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GerryHassan

  1. I would like to live in a modern democracy. UK not that & looks impossible it can become one in near future. @PolProfSteve @sundersays about 5 hours ago via web in reply to PolProfSteve
  2. The fanatics are those Eurosceptics who obsess abt sovereignty, & see UK withdrawal leading to new Hong Kong @frasernelson #realseparatists about 5 hours ago via web in reply to frasernelson
  3. The real 'separatists' in UK politics are the Eurosceptic fanatics. And all poss withdrawal will aid Scottish independence. @frasernelson about 6 hours ago via web in reply to frasernelson
  4. Govt retreat on #taxrelief isnt a gd day for 'vulnerable children'. More like tax dodgers and offshore trusts @unicef_uk #governmentshambles about 19 hours ago via web in reply to unicef_uk
  5. Could you not try and engage with the substance of the argument Peter? @alexmassie piece respectful & thoughtful. @BerthanPete about 19 hours ago via web in reply to alexmassie
  6. Why is Jeremy Hunt still a minister? Tory defence shocking. Another milestone and low point in British democracy. #leveson about 19 hours ago via web
  7. I agree Blake. Count me out this discussion. @Blake3987 @scouriebeast @dhothersall @Willie_Fleming @PatMcClay @murdo_fraser about 19 hours ago via web in reply to Blake3987
  8. @alexmassie on why the SNP's retreat on Nato matters. Diff pulls of party & floating voters in indy strategy. bit.ly/LKeSIQ about 19 hours ago via web
  9. Jeremy Hunt totally unconvincing at #leveson He is related to the Queen AND Fascist leader Oswald Mosley! about 20 hours ago via web
  10. Why do you need to use the word 'separatism' & be so dismissive? Nats not separatist & indeed real separatist UK Eurosceptics @murdo_fraser about 20 hours ago via web in reply to murdo_fraser
  11. Jeremy Hunt: another example of the shamelessness of our political class when caught at it! #leveson 2:58 AM May 31st via web
  12. What is the criterion for #BBCNews channel choosing people to look at the next day's papers? Having nothing to say? Being banal? 3:28 PM May 30th via web
  13. Can we imagine a world post-brand abt meaning, making & doing? Abt the Gil Scott Herons of this wold rather than Nikes. @nextwavefutures 2:15 PM May 30th via web in reply to nextwavefutures
  14. Muggeridge as an army intell officer interviewed PG Wodehouse in Paris in 1944 on whether he should be charged with 'treason' @GrahamSpiers 12:38 PM May 30th via web in reply to GrahamSpiers
  15. We have quotas now: 94% of UK judges private educated 93% Oxbridge educated. Lets get real abt elites. @Scotsfox @alexmassie @burdzeyeview 11:44 AM May 30th via web in reply to Scotsfox
  16. Norway has gender quotas not just for public bodies but private sector. Lets extend idea to a diff capitalism. @alexmassie @burdzeyeview 11:34 AM May 30th via web in reply to alexmassie
  17. Obv not 'my' Specy debate! And thankfully they have changed it: dropped Lord 'bomb 'em' Fraser. In with Margo. @SusanDalgety 10:02 AM May 30th via web in reply to SusanDalgety
  18. Gd wk for @patrickharvie & Greens what with Parl debate on queen & Sunday Beeb debate: a point I made earlier on #scottishpolitics 9:59 AM May 30th via web in reply to patrickharvie
  19. Interesting #BMA press conf earlier: platform of 6 men no women. GP profession lots of women. #menbehavingbadly 9:51 AM May 30th via web
  20. Blair on devo a bit complicated: he didnt support it or understand it & looked at abandoning it pre-97. @davidtorrance @AyeWeCan2014 4:46 AM May 30th via web in reply to davidtorrance
  • Name Gerry Hassan
  • Web http://www.gerryh...
  • Bio Writer, researcher, policy analyst, author of numerous books and publications on Scotland, the UK, policy and ideas.
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