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Um the PM has just said there's been analysis but no assessment - I'm confused.

Contadicts what he said in October...... Brexit impact study 'will not be published' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41749270 ********* My take then (and now) is that they're not favourable reading.

Morning Geoffrey!

Surprised by Ruth Davidson's statement, everything else she's said since the GE in June seemed to be geared towards her getting a safe seat down south but I doubt very much whether this is the sort of policy that'll go down well in a Rotary Club in the Shires. Still respect to her for showing a bit of support for her ain wee region!

Well May came out of a meeting to phone Foster and the PM backed down. I suppose anything can happen and the other 27¾ countries could stick together and see if the DUP maintain their position, but like I said in Round 1 it was TM who backed down.

She's already ducked that opportunity, hasn't she?

Like I said TM's incompetence in not informing the DUP about what she was about to agree is staggering!

Fascinating afternoon - virtually all political decisions are leaked in advance these days so there are few surprises. Admittedly the leaks were coming from Brussels & Dublin (according to the BBC) but how incompetent is TM in not getting Arlene Fraser & the DUP onside? I was listening to the BBC correspondent saying he'd gone from virtually certain a deal would be announced in the morning to being 50/50 only to have to finish the sentence with "there'll be no deal today"!

Welsh First Minister joins the debate Your turn Richard Leonard.......... ******************************* Ooops latest news - no deal today!

Nicola + Sadiq

Sadiq Khan wants a special deal for London if NI gets one!

Arlene Fraser on the TV right now saying it's not on and that NI will leave on the same terms as the rest of the UK and laying into the RoI government!

I saw an item on BBC's Breakfast Program last week about a new business park somewhere in NI that was attracting attention from companies who reckoned that they could benefit from being within the Single Market on one hand while still remaining in the UK, so some people were making a smart guess!

So your ex-Chairmen are implying Tulloch would like to develop the land and leave you to move the stands to the nearest convenient location - scary.

If Bairstow had to withdraw I reckon England would call up Jos Buttler.

Yeah Jezza may be a Saint but it's clear some of his supporters are well versed in the Dark Arts.

Sorry my post wasn't meant as a dig - just saying that the money the BoD eventually got was based on the money they put in. To the best of my knowledge none of the outgoing BoD are rich and I wouldn't have wanted to see them leave with nothing but they did have the kudos of being custodians of the club for 20 years and they were lucky enough to get their initial money back. They dodged the old trap of how to make a small fortune from a football club...........

Well it worked for our BoD - they got £1M, about £8 a share which was pretty much what they put in according to 10000hours frontman Richard Atkinson. It may end up being more if SMiSA buy GLS's shares which AFAIK is part of the agreement.

Well she was ambivalent about independence at times - remember the stooshie after NS outed her about supporting IndyRef2 during the pre-election TV debate. Let's spin it as part of a London led initiative to get rid of her and install a Corbyn friendly leader up here - works for me,

Not much bothered about KD - she misjudged the mood of the party over Corbyn and made a non-aggression pact with the Tories in the last GE, she's off the greasy poll and looking to find a post-politics career, good luck to her. There are other factors here like whether she was going to get a senior post in the new ScotLab setup, if not and she wasn't happy to return to the rank & file then maybe she's best looking towards her future. I'm sure she won't be the only semi-detached politician at Holyrood. More relevant is how mediocre a politician her successor Richard Leonard must be if he can only beat Anus Sarwar 57-43? ************* Interesting that KD's partner and SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon have supported her online at #TeamKez! Time for a defection?

Yup - from the OS....... Nice to see the concern shown by one of our aromatic friends from down the road, though!

Word is Harry Davis is fit and in contention for a place on Saturday!

Erratic. Mind you when the shit was hitting the fan in his first and last seasons he had the balls & the nous to change formation/tactics and drop players like Grainger & Harkins till he hit a successful formation - on both occasions shitfesting our way to safety something I wish his successors had been able to do. Took us to our highest league finish in a generation and we played some nice football at times especially in the first "quarter" of his second season (2011/12) but for the bulk of the time his sides were about as exciting as Gus MacPherson's. Mind you he's a legend for the 2013 League Cup campaign with the 3-2 s/f win over Celtic being another highspot in terms of performance. After 4 seasons opinion was sharply divided about whether he should get a new contract but just about all Saints fans agree the way he was "let go" was shabby. ********* Wish him & Clyde all the best unless we meet in the Scottish Cup!

When has that ever worried a politician?