Calls to mind this beloved Quebec classic.

Wee Habs fan's mum navigates the English catalogue badly, gets him a Leafs sweater by mistake. Drama ensues

Can't imagine it quite working like that with mystery SPL options tho

The speech was 10 June 2020. Relevant sections in pics

Speech in full is here: www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

Edinburgh is a festival city after all ...

University of Edinburgh Impact Festival
@uoe-cahss.bsky.social

Heaven help us.

Broch doesn't need me coming to its defences but surely this undercounts employment (catching, sure, but processing, storage, transport) & geographic concentration (and thus local economic disaster).

(Don't block me @drjennings.bsky.social)

@ruthwishart.bsky.social

Bittersweet @edinburghpir.bsky.social away day.

Lovely to see colleagues (and win fiendishly difficult quiz) but hard to comprehend PIR without Fiona Mackay next year. So grateful to have been her colleague

Predictably brilliant day 2 at @scotvoting.bsky.social @ccc-research.bsky.social Scottish Politics conference

2 days of inspiring research and a reminder of the importance of studying Scottish politics both for how we understand Scotland and comparative politics more broadly

SES @scotvoting.bsky.social annual lecture by @profjanegreen.bsky.social

2 mins in and we've got a neat graph

#winning

Fantastic day 1 of @scotvoting.bsky.social @ccc-research.bsky.social Scottish politics conference.

Rare day the Scottish sun emits both light and heat

Packed house for @oliverescobar.bsky.social 's inaugural

The presidential pack

Standing room only for @merylkenny.bsky.social 's inaugural

Thanks to @royalstatsoc.bsky.social Edinburgh group for a fab event this aft at @bayescentre.bsky.social And for my new pins

And also connects to work on perceptions of difference within the UK

See, for eg, chapter in @philipjcowley.bsky.social and @robfordmancs.bsky.social 's fab book,

or
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

Since 3/4 authors have a bday today, here's our recent article on subjective perceptions of difference in Cdn provinces. @lturgeon.bsky.social

Folks overestimate provincial attitudinal distinctiveness, & do so in the direction of overestimating policy support
academic.oup.com/publius/adva...

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