Its an increbly trite observation that people come from all over and spend thousands of dollars to go to a simulation of a dense, walkable urban environment with incredible public transportation.

But I will still make it.

The Undertones mentioned!

Positioning himself as if his own status of victimhood precludes his bigotry toward others.

An odious man.

I can only credit my knowledge of him to a chance encounter with A Malady in Keats and Chapman, Belfast. Must obtain a copy of his study of Sean O’Faolain’s short stories.

A Malady by Pierce Butler, and Godded and Codded by Julia O’Faolain!

Quite right, although I do think there’s something in the work done to bring Scottish and English counterparts together under the category of British. Part of the upper/upper middle class experience is being socialised and educated amongst your peers (no pun intended)

The Scottish aristocracy was a more active/enthusiastic participant in the empire

I contributed to a zine last year, edited by a comrade, who unilaterally capitalised the first letter of each line for me!

I huffed and I puffed and I didn’t say a word

A bit of a semantic point, but I would just note that the current Irish population is 1.3 million lower than at the eve of the famine! To make an accurate comparison both “Ireland’s”, Northern and the Republic of, need to be included

The first thing that came to mind; « Stop the violence »

Cowboys Ted!

Would a vehicle have to breach the white line to get past you? If so, you likely got stung here because crossing into the oncoming lane over a double or single continuous white line is forbidden!

Julia O’Faolain!