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http://m.heraldscotland.com/politics/13620831.Revealed__new_Scottish_left_party_named_as_RISE/ SCOTLAND’S new left-wing electoral alliance is to be called RISE, the Sunday Herald can reveal. The grassroots anti-austerity movement, anchored around the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and the Scottish Left Project (SLP), has been taking shape over the last eight months under the nickname the Scottish Syriza. However it will be be formally launched as RISE, which stands for Respect, Independence, Socialism and Environmentalism, in Glasgow next Saturday. Up to 1000 activists are expected to attend the Marriott Hotel for the event, which will include more than 30 speakers and examine policies for next May’s Holyrood election. Among those taking part will be representatives from Syriza, Spain’s Podemos movement, Quebec Solidaire and Black Lives Matter, plus Independent MSP Jean Urquhart, German MP Andrej Hunko of the Left party Die Linke, and Mike Small, founder of the Bella Caledonia blog. There will also be a message of support from veteran journalist Tariq Ali. Describing itself as “Scotland’s Left Alliance”, RISE will field candidates exclusively on regional lists, from which MSPs can be elected with as little as 5.2 per cent of the vote. As part of an electoral pact to maximise the chance of socialist MSPs being elected, the SSP will refrain from standing candidates, giving RISE a clear run. The umbrella model is based on Syriza in Greece, which was formed in 2004 as a coalition of 13 radical groups, including Maoists, Trotskyists, feminists and environmentalists. The Respect element of RISE refers to equalities - it has no links to George Galloway’s party. The new name, with its whiff of revolution, is intended to catch the attention of voters drawn to the Left in response to the Tory government, but who doubt the commitment of Scottish Labour and the SNP to radical change. SSP co-convenor Colin Fox, who hopes to be a RISE candidate, said even if Jeremy Corbyn became the next UK Labour leader it would not fundamentally change the party. “I fully expect Labour’s existential crisis to deepen whether Jeremy Corbyn wins or not. He does not support independence or further powers for the Scottish Parliament. That offers very little to attract the progressive left opinion that’s gathered round the SLP. “If Corbyn becomes leader he’ll also be a prisoner of the right wing of Labour from day one. They’re already orchestrating a coup against him. “We’ll be looking to take the fight to the SNP. Nicola Sturgeon says they’re against austerity and privatisation, but they have a different track record. The SNP is no place for a socialist.” Trade union activist Cat Boyd said: “We want ordinary people in Scotland to have a voice against the onslaught of austerity, against the erosion of our trade union rights and against the unchallenged privileged and power of the few who think they have the absolute right to rule.” Playwright Alan Bissett said he was "really excited" about RISE, adding: "The left had been struggling until the injection of energy and momentum from the referendum, when working-class and young people started to engage with politics. A pro-Yes voice, to the left of the SNP and Scottish Labour and committed to the working-class, should be a prerequisite of our parliament.” Refugee rights campaigner Pinar Aksu added: “This fresh approach will provide a voice that will put people at the forefront, not the corporate interests which dominate our society.” RISE organiser Jonathan Shafi, who also co-founded the Radical Independence Campaign in the referendum, rejected the suggestion that Syriza’s current problems and splits showed the Left’s high hopes in Scotland were doomed. “Greece actually underlines the need for similar left movements to develop in northern Europe to provide support to other governments of the radical left - to prevent them being isolated.” Tory MSP Murdo Fraser said: “Presumably this leftist movement hopes to have slightly better longevity than Syriza, which U-turned on its anti-austerity platform and is now collapsing into typical infighting. But one wonders how long before RISE becomes FALL?” The advent of RISE means unprecedented competition for Holyrood’s 56 list places, as the strength of the SNP means Labour, the Tories, LibDems and Scottish Greens are now all reliant on the list system for MSPs. Convicted perjurer Tommy Sheridan is also standing for Solidarity in Glasgow.

6.05 PM kick-offs to be precise. I remember that game well - managed to find a boozer in London that would put the game on. Was the only one watching until some Fulham fans started to take an interest - they cheered Grady's goal as well. Me? I about somersaulted across the bar.

Had muppets behind me say the same thing. They weren't amused when I pointed out that Hemmings has done more in his 3 starts than Luka in a whole season.

She's still not in the Jill "batshit mental" Stephenson category though.

Bump to the asshole.

German or Scandinavian.

Don't say we didn't warn you about King. I never thought I'd say a club go through more changes of dodgy ownership than Dundee - but the Tribute Act are managing to do it.

Bell has to be dropped - end of.

It should have been - the pitch was flatter than Keira Knightley's tits.

Absolutely piss-poor batting performance by England.

Bell needs to be dropped - especially if he does the same tomorrow.

I wasn't being abusive though. There's also a slight difference in that I was not an interested party - you can say "you go or the game is abandoned" because the spectators 999 times out of 1000 you are dealing with have a vested interest. It was the fact that I had no link to either team that meant he didn't know what to do. By the way, umpiring at that time wasn't like refereeing for lower level hockey. Each side usually supplied an umpire, there was no obligation for them to have any qualification. The club in question, certainly at that time, were notorious for having biased umpires. If he'd attempted to abandon the game I think the other umpire would have had something to say about it.

I've seen similar things happen in low level hockey matches. I remember watching an indoor match where one umpire kept giving everything to one team. I shouted out about one particular decision - effectively telling the umpire to stop giving his own club decisions. What followed was quite funny. He marches over and tries to red card me as a spectator. I laughed in his face. He starts to ask for my name - I tell him I'm not linked to either club, that I'm no longer an active player and that he is just following in the grand tradition of biased umpires from ABC Hockey Club. He looks bemused - says I've no right to be there - I point out that this is a Council facility and that I have every right to be there. I also then proceed to quote the laws of the game that he has blatantly got wrong. By this point the steam is coming out if his ears - and he has to be dragged away by his team. A few more spectators joined in with me - alternatively booing and cheering when the umpire got a decision right or wrong. As the game progressed you could clearly see that he was consciously avoiding us booing him to the extent that he actually gave decisions against his own team that really should have gone the other way. His team got the message though - for the next match they had someone else umpiring.

With the pitch as it is it still looks the result will be a draw.

Or write.

Did Warner model his moustache on another infamous racist?

Mine is nailed to the ceiling of a pub in Alcudia.

Please hit Warner out the ground. Can't stand the fekker.

Good comeback so far by Root and Balance - if they stay well beyond their 50s (even getting hundreds) then this match is wide open again.

It's hideous. I have always hated the stripe diagonally across a football strip - it's bit how I hate women wearing dresses with one arm missing from the dress - just doesn't look right.

England's usual top order batting collapse. Root and Balance need to stay there or they are going to crash to a defeat in 3/4 days.

But it's still gibbering pish.

Just realised I'm away when our first 3 matches are on - and in Cape Verde - so no looking for a bar to watch the Derby this time. Might just take my laptop and stream the Derby.

Each to their own. I think it's fekking hideous.

Really gutted to miss them - Dave Grohl's broke his leg falling off a stage in Sweden.