welshbairn

And more nominations. McCormick got most of his by sitting at the Pensioners for Independence stall at AUOB on Saturday and asking for signatures.

Wouldn't mind getting Stranraer away in the first round of the Scottish Cup if they lose this, a bit pricey but flying to Belfast from Inverness and catching the ferry would be fun.

Having the highest placed licensed club being promoted/playoffed instead of only the champions could have meant Fort William bouncing straight back up after spending 20 plus years at the foot of the Highland League.

You only have to look back to 2017 to see how embarrassing it can be when a lowly placed team gets unexpectedly promoted.

That cow in 57 left her bath running again.

The other possibility I missed out was AI and robots taking over our jobs leaving us free to look after our families.. Hurrah!

Just popping in a thought that if we want continue to provide a cradle to the grave welfare state, we'll have to either have to take on a lot more family child and elderly care responsibilities on our own, or free up immigration to people willing to take it on.

Outrageous and unfair of Lewis to cut the bit where George claimed that primary school kids are taught that there are 97 genders. Context is everything.

I would but he's probably a Tory. Following the rabbit hole into Graeme McCormick's world there are some proper raging tartan gammons about with some very odd beliefs. My guess is that they got radicalised in lockdown, and have kept it going on Zoom ever since. Graeme applied for Party President position in 2021 but withdrew claiming he's ticked the box by mistake, then ran again last year, losing heavily.

I assume you meant about the land tax, he explains it here if life isn't too short. Without reading his book, it would appear that an international bank occupying a building of the same size as a homeless shelter would pay exactly the same total tax, likewise a pensioner living alone in a flat next door to one shared by a number of full time professionals. All taxes like corporation tax, income tax, capital gains, business tax etc would be abolished in favour of a land tax. And Scotland would become as rich as Norway and Switzerland.

It's a pain enough finding somewhere to cross the road with a wheelchair without selfish car owners blocking them off.

He also wants to call an immediate Holyrood election and upon securing a majority have MSPs dissolve the Union and get the UN to enforce it.

He's not even an MSP. The SNP rules are mental.

Says the man who found them so hurty he blocked notifications. Anyway, it's useful to know that dots are coming from accounts with zero posts so they can be discounted.

Yup, I even got one for a post that started with saying I wasn't keen on the term. No posts as yet.

It's ridiculously easy to get the nominations required, 100 members across 20 branches. Supposedly he picked them up at the AUOB march in Glasgow on Saturday.

I'm Stranraer!

2 council seats won so far, the Greens have 14 in a single Bristol constituency.

Just thought you might prefer a safe space for private grieving

George Monbiot argues that fictional conspiracies divert us from the real ones, a bit like how the US Airforce encouraged talk of UFO sightings around Area 51 to cover their testing of new military technology (my analogy, don't blame George) https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/may/04/youre-going-to-call-me-a-holocaust-denier-now-are-you-george-monbiot-comes-face-to-face-with-his-local-conspiracy-theorist

Brechin thread for this pish.

Google free VPN. I've got a paid one because it's more reliable and I use it a lot, but you should find a free one no problem or a month's free trial. Just give your UK details when you sign up to the Elgin City site so it's easy to pay with your UK card.

You probably need a VPN, I just got in pretending to be in Spain, but giving my UK details for signing up. £4.99, not bad. I presume it will just be one of these automatic ball following cameras?

I can't handle 3d at all, maybe it's an age thing and you're deteriorating early. Last time I walked out after 30 minutes, but it was partly James Cameron's obsession with American military hardware in which was supposed to be about an alien world, full of wonders.

Equaliser 3. I'm a sucker for revenge movies so this was right up my street, so happily ignored the obvious flaws. Basically a modern spaghetti western where the good guy returns from the civil war wounded and with traumatic memories to be saved by a local doctor and the kindness of local villagers including a tasty waitress, righteous cop, and a random fish monger who pretends he likes his hat. Instead of Mexico where for location reasons spaghetti westerns were always made out to be filmed in, this one happened in Southern Italy, and the Mexican bandits were replaced by Naples Mafia. The scene where the locals stand up for the stranger was a bit feeble but I'm willing to forgive that.