Saturday 14 June 2014

Petrine Unity

The Pope was of course mild and nuanced on the question of Scottish independence.

But English, Scottish and Welsh ethnic minorities and Catholics no more want to go down the road of who is or is not “really” English, Scottish or Welsh than Ulster Protestants want to go down the road of who is or is not “really” Irish.

8 comments:

  1. Was he trying to help Cameron and Obama push the Scots towards independence?

    He must have been.

    That'll get those Scottish Protestants into the Yes camp.

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  2. No, it won't. That's a whole other story.

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  3. The Orange and the Green are equally anti-Indy.

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  4. Yes, there are two main popular cultures in the most populous part of Scotland. One is ferociously Unionist as its first principle, and the other is also opposed to Scottish independence.

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  5. The Protestants (in Scotland and Northern Ireland) are the most pro-Union.

    The Pope is clearly trying to change that.

    Very clever from the Yes camp. Almost as smart as getting Obama and the E to condemn independence.

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  6. You are not as clever as you think you are.

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  7. I know how clever Alex Salmond is.

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