Sherrif John Bunnell Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I've seen worse play for hibs tbfqh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 On 26/05/2024 at 14:32, BFTD said: A lot of Scottish Labour have been mentally broken by losing support to the SNP, and can't think beyond getting "revenge". The older ones still hate them for supporting the vote of no confidence in 1979 (because things were just going so well). Some were delighted that the SNP lost seats to the Tories in 2017, which certainly says...something. So you get this weird situation where, in an election about Labour hopefully replacing a Conservative Party that's drifting ever towards fascism, some Scottish Labour people are still only interested in talking about the SNP. It probably doesn't help that, having switched positions on virtually everything over the past few years, the head office are going to be elected with a set of aims that have been written as vaguely as possible. They must be a right age now, 66 years old, minimum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I'm 63 and my memories of the 79 election are sketchy at best. Now where did I leave my glasses? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 37 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: They must be a right age now, 66 years old, minimum 63 Shirley? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 6 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: 63 Shirley? I was taking them to be 21 if they were Labour activists, who took the 1979 vote of confidence to heart, 18 year olds aren't usually too immersed in politics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS_FFC Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: It’s like that time in peep show when David Mitchell’s character played fives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS_FFC Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 May be a bank holiday but the gaffes stop for no one. Today we’ve had: - Former Brexit ERG hard man turned Northern Ireland Secretary Steve Baker openly criticising the national service policy and then proceeding to jet off on a family holiday to Greece instead of staying at home to campaign in his marginal seat of Wycombe. - Retiring Tory MP Lucy Allan announces she is backing the reform candidate in her own seat and has been fired from the party as a result: - Tories are resorting to referring to Starmer as “sleepy Keir” trying to replicate Trump style language. Noticeable lack of Lib Dem gaffes on this thread. Any sign of Willie Rennie going down the slides in a soft play area or Ed Davey using a giant hammer to hit a blue wall or Alex Cole-Hamilton turning up to the opening of a packet of crisps yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Imagine there was a Prime Minister or leading politician who was absolutely brilliant at football. It'd just be a bit odd wouldn't it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: It would be rank hypocrisy for me to slag him for that. However, I'm not stupid enough to decide to impress the public in front of cameras after thirty years have passed since I played a game. 1 minute ago, JS_FFC said: Noticeable lack of Lib Dem gaffes on this thread. Any sign of Willie Rennie going down the slides in a soft play area or Ed Davey using a giant hammer to hit a blue wall or Alex Cole-Hamilton turning up to the opening of a packet of crisps yet? I'm astonished the Lib Dems are projected to win seats. Who's even aware of anything they're doing? I presume they must get a lot more press Darn Sarf. It's just not an election without Willie Rennie doing something daft, but. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Twist: he thought he was playing rugby 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 6 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Imagine there was a Prime Minister or leading politician who was absolutely brilliant at football. It'd just be a bit odd wouldn't it? There's been plenty of footballer politicians in other countries, Andriy Shevchenko comes to mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Clement Attlee played for non-league Fleet Town before he qualified as a lawyer. A top, top, world class baller. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 John Swinney with an unfortunate backdrop. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 10 hours ago, JS_FFC said: There's no demographic group in the country in more of a bubble than people over 65. The young get a far wider range of information than old people, who seem to get most of their information from Facebook and wildly biased newspapers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 12 minutes ago, The Master said: John Swinney with an unfortunate backdrop. Is that Lilliput? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairn Terrier Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 28 minutes ago, sparky88 said: There's been plenty of footballer politicians in other countries, Andriy Shevchenko comes to mind. George Weah went on to be President of Liberia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 36 minutes ago, BFTD said: It would be rank hypocrisy for me to slag him for that. However, I'm not stupid enough to decide to impress the public in front of cameras after thirty years have passed since I played a game. I'm astonished the Lib Dems are projected to win seats. Who's even aware of anything they're doing? I presume they must get a lot more press Darn Sarf. It's just not an election without Willie Rennie doing something daft, but. Fair play to them for actually going with the "Say nothing and let the rest of them make a c**t of it" approach 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said: I was taking them to be 21 if they were Labour activists, who took the 1979 vote of confidence to heart, 18 year olds aren't usually too immersed in politics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 55 minutes ago, sparky88 said: There's been plenty of footballer politicians in other countries, Andriy Shevchenko comes to mind. There was Henry McLeish in Scotland 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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