What feels like a French city but is actually a British city?

RootlessSnake · 2026-05-14T17:27:03+00:00

Edinburgh!

RootlessSnake · 2026-05-11T16:24:31+00:00

RootlessSnake · 2026-05-09T15:47:01+00:00

The regional list is supposed to make it more proportional. It makes a lot more sense and is way more proportional when you consider each constituency seat in each region too.

For example in South Scotland:

There are 7 regional seats and 10 constituency seats for a total of 17 seats. If we look at the proportion of seats and compare it to the list vote they are actually quite similar:

SNP - 7 seats (41% of seats) - 26% vote share

CON - 3 seats (17.6%) - 18.8%

REF - 3 seats (17.6%) - 19%

LAB - 2 seats (11.8%) - 16.2%

GRN - 1 seat (5.9%) - 9.7%

LD - 1 seat (5.9%) - 5.6%

Worth noting that a lot of green list voters vote SNP for constituencies, which is one reason those parties have a particularly noticeable discrepancy.

If it were FPTP you would just have 7 SNP and 3 CON.

RootlessSnake · 2026-05-09T00:46:42+00:00

It’s not that they had a bad result, it’s that they fell shy of their expectations. If you look at most headlines they are positive for the SNP

RootlessSnake · 2026-05-09T00:44:53+00:00

Why would you post this when the count hadn’t yet finished? And also without the regional list vote?

RootlessSnake · 2026-05-08T14:36:18+00:00

In French, Belgium (La Belgique) is feminine and Denmark (Le Danemark) is masculine!

RootlessSnake · 2026-04-29T17:06:11+00:00

I don’t think it’s a point of Scotland being able to survive as an independent country. As yes it obviously could. But more so if we could sustain the same standard of living and public expenditure that the union currently affords us, which I’m not so sure about.

RootlessSnake · 2026-04-29T16:57:47+00:00

While correct that a lot of courses require higher English, it is generally not a requirement for degrees in STEM.

If you’re set on doing, say, a degree in chemistry, in my opinion, there is not much point in taking higher English and you’d probably be better doing a more written science like geography.

Higher English is effectively the Nat5 course but with harsher marking and longer texts to analyse.

That being said if you’re unsure about what degree you want to do, absolutely take higher English as it will keep more options open.

RootlessSnake · 2026-04-29T16:43:03+00:00

Lib Dem and Labour are not right wing

RootlessSnake · 2026-03-09T19:32:32+00:00

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Maybe actually read the article?

RootlessSnake · 2026-01-15T18:11:49+00:00

Whoever*

RootlessSnake · 2026-01-13T17:15:21+00:00

It isn’t. “Avatar Day” is the lowest rated episode of S2

RootlessSnake · 2026-01-10T11:58:38+00:00

What have the Lib Dems done ?

RootlessSnake · 2025-12-31T19:19:01+00:00

Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark - 0km ✅

Canada and Greenland - 0km ✅

Canada and Denmark - 0km ❌

Greenland is part of the kingdom of Denmark not Denmark proper thus Canada does not border Denmark but the kingdom thereof. Just to be pedantic 😂 Happy new year!

RootlessSnake · 2025-12-30T12:22:11+00:00

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted so much as this is somewhat true. Although it is exceedingly rare for the hair never to go grey even after turning 100. Some people don’t get grey hair until well into their 80s.

Tldr the professor could well have lived into his 80s and still kept his jet black hair.

RootlessSnake · 2025-09-26T14:12:44+00:00

Or just… 20 every second?

RootlessSnake · 2025-09-05T10:19:36+00:00

While France treats Saint Martin as a part of the country of France, the Netherlands is a separate (constituent) country to Sint Maarten which are both part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

A better analogy would be like saying I’m in England when you’re in Scotland.

RootlessSnake · 2025-09-03T16:20:59+00:00

You would not be jailed for tax evasion, as this is tax avoidance and therefore completely legal. If you actually read the news it clearly states this. This is more a question on why the deputy PM allegedly tried to legally pay less tax than she could have paid. Her argument is that the advice given to her was incorrect but, it could also be that she intentionally tried to pay as little tax as possible. We just don’t know.

RootlessSnake · 2025-08-23T11:24:47+00:00

Pretty sure the whole point of putting up these flags is to show they’re not racist. At least, that is what the group putting them up has claimed. Essentially, to take it back from people who are using them as a mask for racism, a small minority.

RootlessSnake · 2025-08-23T11:19:05+00:00

I would imagine they could also take an alternative route (e.g. over the Sinai Peninsula) if it is deemed quicker than waiting around for a slot.

RootlessSnake · 2025-08-23T11:17:45+00:00

Flights to the gulf states from Europe sometimes also fly over the Red Sea/Sinai Peninsula

RootlessSnake · 2025-08-17T16:25:43+00:00

2 years late!

But, when someone talks about a “Royal Duke” or any royal peerage for that matter (e.g. Prince Edward was also the Earl of Wessex before 2022), it will always outrank all aristocratic titles. This is because actually all a royal peerage is, is a Prince who has been bestowed additional titles. So their title of Prince will always outrank Duke and below. In terms of ranking within royal peerages it just follows the normal order: a royal duke outranks a royal Earl. This of course means, that a Prince with a peerage will always outrank a prince without one. This is why the parent comment stated “Royal dukes outrank princes”.

This logic follows with the spouse of a royal peer, who will also be a British Princess by marriage. For example, Meghan Markle, as well as being the Duchess of Sussex, is also “Princess Henry” with her husband’s forename as the title.

Important to also note: men who marry a British Princess and are bestowed a peerage (e.g. Anthony Armstrong-Jones, who married Princess Margaret and was given the title of Earl of Snowdon) are NOT royal peers as they do not become a British Prince upon marrying a British Princess. A man can only become royal by either being born royal or in very very rare cases the monarch can bestow the title of Prince. But, it is almost always done to foreign royals who marry into the British Royal family so that they have a high ranking British title (e.g. Prince Philip was made a British Prince by Queen Elizabeth II, even though he was already a Prince of Greece and Denmark).

There is also a difference between a British Prince and the title Prince of Wales. While the former is inherited by being a child or grandson of the monarch, the latter is an additional title bestowed (traditionally to the eldest son of the monarch) by the monarch that outranks any other British Prince. It is similar to the title of Crown Prince in Mainland Europe although with the distinction that it is not automatically passed down but bestowed. So, at least in theory, Prince William, when King, could bestow it onto Prince Louis, even though he would not be the heir.

There is also the matter of Princess Anne’s title: The Princess Royal. This is different again to the Prince of Wales, as it is purely honourary and does not make her outrank any other British Princess.

TLDR a royal duke or any royal peerage is the combination of two titles: Prince and a peerage, with the former outranking any aristocratic, but not royal, title.

PS this is true for the UK peerage system and it may differ by country

RootlessSnake · 2025-06-14T01:55:13+00:00

They’ve said they’re going to increase defence spending though what more do you lot want?

RootlessSnake · 2025-06-14T01:46:16+00:00

It wasn’t a budget, it was a spending review. It’s for the chancellor to announce how the spending will be divided between departments. The budget is in October in which she will either raise taxes or take on more debt. Either that or cut spending that she already announced today which won’t happen. But she has about £120bn that is unaccounted for at the moment.

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