oldbitterandgrumpy

The people who buy these papers do so because they agree with what they publish. They reflect their views. The said newspapers churn out shite to appease them. The said newspapers sell in large quantities and are read, and agreed with. What difference would different editors make?

And how exactly is he going to do that? He's a dinosaur as far as they're concerned.

Thermal socks, thermal gloves, thermal hat, 2 quality thermal t-shirts from Trespass, a dressing gown from M&S that's almost too heavy to wear and a bottle of Glenmorangie. As good as it gets for a grumpy fucker. I'll raise the first Glenmorangie to all on here who made me laugh out loud on buses and trains this year. Sod it, it's Christmas, I'll even wish all the best to Derek Rae. Cheers everyone, I'll get back to being a miserable old git tomorrow.

Depressing . . . but, aye.

Politicians with courage and vision . . . dream on.

He's a career politician with no principles. Why would he resign?

Don't hold your breath.

There was a referendum in 2014. I'll agree with you there. What's it got to do with Brexit?

A pretty shit Tory one I suppose. Cameron (misguidedly) called the referendum to try and quell UKIP influence in his party. May continues to turn a blind eye to popular opinion and doggedly perseveres to get her deal through. The whole thing is about self-preservation of the Tory party. I don't think the long term interests of the country count for much with them.

Will they? Will they really?

Would be fun to watch for a short while. We'd still be living in the mess they created though.

Absolutely. Fucking. Shameless. Par for the course.

Liking them even more.

Petty tribalism. In a town the size of Inverness (it's not a city, it's just a town, no, really, it's just a big town), tribalism is laughable. Clach in recent years have had more downs than ups, but, if it's your team then it's YOUR team. Spent the first 40 years of my life in Inverness and feel no connection whatsoever with ICT.

It's the 'going into the room and forgetting why you went in' thing. I used to take the piss out of people like that. Life is brutal.

You know as does everyone else , she has painted herself into a corner.

My kind of people. Don't know any Swiss or Austrians, but if what you say is true, I like them.

He never said it was.

Cheers. (One 'l' in Lilywhites by the way). Two if you're being pedantic but you know what I mean. God what a pointless post. Sorry.

It's clearly not. In what way is " less than half" overwhelming? Erm . . . yes . . . you're right, it's clearly not overwhelming. What was I thinking, trying to put his soundbite into context?

What he means is 17 million voting for Brexit (from an electorate of 46 million) is overwhelming.

Yeah, agree with the cynicism. A definite sign of ageing. And disapproval as well. Not disapproving about anything in particular, just generally disapproving about, well, anything really. I think you need to take stock though, you're half my age but twice as grumpy. Makes me feel quite the party animal, which I most definitely am not.

Wondered . . . . . things you have to adapt to when you get to a certain age, because, like it or not, times are changing. 1 Social Media. Rewind 30 years and it's science fiction that you can talk to anyone on a screen, sending pictures or videos, via a keyboard, to anywhere in the world. In real time! Bring it on. Sounds wonderful. It isn't of course, because if everybody has access to this wonder, then by default utter morons have access to it as well. 2 Driving. When you get your first car, the world is yours. You take lessons, you pass your test, you fly solo for the first time . . . . . does it get any better? Well, it does. But eventually it doesn't. Because there's so many people clogging up the roads, usually when I want to get somewhere. Where are they all going? Using up my time? 3 Patience. I have sat through a lecture from my 9 year old granddaughter about how secondary school is 'so unnecessary' because she can make a very profitable living right now making You Tube videos (if only she wasn't constrained by the lack of a sim card with credit ). 4 Alcohol. You're old enough to know better but it just feels so good. It's not good for you, you're aware of that, you've seen the down side, but it just feels good. Whatever. 5 Bad English. I'm having to accept that 'lose' is spelled 'loose'. Not the way I learned to spell it, but, hey ho, it's a dynamic language I suppose.

Humour?

The point wasn't about his skill as a commentator, just about the contrived accents he adopts depending on who's employing him.