Thread: Jock's Trapped a Scottish dilemma

Originally Posted by Bonecollector

Come independence and I do hope that comes

It will never happen!

The canny Scots are like the Welsh, they know which side their bread is buttered.

Free University fees, Barnett formula etc etc

^more of a sentimental thing in my family, my dad's cousin did nick The Stone of Scone after all....idiot forgot the butter and jam though.....

Originally Posted by Bonecollector

^more of a sentimental thing in my family, my dad's cousin did nick The Stone of Scone after all....idiot forgot the butter and jam though.....

He's famous then. Which one was he?

On 25 December 1950, four Scottish students from the University of Glasgow (Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson and Alan Stuart) removed the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in London and took it back to Scotland. The students were members of the Scottish Covenant Association, a group that supported home rule for Scotland. In 2008, the incident was made into a film called Stone of Destiny.

Stone of Scone - Wikipedia


During the removal process, the stone broke into two pieces. After burying the greater part of the Stone in a Kent field, where they camped for a few days, they uncovered the buried stone and returned to Scotland, along with a new accomplice, John Josselyn.

According to an American diplomat who was posted in Edinburgh at the time, the stone was briefly hidden in a trunk in the basement of the consulate's Public Affairs Officer, without his knowledge, then brought up further north. The smaller piece was similarly brought north at a later time. The entire stone was passed to Glasgow politician Robert Gray, who arranged for a Glasgow stonemason to repair it.

The British Government ordered a major search for the stone, but were unsuccessful. The stone was left by those that had been hiding it on the altar of Arbroath Abbey on 11 April 1951, a property owned by the Church of Scotland. Once the London police were informed of its whereabouts, the stone was returned to Westminster four months after its removal. Afterward, rumours circulated that copies of the stone had been made, and that the returned stone was not the original.

Return to Scotland
On 3 July 1996, in response to a growing discussion around Scottish cultural history, the British Government announced that the stone would return to Scotland, 700 years after it had been taken. On 15 November 1996, after a handover ceremony at the border between representatives of the Home Office and of the Scottish Office, the stone was transported to Edinburgh Castle. An official handover ceremony occurred in the Castle on 30 November 1996, St Andrew's Day, to mark the arrival of the stone. Prince Andrew, Duke of York, representing Queen Elizabeth II, formally handed over the Royal Warrant transferring the stone into the safekeeping of the Commissioners for the Regalia. It currently resides in Perth

^sent you a PM, yea, all absolute legends

Originally Posted by Joe 90

Is that what you call projection?

No.

Originally Posted by Joe 90

which party do you reckon I'm voting for?

Do the BNP have a candidate in Stoke?

Originally Posted by Bonecollector

^more of a sentimental thing in my family, my dad's cousin did nick The Stone of Scone after all....idiot forgot the butter and jam though.....

Sure he did, Vanessa Mae.

55555

Believe me or not, I don't really care but you have to admit, the balls on those fuckers; what an audacious heist.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Do the BNP have a candidate in Stoke?

Proving what an utter cockwomble you are again.

I'm voting for a different shower of shite.

Time to give Labour a go again.

Let Sir Kier , the ginger growler and the Corbynistas a chance to do more damage to the country.

The Tories have overstayed their welcome.

^ there is literally no right answer in the next general election but I think I'll be going with Kier.

Originally Posted by Joe 90

Originally Posted by cyrille
Do the BNP have a candidate in Stoke?

Proving what an utter cockwomble you are again.

I'm voting for a different shower of shite.

Time to give Labour a go again.

Ouch

Service over

Originally Posted by Joe 90

One down two to go!

Sunak and Khan to go next.

Khan was re-elected London mayor for a third term.