Lurkst
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Mind that if this parliament goes full term Corbyn will be 73. If he does get elected the odds are he'll not have long to change British society.
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48 minutes ago, Colkitto said:
It could be a generation before we ever get a majority in a parliament that wasn't designed to give majorities. We may not get this chance again...
Why does there have to be a majority? Wendy Alexander wanted a minority administration to "bring it on".
Fear of support for independence dropping isn't a great basis for rushing into an independence referendum. The approach should be to build support gradually until the result is a near formality, as was the case between 1979 and 1997.
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14 hours ago, WhiteRoseKillie said:
I also remember a properly punked-up version of "Paper Roses" which appeared on CD around the time of our Cup win in 1997. Can't remember the band name, as I'm geting on a bit now...
It was Last Year's Men.
Loved this one in my teenage metalhead phase, it's still great...
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2 hours ago, Colkitto said:
Unionist journos riding to quell the natives before it all gets out of hand. Torrance (expected) Clegg (not expected) Torrance is a Tory so I'm not surprised he's taken to Twitter almost instantly to explain this has nothing to do with Barnett and all is fine.
The Daily Record's Clegg doing just enough to not show he's completely backing this, but is trying to down play it's impact of Scotland losing out.
Remember where Clegg's from though.
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15 minutes ago, The Chef said:
I was at that REM gig too, left before the end as it was so bad.
Cracking setlist too...
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/rem/1995/murrayfield-stadium-edinburgh-scotland-13d691d1.html
I got a ticket as compensation for the SECC shows the previous year being cancelled, but couldn't go as I was working abroad. Didn't get to see them til Stirling Castle 4 years later. Which was a decent outdoor gig.
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Probably the worst combination of factors affecting the enjoyment of a gig is to have it outdoors in Scotland on a cold windy night in June. Crap sound, crap view, broad daylight throughout. You've got to put on a blistering performance to make that a good night for the punters.
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Another great Tracey Ullman Nicola Sturgeon sketch
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17 minutes ago, jakedee said:
If a general election can be announced and held in 6 weeks,an independence referendum shouldn't take any longer.A better comparison might be the EU referendum, that happened 4 months after the date was announced.
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FFS!
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Just watched Frankie Boyle's New World Order there, the DUP were described as "the political wing of the Old Testament"
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5 minutes ago, tree house tam said:
Trakai sitting 3rd.
They're usually tap or bottom...
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40 minutes ago, Adam said:
Can see Celtic not taking an away allocation for this match/advise fans not to travel, it will be absolute carnage otherwise.
Plenty of Celtic fans won't need to travel far for this one...
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4 minutes ago, 1320Lichtie said:
Were they not quite a bit off last time?2 minutes ago, Colkitto said:No, exit polls were spot on
The 2015 exit polls got the Scottish result pretty much bang on, I think ITV & BBC had different UK outcomes though (can't recall who was right or wrong).
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On Friday, June 02, 2017 at 20:39, mjw said:
I can remember the TV series with the lovely Lynda Carter on Saturday nights but Wikipedia says it finished in 1979.
I would have been six so I'm beginning to doubt myself.
Did it run longer over here?It was definitely repeated well into the 80s.
They still re-appear now, usually on Horror Channel for some reason...
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Barry Gardiner's dad played for Queen's Park and Great Britain at Hitler's Olympics in 1936.
He also reminds me uncannily of The Master...
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5 hours ago, Fide said:
Slab clearly are itching for the day they poll in single figures.
ETA: Glorious
They don't need to vote for it, if they abstain the SNP would still win...
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7 minutes ago, Fide said:
Is there another democratic country in the whole wide world where the leader of the opposition gets to tell the elected Government what they can and can't do?
In Scotland we have 2 parties in government and opposition at the same time. Very bizarre situation!
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1 hour ago, welshbairn said:
P.S. Joanna Cherry, feisty, wid.
Good luck there...
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2 hours ago, 1320Lichtie said:
Not tarnishing them all of course but I have to say, genuinely, over the last 4/5 years on social media the vast majority of people's profiles I look at after they've made an anti Scotland/Independence post are Rangers fans.
It's literally the only reason I dislike them for their overly pro Union stance. This is also true of Rangers fans I know in real life, not forgetting the stadium displays too. Also who could forget that famous YouTube video??? Booing of FoS at Ibrox when Hibs went there... Rool Bruttanya/GSTQ at full volume at games every single week.
After everything that's gone on they really don't want to lose this part of identity that belongs to them either, imo.
Certainly more than a few anyway.
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29 minutes ago, 1320Lichtie said:
Another poll close to the 50 percent mark....
Where were we before the last referendum? In the 20s???Mid 30s at the start. Don't knows were a bit higher than now though...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_Scottish_independence_referendum,_2014
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2 hours ago, Wee Willie said:
Only the BBC and some other numpties would call Henry VIII British.
What about Henry XIII, monarch of the future...?
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Wonder Woman made an honorary U.N. ambassador
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/21/wonder-woman-un-ambassador-staff-protest
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When will indyref2 happen?
in The Politics Forum
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Could be a welcome addition, but the new party would take votes from the SNP too though.