Seen Elsewhere 12/02/2010

• "STOOSHIE OVER SCOTS DIALECT PROJECT"

  "THE BBC could be made to hire a Scots dialect tsar under controversial plans to promote the country's "mither tongue". The SNP Government wants the publicly-funded broadcaster to hire an "adviser on Scots". BBC Scotland producers and presenters should also be recruited on their knowledge of local dialects, according to a new report"\n

• "Flying of St George's flag justified"

• "Wicked leaks from the Dublin embassy green zone"

  "Is there any hope for the Irish? Well, they’ve gone from national bankruptcy to 40 per cent support for an ultra-nationalist party in little over a week, which is pretty impressive.That usually takes a tin-pot European country several months. You could even call it German efficiency, although it’s not the kind of efficiency the Germans had in mind"

• 37% "certain to vote" in Welsh "extra powers" Referendum

• "Punished for being English: Welsh students join Scots in being spared tuition fees rise"

• Is Scotland Bill good news for England?

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