On this day in 1914 HMS Hawke was sunk off the coast of Aberdeen by the German U-9 submarine. 524 men died in the sinking with only 70 survivors recovered . A sad loss in a war between brothers that should never have happened.
HMS Hawke, launched in 1891, was the seventh British warship to be named Hawke. She was an Edgar-class protected cruiser.
On 15 October, her squadron was on patrol off Aberdeen, deployed in line abreast at intervals of about 16 km.At 10:30 a single torpedo from the German submarine U-9 , struck Hawke, which quickly capsized. The remainder of the squadron only realised anything was amiss, when, after a further, unsuccessful attack on Theseus, the squadron was ordered to retreat at high speed to the northwest, and no response to the order was received from Hawke. The destroyer Swift was dispatched from Scapa Flow to search for Hawke and found a raft carrying one officer and twenty-one men, while a boat with a further forty-nine survivors was rescued by a Norwegian steamer.[
HMS Hawke, launched in 1891, was the seventh British warship to be named Hawke. She was an Edgar-class protected cruiser.
On 15 October, her squadron was on patrol off Aberdeen, deployed in line abreast at intervals of about 16 km.At 10:30 a single torpedo from the German submarine U-9 , struck Hawke, which quickly capsized. The remainder of the squadron only realised anything was amiss, when, after a further, unsuccessful attack on Theseus, the squadron was ordered to retreat at high speed to the northwest, and no response to the order was received from Hawke. The destroyer Swift was dispatched from Scapa Flow to search for Hawke and found a raft carrying one officer and twenty-one men, while a boat with a further forty-nine survivors was rescued by a Norwegian steamer.[
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The Scottish Children's Commissioner has said that housing for pregnant "migrants" is breaking "children's human rights" and "dehumanising".
Meanwhile, it appears happy to allow indigenous Scots who were either pregnant or have children to stay in such accommodation, sleep on friends' or families' couches or be packed into overcrowded rooms while waiting years for a home from the social housing system.
Yet again it appears that a government agency which is supposed to safeguard the future and rights of the indigenous population cares more about incomers.
Patriotic Alternative Scotland cares about our people first and foremost and is fighting for the survival of our people. Why not play your part and become active in assuring your people a secure future?
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
Meanwhile, it appears happy to allow indigenous Scots who were either pregnant or have children to stay in such accommodation, sleep on friends' or families' couches or be packed into overcrowded rooms while waiting years for a home from the social housing system.
Yet again it appears that a government agency which is supposed to safeguard the future and rights of the indigenous population cares more about incomers.
Patriotic Alternative Scotland cares about our people first and foremost and is fighting for the survival of our people. Why not play your part and become active in assuring your people a secure future?
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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On this day in 1774 the poet Robert Fergusson died aged 24 at Darien House in Edinburgh.
Robert Fergusson was a Scottish poet. After formal education at the University of St Andrews, Fergusson led a bohemian life in Edinburgh, the city of his birth, then at the height of intellectual and cultural ferment as part of the Scottish enlightenment. Many of his extant poems were printed from 1771 onwards in Walter Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine, and a collected works was first published early in 1773. Despite a short life, his career was highly influential, especially through its impact on Robert Burns. He wrote both Scottish English and the Scots language, and it is his vivid and masterly writing in the latter leid for which he is principally acclaimed.
The poet Robert Burns privately commissioned and paid for a memorial headstone of his own design in 1787, which was erected in 1789. The stone was restored in April 1850 by the poet Robert Gilfillan.In the later nineteenth century.
Robert Fergusson was a Scottish poet. After formal education at the University of St Andrews, Fergusson led a bohemian life in Edinburgh, the city of his birth, then at the height of intellectual and cultural ferment as part of the Scottish enlightenment. Many of his extant poems were printed from 1771 onwards in Walter Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine, and a collected works was first published early in 1773. Despite a short life, his career was highly influential, especially through its impact on Robert Burns. He wrote both Scottish English and the Scots language, and it is his vivid and masterly writing in the latter leid for which he is principally acclaimed.
The poet Robert Burns privately commissioned and paid for a memorial headstone of his own design in 1787, which was erected in 1789. The stone was restored in April 1850 by the poet Robert Gilfillan.In the later nineteenth century.
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Today activists took to the streets of Cumbernauld delivering over 600 of our cost of living leaflets.
#PlayYourPart
#costofliving
#PlayYourPart
#costofliving
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On this day in 1541 Margaret Tudor died at Methven Castle in Perthshire.
Margaret Tudor was Queen of Scotland from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to King James IV. She was the eldest daughter and second child of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the elder sister of King Henry VIII of England.
Margaret married James IV at the age of 13, in accordance with the Treaty of Perpetual Peace between England and Scotland. Together, they had six children, though only one of them reached adulthood. Margaret's marriage to James IV linked the royal houses of England and Scotland, which a century later resulted in the Union of the Crowns. Following the death of James IV at the Battle of Flodden in 1513, Margaret, as queen dowager, was appointed as regent for their son, King James V. In1514 she married Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus.Through her first and second marriages, Margaret was the grandmother of both Mary, Queen of Scots, and Mary's second husband, Lord Darnley.
Margaret Tudor was Queen of Scotland from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to King James IV. She was the eldest daughter and second child of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the elder sister of King Henry VIII of England.
Margaret married James IV at the age of 13, in accordance with the Treaty of Perpetual Peace between England and Scotland. Together, they had six children, though only one of them reached adulthood. Margaret's marriage to James IV linked the royal houses of England and Scotland, which a century later resulted in the Union of the Crowns. Following the death of James IV at the Battle of Flodden in 1513, Margaret, as queen dowager, was appointed as regent for their son, King James V. In1514 she married Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus.Through her first and second marriages, Margaret was the grandmother of both Mary, Queen of Scots, and Mary's second husband, Lord Darnley.
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The SNP have for 15 years claimed they are making Scotland a better place and only they can secure the future of the NHS in Scotland.
But this is what the reality of their mismanagement is: people waiting for hours in ambulances before they can even get into a hospital; patients left in corridors for hours with no beds available; burnt-out nursing staff facing mental health problems due to stress and overwork; people unable to access GP appointments, and many other issues.
This is not what the people of Scotland deserve. The future of the NHS is not safe in the hands of any of the mainstream parties.
Scotland needs an alternative to the old parties who are out of ideas and have mismanaged every sector of our public services. Patriotic Alternative is that alternative. Join us and play your part to make our country a better place for our people and for the generations to come.
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
But this is what the reality of their mismanagement is: people waiting for hours in ambulances before they can even get into a hospital; patients left in corridors for hours with no beds available; burnt-out nursing staff facing mental health problems due to stress and overwork; people unable to access GP appointments, and many other issues.
This is not what the people of Scotland deserve. The future of the NHS is not safe in the hands of any of the mainstream parties.
Scotland needs an alternative to the old parties who are out of ideas and have mismanaged every sector of our public services. Patriotic Alternative is that alternative. Join us and play your part to make our country a better place for our people and for the generations to come.
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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A new article by one of our Scottish writing team .
https://www.patrioticalternative.org.uk/students_of_intolerance
https://www.patrioticalternative.org.uk/students_of_intolerance
Patriotic Alternative
Students of Intolerance
One of the founding principles of Western universities was the principle of academic freedom. There is written evidence for this dating as far back as 1155 when the University of Bologna, adopted an academic charter, the Constitutio Habita, which guaranteed…
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If you are at a loose end in Dundee this weekend, why not take in the joys of the Dundee slavery trail? You can go on a trail that takes you to 28 different sites around the city that apparently have links (some very tenuous) to both slavery and the anti-slavery movement in Dundee.
The trail has been put together by the council's Black History working group. You would think, given the problems that Dundee and other Scottish cities have, that councillors would have better ways to spend their time and the council's money, but it appears not.
The BLM and slavery hysteria that is sweeping through Scottish councils and institutions is ridiculous and is wasting precious funds at a time when public finances are stretched to the limit.
Patriotic Alternative Scotland will always oppose these schemes and the attempts to rewrite Scottish history. Why not play your part in pushing back against this hysteria? Contact us at:
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
The trail has been put together by the council's Black History working group. You would think, given the problems that Dundee and other Scottish cities have, that councillors would have better ways to spend their time and the council's money, but it appears not.
The BLM and slavery hysteria that is sweeping through Scottish councils and institutions is ridiculous and is wasting precious funds at a time when public finances are stretched to the limit.
Patriotic Alternative Scotland will always oppose these schemes and the attempts to rewrite Scottish history. Why not play your part in pushing back against this hysteria? Contact us at:
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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On this day in 1971 the Clarkston toll shopping centre disaster , caused by a gas explosion ,happened in Clarkston ,East Renfrewshire.
The explosion followed a build-up of gas in an underground space beneath the Clarkston Toll shops, caused by a gas main leak later ruled to have been accidental.Customers and shop staff had on 20 October complained of a strong smell of gas in the centre and Scottish Gas Board engineers had attended to investigate, but had identified no source for the smell. The engineers were still in attendance at around 2:50pm on the following day when the gas ignited and exploded, killing 22 people and injuring around 100. The victims included many shop staff and people on shopping trips, and the passengers of a bus that had been passing the scene. The explosion destroyed ten shops and a car park above them.
The victims of the disaster are commemorated in a plaque erected in 2001/2 near the site of the explosion and a further one in the entranceway to the Clarkston Halls.
The explosion followed a build-up of gas in an underground space beneath the Clarkston Toll shops, caused by a gas main leak later ruled to have been accidental.Customers and shop staff had on 20 October complained of a strong smell of gas in the centre and Scottish Gas Board engineers had attended to investigate, but had identified no source for the smell. The engineers were still in attendance at around 2:50pm on the following day when the gas ignited and exploded, killing 22 people and injuring around 100. The victims included many shop staff and people on shopping trips, and the passengers of a bus that had been passing the scene. The explosion destroyed ten shops and a car park above them.
The victims of the disaster are commemorated in a plaque erected in 2001/2 near the site of the explosion and a further one in the entranceway to the Clarkston Halls.
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Are you an indigenous Scot struggling to get help to get into employment, higher education or training?
Well if you are a so-called "migrant" or "refugee" you will have no such problem finding help. For 20 years a little known programme based in the Springburn area of Glasgow and called Bridges has been working away to get migrants into these areas.
The woman who runs it, Maggie Lennon, is yet another of the cabal that want to flood Scotland with more and more migrants and refugees.
Lennon says that Bridges has settled between 8,000-10,000 "migrants" in Scotland and has given them help and opportunities that many indigenous Scots can only dream of. Lennon claims that all refugees should have the "right" to automatic interviews with big employers.
Yet again, Scots are second class in the eyes of many in power in this country. PA will fight for the rights of our people to always be put first. Join our fight.
#TrueScotsNotNewScots
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
Well if you are a so-called "migrant" or "refugee" you will have no such problem finding help. For 20 years a little known programme based in the Springburn area of Glasgow and called Bridges has been working away to get migrants into these areas.
The woman who runs it, Maggie Lennon, is yet another of the cabal that want to flood Scotland with more and more migrants and refugees.
Lennon says that Bridges has settled between 8,000-10,000 "migrants" in Scotland and has given them help and opportunities that many indigenous Scots can only dream of. Lennon claims that all refugees should have the "right" to automatic interviews with big employers.
Yet again, Scots are second class in the eyes of many in power in this country. PA will fight for the rights of our people to always be put first. Join our fight.
#TrueScotsNotNewScots
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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On this day in 1295 a treaty was signed by John Balliol and Philip IV of France against Edward I of England. The treaty is said to be the foundation of the "auld alliance" between France and Scotland.The terms of the treaty stipulated that if either country were attacked by England, the other country would invade English territory. The 1513 Battle of Flodden, where the Scots invaded England in response to the English campaign against France, was one such occasion. Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, negotiated the renewal of the alliance in 1326. The alliance played an important role in the Wars of Scottish Independence, the Hundred Years' War, the War of the League of Cambrai, and the Rough Wooing.
The Scots word auld, meaning old, has become a partly affectionate term for the long-lasting association between the two countries. Although the alliance was never formally revoked, it is considered by some to have ended with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh in 1560.
The Scots word auld, meaning old, has become a partly affectionate term for the long-lasting association between the two countries. Although the alliance was never formally revoked, it is considered by some to have ended with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh in 1560.
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Today we took to the streets of Camelon near Falkirk delivering over 600 cost of living leaflets to the local community.
Oh, and that's just one of today's activities.
#playyourpart
Oh, and that's just one of today's activities.
#playyourpart
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This morning, 4 patriots met in the historic seaside town of Arbroath to deliver 1100 leaflets. They were greeted warmly by the locals and were highly encouraged by the positive encounters on the doorstep.
Patriotic Alternative are active in every region of Scotland, to play your part contact us at scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
Patriotic Alternative are active in every region of Scotland, to play your part contact us at scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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"Transgender" Scots having to pay for their own sex change treatment. As its a lifestyle decision for "transgender" people. Why should the public pay for this.
We have people in Scotland who have been waiting years for life changing surgeries, people not able to access medicine and services that could change their lives and in some cases extend them. People who cannot get a doctors appointmet or get to register with a doctor or dentsits surgery. But we are expected to pay for this.
There are many things the money would be better spent on . Too much money is wasted on minority groups by the Scottish government.
Join us to fight for the rights of the ordinary people of Scotland.
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
We have people in Scotland who have been waiting years for life changing surgeries, people not able to access medicine and services that could change their lives and in some cases extend them. People who cannot get a doctors appointmet or get to register with a doctor or dentsits surgery. But we are expected to pay for this.
There are many things the money would be better spent on . Too much money is wasted on minority groups by the Scottish government.
Join us to fight for the rights of the ordinary people of Scotland.
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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On this day in 1514 William Elphinstone . Who was a Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen died in Edinburgh.
Elphinstone's later years were mainly spent in the foundation of the University of Aberdeen. The papal bull was obtained in 1494, and the royal charter which made Aberdeen the seat of a university is dated 1498. A small endowment was provided by the king. The university, modelled on that of Paris and intended principally as a law school, soon became the most famous and popular of the Scots seats of learning, largely due to the prestige of Elphinstone and his friend, Hector Boece, the first rector. The building of the college of the Holy Virgin in Nativity, now King's College, was completed in 1506. Elphinstone also built the central tower of St Machar's Cathedral, and funded the building of the first stone bridge over the River Dee
He was partly responsible for the introduction of printing into Scotland, and for the production of the Breviarium Aberdonense
Elphinstone's later years were mainly spent in the foundation of the University of Aberdeen. The papal bull was obtained in 1494, and the royal charter which made Aberdeen the seat of a university is dated 1498. A small endowment was provided by the king. The university, modelled on that of Paris and intended principally as a law school, soon became the most famous and popular of the Scots seats of learning, largely due to the prestige of Elphinstone and his friend, Hector Boece, the first rector. The building of the college of the Holy Virgin in Nativity, now King's College, was completed in 1506. Elphinstone also built the central tower of St Machar's Cathedral, and funded the building of the first stone bridge over the River Dee
He was partly responsible for the introduction of printing into Scotland, and for the production of the Breviarium Aberdonense
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Pinar Aksu, a migrant from Turkey who works for the Maryhill Integration Network, is demanding that migrants and refugees be given free bus travel around Scotland.
Migrants/refugees are already given free housing, health care, education and so on, but people like Aksu think this is not enough and that they deserve ever more of our resources and benefits that real Scots do not get.
PA Scotland opposes the ever-increasing numbers of people coming into our nation to exploit it. We are fighting for the rights of the real Scottish population. Play your part in this fight and join us.
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
Migrants/refugees are already given free housing, health care, education and so on, but people like Aksu think this is not enough and that they deserve ever more of our resources and benefits that real Scots do not get.
PA Scotland opposes the ever-increasing numbers of people coming into our nation to exploit it. We are fighting for the rights of the real Scottish population. Play your part in this fight and join us.
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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