Magnus Davidson
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Magnus Davidson
@DavidsonMagnus
Personal account - views all mine.
Thurso, Caithness Katılım Haziran 2014
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@PerthshireMags Anywhere south of Aviemore is England but people get mad whenever it’s raised.
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@MhairiHunter @theiaincameron This is the kind of answer I’m looking for. Birmingham surely beats Manchester?
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@theiaincameron @DavidsonMagnus Glasgow is the centre of the only metropolitan region in Scotland, which is what city really means here. Manchester metropolitan region is the largest outwith London with a nearly 3 million pop. while Glasgow city region is 1.7m so Manchester is the correct answer in UK terms
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Why would people in Scotland think Glasgow is the second city of the UK when Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, the second largest nation in the UK?
YouGov@YouGov
What do you consider to be Britain's second city? Manchester: 34% of Britons Birmingham: 30% Edinburgh: 12% Liverpool: 3% Glasgow: 3% Cardiff: 2% Leeds: 1% Newcastle: 1% Bristol: 1%
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@elbiemit I’ve been a couple of times more for work this year and it’s not the same as Glasgow but it’s growing on me.
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@CMacIver11 Birmingham would be my go to answer on population. Manchester probably culturally (?). Edinburgh by want of being capital of Scotland. Interesting the longer you consider it!
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@DavidsonMagnus This must be goading given the obvious answer that Glasgow is both bigger and better than Edinburgh...😉 but I do think this question has different answers the longer you consider it. My knee-jerk response was Birmingham on population alone... which clearly doesn't pass scrutiny
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@CalumRaasay I think the second city of the empire moniker might have a lot to do with it?
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@DavidsonMagnus I know it sounds nonsensical, but I could sort of see the logic of someone who thinks Edinburgh is Scotland’s first city but Glasgow is the UKs second city. I don’t know what that logic is but it oddly sounds right to me.
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The logical solution put forward in Scotland over the last 20 years to population density leaving us feeling underrepresented in parliament is independence.
If the country is dominated by a population in the south, with a remote parliament, there appears to be one route forward.
Domhnall Macsween@sweenyness
Quite interesting how defensive folk have got over this image. There is a reason it was created in the first place, and many of the replies confirm that. Also interesting that many of those replying *appear* to be pro-independence. Not really selling it to me.
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Too many young, and new, politicians in this parliament to be bogged down in the ‘constitutional’ question. However the election was portrayed. Ever pertinent, but shouldn’t dictate bold and radical policy debate and legislation. Old government, new parliamentarians.
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@KW14Ultra Much cooler admitted. Can’t complain about the kids vaping and snussing these days with everything that’s on offer.
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@DavidsonMagnus Not a smoker, but smoking so much cooler than vaping!
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Ashtray between the two bar urinals and £5.50 a pack of steamers out the vending machine in Mallorca. Maybe the UK should start voting for a government like Spain.
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@PerthshireMags Her roided husband asking for a steak spritz.
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£20m a year for 2GW for 125 years. Not too shabby.
The Highland Council@HighlandCouncil
@GlenEarrach has become the second signatory to the Highland Social Value Charter, pledging 5% of its annual gross margin to create Scotland's largest ever Community Wealth Fund - est. to deliver over £20m a year in community benefit ➡️ buff.ly/mQxJE7r
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Some guy from Avoch being vindicated in his request on being asked why he should not own an AR-51.
Scot Gov Rural@ScotGovRural
Established populations of feral pigs are primarily found around Dumfries and Galloway, Easter Ross and the Great Glen, between Fort William and Inverness. If you spot a feral pig, keep your distance and do not feed them. Report sightings: irecord.org.uk/enter-casual-r…
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Very underrated part of living in Glasgow as a Scot is the many, many times you'll do this
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@Callum_TH Apologies. 28 beers down in Mallorca right now. ❤️
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@DavidsonMagnus It's not a competition Magnus, I might go to Madrid for a few months after the world cup too
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@DavidsonMagnus Actually I have been for two years, I just remembered doing this
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He was from the north east of Scotland, doric speaking, and although ended up marrying my grandmother, a Sutherland Mackay from a family cleared to Strathy and ending up in Caithness, he couldn’t quite come to terms with the way Sutherland Gaels did things.
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My grandfather was factor for a nationalised estate in Sutherland. They were building a bridge across a river and he came back to find the road unfinished. Guys came back and apologised saying there was a run on the (estate) river but not to worry it was only one for the pot.
Magnus Davidson@DavidsonMagnus
Sorry lowlanders, the peats are needing in and there’s a run on the river. The boy in the high vis is a plant. He’s from Glasgow.
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