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The Porteous Riots
Edinburgh can take great pride in an episode of its history where a murderous captain of the city guard was brought to justice by a righteous crowd — and nobody snitched to Westminster in the aftermath, writes MAT COWARD
The Porteous Mob, by James Drummond
It’s where she was looked after and loved by workers who don’t deserve Starmer’s ugly condemnation, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
BILL GREENSHIELDS urges an intensification of the information offensive against the impact of the spurious discourse peddled by Reform UK
MAT COWARD tells the story of Edward Maxted, whose preaching of socialism led to a ‘peasants’ revolt’ in the weeks running up to the first world war
VINCE MILLS gathers some sobering facts that would inevitably be major obstacles to any such initiative
Labour’s pop-loving front bench have snaffled up even more music tickets worth thousands apiece, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
RAMZY BAROUD on how Israel’s narrative collides with military failure
SMUGGLING was widely seen as a victimless crime in 18th century Scotland, so when Andrew Wilson and George Robertson were tried in Edinburgh and sentenced to death, they enjoyed a good deal of public sympathy.
For one thing, the sentence was harsh for an escapade in which no-one had been killed. For another, Wilson had gained popular status for helping his pal escape during a church service.
There had been a previous escape attempt — a traditional sawing-through-the-bars job — but on that occasion Wilson, who was not a skinny man, managed to get wedged in the window, which prevented either of them getting out.
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