PeatWorrier
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Prolixity from Dr Andrew Tickell. Law & Scottish politics. Senior lecturer in law at GCU Law, Jacobin scribbler, Sunday National columnist, and jaded flâneur.
Like tartiflette! Weirdly on reflection, I'm more likely to make that served just as you say during the summer than dauphinoise.
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Like tartiflette! Weirdly on reflection, I'm more likely to make that served just as you say during the summer than dauphinoise.
He could mix it up and go with "anhidrosis" for House motto, in deference to the Greek dad.
October 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
He could mix it up and go with "anhidrosis" for House motto, in deference to the Greek dad.
I've also written more academically about this phenomenon and the inevitable auction effects of passing legislation promising special recognition. Can you blame campaigners for asking “If MSPs feel retail workers’ pain, why won’t they feel mine”? researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/en/publicati...
“We feel your pain”: the politics of recognition, fair labelling and the Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Act 2021
researchonline.gcu.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I've also written more academically about this phenomenon and the inevitable auction effects of passing legislation promising special recognition. Can you blame campaigners for asking “If MSPs feel retail workers’ pain, why won’t they feel mine”? researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/en/publicati...
I did ponder sticking in evidence about it, but it would be a doomed grumping exercise I reckoned!
October 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I did ponder sticking in evidence about it, but it would be a doomed grumping exercise I reckoned!