On this day in 1973 Sir Robert Watson-Watt passed away in Inverness.

He was a Scottish pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology.

In 1935 Watt was asked to comment on reports of a German death ray based on radio. Watt and his assistant Arnold Frederic Wilkins quickly determined it was not possible, but Wilkins suggested using radio signals to locate aircraft at long distances. This led to a February 1935 demonstration where signals from a BBC short-wave transmitter were bounced off a Handley Page Heyford aircraft. Watt led the development of a practical version of this device, which entered service in 1938 under the code name Chain Home. This system provided the vital advance information that helped the Royal Air Force win the Battle of Britain.

After the success of his invention, Watson Watt was sent to the US in 1941 to advise on air defence after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. He returned and continued to lead radar development for the War Office and Ministry of Supply.

More hypocrisy from the SNP.

The SNP have always claimed that the only way to secure the NHS from the evil Tories is to vote SNP. But it now appears that at least some of the SNP support the same privatisation ideas as the Thatcherite wing of the Conservative party.

Michael Russell is a long-time major player in the SNP and is now Political Director of the Independence Unit. Can we trust the SNP to protect the NHS and the future of our nation? It seems unlikely, based on their running down of the Health and Education sectors.

Scotland and its people need a proper nationalist government. One that will invest in the health and education of our nation. One that will make sure that all essential services remain owned by and run for the benefit of the Scottish people. Scotland needs a Patriotic Alternative.

On this day in 1214, Alexander II was crowned at Scone in Perthshire. He was the only son of William the Lion.

In 1216 Alexander joined the English barons in their struggle against King John of England, and led an army into the Kingdom of England in support of their cause.

The Scottish forces reached the south coast of England at the port of Dover where in September 1216. Alexander paid homage to the pretender Louis of France for his lands in England, chosen by the barons to replace King John. But John having died, the papacy and the English aristocracy changed their allegiance to his nine-year-old son, Henry III, forcing the French and the Scots armies to return home.

He concluded the Treaty of York (1237) which defined the boundary between England and Scotland, virtually unchanged today.

Alexander took control of Caithness (which was part of the kingdom of Norway) and Argyle within his reign. He also set out to conquer the Western Isles in 1249 but died of a fever on the Isle of Kerrera.

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An Edinburgh "activist" has decided that everyone who didn't want a new school that is to be built in Edinburgh named after his mum is a racist.

Vineet Lal wanted it named after his mother Saroj Lal, who it seems was briefly a primary school teacher but spent most of her life in the "Race Relations" industry.

A whopping 62.1% of the locals who responded to the survey to pick a name for the new school in Morningside wanted it named after the street it will be built on, Caanan Lane, rather than an "activist" who hardly anyone would have heard of.

But to Vineet this means that those people are potentially horrible racists. Vineet said of the decision, "at least we are more aware than ever of the gulf between what we, as a society, profess to believe in (equality, diversity, fair representation) and what we actually do when our fingers hover over the keyboard. There is massive reluctance to embrace change; almost anything is preferable to having an educational institution named after a BAME woman."

On this day in 521, Columba or Colmcille was born in Ireland. He was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission.

Around 563 he and his twelve companions crossed to Dunaverty near Southend, Argyll, in Kintyre before settling in Iona in Scotland, then part of the Ulster kingdom of Dál Riata, where they founded a new abbey, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. It was a base for spreading Celtic Christianity among the pagan Northern Pictish kingdoms.

The Clan Malcolm/Clan McCallum claims its name from Columba and was reputedly founded by the descendants of his original followers. It is also said that Clan Robertson Clan Donnachaidh/Duncan are heirs of Columba. Clan MacKinnon may also have some claim to being spiritual descendants of St Columba as after he founded his monastery on Isle Iona; the MacKinnons were the abbots of the Church for centuries.

The SNP have been in power for 14 years and the performance of the NHS has been on a downward trajectory all that time.

The latest NHS waiting times are the worst that have been recorded with only 73.5% of people attending an A&E being seen within the promised 4-hour period.

The SNP are constantly failing the people of Scotland. Scotland has always had a bad record when it comes to the health of its population and the SNP have claimed they are working to change that. But also this month we see a report issued saying that Scotland is still the worst nation for alcohol-related deaths in the UK - something the SNP claim they can tackle with yet more increases to the minimum alcohol pricing, a strategy that is obviously failing. The SNP seem to have no idea how to tackle these issues.

The SNP are failing our people on health, just as they are on education and other matters. The people of Scotland need to see the SNP for the failure that they are and realise there is an alternative: a Patriotic Alternative.

On this day in 1174 the treaty of Falaise was signed between william I, king of Scots and Henry II, King of England. Above is the Chateau de Falaise where william was held captive before the treaty was signed.

During the Revolt of 1173-1174, William joined the rebels and was captured at the Battle of Alnwick during an invasion of Northumbria. He was transported to Falaise in Normandy while Henry prosecuted the war against his sons and their allies. Left with little choice, William agreed to the Treaty and therefore England's dominion over Scotland. For the first time, the relationship between the king of Scots and the king of England was to be set down in writing. The Treaty's provisions affected the Scottish king, nobles, and clergy; their heirs; judicial proceedings, and transferred the castles of Roxburgh, Berwick, Jedburgh, Edinburgh, and Stirling over to English soldiers; in short, where previously the king of Scots was supreme, now England was the ultimate authority in Scotland

If Labour MSP Paul Sweeney gets his way, "refugees" will soon be benefiting from free travel across Scotland

So next time you are looking at your bank account and wondering if you are able to pay the ever-increasing cost of travel in Scotland to get to work or study, you can feel happy in the knowledge that, in the new Scotland, "refugees" don't need to share your worry about whether then can afford to take that bus or train in the future

"Refugees" already receive free housing, a living allowance (which Sweeney also wants to see rise) and other help. It appears that Scottish MSPs want to make Scotland the most attractive place to come to if you are a "refugee" in Europe

Meanwhile, the hard-working people of Scotland are being offered nothing by politicians. All we are being offered are higher travel cost (a certainty now, with bus drivers getting a rise of between 6% and 21%), higher rents, planned increases in alcohol pricing and higher taxes amongst other things. The workers of Scotland deserve better.

On the 28th of November 2021 Scottish activists from Patriotic Alternative gathered at the Holodomor Memorial at Calton Hill, Edinburgh to commemorate the victims of the Judeo-Communist orchestrated Holodomor of 1932-33. Our Lothian Local Contact, Dan, delivered a powerful speech at the service detailing one of the worst crimes in history.

The Holodomor genocide of the Ukrainian people is buried by the establishment, but PA Scotland refuse to submit to tyranny. We will expose the crimes of those who want to remove and replace our people from their homelands. We will never submit to the yoke of Judeo-Communist oppression.

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On this day in 1688, one of the worst anti-Catholic riots in Scottish history started in Edinburgh. It became know as the Holyrood Riot.

James VII had proclaimed tolerance of religion, especially his own Roman Catholicism which led him to establish a Jesuit academy in the Palace of Holyroodhouse in 1686.

James went into exile in France but to make sure he went, the Edinburgh Mob gathered on December 9 and 10, 1688, determined that the so-called “Jesuit threat” of Roman Catholicism would not return to Scotland.

On December 9, a mob began to gather and the following morning the Town Council rushed out a proclamation ordering children and servants to stay indoors. On the 10th the mob set about attacking Catholics and the Abbey.

Remarkably, we have an eye-witness account of the events in Edinburgh that day, preserved in the National Library of Scotland, produced by Alexander Adamson, then a divinity student and one of the rioters.

https://digital.nls.uk/scotlandspages/timeline/1688.html

On this day in 1928 the world renowned Scottish architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh died in London.

His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdonald, was influential on European design movements such as Art Nouveau and Secessionism and praised by great modernists such as Josef Hoffmann. Mackintosh was born in Glasgow and died in London. He is among the most important figures of Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style).

Scotland looks to be heading for another COVID crackdown if Sturgeon has her way.

The fearmongering has started and there is already talk of the possibility of "further measures" being required.

Do we want to live in a country where we have to live with the fear of more government restrictions hanging over us every few months? Maybe it is time for people to stand up and say that we won't take any more restrictions put upon as at the whim of our political overlords. With talk of years more of COVID variants ahead of us, it's time we just said life has to go back to as close to normal as possible and further restrictions are not an option.

We are we told we live in a 'free country', so let the people decide how they want to live and deal with COVID, not have restrictions and diktats about how to live their lives forced on them from above.

On this day in 1781 Sir David Brewster was born in Jedburgh. Brewster was a Scientist and inventor. He is another example of example of how much Scotland has contributed to the world of science.

He is principally remembered for his experimental work in physical optics, mostly concerned with the study of the polarization of light and including the discovery of Brewster's angle. He studied the birefringence of crystals under compression and discovered photoelasticity thereby creating the field of optical mineralogy. For this work, William Whewell dubbed him the "father of modern experimental optics" and "the Johannes Kepler of optics."

A pioneer in photography, Brewster invented an improved stereoscope, which he called "lenticular stereoscope" and which became the first portable 3D-viewing device. He also invented the binocular camera, two types of polarimeters, the polyzonal lens, the lighthouse illuminator, and the kaleidoscope.

The woke mob knows no mercy. It doesn't matter if you are an acclaimed artist and have been previously feted for your support for diversity. When you hurt their "feelings" they are out for blood.

Rosie Kay is a celebrated choreographer. She started her own dance company in 2004. She invited the dancers from a new production she was doing of her interpretation of Romeo and Juliet to her house for a dinner. Some of the dancers it seems identified as "non-binary". Kay said later on in the evening that in her view sex was set and that women were losing rights to men who identify as women. A reasonable statement and one that you would be free to make in your own home.

Of course the woke did not see it this way and complained to the board of the dance company about Kay. Surely not a fair action given that the discussion happened in a private house and not on work time. The board then launched a enquiry. Kay apologised but of course this was not enough and her resignation from her own dance company was forced.