MaggieBroon

@FUDdaily I live in Scotland so it’s even worse.

Have you been feeling a bit depressed lately? I certainly have. But here's the good news! It's not a hormonal imbalance or clinical depression. Your brain is responding entirely normally to what you're perceiving. Your people are doomed, your country is ruined, everything you've ever worked for is being destroyed, and nobody is riding to the rescue. It's all completely fucked and it's not going to get any better because the people who could do something about it simply don't want to know. Your vote is meaningless, there is nothing to hope for, and nobody is listening. What you're feeling is entirely valid and your brain is working properly.

@Symply_rhoda1 I’d been horrendously sick all the way through. As soon as my daughter was born I could feel it was gone. So yes if that’s what you mean.

When you give birth...Do you feel immediate relief like, you're not pregnant anymore ? Obviously you're probably not gonna feel back to normal but is there any type of relief ?

@mikedunfermlin1 @Ross_Greer We don’t need more new houses. our beautiful countryside is being ruined. We need fewer people.

@Ross_Greer You are a complete idiot. The housing emergency has been caused by excessive immigration, the failure of the Devolved Administration to incentivise the building of houses and the failure of local councils to free up land and accelerate the planning process. You utter buffoon.

Second/holiday homes are causing a housing crisis from Arran to Orkney to central Edinburgh, making life impossible for young people in particular. To discourage Offord-style hoarding, we'll set progressively higher taxes for every extra home bought by wealthy individuals.

@MichaelMacLeod1 @brianjaffa Yes you did. Yes there are more important things but I do mind losing the name.

@MaggieBroon2 @brianjaffa I didn't say that.

The St James Quarter has been packed out, day & night, every time I've walked through the doors. It's hugely popular with folk from all walks of life, is streets ahead of what was there before & has helped Edin bounce back from Covid better probably better than any other UK city.

@MichaelMacLeod1 @brianjaffa Yes we know they’re everywhere which isn’t helping your point. And yes you’re right Edinburgh’s historic place aren’t important, and we shouldn’t mind them being replaced by a soulless corporation.

@brianjaffa There are Westfields in east, south AND west London. Not sure those complaining have ever traveled or looked outside the goldfish bowl. Plus of all the things in the world to complain about, the name of a fucking shopping centre just ain’t worth the breath.

@theselowfeet @MariaEyre1873 I lived in London for a long time. I was at home with my son. The number of nannies who spoke very poor English was noticeable. So small children were learning their language skills from someone who communicated badly. Not great.

@MariaEyre1873 When I'm out on the walking trails I see nannies taking the kids for a walk. Very often the nanny is on the phone, speaking a foreign language, walking a few steps ahead of the child. Very odd

Watching the nannies in NYC made me completely against non family childcare. I was at the park for 1.5-3 hours every day. Tons of nannies. Lazy and uncaring. Reacted with annoyance when kids come running to them crying. With so many crap parents, no wonder nannies aren't better.

@X_Participant @ElijahSchaffer Haha no it’s not 😂

@ElijahSchaffer Edinburgh is 92% white..

Boomers really saw this and went “Yeah, this needs Muslims and Indians”

@Landeur Don’t forget not just English. Scots too. Kriss Donald for one.

“nExT iT WiLL bE YOU.” Quiet. The English have been attacked, defiled, and killed in this country long before the Jewish people. We were first. And all we got was ‘refugees welcome banners’ in response. If you want our support, promote remigration.

@NickDixon Yes. I regularly see mention of school lockdown practices at Jewish schools as though it’s unique. It is not. My children’s school has them. After Stockport my daughter’s dance teacher keeps her door locked during classes. Because she is worried that someone might murder them.

It’s terrible that Jews are being attacked. But it’s unbelievably offensive to say ‘front of the queue’ when our girls have been raped and tortured by the thousands. Not to mention blown up at concerts. And in those cases they cover it up or tell us not to ‘look back in anger’.

@JimSlaven It doesn’t really you know, not for younger people. I went to a funeral recently of a very traditional Edinburgh doctor. Golf etc. Posh pronunciation of Gullane. That world is completely and utterly gone.

@HaroldsAltAct @Kate_Martinson @MerriamWebster Free reign isn’t an expression. It’s free rein. Recently some people have misunderstood it. But it’s always been free rein and it makes perfectly good sense.

@MaggieBroon2 @Kate_Martinson @MerriamWebster That's like saying "plane" has never been "plain." It's two entirely different words with different uses that happen to be homophones.

This is coming from a place of warmth and acceptance… -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It’s ‘one fell swoop’ -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’

@HaroldsAltAct @Kate_Martinson @MerriamWebster It’s never been free reign. Ever. It’s just because no one knows anything about horses nowadays so they can’t spell reins.

@Kate_Martinson @MerriamWebster This might apply if someone were giving the new intern "free reign" [sic] to do their tasks without close oversight, but this would not apply if the only gas station in the county had "free reign" [correct] to charge whatever they want after their competitor shuts down.

@MerriamWebster @cliftonaduncan It’s not ‘on route’. It’s en route. Aaargh. It’s not ‘wonder kid’. Double aargh.

@RuaraidhFriseal @MerrynSW No. But I don’t think that’s what we’re talking about. I certainly don’t think Ross Greer is admirable either.

@MaggieBroon2 @MerrynSW I think it’s reasonable to assume that because someone has money, it doesn’t necessarily make them admirable individuals. A suspicion of ostentatious blaws only reinforces that sentiment.

I repeat. Scotland's problem. A toxic combo of disdain for wealth creation and a side dish of envy. It isn't getting us anywhere.

@RuaraidhFriseal @MerrynSW I don’t think it has to be one or the other tbh.

@MaggieBroon2 @MerrynSW As opposed to rub your nose in it “look what I’ve got you loser” types?

@RuaraidhFriseal @MerrynSW I stand corrected - he’s a Church of Scotland member. But my general point still stands.

@RuaraidhFriseal @MerrynSW I don’t think Ross Greer is a Presbyterian. In any case yes we have a large number of negative miserable sods. It’s one of our least attractive national characteristics.

@Marsi132 @Malcolm_Offord eis.org.uk/edinburgh/su4qe

@Malcolm_Offord Can you explain your statement, "discipline is in decline?" As a teacher, I would like you to cite concrete examples from which settings you are deriving your statement of this reality as fact. I will wait. But you won't, because you can't because it is a lie, in my opinion.

I was lucky enough to have a first-class state education, but with discipline in decline, many parents make sacrifices to send their children to independent schools. Labour and SNP taxes on schools have been motivated by spite. For a party that backs aspiration, vote Reform.

@archmorality @SouthernMB82 I am from Edinburgh. I rarely meet other people from here. I met a Chinese women who said wow you’re actually from Edinburgh. How unusual. 🙄I don’t understand why the many tourists we get here don’t mind that they don’t meet Scots in their own capital.

@SouthernMB82 One of my biggest disappointments when traveling to the UK for the first time was staying at a quaint bed-and-breakfast in Oxford only to be hosted by Indians. They reminded me of my classmates at grad school. I came to see England, not be reminded of my daily life In the US.

When I visit Boston, I want to hear Bostonians with real accents that remind of me JFK. When I visit New York, I want to hear Brooklynese and other borough-specific accents. When I visit Savannah, I want to hear that beautiful lowland accent you can only find there. When I visit Bayou Country, I want to hear sassy Creole accents. What I do not want to hear is Indians yapping in Hindi, Middles Easterners cackling in Arabic, and Chinese people chirping in Mandarin, nor any other language. Globalism and open borders suck for many reasons. The rapidly growing inability to hear unique geographically specific accents due to transplants, especially here in the South, and foreigners is at the top of my list of crimes against humanity. If I was a fairy godmother for just one day, I would boppity boop the U.S. back to 1964 demographics immediately.

@JackBMontgomery And let’s face it, the stats are a lie. I live in Edinburgh and my everyday experience tells me that.

Scotland has more migrants than at any time in history, with around a tenth of the population being born outside the United Kingdom, per the last census. Edinburgh (the capital) and Glasgow (the biggest city) are around one-fifth minority ethnic. It's not enough for the SNP.