On this day in 1785, Sir David Wilkie was born in Pilessie, Fife.
Wilkie was one of Scotland's most famous painters, especially known for by his genre scenes. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes, portraits including formal royal ones, and scenes from his travels to Europe and the Middle East. His main base was in London, but he died and was buried at sea, off Gibraltar, returning from his first trip to the Middle East. He was sometimes known as the "people's painter".
He was Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William IV and Queen Victoria. Apart from royal portraits, his best-known painting today is probably The Chelsea Pensioners reading the Waterloo Dispatch of 1822 in Apsley House.
Wilkie was one of Scotland's most famous painters, especially known for by his genre scenes. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes, portraits including formal royal ones, and scenes from his travels to Europe and the Middle East. His main base was in London, but he died and was buried at sea, off Gibraltar, returning from his first trip to the Middle East. He was sometimes known as the "people's painter".
He was Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William IV and Queen Victoria. Apart from royal portraits, his best-known painting today is probably The Chelsea Pensioners reading the Waterloo Dispatch of 1822 in Apsley House.
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More hypocrisy from Sturgeon... we shall not tolerate cover-ups or secrecy.
It has finally been revealed just how much the dodgy business deal her government cut could cost the Scottish taxpayer. The power guarantee she brokered could potentially cost us £568 million if it goes wrong. The figure has remained secret until now, though the deal was struck in 2016.
On top of that she and her husband oversee a party that refuses to reveal the full state of its finances and where donations have gone. Even to officials appointed to oversee the party finances don't know.
These are only two examples of the SNP's secrecy and dodgy dealings. There are many more.
How can the people trust this woman to run our country and control our children's future, when she lies to the public and her party at every turn?
It has finally been revealed just how much the dodgy business deal her government cut could cost the Scottish taxpayer. The power guarantee she brokered could potentially cost us £568 million if it goes wrong. The figure has remained secret until now, though the deal was struck in 2016.
On top of that she and her husband oversee a party that refuses to reveal the full state of its finances and where donations have gone. Even to officials appointed to oversee the party finances don't know.
These are only two examples of the SNP's secrecy and dodgy dealings. There are many more.
How can the people trust this woman to run our country and control our children's future, when she lies to the public and her party at every turn?
Jason Graham was arrested for the rape and murder of 67 year old woman. It has now come to light that he was released early from prison prior to the incident.
This horrific crime should never have occured. SNP members such as Keith Brown are pushing for earlier prison releases, these are the consequences.
The SNP have shown a massive irresponsibility in their handling of the crime system and it is having dire effects.
The safety and livelihood of the Scottish people has been neglected by the SNP. We are tired of SNP failures. We demand better.
This horrific crime should never have occured. SNP members such as Keith Brown are pushing for earlier prison releases, these are the consequences.
The SNP have shown a massive irresponsibility in their handling of the crime system and it is having dire effects.
The safety and livelihood of the Scottish people has been neglected by the SNP. We are tired of SNP failures. We demand better.
On this day in 1805, the Scottish explorer Mungo Park set off on an expedition down the Niger river in Africa.
After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which he theorised the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river. He was killed during a second expedition, having successfully travelled about two-thirds of the way down the Niger. The mystery of the Niger's course, which had been speculated about since the Ancient Greeks and was second only to the mystery of the Nile's source, was not solved for another 25 years, in 1830, when it was discovered the Niger and Congo were in fact separate rivers.
If the African Association was the "beginning of the age of African exploration" then Mungo Park was its first successful explorer; he set a standard for all who followed. Park was the first Westerner to have recorded travels in the central portion of the Niger, influencing future exploration.
After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which he theorised the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river. He was killed during a second expedition, having successfully travelled about two-thirds of the way down the Niger. The mystery of the Niger's course, which had been speculated about since the Ancient Greeks and was second only to the mystery of the Nile's source, was not solved for another 25 years, in 1830, when it was discovered the Niger and Congo were in fact separate rivers.
If the African Association was the "beginning of the age of African exploration" then Mungo Park was its first successful explorer; he set a standard for all who followed. Park was the first Westerner to have recorded travels in the central portion of the Niger, influencing future exploration.
You know its cold, windy and wet when the Highlanders are wrapped up.
Four Highlands & Islands Branch activists met up for a bit of fitness and comradeship. The well named Meall Fuar-mhonaidh (Cold Mountain in English), near Drumnadrochit treated the team to the typical four seasons in one day.
As you can see in the pictures, our team had to grip the flag and banner tight as the wind was pretty fierce up at the top. They still had fun and vowed to make these social hikes a regular occurrence for the branch.
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Four Highlands & Islands Branch activists met up for a bit of fitness and comradeship. The well named Meall Fuar-mhonaidh (Cold Mountain in English), near Drumnadrochit treated the team to the typical four seasons in one day.
As you can see in the pictures, our team had to grip the flag and banner tight as the wind was pretty fierce up at the top. They still had fun and vowed to make these social hikes a regular occurrence for the branch.
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Today the Mid Scotland & Fife team delivered over 600 leaflets in the town of Tillicoultry and then did a banner drop in front of the old town hall.
The hall is a beautiful building that shows what our ancestors were capable of creating. Sadly it is now left half-destroyed and abandoned. It's beauty still surpasses that of surrounding structures,
Along the way, the volunteers came across some stickers that show us that even in these small towns the proud people of Scotland are still refusing to submit to the tyrannical yoke around our necks.
The hall is a beautiful building that shows what our ancestors were capable of creating. Sadly it is now left half-destroyed and abandoned. It's beauty still surpasses that of surrounding structures,
Along the way, the volunteers came across some stickers that show us that even in these small towns the proud people of Scotland are still refusing to submit to the tyrannical yoke around our necks.
On this day in 1918 the German high seas fleet surrendered to allied naval forces in the Firth of Forth.
70 German ships under Rear Admiral Reuter were met in the North Sea by HMS Cardiff which then led them into the Firth of Forth. In the Firth they were met by 370 ships of the British Grand Fleet and allied ships. Admiral David Beatty of the Grand Fleet accepted their surrender and signalled them that at sundown the German flag would be hauled and not raised again.
The German ships were then led north to Scapa Flow in the Orkneys. They were to be interred there with their guns disabled while the Versailles peace treaty was negotiated.
The ships remained at Scapa Flow until 1919. On the 21st of June 1919 Admiral Reuter, fearing the British were about to seize the ships, sent the message to all the ships to scuttle themselves.
52 of the 74 Ships that had eventually been intered at Scapa Flow were sunk. Over the years many were salvaged but some remain as popular diving sites in deeper water.
70 German ships under Rear Admiral Reuter were met in the North Sea by HMS Cardiff which then led them into the Firth of Forth. In the Firth they were met by 370 ships of the British Grand Fleet and allied ships. Admiral David Beatty of the Grand Fleet accepted their surrender and signalled them that at sundown the German flag would be hauled and not raised again.
The German ships were then led north to Scapa Flow in the Orkneys. They were to be interred there with their guns disabled while the Versailles peace treaty was negotiated.
The ships remained at Scapa Flow until 1919. On the 21st of June 1919 Admiral Reuter, fearing the British were about to seize the ships, sent the message to all the ships to scuttle themselves.
52 of the 74 Ships that had eventually been intered at Scapa Flow were sunk. Over the years many were salvaged but some remain as popular diving sites in deeper water.
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This afternoon a small group of West of Scotland activists spent time in both Charleston and Glenburn, Paisley distributing over 500 of our popular 'No Vaccine Passport' leaflets.
The team spoke to several people on their drive ways who were happy to see the team standing up for freedom. There was a lot of concern that the tyrannical Scottish Government were planning to extend the passports to the leisure and hospitality industries.
The team spoke to several people on their drive ways who were happy to see the team standing up for freedom. There was a lot of concern that the tyrannical Scottish Government were planning to extend the passports to the leisure and hospitality industries.
Today, some of the fine lads of the Mid Scotland & Fife Branch braved the elements to head up the Ochil Hills.
They visited Lossburn Reservoir and displayed their 'We Will Not Be Replaced' banner.
It was the perfect location for their savoury picnic and the sun even peeked out for a moment or two, which highlighted the stunning location even more.
They visited Lossburn Reservoir and displayed their 'We Will Not Be Replaced' banner.
It was the perfect location for their savoury picnic and the sun even peeked out for a moment or two, which highlighted the stunning location even more.
On this day in 1896 the tea clipper Cutty Sark was launched at the Scott and Linton shipyard in Dumbarton. The Cutty Sark was constructed for the Jock Willis shipping line. The ship was one of the last tea clippers constructed.
She sailed on the China tea trade for a few years but was soon replaced by steamships on this route. After that she sailed on the wool routes from Australia to Great Britain, where she held the speed record for many years before steamships also took over this route. After that, she was sold to a Portuguese company and renamed the Ferreira and sailed under that name for many years, becoming the last clipper still working in 1922. She then served as a cadet ship in Falmouth for many years after that.
In 1953 she was given to the Cutty Sark Preservation Trust and became a museum ship at Greenwich in London, where she still is today.
She sailed on the China tea trade for a few years but was soon replaced by steamships on this route. After that she sailed on the wool routes from Australia to Great Britain, where she held the speed record for many years before steamships also took over this route. After that, she was sold to a Portuguese company and renamed the Ferreira and sailed under that name for many years, becoming the last clipper still working in 1922. She then served as a cadet ship in Falmouth for many years after that.
In 1953 she was given to the Cutty Sark Preservation Trust and became a museum ship at Greenwich in London, where she still is today.
Though not a fan of JK Rowling, one can have some sympathy with her. She has become a victim of the liberal mob who claim to be fighting for equality and to make a better world.
But then if anyone disagrees with them or dares to question their twisted ideology - whether it is open borders, trans rights or any other of the long list of weird things they support - they threaten, bully and try to ostracise any dissenters.
You can only have so much sympathy for a celebrity such as Rowling, as people like her are the funders and enablers of the mob. The government does nothing to push back against them and lets them carry out their intimidation tactics without any repercussions.
It is us, the nationalist community who have to take this mob on and expose them for what they are. We need to expose their vile plans for our children. If it is not us who will stand up for the normal people of the UK, then who will? It is us nationalists who will build a better world, not these so-called progressives.
But then if anyone disagrees with them or dares to question their twisted ideology - whether it is open borders, trans rights or any other of the long list of weird things they support - they threaten, bully and try to ostracise any dissenters.
You can only have so much sympathy for a celebrity such as Rowling, as people like her are the funders and enablers of the mob. The government does nothing to push back against them and lets them carry out their intimidation tactics without any repercussions.
It is us, the nationalist community who have to take this mob on and expose them for what they are. We need to expose their vile plans for our children. If it is not us who will stand up for the normal people of the UK, then who will? It is us nationalists who will build a better world, not these so-called progressives.
On this day in 1654, George Watson was born in Edinburgh. Watson was responsible for the funding of George Watson's College and George Heriot's School. He had been the first chief accountant of the Bank of Scotland.
Watson bequeathed in his will a generous sum for the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, with specific sums being set aside for educating pupils at the Merchant Maiden Hospital, the Trades Maiden Hospital and Heriot's Hospital, now George Heriot's School. He stipulated that all his beneficiaries were to bear the name Watson or Davidson.
A further £144,000 Pound Scots was left for the foundation of a new charitable school, "hospital" as they were then known, for "entertaining and educating the male children and grandchildren of decayed merchants in Edinburgh". This was to become George Watson's College. The school remains in service to this day, as does George Heriot's, and "Watson's", as it is known, continues to celebrate an annual "Founder’s Day".
Watson is buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard.
Watson bequeathed in his will a generous sum for the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, with specific sums being set aside for educating pupils at the Merchant Maiden Hospital, the Trades Maiden Hospital and Heriot's Hospital, now George Heriot's School. He stipulated that all his beneficiaries were to bear the name Watson or Davidson.
A further £144,000 Pound Scots was left for the foundation of a new charitable school, "hospital" as they were then known, for "entertaining and educating the male children and grandchildren of decayed merchants in Edinburgh". This was to become George Watson's College. The school remains in service to this day, as does George Heriot's, and "Watson's", as it is known, continues to celebrate an annual "Founder’s Day".
Watson is buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard.