Peter_Carter

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• General Election 2019

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 1 week

  

  It was rather more than that.

• Android phones, apps and tablets

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  And also, as I have now discovered, direct from Real Me and priced in euros.

• Android phones, apps and tablets

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  Realme 3 Pro

  Is any one using one ?

  and any suggestions for reliable sellers? Most of whom seem to be outside the UK/EU

• EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 3 weeks

  

  Certainly, there were and are significant cultural and religious differences between the two nations, but I 've never brought the "Trainspotting " argument that the Scots were colonised by the English.

  Both countries, at all levels, did well out of the Empire and were equally engaged. Where would the Empire have been without the intellectual power of the Edinburgh Enlightenment?

  And what about the Darien Scheme...

• EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 3 weeks

  

  Glascow was, after all, known as the 2nd city of the empire.

• EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 3 weeks

  

  sorry posted twice

• EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 3 weeks

  

  I believe my point was that there's reasonable evidence to suggest that the Empire was a joint enterprise of the 2 nations.
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• EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 4 weeks

  

  Pretty much every city with a port on the west coast the British Isles benefited from the "Atlantic trade " and therefore slavery.

• EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 4 weeks

  

  Is it a coincidence that it's after the Act of Union that the Empire really takes off.

  Perhaps Scotland can't really say it wasn't really us it was those chaps down south....

  We were all in it together.