Shades75 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, McSpreader said: Not a strategy , more an inate skill I have. But you have to "cope"? That's a worryingly precarious mental state to be in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 1 hour ago, McSpreader said: Welshbairn speaks. Therefore 'tis so! Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 3 hours ago, McSpreader said: And that would be the last you would ever hear from me because, of course, Ireland is on the dark side of the moon and computers/phones don't work there, do they , You lovely person,you? Not being in the same country as me would be a pleasing start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
git-intae-thum Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 14 hours ago, jagfox99 said: We're having a General Election due to the ruling party wanting to sweep Electoral Fraud charges on 30 candidates under the carpet tbf. Yip. To claim the UK is less corrupt is rubbish. Its just that our ruling elite have always been so much more skilled at covering their tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 15 minutes ago, git-intae-thum said: Yip. To claim the UK is less corrupt is rubbish. Its just that our ruling elite have always been so much more skilled at covering their tracks. Well it clearly isn't rubbish. Unless Transparency International are in on the conspiracy as well. Who is the British equivalent of Berlusconi? "Trials and allegations involving Silvio Berlusconi have been extensive and include abuse of office, defamation, extortion, child sexual abuse, perjury, mafia collusion, false accounting, embezzlement, money laundering, tax fraud, witness tampering, corruption and bribery of police officers, judges and politicians." It would be ridiculous to claim that Britain doesn't have a corruption problem. Lobbying of government and party political funding is an issue, as is the use of luxury property by dodgy foreign investors. But to corruption is as endemic as Italy is stupid frankly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
git-intae-thum Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 25 minutes ago, Carl Cort's Hamstring said: Well it clearly isn't rubbish. Unless Transparency International are in on the conspiracy as well. Who is the British equivalent of Berlusconi? "Trials and allegations involving Silvio Berlusconi have been extensive and include abuse of office, defamation, extortion, child sexual abuse, perjury, mafia collusion, false accounting, embezzlement, money laundering, tax fraud, witness tampering, corruption and bribery of police officers, judges and politicians." It would be ridiculous to claim that Britain doesn't have a corruption problem. Lobbying of government and party political funding is an issue, as is the use of luxury property by dodgy foreign investors. But to corruption is as endemic as Italy is stupid frankly. You have your opinion. Fine. I don't agree. I do not think we should hold any sense of moral superiority with regards to this country, given our past. That is dangerous. As for Berlusconi. Credit to the Italian media/legal system for having the balls to attempt take on such a powerful bad yin. What do you think will happen to all those tory mp's and the alleged electoral fraud btw? My guess is that there will be one or two pazzi's (I wonder if they draw straws). A bit like the mp's expenses scandal really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 On 4/22/2017 at 19:30, Carl Cort's Hamstring said: Transparency international's 2016 corruption index put the UK in joint 10th place (1st being the least corrupt). Italy was 60th. The top 14 countries in TI's list are either the Protestant countries of northern Europe, those who were blessed by Empire or the DACH countries which cradled the European Reformation: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 No bites to be had in the match thread then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 1 minute ago, mjw said: No bites to be had in the match thread then? I was away from yesterday morning until this evening. I may get around to the match thread but it's low on my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 31 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: The top 14 countries in TI's list are either the Protestant countries of northern Europe, those who were blessed by Empire or the DACH countries which cradled the European Reformation: 12 of the top 14 have an "n" in their title. I think that that makes it clear that to mitigate corruption, all we need are more countries with an "n" in their title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: I look forward, then, to Wee Nikla being Oberführer of North Britain. Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Just now, Shades75 said: Scotland. Yes...but hidden in a corrupt manner. I have an 'n' in my username. You are clearly one of the shady c***s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: Yes...but hidden in a corrupt manner. I have an 'n' in my username. You are clearly one of the shady c***s I think if you post another few posts in quick succession, change the argument and find some grammar mistakes then you might just about get away with that hasty delete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, Shades75 said: I think if you post another few posts in quick succession, change the argument and find some grammar mistakes then you might just about get away with that hasty delete. Absolutely caught bang to rights - I made an arse of it. Who'd have known that Transparency International got all their analysis wrong and all they had to do was look at letters in a country's name? Fair and reasonable offers from decent blokes in Nigeria will flood your inbox based on this revelation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 22 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: Absolutely caught bang to rights - I made an arse of it. Who'd have known that Transparency International got all their analysis wrong and all they had to do was look at letters in a country's name? Fair and reasonable offers from decent blokes in Nigeria will flood your inbox based on this revelation. I'm still troubled by South Africa though.... Not an "n" to be found, Protestant as f**k and yet corruption has been a devotion for aeons.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, Shades75 said: I'm still troubled by South Africa though.... Not an "n" to be found, Protestant as f**k and yet corruption has been a devotion for aeons.... My only trip to SA was to play rugby when I was in Uni in the early 80s and we got rag-dolled in every game we played. Anyway, my thesis is generally true and I'm astonished that so few posters acknowledge this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 9 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: My only trip to SA was to play rugby when I was in Uni in the early 80s and we got rag-dolled in every game we played. Anyway, my thesis is generally true and I'm astonished that so few posters acknowledge this. Because you could substitute "Protestant" for any number of other correlations and the relationships could still be broadly justified, or argued with a few more included and a few excluded, depending upon the filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, Shades75 said: Because you could substitute "Protestant" for any number of other correlations Except you couldn't. The common factor in the least corrupt countries is the Protestant reformation. Why would posters regard this as in any way controversial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: Except you couldn't. The common factor in the least corrupt countries is the Protestant reformation. Why would posters regard this as in any way controversial? And an "n" in their title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 On 21 April 2017 at 15:30, Antlion said: Just for fun, why not tally up the embarrassments who align themselves with UK nationalism and Scottish nationalism. This is a thread for identifying the folk that you are or would be ashamed of being on the same side of the Indy debate as. Proud adherents of the Union Jack (and keeping Scotland under it) include: Katie Hopkins Nigel Farage David Coburn Effie Deans Jill Stephenson Reynard the Fox Alistair McConnachie Those not worth bragging about on the Indy side include: Peter Dow Natalie McGarry John Mason Keep it roasterish. Peter Dow is a royalist, dubious. Natalie McGarry, sticky fingers married to an off the wall Tory, dubious. John Mason, Clyde fan, what's he done wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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