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.

"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

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

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

On this day in 1327 Queen Elizabeth De Burgh died aged approximately 43 years old, after falling from her horse during a visit to the royal residence at Cullen, Banffshire.

Elizabeth de Burgh was the second wife and the only queen consort of King Robert the Bruce. Elizabeth was born sometime around 1284, probably in what is now County Down or County Antrim in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. She was the daughter of one of the most powerful Norman nobles in the Lordship of Ireland at that time, The 2nd Earl of Ulster, who was a close friend and ally of King Edward I of England.

She was imprisoned for eight years by the English after being handed to themin 1306 by the Earl of Ross a supporter of the Comyns .She was released as part of the ransom for the Earl of Hereford who had been captured after the Battle of Bannockburn on 29 September 1314.

Queen Elizabeth had three children who reached adulthood: Matilda, Margaret, and David (the future King David II of Scotland).

We constantly hear from Sturgeon about "democracy", and how she and the SNP are its defenders.

Well that seems to not be the case when it comes to Sturgeon's pet legislation, the Gender Recognition Act. An act which will do great harm to women and children in Scotland if it is approved. Sturgeon wants to bully her own MSPs into voting for the bill or face losing the whip.

We can only hope that SNP MSPs who oppose this act - and they do exist - will have the bravery to stand by their beliefs and also to stand up to this bullying by Sturgeon and her band.

Patriotic Alternative Scotland will continue to fight against this piece of legislation. Stand up for the women and children of Scotland and play your part in opposing it by joining us.

scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk

On this day in 1562 the Battle of Corrichie took place in Aberdeenshire. The monument to the battle is pictured above.

The Battle of Corrichie, also known as the Battle of Corrichy was a battle fought near Meikle Tap, near Aberdeen. It was fought between the forces of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, chief of Clan Gordon, against the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, under James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray.

Huntly had defeated the English twenty years earlier at the Battle of Haddon Rig; however, at Corrichie he was defeated by Queen Mary's forces, and apparently he died of apoplexy after his capture. Mary had come in person to the north of Scotland intent on confronting the power of the Gordons. At Corrichie, the Gordon's tactic of charging with swords was defeated by Moray's pike drill.

After the battle, Huntly's eldest son Sir John Gordon was taken to Aberdeen and executed three days later. A younger brother Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, also captured at Corrichie, was spared.

This is modern Scotland, the Scotland the SNP/Green Alliance has created.

While thousands of migrants are encouraged to come to Scotland and are housed in nice hotels with free heating, power, WiFi and food until they are moved quickly to houses of their own, indigenous Scots are stuck on the streets and aren't even be provided with an indoor soup kitchen for the winter, never mind any type of housing.

Why do our people spend the winter on the streets, while ungrateful incomers moan about being in hotels? Why not house our homeless in those hotel rooms?

At the very least this soup kitchen should be found somewhere urgently. Glasgow Council alone has access to many unused or underused buildings. Somewhere warm for people to eat and maybe pass the night should not be hard to do.

Better still, stop housing so-called migrants and start housing our people only.

Join our fight for justice for our people. Get in touch and play your part.

scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk

On this day in 1765 Prince William Duke of Cumberland, also know as Butcher Cumberland by some dies in Mayfair, London.

Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland was the third and youngest son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach. He was Duke of Cumberland from 1726. He is best remembered for his role in putting down the Jacobite Rising at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, which made him immensely popular throughout parts of Britain and reviled in others.

At Culloden his troops traversed the battlefield and stabbed any of the jacobites who were still alive.When Cumberland learned that a wounded soldier lying at his feet belonged to the opposing cause, he instructed a major to shoot him; when the major (James wolfe) refused to do so, Cumberland commanded a private to do it.

The British Army then embarked upon the so-called 'pacification' of Jacobite areas of the Highlands. All those of the troops believed to be 'rebels' were killed, as were non-combatants; 'rebellious' settlements were burned and livestock was confiscated on a large scale.Over a hundred Jacobites were hanged.[32] Women were imprisoned, and droves of people were sent by ship to London for trial; as the journey took up to 8 months, many of them died on the way.

Following Culloden, Cumberland was nicknamed "Sweet William" by his Whig supporters and "The Butcher" by his Tory opponentsthe latter being a taunt first recorded in the City of London[34] and used for political purposes in England. Cumberland's own brother, the Prince of Wales (who had been refused permission to take a military role on his father's behalf), seems to have encouraged the virulent attacks upon the Duke. Cumberland preserved the strictest discipline in his camp. He was inflexible in the execution of what he deemed to be his duty, without favour to any man. In only a few cases he exercised his influence in favour of clemency. The Duke's victorious efforts were acknowledged by his being voted an income of £25,000 per annum over and above his money from the civil list.A thanksgiving service was held at St Paul's Cathedral, that included the first performance of Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabaeus, composed especially for Cumberland, which contains the anthem "See the Conquering Hero Comes".

An equestrian statue of the Duke was erected in London's Cavendish Square in 1770, but was removed in 1868 since by that time the 'butcher of Culloden' was generally reviled.

A Pakistani man who has been in Scotland for three years has been convicted of sexually assaulting at least seven Scottish women. He has now been allowed to fly home to Pakistan to attend his daughter's wedding before returning to Scotland for sentencing. This is Scottish justice, it seems.

This man should have never been in Scotland but, since he was, the case should have been dealt with quickly. He should have been sentenced to jail, to give the victims justice, and then immediately deported and banned from ever returning. Will this happen? Will he even return to face justice and give his traumatised victims some closure?

Foreign criminals are a rising problem in the UK and we see the vast majority of them not deported at the end of their sentences. This needs to change.

scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk

On this day in 1940 the Scottish fighter ace Archie McKellar was killed in action.

McKellar grew up and joined the family business in his native Scotland, but in 1936, he joined the RAF and began pilot training. He completed his training in 1938 and was assigned to No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron RAF, an Auxiliary Unit. He experienced his first combat with No. 602 Squadron, credited with two victories soon after the outbreak of war in 1939 McKellar's first victory earned him the distinction of being the first pilot to shoot down a German aircraft over the British Isles during the war. He went onto become an ace in a day shooting down 5 enemy aircraft in one day. His war was a brief one lasting only about a year and 21 kills.

On 1 November 1940, one day after the official end of the Battle of Britain, he was killed in action. He took off and engaged a formation of German fighters, one of which he possibly shot down for his 22nd, albeit uncredited, and final victory. McKellar was then shot down himself.