I’m sure we all remember the Alex Salmond criminal trial and its outcome: a full acquittal on every charge. I mention it for a reason. Even though Salmond was found not guilty, he was in genuine danger of being convicted regardless of the evidence he presented. His defence was exceptionally strong — strong enough to withstand the pressure — but the wider legal environment in Scotland at the time made the risk far greater than most people realised. For years, the Scottish Government had been pursuing policies aimed at increasing conviction rates in sexual‑offence cases. This created a climate in which the judiciary was expected to “deliver results,” and judges were under pressure to interpret the law in ways that favoured complainers. In practice, this meant that evidence from accused men was often restricted or excluded, while the Crown’s narrative was given greater freedom. A key part of this was the way Scottish courts used sections 274 and 275. These provisions were intended to regulate sensitive evidence — but they were increasingly applied in a way that tilted the playing field, limiting what the defence could present to a jury. Even though Salmond was ultimately cleared, the structure of the system meant that things could easily have gone very differently. The seriousness of this problem has now been confirmed at the highest level. In November 2025, the UK Supreme Court ruled in Keir and Daly v HM Advocate that Scotland’s practice of excluding relevant defence evidence on common‑law “relevance” grounds breached the right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court stated plainly that “no society governed in accordance with the rule of law can tolerate the conviction and punishment of the innocent.” This ruling exposes just how far the system had drifted. The Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates intervened in the case to warn that the balance between protecting complainers and ensuring a fair defence had been lost — and the Supreme Court agreed. Even though the individual appeals in Keir and Daly were dismissed, the constitutional principle is now beyond dispute: the way Scottish courts handled sexual‑offence evidence for more than a decade was unlawful and risked wrongful convictions. That is why I hope you’ll watch the video. Our legal system is in a far worse state than many of us realised, and the implications of this ruling are only beginning to unfold. youtube.com/watch?v=T4BGFGAp…

Nobody does it better than the Scots

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Like all Anglo scum, he's so proud that he shat it and ran away... Why are they like this??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Where are the photos/video of these , so called, 'New Scots' with their flags, banners, Scotland tops?? I've seen more pics/video from folks abroad, who want to associate/be Scottish.

England invades your country. Scotland invades your heart. 🔥

Boston Bits & Pieces 💃🏻

Street party breaks out in Glasgow to celebrate the huge Scotland win 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Scots are assimilating well to American culture.

It has been reported that a 125-decibel sound level was recorded during Flower of Scotland, which makes it the loudest noise at a World Cup tournament ever 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👇 𝘐𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 @SPARScotland 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘯/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦

Smashing time with @MDMorrison82 & the Tartan Army lads from Kadikoi and Mack’s bar, Kilmarnock. Friends and neighbours. @KadikoiBar

Local Bostonian riding out to acquire more beer for the cities quickly dwindling stock since the Scottish are here

Limmy on Tour!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇸

🥹🥹🥹 We know that tune! 😍 #effzeh

They put a QR code for buying a TV licence on the Scotland vs Haiti game. 🤣 We stopped buying them in 2014. RIP Alex Salmond

Did you know. The Proclaimers were sacked from their jobs as groundsmen at Hibernian FC in 1988 because the grass on the pitch was always far too long. The twins blamed B&Q. They went to Bathgate, no mower. Linwood, no mower. Irvine, no mower 🎶 😁

Shoutout top lad Neil for bestowing me with the hat, I will wear it with pride! #tartanarmy #scotland

Congratulations to Scotland. They maybe the only nation on Earth to be completely drunk today but you have to hand it to them. They have the best national anthem bar none.

Well done Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Smith, the Yoon

Peter A Bell "Scotland has too many ninety-minute patriots whose nationalist outpourings are expressed only at major sporting events." peterabell.substack.com/p/in…