Scottish Government moving the goalposts

[Returnofrros]

Yes, should have done some research. Edward was the Nazi King not George. Obviously Kings and Queens haven't had any power since James I, Queen Victoria just sat in her parlour and knitted all day

Or stuck in at history......BOOM

[Returnofrros]

Are you glad of the help from bcram he was chiding me about using bad words that are not allowed on pravda, maybe we should block free speech on here as well

Not at all.

Free speech.....good.....Pravda.....meh.

[Taintedice]

Or stuck in at history......BOOM

Simple slip. Funnily enough the bad bits about the Empire didn't feature in history lessons at the time. Good old british state brainwashing, no wonder the older generations are still british first.

[Taintedice]

Not at all.

Free speech.....good.....Pravda.....meh.

bcram reminds me of Leader of the House, Lindsey Hoyle, let's the right get away with murder

[BCram]

Yes, should have done some research. Edward was the Nazi King not George. Obviously Kings and Queens haven't had any power since Henry VIII, Queen Victoria just sat in her parlour and knitted all day James VI was in 1603, Union of the Crowns, and wielded substantial power. United Kingdom didn't exist till the early 1800s.

Typo I am sure Taintedice, but union of the parliaments was 1603 and Union of the crowns James 1st and 6th was 1707. I thought this created the United Kingdom, but not sure. Rross no doubt will correct .

I think that people who post on this forum in the past wee while have improved it a bit. Covid has been an interesting topic and so has the discussion about Holyrood and Nicola. Noticed she has volunteered to give up her daily broadcast during the run up to the election because it was unfair. Must have been true then when all the other political parties have been saying this for months.

[BCram]

bcram reminds me of Leader of the House, Lindsey Hoyle, let's the right get away with murder

Your best riposte Taintedice. Be better if you had got the spelling right for Lindsay, but comment made me smile!

[Returnofrros]

Typo I am sure Taintedice, but union of the parliaments was 1603 and Union of the crowns James 1st and 6th was 1707. I thought this created the United Kingdom, but not sure. Rross no doubt will correct .

I think that people who post on this forum in the past wee while have improved it a bit. Covid has been an interesting topic and so has the discussion about Holyrood and Nicola. Noticed she has volunteered to give up her daily broadcast during the run up to the election because it was unfair. Must have been true then when all the other political parties have been saying this for months.

Union of crowns I understood to be 1603, act of union early 17 hundreds....1707 prob right and in between there was the union of commonwealth of Eng, Scot and Ireland....don't know date....might be same date as when they done away with absolute monarchy.

[Taintedice]

Typo I am sure Taintedice, but union of the parliaments was 1603 and Union of the crowns James 1st and 6th was 1707. I thought this created the United Kingdom, but not sure. Rross no doubt will correct .

I think that people who post on this forum in the past wee while have improved it a bit. Covid has been an interesting topic and so has the discussion about Holyrood and Nicola. Noticed she has volunteered to give up her daily broadcast during the run up to the election because it was unfair. Must have been true then when all the other political parties have been saying this for months.

You've got those events mixed up, the union of the crowns was first, then came the union of the parliaments after the Darien episode in the 1690s. The UK wasn't created till the early 1800s when Ireland joined, although most folk just take 1707 as the creation date.

Your best riposte Taintedice. Be better if you had got the spelling right for Lindsay, but comment made me smile!

I'm being lazy today, not checking stuff properly, it's the weekend after all. deeranged might have actually said something amusing and I've missed that as well.

[BCram]

Absolutely right, my bad! How could James 1 son Charles 1 be executed in 1649! Will give up history, and leave it to the experts, like you and Rros.

[Taintedice]

The current version of the United Kingdom only dates from 1922, yet people think independence would lead to losing centuries of shared history. Crazy, eh, especially with Irish unification on the radar.