Denmark

The Three Hundred Year Night

08/08/201308/08/2013 thomas 3 Comments

If you read Norwegian texts from the period when Norway was ruled from Copenhagen (1397–1814), you don’t get the impression

14/07/201322/07/2013 thomas 3 Comments

When people discuss proposals such as the Common Weal, you often hear complaints that taxes would have to be sky-high

08/07/2013 thomas 2 Comments

I wasn’t going to write anything about Salmond waving the Saltire after Andy Murray’s victory, but the reactions — especially

05/06/201304/06/2013 thomas 0 Comments

Today is Constitution Day (Grundlovsdag) in Denmark. Possibly because Denmark has been an independent country since times immemorial, the country

23/05/201323/05/2013 thomas 9 Comments

Scandinavia is often mentioned by people campaigning for Scottish independence (more frequently than Ireland, which really is a bit odd).

03/05/201322/05/2014 thomas 18 Comments

It’s clear that UKIP did extremely well in yesterday’s local elections in England. Some people like to compare UKIP to

13/04/201313/04/2013 thomas 5 Comments

Did Margaret Thatcher create the current independence movement in Scotland? I was intrigued by a blog post on the pro-independence