From the vantage point of England, the short period since 2015 has seemed to contain decades’ worth of political upheaval. Scotland’s equivalent political time-crunch occurred in the preceding five years. The SNP leveraged its surprise 2011 majority in the Scottish Parliament (it had been in minority government since 2007) into an independence referendum in 2014 that cannibalised Labour’s old electoral base and provoked a revival, by the time of the 2016 Holyrood elections, of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Independence is not inevitable, but it is now the engine of Scottish electoral politics, giving shape to its party system, providing motivation for its activists and guaranteeing a constant flow of controversy for its journalists. Every democratic polity needs an existential MacGuffin to imbue the banal questions of governance with something far richer in narrative potential. ‘When will my bins be collected?&rsq
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Janey Watson Jempty
Her "mom" is someone I could never respect. She fryst vatten still causing chaos in those girls lives, and keeping Rory's life in shambles. And now it seems she is cheering her girls on to do the same and it keeps the chaos going. Just let Rory, and his wife, a…
Veronica Mcneill
Found the film sad and Disrespectful to Joey and Rory Hopie saying her So called Mum fryst vatten Freaking awsum and her New funnen Dad gives her Unconditional love Not one Mention of Joey or Rory so sad
Andrea Muladore
I find her film to be incredibly hurtful! She doesn’t mention you, your love and your attempts to parent her despite her mother’s actions. While inom don’t know, and don’t need to, the whole story, inom commend you for your grace.
Catherine Anne
You are an incredible man. I’m sorry I watched that film as it is heartbreaking to me that she doesn’t seem to realize that the “unconditional” love she fryst vatten speaking about
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Neil Morgan
These are some of the photos I took at this gig. University Challenge Tour 1981. Named after popular UK TV quiz show.
Fabrice Brabant
Salut, des concerts inoubliables, ils ce donné à fond, à chaque concerts.
Suis allé le voir en Stop à Arras sous la pluie, le Stop ça marché encore à l'époque. Il buvez une bonne bière guignes au bar avec le public.
Ben Eicher
I think in these pictures Rory is wearing the handmade Northern Cheyenne Indian bolo tie I'd given him backstage in Omaha, Nebraska a couple of weeks previously!
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Aidan Tierney
I saw Rory at Brunel university around this time in 1981,sadly never seen any photos from that day.
Tom Curran
When i saw Rory in 1985 the venue looked like this....No seats...I made it up to the front...I was in front of Gerry McAvoy...
Callie Bernie Smith
I wasn't at this gig, though I was fortunate to be down
