It’s well know that us Scots are a shower of separatist bastards. Always have been. A good old fashioned pain in the arse of anyone who has ever had the misfortune of trying to govern us.
An Irish guy who I used to work with once told me that the Scots were the most divided, beligerent people he had ever encountered. In his words, “the east hates the west, the Catholics hate the Protestants, the north and south hate the central belt and there are people on the islands who refuse to speak English”. I took that as high praise indeed from an Irishman, given their history of not being able to get along with fellow countrymen who essentially believe in the same God.
Lets face it, Scotland for all it’s beauty and culture is essentially a craggy outcrop in the middle of the freezing atlantic. To survive here for thousands of years we needed to be a wee bit spiky.
That aside, I couldn’t believe my ears this morning when I heard that the Leith/Edinburgh rivalry (conflict ?)had been sparked back into life by Forth Ports decision to rename Leith Docks to Edinburgh Harbour. Some bloke has even written a folk song about it. You can hear that folk song here.
To be fair, the song is absolutely murder. The bloke who wrote it should be thrown in Leith Docks, I mean Edinburgh Harbour, I mean Leith Docks.
on Feb 28th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
My dad, who left school at 15 to work in Leith Docks, is down in Cumbria at the moment cat-sitting for my brother (he wouldn’t have lived that down when he was a docker!) I can’t wait to get his take on this when he comes back. But you are correct, the song is just awful.
on Mar 1st, 2009 at 2:41 am
Is Edinburgh really the capital of Scotland? Someone fucked up.
on Mar 1st, 2009 at 7:55 am
A half-Glaswegian heroin addict dissing Edinburgh. That would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic.