Devolution and subsidiarity have ground to a halt in Edinburgh though, powers are being increasingly centralised and services and spending controlled there, as if one size fits all.Originally Posted by Disco Buc
During the 79 referendum campaign, we in the Yes for Scotland campaign held a meeting in Banchory, and when someone asked about devolution of powers to the then Grampian Region and Kincardine and Deeside District Council, it was pretty much unanimous that that was what devolution was about, and what its proponents would have liked to have seen.
20 years in, and not a sniff, but without Banffshire's whisky excise revenue...
If Banffshire EVER gets any say in its own affairs and needs an anthem, McPherson's Rant would be my choice. With everybody trained to sing it like Portsoy's own Jimmy McBeath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV-8...l&index=4&t=0s
For Aberdeen, I prefer Scott Skinner's The Bonnie Lass O Bon Accord (what a minor key interlude!) rather than The Northern Lights, where the range makes it difficult to sing, as everybody tries to sing it in too high a key. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_auPYJq6R4 Imagine Mk II Deep Purple taking that on.
Flooers O The Forest is Scotland's blues, but pipers only ever play it at funerals or remembrance occasions. It would set a precedent playing an anthem after we've got gubbed by Haiti, though.
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