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Eric_WLothian

Explanation of the Supreme Court proceedings,I mentioned earlier. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jun/15/bus-companies-must-give-wheelchair-users-priority-human-rights-group-says?CMP=share_btn_tw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Out here in West Lothian, we have Fir...

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After my comments on the Brexit leaflet I received yesterday, it's perhaps worth mentioning the "remain" leaflet delivered to my daughter today. Whereas the "leave" leaflet had all sorts of misinformation, that certainly can't be said of the "remain" one. Just a simple...

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After my comments on the Brexit leaflet I received yesterday, it's perhaps worth mentioning the "remain" leaflet delivered to my daughter today. Whereas the "leave" leaflet had all sorts of misinformation, that certainly can't be said of the "remain" one. Just a simple ...

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Apologies in advance to anyone who is deeply religious but this really is beyond the pale: Independence campaigners say they have been instructed by Jesus to remain camped outside the Scottish Parliament. Campaigner Richard McFarlane told the Court of Session on Tuesday that he had spoken to Jesus p...

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This morning I received personally addressed "Official information about the referendum on 23 June 2016". It consists of the usual lies and half-truths peddled by Brexit. (Cost £350M/week; the EU is expanding to include Turkey; EU law overrules Scottish law etc etc). What really got up my ...

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Tonnes of bacon,which may be more apt. You mean to tell us you've eaten all the Christmas Pork Pies? :lol: Whatever happened to the wine mountain and butter lake? I'm pretty sure I voted against joining the Common Market in the original referendum. We had more varied trade options with the Commonwe...

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Can't say I'm a Sheridan fan but I wish him well with this: FIREBRAND left-winger Tommy Sheridan has announced he is ‘stepping aside’ from the leadership of the party he founded 10 years ago. Mr Sheridan said he was quitting the post of co-convener of Solidarity to “make more time to concentrate on ...

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Why doesn't the mail carrier simply demand the addressee pay the difference on delivery? I blame privatisation myself! I read this as meaning that they wouldn't accept the reply-paid return envelopes. If I'm correct, then the problem would be solved by just sticking stamps on them. I was thinking m...

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Willow904 wrote: Why doesn't the mail carrier simply demand the addressee pay the difference on delivery? I blame privatisation myself!

I read this as meaning that they wouldn't accept the reply-paid return envelopes. If I'm correct, then the problem would be solved by just sticking stamps on them.

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yahyah wrote:Has British politics always been so dirty ? This 'do whatever is necessary even if it means cheating' is thoroughly depressing. And, dare I say it, not cricket.

I would have thought this was 'phishing' and anybody caught out by it should report it to Action Fraud.

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Thanks! I always think of Max Bygraves as that bloke off Family Fortunes who says "big money" in a silly voice. One of the old school of performers - singer, comedian, actor, gameshow presenter... (I remember him on the radio in "Educating Archie", with possibly the worst ventri...

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Just look at tomorrows forecast. :( http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcpkqzuj9#?fcTime=1464912000" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 15+ and "white fluffy clouds in a cluster" (to quote Max Bygraves) for the last few days up here. ...now where's th...

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Just look at tomorrows forecast. :( http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcpkqzuj9#?fcTime=1464912000" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 15+ and "white fluffy clouds in a cluster" (to quote Max Bygraves) for the last few days up here. ...now where's th...

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Private rail farce latest. http://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/2016/06/01/driver-shortages-and-train-issues-prompt-gtr-remedial-plan" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Driver shortages and train issues prompt GTR remedial plan The Department for Transport (DfT) and Govia ...

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Seems the accident-prone Natalie McGarry is under investigation (again): Police Scotland last night confirmed it has received a complaint after claims of missing funds from the SNP’s Glasgow regional association where Ms McGarry, who got married at the weekend, was formerly convenor. http://www.scot...

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ohsocynical wrote:Good Lord. Talk about cold, wet and windy...Has someone reversed the seasons?

Must be an EU directive. Vote Brexit - get rid of that nasty foreign continental weather.

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and the Great British Lion will roar again, according to a Brexiteer on Cif. The idea of Brexit seems like viagra to some of them. And that sums up the case for Brexit (imo) - purely emotional, with no rational argument once the lies have been swept away. Much the same as the 'case' for Scottish in...

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http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/30/australian-family-in-scotland-win-reprieve-from-deportation Australian family fighting deportation from Scotland win partial reprieve The Home Office is allowing the Brains to remain in the Highlands until August but have refused them the right to work...

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ohsocynical wrote:
HindleA wrote:"Steel-capped ?"
And studs !

You are Rosa Klebb and I claim my £5.

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But, with less than a month to go before the referendum they should have added an extra panel member, or taken one out, or had a don't know as the fifth. There was a report on the radio that said the press is skewed to pro-Brexit reporting. The BBC don't need to help that. Does Dimbleby represent t...

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Rupe and the current Mrs Rupe must be bored: THE publisher of the now-defunct Sunday tabloid News Of The World has made a fresh legal bid appealing against Tommy Sheridan’s defamation victory 10 years ago. http://www.scotsman.com/news/publisher-bids-to-overturn-tommy-sheridan-s-defamation-win-1-4124...

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Morning all. Woke to hear the Radio 4 announcer tell me the Dept of Educ have fckd up again by prepublishing yet another one of their tests .... and are going to launch an investigation into how that could have happened. They sound absolutely out to lunch. But I have to say I'd probably rather have...

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Scottish voters sent Labour a clear message on Thursday. It's time we started to listen to what they are saying. https://twitter.com/LabourEoin/status/729333592740999173/photo/1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I wish Labour would send a clear message to Scottish voters. Her...

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Scottish voters sent Labour a clear message on Thursday. It's time we started to listen to what they are saying. https://twitter.com/LabourEoin/status/729333592740999173/photo/1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I wish Labour would send a clear message to Scottish voters. Her...

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EU will further undermine British Sovereignty, with new laws affecting parliamentary procedure. Prime Ministers will be required to answer questions at PMQT, whilst maintaining a colour falling within an accepted range of variation from his/her normal base colour. ...and there will be an EU resolut...

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Main country with worrying separatists is Spain, nowhere near powerful enough to keep Scotland out. And anyway, a precedent wouldn't really be established because Spain isn't going to leave the EU. Nor is anywhere else with separatists. I think re-establishing part of Great Britain as EU would be s...

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Main country with worrying separatists is Spain, nowhere near powerful enough to keep Scotland out. And anyway, a precedent wouldn't really be established because Spain isn't going to leave the EU. Nor is anywhere else with separatists. I think re-establishing part of Great Britain as EU would be s...

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A row coming on fracking with the SNP? I actually feel sorry for anyone taken in by the "independence if Brexit" stance. It was made quite clear by senior EU officials (in writing to the SG) that an independent Scotland would have to join the queue to negotiate entry (not re-enter) to the...

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Suspended for selling fake viagra and fags :shock: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/22/labour-election-candidate-suspended-for-selling-fake-viagra-and/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; You'd probably need a fag or three after taking fake viagra.... Thought you were ta...

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For some people it's very simple Tubby. When I was out door knocking on Thursday evening - I had more than one person tell me they had voted Plaid this time 'because I'm Welsh'. That is a big problem up here - Sturgeon and her followers don't understand that opposition to the SNP is not opposition ...

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Scottish Greens are pro independence if Brexit happens. A row coming on fracking with the SNP? I actually feel sorry for anyone taken in by the "independence if Brexit" stance. It was made quite clear by senior EU officials (in writing to the SG) that an independent Scotland would have to...

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Ballot boxes barely back in their cupboards and we get this: Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed her intention to relaunch the SNP’s independence campaign in the summer despite being reduced to a minority in Holyrood. http://www.scotsman.com/news/nicola-sturgeon-to-launch-new-scottish-independence-campaig...

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A friend of a friend has been saying something similar on Facebook. I gather the Tories campaigned as the Cuddly Ruth Davidson Pro-Union Party, focussing on Davidson's appeal (apparently a lot of the literature barely mentioned the name of the party) and pushing the fact that she represented the on...

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How do we think it will go if there's a vote on fracking in the future? I'm not sure what the SNP stance on fracking is this week but with those figures, the SNP need the Greens on-side if they're against it. The other three parties refused to enter a coalition with the SNP and forced them into a m...

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PoliticsHome ‏@politicshome 2m2 minutes ago Final tallies in the Scottish Assembly elections: SNP 63 Tories 31 Labour 24 Greens 6 Liberal Democrats 5 How do we think it will go if there's a vote on fracking in the future? I'm not sure what the SNP stance on fracking is this week but with those figu...

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Morning all. Another depressing one. Just after I'd developed a bit of new respect for Andy Burnham, he has to go and ruin it by being top story on BBC news for all the wrong reasons. I'm not sure how Corbyn could have acted any faster over Livingstone's deeply idiotic outburst. It smacks of Burnha...

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So. It's pretty clear because C4 would have got legal advice before broadcasting, and the Tories have admitted that all expenses weren't declared in 2015. Suppose for arguments sake it was a genuine mistake. That would still make the results illegal - wouldn't it? I don't know enough about the RPA....

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But no mention of wife or kids having no offshore interests. Interesting that Nicola Sturgeon only has earned income from Holyrood - no savings, investments etc: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14417632.Nicola_Sturgeon_publishes_her_latest_tax_return_in_response_to_Panama_Papers_row/ ...and Ruth...

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What is the 'hated football act'? This, I presume. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offensive_Behaviour_at_Football_and_Threatening_Communications_%28Scotland%29_Act_2012" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Sounds like it might be badly drafted if an SNPer (John Mason) says that Y...

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She's a lying liar who tells lies. Even without the rebate, Dugdale's plan wouldn't touch the lowest paid. And the poorer, of course, benefit from public spending. That "coming to lecture Scotland" is a really nasty meme. I presume she's not "lecturing" Wales when she turns up t...

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She's a lying liar who tells lies. Even without the rebate, Dugdale's plan wouldn't touch the lowest paid. And the poorer, of course, benefit from public spending. That "coming to lecture Scotland" is a really nasty meme. I presume she's not "lecturing" Wales when she turns up t...

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Oh dear, Natalie in the news again: The Glasgow East MP Natalie McGarry will provide financial documents to the SNP this week following claims that thousands of pounds have been unaccounted for from a party bank account. Ms McGarry’s solicitor said the MP had contacted the SNP’s Glasgow Regional As...

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Oh dear, Natalie in the news again: The Glasgow East MP Natalie McGarry will provide financial documents to the SNP this week following claims that thousands of pounds have been unaccounted for from a party bank account. Ms McGarry’s solicitor said the MP had contacted the SNP’s Glasgow Regional Ass...

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Nats are having a little difficulty spinning this one: GERS: Scotland’s deficit almost twice that of UK as a whole The publication of the annual Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) figures also revealed that revenue generated per head of population in Scotland has fallen below that of...

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Does anyone else here have a problem with the posting box? It extends far beyond the edge of the screen so that it's not possible to see, in the round, everything I've typed until I've submitted the post. That's my excuse - and I'm sticking to it. I'm not experiencing any difficulty with the postin...

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G4S warns of potential £57m loss over asylum-seeker housing deal Security company reports 40% fall in pre-tax profits and reveals contract to house asylum seekers has already cost it £31m http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/09/g4s-57m-loss-if-government-extends-asylum-seeker-housing-deal?CM...

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So who's (a) heard of this and (b) bought a ticket at £20 or £50? THE Scottish leg of a national concert tour to promote Jeremy Corbyn has been hit by poor ticket sales. The “#JC4PM” tour - aiming to support Jeremy Corbyn as the next Prime Minister - is due to take place at Edinburgh’s Festival Thea...

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RobertSnozers wrote:It does seem slightly odd sending an RFA vessel to do what would normally be the role of a warship.

If the intention is to pick up boatloads of migrants and take them back to where they came from, it's an ideal vessel. Plenty of space on board and landing craft to put them ashore.

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Natalie McGarry in trouble again: Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry is facing legal action after wrongly claiming the head of new campaign to keep Scotland in the UK is a “holocaust denier.” http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/mp-natalie-mcgarry-faces-legal-action-over-holocaust-claim-1-4049470 So the...

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For Eric - there were 4 RFA vessels in the Bay class - there are 3 now. They carry ordinance and personnel - one of them was involved in the Haiti earthquake relief effort and they have been used in drug-smuggling police operations, military training for foreign forces, and other things. You're rig...

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