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[Phil]

while phil is a lothian man

Not from choice skauwt. Originally a weegie but had to come here for the work. What you were saying about locals being priced out of homes by incomers reminds me of a place called Seil Island south of Oban. I genuinely thought the couthy looking people in the wee but & bens there were locals until they opened their mouths and turned out all to be "white settlers" as the locals call them. You know - the Barbour jackets & green welly brigade. Have you ever noticed, too, whenever the TV interviews Orkney people there isn't ever a local accent. I can understand people wanting out of the rat-race down south but when they come with their big money from selling a pokey London flat it just doesn't seem right. Rant over.