tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post7191459135475509337..comments2023-07-28T11:57:04.354+01:00Comments on Malc in the Burgh: Language, dear boy!Malchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191161151984519900noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-50949182503135922582008-09-03T15:50:00.000+01:002008-09-03T15:50:00.000+01:00I shoudl have put a third option there for our "ta...I shoudl have put a third option there for our "taking me so seriously unionist chums":<BR/><BR/>"OR am I just taking the p*ss?"<BR/><BR/>Which I think, we can agree, is most likely the case.Malchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191161151984519900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-77783576673589868852008-09-03T15:16:00.000+01:002008-09-03T15:16:00.000+01:00Yes, you're reading far too much into it. The nati...Yes, you're reading far too much into it. The nationalists are pretty-much alone in thinking that the nomenclature has any particular significance. Scottish executive, Scottish government, Holyrood administration - what does it really matter?<BR/><BR/>But on a practical level: apart from the cost, the main downside of the rebrand was the potential confusion it created with the Westminster government when the "Scottish" was dropped. Evidently you have political reasons to think of that as an upside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com