O'Kelly Isley III

Hmmm....I'm no expert on air travel but when Airbus announced the cessation of production of their behemoth late last week I'm sure I heard writer David Learmont say that one of the reasons was customers' increasing desire for more 'local' flights, hence an increasing focus on smaller, more agile aircraft.

I absolutely detest Gordon Brown as a politician, but that's a pretty bold statement you've made there, especially as Brown's tenure is fully on the record and we can still only begin to guess at what disasters are about to unfold in the wake of Cameron and May's spineless idiocies. I'm surmising though that you won't let objectivity get in the way of your political prejudices.

Not according to Jackass Carlaw - he predicts The Tank Commander as next FM.

Indeed, and let's also check how many folks were reliant on food banks, the relative levels of child poverty, how many people were on zero hours contracts and the Scottish annual suicide rate.

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Aye, The Daily Express, Britain's crusading toilet roll for one; they actually had 'Trump' and 'common sense' in the one sub-heading. Check pages 38-45 for details on how the NHS will be raped.

Recently on another thread I made reference to a book called 'The History Thieves' by Ian Cobain. Anyone wanting an insight into how secretive, cynical, duplicitous, brutal and immoral are the actions of th British State and it's military and civil service apparatus could do worse than to read his chapter on Kenya.

This. No organisation can thrive or even survive with a very limited customer or support base. A way has to be somehow found to reverse the antipathy in the local public to supporting DFC, although we are now experiencing an unfortunate double whammy of erstwhile 'supporters' now proving to be anything but and also veery poor PR down the years.

I can't argue with a word of John Steele's article but I fear the future of the club will rely on more than the spirit of the supporters and their fundraising efforts. We have become caught in a cycle in which a diminishing hardcore of fans is being asked to step up, a situation now not uncommon at certain golf clubs and bowling clubs. And that's a situation which is unsustainable. I don't have the answers but we've been at crucial points before several times in living memory and we should be thankful we've now got a Board who will do the right thing by the club.

Whilst you were all watching Question Time..... https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/british-catholic-herald-magazine-met-with-steve-bannon Just take a look at that picture of the Editor.

Gordon Bank's apparently considered a save he made at Wembley when he arched backwards to deny a Denis Law lob in an England v Scotland match as better than THAT save. Personally I thought Jairzinho's pinpoint cross with a running and bouncing ball on the bye line trumped the lot.

Fear not, the Telegraph readership, like the Tory Party membership, is ageing and decling rapidly and now comfortably lags The Times. The two of them are locked in a spiral of decline, and to try and just maintain its sales the Telegraph has increasingly had to pander to the PG Wodehouse brand of older, racist, moneyed Southern English type of individual.

A work colleague of mine previously worked for Patel, and describes her as an odious individual. Isn't it satisfying when your prejudices coincide with reality ?

He is, aye. Over the years the Herald has had some outstanding writers on the political left; currently Kevin McKenna, Iain McWhirter and David Pratt, and of course the late, lamented and peerless Ian Bell. To balance things up and presumably shore up sales in leafy areas they have employed David Torrance, Andrew McKie, the erstwhile Michael Fry and of course Smith. It would be easier getting a comb thro Helen Liddell's hair that to make a case for that latter quartet.

Fascinating facts #34......93% of the piezoelectric ignition systems used in UK crematoriums are manufactured in Slovenia.

No, I haven't missed any of it, but I'll sum it up thus. The 'goals for' table is taken as a reflection of how the forwards are performing; ditto the 'goals against' for the keeper and defence. No such column exists for midfielders, and ours should be thankful for that. They've had a collective easier time on here than many others, despite the fact that most of the current lot often look as if they are towing a caravan. And dispiritingly in my view it was the one area of the team left untouched in the recent window.

Defence has been a problem all season for sure, but defending starts further forward than the back four/five. Far, far too often this season (and last for that matter) opposition midfield runners have run riot through our mid line, but as long as everyone is fixated with what the likes of Willie Dyer is up to then they'll continue to avoid scrutiny.

Staying up is going to require that we stop conceding cheap, avoidable goals. To do that it would help if we play people in defensive positions they are accustomed to. Not to mention fielding only one wide player and allowing the midfield to tackle opponents. Do that and we'll be fine.

I look forward to Bertie Armstrong's take on this.

Why should they ? Sure, they would feel the effects of No Deal but not as deeply as the UK, and this country going to Hell in a handcart would be a cautionary example to every other EU member state.

Compliment accepted.

Better an 'empty-headed Yesser' than a Quisling. Good to know though that the Scottish Cringe is alive and well in Buckinghamshire.

Enlighten us - what country is 'our' country ?

You do know that he had a Novus Ordo mass in Latin at his wedding and he tries to say the Rosary every day ?

The name's Koresh, Jeremy Koresh.....