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Leadsom resigns- surely May must go now. What is the point of her?

I was in Balloch at the weekend and people are doing this on the bridge over the Leven. Shower of unimaginative arseholes.

Costco have glenfarclas 25 year old for £100.

Tedesco- unlucky to have been sacked by Schalke, young, a bit different ( and can tile your kitchen cheaply apparently)

The act of settlement (1701) forbids it.

This is a country where Catholics, Jews and Muslims can't become prime minister, where the mainstream media and the 2 main parties conspire to sell us an idea that a 2 party state is the way forward because it leads to strong government, where FPTP is king, where the titular head of state is a monarch, where the 2nd chamber is unelected- the British idea of democracy is a little too fluid.

Step off the old firm roundabout, offer it to Tedesco- he is out of a job and relatively young, like the Spanish Inquisition no one would expect it [emoji6]

No sympathy at all for any Tory voting cuntry bumpkins.

A guy I worked with died in a road accident and his wife phoned in and asked for the contents of his locker to be sent to her. His locker was opened and they phoned her to say that there was only a packet of sugar and an opened jar of coffee. She told them just to post them out to her.

Excellent article in The Guardian on Ronaldo- the king of Europe who has normalised the abnormal. What a player.

Her strategy is/was based on winning over her own party rather than a cross party solution, in the 2 months of negotiations since her defeat in the commons she has only persuaded 40 of her colleagues to change their minds, she has to look in the mirror and go. I have absolutely no sympathy for any of the b*****ds but there must be a special place in hell for this incompetence.

April 2019 may be 4%

Teachers strike off- offered 3% from April 2018, 7% from April 2019, 3% from April 2020.

Teachers reject pay offer.

The forces of capital always try to keep the forces of labour under their heel, therefore we need to be partisan or accept being ground to dust.

Wtf is this pish?[emoji107]

The Dog Stars - Peter Heller Nice little read about a survivor of a flu epidemic, lighter than "The Road" but still powerful in parts. 6.5/10

Just finished L'assommoir by Zola- my daughter read it for uni a couple of years ago so thought I'd give it a go. It is a tale of poverty and alcoholism in the working class of 19th century Paris, it reminded me of Dickens ( in a good way ) his portrayal of the chaotic nature of the protagonists is a delight. There are some particularly memorable passages, especially describing their marriage, a feast they have, and the eventual descent into destitution and death. Worth reading 7/10

I have a close family member who works there. They had a weeks shutdown in October and his workmates were delighted to get an extra weeks holiday with their children. When he pointed out that shutdowns in manufacturing tend to be a precursor to something worse he was shouted down, he then mentioned brexit and was genuinely asked what getting Eastern Europeans sent back home has to do with the car industry- truly mental.

However, the c***s are the most successful election winning force in Western Europe [emoji30]

JLR rumoured to be emptying up to 5000 jobs next year due to brexit and government policy with regard to diesel- the tories really are the face of economic competence [emoji12]

The Hardy Boys - Greenock's finest.

Best of the series so far- Bradley Walsh knocked it out of the park.

Meanwhile in Greenock- the local branch of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Association have laid a wreath at the Wellpark war memorial in remembrance of the fallen of the battle of Balaclava in 1854. That is top level remembrance - any instances of remembering further back in time. #werembermorethanyou[emoji41]

Justifiable homicide IMO