep 2022 5:33pm, 4 Sep 2022 9,674 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Anyone who remembers back to 1979 knows this is a terrible idea!
57.5 Degrees of Pain Sep 2022 5:35pm, 4 Sep 2022 9,675 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Though a retrospective application of this rule to the Brexit vote would be very amusing.
HappyG(rrr) Sep 2022 2:55pm, 5 Sep 2022 43,699 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Fourth Conservative prime minister in 6 years and none of them supported in Scotland gives SNP further ammunition, along with Brexit, to claim that another referendum on Scottish Independence is justified. Wonder how Truss will handle it? She'll want to just shut it down. But won't that create more sentiment supporting the argument that Westminster is out of touch with and disdainful of the people of Scotland? Tough times ahead, in so many ways. G
Surelynot Sep 2022 3:18pm, 5 Sep 2022 2,588 posts	0 Surelynot Truss was elected by just 47% of the available vote. Would fail on the mooted Referendum Bill proposals.
Fields Sep 2022 12:48pm, 9 Sep 2022 6,456 posts	0 Fields How do Scottish readers feel about this verse of God Save The King? Lord grant that Marshal Wade May by thy mighty aid Victory bring. May he sedition hush, And like a torrent rush, Rebellious Scots to crush. God save the King!
Angus Clydesdale Sep 2022 12:53pm, 9 Sep 2022 25,246 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale I think that only a fool would drag up a verse that’s never sung just for the purpose of poking the bear. But if the cap fits…
Velociraptor Sep 2022 12:57pm, 9 Sep 2022 59,681 posts	0 Velociraptor Most of us are aware that it's there and don't hold it personally against the current or recently deceased monarch. How do English readers feel about the refrain of the current Scottish national anthem?
Fields Sep 2022 1:01pm, 9 Sep 2022 6,457 posts	0 Fields I think all national anthems should be abolished personally, but then I’m against nationalism in general
Son of a Pronator Man Sep 2022 1:08pm, 9 Sep 2022 8,909 posts	0 Son of a Pronator Man That verse refers to the role of Marshal Wade in putting down the Jacobite uprising. It’s a historical reference that was considered appropriate in 1745 when GSTQ was first used as the National Anthem but isn’t used today for obvious reasons
JRitchie Sep 2022 3:00pm, 9 Sep 2022 3,370 posts	0 JRitchie I’ve run along quite a few of his (Wades) roads in the Highlands and I think the WHYW is made up of some of them.