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April 23rd2010

By: Phil Mac Giolla Bhain (published April 23rd, 2010 at 11:45 am)

On reading this piece from Roger Hannah in the Scottish Sun I can’t help

but think that the former may depend on the latter.

Perhaps the sub editor would have been closer to the mark had the headline read:

“ Jim wants Scotland now Gers want Jim.”

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April 4th2010

By: Phil Mac Giolla Bhain (published April 4th, 2010 at 5:58 pm)

Empires do not become empires by being nice or honourable or generous.

Another feature of successful empires is a reluctance to give up the territories that they have previously “acquired”.

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