PeatWorrier
@peatworrier
Prolixity from Andrew Tickell. Law & Scottish politics. Senior lecturer in law @GCULaw, Jacobin scribbler, @SunScotNational columnist, and jaded flâneur.
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https://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-tickell 03-03-2010 08:50:29
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Last week the Supreme Court found Northern Irish rules on religious observance in schools violated Article 9 of the ECHR. Through caution, negligence & sheer legal incuriosity, Jenny Gilruth is sleepwalking the Scottish Government into the same position. thenational.scot/comment/256430…
My wife will sometimes reluctantly pose in a shot for me and I didn't want to wasted the opportunity of a unique view of the city with some cloud building along the Forth estuary behind it. Edinburgh Castle #Edinburgh
PeatWorrier Two syllables for "timeous", according to the Law Basics Glossary of Legal Terms by Stephen O'Rourke (6th edition). I once got into an argument with an Alex Salmond fan when he said tim-ee-ous-ly but in legal circles I'm correct I think.
PeatWorrier Originally without e. A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700 Tymous, adj. and adv. Also: tymus, tym(m)os, tymo(u)se, -ouis, -eus, timous(e, -eous, -ows(e. [17th c. Eng. timous (a1626); Tyme n.1] adj. 1. Of an action, etc. a. Occurring promptly, timely.