When East Is North and South

Until 2019, TBE was considered only to be an imported disease to the United Kingdom. In that year, evidence became available that the TBEV is likely circulating in the country1,2 and a first “probable case” of TBE originating in the UK was reported.3 In addition to TBEV, louping ill virus (LIV), a member of the TBEV-serocomplex, is also endemic in parts of the UK. Reports of clinical disease caused by LIV in livestock are mainly from Scotland, parts of North and South West England and Wales.4

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Gerald H. Thayer's ornithological work in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles

Archives of Natural History ◽

10.3366/anh.2018.0480 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 21-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

James W. Wiley

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York City ◽

West Indies ◽

The United States ◽

Lesser Antilles ◽

American Museum ◽

The West ◽

Comparative Zoology ◽

North And South America ◽

North And South

Gerald Handerson Thayer (1883–1939) was an artist, writer and naturalist who worked in North and South America, Europe and the West Indies. In the Lesser Antilles, Thayer made substantial contributions to the knowledge and conservation of birds in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Thayer observed and collected birds throughout much of St Vincent and on many of the Grenadines from January 1924 through to December 1925. Although he produced a preliminary manuscript containing interesting distributional notes and which is an early record of the region's ornithology, Thayer never published the results of his work in the islands. Some 413 bird and bird egg specimens have survived from his work in St Vincent and the Grenadines and are now housed in the American Museum of Natural History (New York City) and the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Four hundred and fifty eight specimens of birds and eggs collected by Gerald and his father, Abbott, from other countries are held in museums in the United States.

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Explaining Brexit North and South of the Border

Scottish Affairs ◽

10.3366/scot.2017.0207 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 391-410 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

David McCrone

Keyword(s):

Turning Point ◽

Social Values ◽

Demographic Characteristics ◽

Social Surveys ◽

Clear Cut ◽

Major Turning Point ◽

Scottish Independence ◽

North And South ◽

Scottish Politics ◽

Game Changer

The Brexit referendum in 2016 was a major turning-point in British and Scottish politics, reflected in a majority for Leave in England, but for Remain in Scotland. This article uses the British and Scottish Social Surveys for 2016 to explain Scottish-English differences, and finds that there were broad similarities in terms of social and demographic characteristics, and in terms of social values (‘authoritarians’ voting for Leave). Being ‘English’, however, was much more significant than being ‘Scottish’ in accounting for Brexit vote. The association between Brexit vote and constitutional preferences, notably voting intention in a future Scottish Independence Referendum, is far less clear-cut. Brexit promises to be a political game-changer, but in ways which are complex and unpredictable.

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