tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post3465256879735200397..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Nationalism and the North - 2David McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-8136670827756985732009-05-01T16:06:00.000+01:002009-05-01T16:06:00.000+01:00David Starkey certainly upset a few people with hi...David Starkey certainly upset a few people with his recent remark about <A HREF="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1173197/Kicked-sporran-Outcry-historian-David-Starkeys-TV-tirade-Scots.html" REL="nofollow">feeble little countries</A>, but in a way, when one looks at the example set by the SNP, one can see what he means. The hope, of course, is that the Nationalists only represent a small David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-48514040622336589042009-05-01T13:03:00.000+01:002009-05-01T13:03:00.000+01:00I'm just back from a few days in the wilds of Argy...I'm just back from a few days in the wilds of Argyll, staying with a newly-discovered distant cousin. At the age of 62 it was my first time in that part of the world, and there are still swathes of the Scottish mainland where I have never ventured, not to mention almost all of the islands.<br /><br />My Argyll hostess and I share common ancestors in Melrose in the Scottish Borders, just a few Harry D. Watsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-68182611247221750862009-04-27T12:35:00.000+01:002009-04-27T12:35:00.000+01:00>>Can Scotland learn something from the Balt...>>Can Scotland learn something from the Balts? <<<br /><br />Not with the SNP in charge - that's for sure.David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-13974101656818752472009-04-27T12:31:00.000+01:002009-04-27T12:31:00.000+01:00If you extrapolate, and whizz over to Estonia, I w...If you extrapolate, and whizz over to Estonia, I wonder how the spectrum or continuum of one-heart nationalist purity, right the way over to parallel communities (the two state solution for the Estonian- and Russian-speakers with breakaway Narva) reflects what is thought in Scotland.<br /><br />Estonia is, of course an independent nation, while Scotland is part of the UK. But there too, there is Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com