On this day in 1700 Jamie McPherson was executed in Banff.
Jamie Macpherson, also known as James Macpherson, was a Scottish outlaw, famed for his poetic work commonly called "Macpherson's Lament" said to have been composed by him on the eve of his execution. "Macpherson's Lament" is known also as "Macpherson's Rant" or "Macpherson's Farewell".
Macpherson was a well known robber around the Banff and Aberdeenshire areas, to some he was known as the Robin Hood of Scotland. He was captured on numerous occasions but escaped, sometimes aided by the local populous.
He was finally captured at Keith fair and put on trial and sentenced to hang. One of the charges against him was of being an "Egyptian". At the time an "Egyptian" meant gypsy. At the time it was illegal to be a gypsy in Scotland.
Jamie Macpherson, also known as James Macpherson, was a Scottish outlaw, famed for his poetic work commonly called "Macpherson's Lament" said to have been composed by him on the eve of his execution. "Macpherson's Lament" is known also as "Macpherson's Rant" or "Macpherson's Farewell".
Macpherson was a well known robber around the Banff and Aberdeenshire areas, to some he was known as the Robin Hood of Scotland. He was captured on numerous occasions but escaped, sometimes aided by the local populous.
He was finally captured at Keith fair and put on trial and sentenced to hang. One of the charges against him was of being an "Egyptian". At the time an "Egyptian" meant gypsy. At the time it was illegal to be a gypsy in Scotland.
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It appears that the revolt within the SNP over Sturgeon's pet Gender Recognition Act has had an effect.
MSPs in the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee voted to make amendments to the bill. The amendments included making 16/17-year-olds live as the gender they seek to transition to for 6 months, rather than 3, before applying for a GR certificate, and creating an offence of making a fraudulent application.
These amendments of course go nowhere near far enough. The whole bill should be scrapped. 16/17-year-old children should not be allowed to transition at all and people seeking to transition should be referred to mental health services rather than helped to transition using public money.
If you want to play your part in opposing this bill and many other pieces of legislation that the SNP/Green alliance are trying to force through, why not sign up to join PA Scotland?
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
MSPs in the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee voted to make amendments to the bill. The amendments included making 16/17-year-olds live as the gender they seek to transition to for 6 months, rather than 3, before applying for a GR certificate, and creating an offence of making a fraudulent application.
These amendments of course go nowhere near far enough. The whole bill should be scrapped. 16/17-year-old children should not be allowed to transition at all and people seeking to transition should be referred to mental health services rather than helped to transition using public money.
If you want to play your part in opposing this bill and many other pieces of legislation that the SNP/Green alliance are trying to force through, why not sign up to join PA Scotland?
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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Sturgeon has made cuts of £65 million to GP's budgets as part of a larger £400+ million attack on NHS Scotland budgets.
As anyone who has tried to get a GP appointment in Scotland will know, GP surgeries are under immense strain and many GPs are starting to retire, so the situation can only get worse.
Under the SNP the NHS has been on a downward spiral for years and this has to stop. To have a successful nation we need a well funded, managed, staffed and equipped health service and that is not what we have today. The people of Scotland are being treated to a third-class health service.
PA Scotland will fight for a reformed NHS for the people of Scotland with increased resources, less waste and increased numbers of well paid staff - staff born and trained in the UK not imported from abroad.
Join us in our fight to remove the failing SNP and build a better health service for the people of Scotland.
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
As anyone who has tried to get a GP appointment in Scotland will know, GP surgeries are under immense strain and many GPs are starting to retire, so the situation can only get worse.
Under the SNP the NHS has been on a downward spiral for years and this has to stop. To have a successful nation we need a well funded, managed, staffed and equipped health service and that is not what we have today. The people of Scotland are being treated to a third-class health service.
PA Scotland will fight for a reformed NHS for the people of Scotland with increased resources, less waste and increased numbers of well paid staff - staff born and trained in the UK not imported from abroad.
Join us in our fight to remove the failing SNP and build a better health service for the people of Scotland.
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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The SNP/Green alliance faces a budget overspend this year, which could trigger a cash clawback by the treasury next year, worsening the Scottish budget position in the following year.
The SNP have been warned for years that they are setting the wrong budget priorities and need to speed up the reform of the public sector to create sustainable quality services for the public.
Sturgeon has also been found to be lying about the SNP Government not receiving extra cash from Westminster.
The SNP/Green alliance cannot be trusted to manage Scotland's finances or provide secure good quality services to the public. The alliance needs to go and a more financially literate and reforming adminstration put in place.
The people of Scotland deserve better than the fake nationalists of the SNP. Why not join PA Scotland, a real nationalist alternative to the SNP's fake nationalism?
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
The SNP have been warned for years that they are setting the wrong budget priorities and need to speed up the reform of the public sector to create sustainable quality services for the public.
Sturgeon has also been found to be lying about the SNP Government not receiving extra cash from Westminster.
The SNP/Green alliance cannot be trusted to manage Scotland's finances or provide secure good quality services to the public. The alliance needs to go and a more financially literate and reforming adminstration put in place.
The people of Scotland deserve better than the fake nationalists of the SNP. Why not join PA Scotland, a real nationalist alternative to the SNP's fake nationalism?
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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On November the 19th 1600 King Charles the first was born at Dunfermline Palace in Fife.
The second son of King James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark. At a Protestant ceremony in the Chapel Royal of Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh on 23 December 1600, he was baptised by David Lindsay, Bishop of Ross, and created Duke of Albany, the traditional title of the second son of the king of Scotland, with the subsidiary titles of Marquess of Ormond, Earl of Ross and Lord Ardmannoch.
Charles would later fall out with the English Parliament leading to the English Civil War and his execution in Whitehall, London on the 30th January 1649.
The second son of King James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark. At a Protestant ceremony in the Chapel Royal of Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh on 23 December 1600, he was baptised by David Lindsay, Bishop of Ross, and created Duke of Albany, the traditional title of the second son of the king of Scotland, with the subsidiary titles of Marquess of Ormond, Earl of Ross and Lord Ardmannoch.
Charles would later fall out with the English Parliament leading to the English Civil War and his execution in Whitehall, London on the 30th January 1649.
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Aberdeen appears to have become a major centre for refugees. There are 1000 Ukrainians at ten centres across Aberdeen, 170 Afghans in hotels and at least 30 Syrian families in the city, amongst others.
Recently the Scottish Government spent £50 million on providing housing for Ukrainian refugees, £6 million of which went to Aberdeen to refurbish 500 homes for the exclusive use of the refugees. Now Aberdeen wants more money to refurbish or build homes for the Afghans in the hotels. Meanwhile, over 5000 locals remain on ever lengthening housing lists.
The Scottish Government and local councils are prepared to spend tens of millions on housing incomers while tens of thousands of the indigenous population wait on lists for social housing, often for years.
The Scottish Government needs to put the indigenous population first before "migrants" and "refugees". We should not be housing all-comers from every corner of world while our own people are homeless.
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
Recently the Scottish Government spent £50 million on providing housing for Ukrainian refugees, £6 million of which went to Aberdeen to refurbish 500 homes for the exclusive use of the refugees. Now Aberdeen wants more money to refurbish or build homes for the Afghans in the hotels. Meanwhile, over 5000 locals remain on ever lengthening housing lists.
The Scottish Government and local councils are prepared to spend tens of millions on housing incomers while tens of thousands of the indigenous population wait on lists for social housing, often for years.
The Scottish Government needs to put the indigenous population first before "migrants" and "refugees". We should not be housing all-comers from every corner of world while our own people are homeless.
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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The SNP/Green alliance has been promising a green revolution "jobs bonanza" for years now. They have claimed that their so-called "green revolution" will create 130,000 jobs for Scots.
This has never happened and, in fact, the number of jobs in renewable energy has been declining rather than increasing. The number of jobs fell from 24,000 in 2016 to 20,500 in 2020.
To add insult to injury, with yet more SNP promises broken, those actually working in the renewable industry are seeing their jobs replaced by cheap labour from abroad
There needs to be a change in the law to stop this practice but the SNP/Green alliance seem unconcerned by this and are putting no pressure for changes to the law. We need to make sure that every job in Scotland is available to indigenous Scots first and foremost. We also need to see increased spending on not only creating high-skilled, well-paid jobs but in giving indigenous Scots the training and qualifications needed to thrive in the future
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
This has never happened and, in fact, the number of jobs in renewable energy has been declining rather than increasing. The number of jobs fell from 24,000 in 2016 to 20,500 in 2020.
To add insult to injury, with yet more SNP promises broken, those actually working in the renewable industry are seeing their jobs replaced by cheap labour from abroad
There needs to be a change in the law to stop this practice but the SNP/Green alliance seem unconcerned by this and are putting no pressure for changes to the law. We need to make sure that every job in Scotland is available to indigenous Scots first and foremost. We also need to see increased spending on not only creating high-skilled, well-paid jobs but in giving indigenous Scots the training and qualifications needed to thrive in the future
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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On this day in 1515 Mary of Guise was born in Lorraine ,Holy Roman empire. Mary was the mother of Mary Queen of Scots.
Mary of Guise ,French: Marie de Guise; , also called Mary of Lorraine, was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France. She was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King James V. As the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, she was a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked mid-16th-century Scotland, ruling the kingdom as regent on behalf of her daughter from 1554 until her death in 1560.
Mary was crowned queen at Holyrood Abbey on 22 February 1540, and the marriage produced three children in quick succession: James, Duke of Rothesay; Robert, Duke of Albany; and Mary.Both sons died in April 1541, and when James V himself died in December 1542, his only surviving heir, Mary, became Queen of Scots at the age of six days old.
Mary of Guise ,French: Marie de Guise; , also called Mary of Lorraine, was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France. She was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King James V. As the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, she was a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked mid-16th-century Scotland, ruling the kingdom as regent on behalf of her daughter from 1554 until her death in 1560.
Mary was crowned queen at Holyrood Abbey on 22 February 1540, and the marriage produced three children in quick succession: James, Duke of Rothesay; Robert, Duke of Albany; and Mary.Both sons died in April 1541, and when James V himself died in December 1542, his only surviving heir, Mary, became Queen of Scots at the age of six days old.
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Last year an estimated 250 homeless people died in Scotland, this is a completely unacceptable situation.
We are able to find hotels and homes for incomers but not our own it seems. In the past few years most of the public hostels have been closed down by councils. Leaving In many cases nowhere for many people to go.
More Importantly it has also cut homeless people off from close contact with services that they require . Many homeless people suffer issues with alcohol drugs , mental health or a combination of them. We need a structure where homeless people have a safe place to be that is staffed by health , social and mental health workers.
We seem to have money to fund £5 million pound climate giveaways, houses for migrants support for transgender people etc . But we lack the money to provide a decent mental health and addiction service for ordinary Scots, something this country desperately needs .
Scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
We are able to find hotels and homes for incomers but not our own it seems. In the past few years most of the public hostels have been closed down by councils. Leaving In many cases nowhere for many people to go.
More Importantly it has also cut homeless people off from close contact with services that they require . Many homeless people suffer issues with alcohol drugs , mental health or a combination of them. We need a structure where homeless people have a safe place to be that is staffed by health , social and mental health workers.
We seem to have money to fund £5 million pound climate giveaways, houses for migrants support for transgender people etc . But we lack the money to provide a decent mental health and addiction service for ordinary Scots, something this country desperately needs .
Scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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On Monday 28 November MPs will debate an e-petition relating to ‘abortion rights’ in the House of Commons. The petition seeks to include a ‘right’ to abortion in the Bill of Rights Bill.
But this would go far beyond just ‘decriminalising’ women, instead resulting in introducing abortion on demand, for any reason (including sex-selective abortion), up until birth.
It's very easy to make your voice heard and oppose this using this link:
https://righttolife.org.uk/opposeextremelawchange
But this would go far beyond just ‘decriminalising’ women, instead resulting in introducing abortion on demand, for any reason (including sex-selective abortion), up until birth.
It's very easy to make your voice heard and oppose this using this link:
https://righttolife.org.uk/opposeextremelawchange
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A rare Pictish stone was found near Forfar. Pictish stones are extremely rare with only around 200 thought to be in existence .
The Picts were a mysterious tribe as they left no written records except for the carved picture stones . They were the descendents of the tribes that had opposed the Roman invasion and driven the Romans out of Scotland.
The pictures on the stone ate thought to depict scenes of the 7th Century Battle of Nechtansmere. A battle that was pivotal in the creation of the country of Scotland as we know it .
The battle was fought betweenthe Picts, led by King Bridei Mac Bili, and the Northumbrians, led by King Ecgfrith, on 20 May 685. The Pictish victory marked their independence from Northumbria, who never regained their dominance in the north. This led to the end of the northward expansion of the Anglo Saxon kingdons and the ongoing independence of Scottish lands.
The Picts were a mysterious tribe as they left no written records except for the carved picture stones . They were the descendents of the tribes that had opposed the Roman invasion and driven the Romans out of Scotland.
The pictures on the stone ate thought to depict scenes of the 7th Century Battle of Nechtansmere. A battle that was pivotal in the creation of the country of Scotland as we know it .
The battle was fought betweenthe Picts, led by King Bridei Mac Bili, and the Northumbrians, led by King Ecgfrith, on 20 May 685. The Pictish victory marked their independence from Northumbria, who never regained their dominance in the north. This led to the end of the northward expansion of the Anglo Saxon kingdons and the ongoing independence of Scottish lands.
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On Remembrance Sunday this year, PA Scotland activists gathered to remember the fallen and display our message of No More Brother Wars. This is the most important event in the PA calendar, and indeed for everyone in the UK.
Join us and attend our events by emailing scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
Join us and attend our events by emailing scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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The SNP have destroyed the Scottish NHS in the time they have been in Power .
We are seeing people who are so desperate to get relief from the pain of deteriorating hips and knees that they have had to raid their own savings to pay for operations even though they have paid into the NHS for decades.
The NHS and other services are not safe in the SNP/Green Alliances hands. Scotland deserves better and needs better to build a future for the Scottish people. Join us in fighting for change to build that better future.
Scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
We are seeing people who are so desperate to get relief from the pain of deteriorating hips and knees that they have had to raid their own savings to pay for operations even though they have paid into the NHS for decades.
The NHS and other services are not safe in the SNP/Green Alliances hands. Scotland deserves better and needs better to build a future for the Scottish people. Join us in fighting for change to build that better future.
Scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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On this day in 1835 Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Fife.
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest people in history.He became a leading philanthropist in the English-speaking world. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away around $350 million (roughly $9.6 billion in 2021), almost 90 percent of his fortune, to charities, foundations and universities His 1889 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, expressed support for progressive taxation and an estate tax, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy.
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest people in history.He became a leading philanthropist in the English-speaking world. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away around $350 million (roughly $9.6 billion in 2021), almost 90 percent of his fortune, to charities, foundations and universities His 1889 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, expressed support for progressive taxation and an estate tax, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy.
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In a world gone mad with political correctness and racial hysteria it is good to see a tribunal make a fair decision.
Quitongo, it seems, listened to a voice message sent to someone else by a third party claiming that a supporter had racially abused Quitongo during a game. The actual abuse was not on the message but was hearsay by the third person who sent the message to the person who played it to Quitongo... all very clear, I hope.
The tribunal ruled - amazingly, given some rulings that have come out in past years - that the club could not be held responsible for the alleged abuse by the supporter. A very fair decision. Quitongo it seems was devastated by this decision and by the abuse that he hadn't actually heard, if it happened at all. Quitongo had been let go by the club that he had the claim against, an obvious use of the race card yet again by a unhappy ex-employee.
Hopefully we will see more sensible rulings like this in the future.
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
Quitongo, it seems, listened to a voice message sent to someone else by a third party claiming that a supporter had racially abused Quitongo during a game. The actual abuse was not on the message but was hearsay by the third person who sent the message to the person who played it to Quitongo... all very clear, I hope.
The tribunal ruled - amazingly, given some rulings that have come out in past years - that the club could not be held responsible for the alleged abuse by the supporter. A very fair decision. Quitongo it seems was devastated by this decision and by the abuse that he hadn't actually heard, if it happened at all. Quitongo had been let go by the club that he had the claim against, an obvious use of the race card yet again by a unhappy ex-employee.
Hopefully we will see more sensible rulings like this in the future.
scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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Every Primary child in the Borders is to be given a book entitled "Neeps and tatties" about two different waring vegetable groups. The book is the latest attempt to brainwash our pre school and school age children into accepting the mass influx of outsiders.
Our schools should be teaching our kids to be proud of who they are, the history of our people and how our ancestors built this nation without the aid of outsiders. Yes, they should be tolerant of those who are different but no they should not accept that they have as much right to this land as we do.
Nationalists should if they can remove their children from the brainwashing of the state school system. If they cannot they should make sure that their children are taught about our culture, our history and how we and only we have a right to reside in our ancestral lands .
Scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
Our schools should be teaching our kids to be proud of who they are, the history of our people and how our ancestors built this nation without the aid of outsiders. Yes, they should be tolerant of those who are different but no they should not accept that they have as much right to this land as we do.
Nationalists should if they can remove their children from the brainwashing of the state school system. If they cannot they should make sure that their children are taught about our culture, our history and how we and only we have a right to reside in our ancestral lands .
Scotland@patrioticalternative.org.uk
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Today, activists from PA Scotland delivered over 800 leaflets in Stirling, highlighting the Government's betrayal of our people and the cost of living crisis which it created. The state should be in run in the interest of our people, not international finance or big business. Our people should always be put first, it’s time for a Patriotic Alternative.
#LoveYourNation
#PutScotlandFirst
#LoveYourNation
#PutScotlandFirst
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On this day the Battle of Rullion Green took place on 28 November 1666, near the Pentland Hills, in Midlothian, Scotland. It was the only significant battle of the Pentland Rising, a brief revolt by Covenanter dissidents against the Scottish government.
Sparked by opposition to the restoration of episcopalianism in the Church of Scotland, a Covenanter army under Colonel James Wallace was defeated by a government force led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns.
While casualties were relatively light, between 40 to 50 Covenanters were killed and up to 85 prisoners taken, many of whom were alleged to have been tortured. 36 were executed and others transported to Barbados, while unrest continued over the next two decades, culminating in the extended period of repression from 1679 to 1688 known as The Killing Time.
Sparked by opposition to the restoration of episcopalianism in the Church of Scotland, a Covenanter army under Colonel James Wallace was defeated by a government force led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns.
While casualties were relatively light, between 40 to 50 Covenanters were killed and up to 85 prisoners taken, many of whom were alleged to have been tortured. 36 were executed and others transported to Barbados, while unrest continued over the next two decades, culminating in the extended period of repression from 1679 to 1688 known as The Killing Time.
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