Scottish Elections

[maryhilldon]

54 minutes ago, cheesepipes said:

 

He took the tried n tested route of Edinburgh for a few year's then off to the big smoke. 

 

Like Jimmy Somerville in that video,  couldn't wait to get off the train and hit the nearest public toilet. 

[Ten Caat]

 

1 minute ago, Bad_Mobby said:

Bursting for a pish, was he?

love Jim’ll Fix It 

Dozy cunt copped a conviction for offering an undercover rozzer a gummie in the toilets in Hyde Park a good decade before George Michael got in on the act in LA.

IIRC it happened a few days before Bronski Beat were supposed to be flying out to the States to be the support act for Madonna. In the aftermath, he refused to go (he might not have gotten in anyway on the strength of it), his 2 other bandmates (who were bumming each other) turned on him and poor old Jimmy was out the band about a month later.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

On 4/13/2021 at 1:28 PM, caledonia said:

Starving children is not enough for the Tories

With the greatest respect, fuck up.

There are no starving children in the UK, thanks to our very generous welfare system and large plethora of schemes to feather the nests of the less fortunate.

Poverty in the UK is defined as the Government not giving you a council house  with several extra bedrooms which you don't actually need.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

On 4/12/2021 at 3:11 PM, ConsiCanBoogie1903 said:

 People shouldn't feel ashamed of who they are attracted to.

Can I ask, what religion are you?

I completely agree that people should not feel ashamed of who they are attracted to.

Why ask about religion?  That response is a meme in your personality, implanted by popular culture / media.

To understand human sexuality, we need only need consider it for what it is: how it works, what it does, why this is important etc.  I do not have any biology qualifications, but everyone covers it in general science in early high school. No-one's religious faith (or lack thereof) impinges on the objective reality of it.

Rationality is not the sole preserve of the religious, even if it often seems like it today.

 

 

 

[Clydeside_Sheep]

5 hours ago, Bad_Mobby said:

^ A heartwarming tale about the birth of the Communards 

I liked them when they were a thing.  (I was like 8 or something).

I remember their "don't leave me this way" in the charts.  It was great, although they cant lay a glove on thelma houston, of course.

Jimmy Somerville seems a decent guy, though hes done fuck all for a long time.  Richard Coles has proved an interesting character in the fullness of time, Im tempted to read his autobiography.

[Jocky Balboa]

2 hours ago, Clydeside_Sheep said:

I liked them when they were a thing.  (I was like 8 or something).

I remember their "don't leave me this way" in the charts.  It was great, although they cant lay a glove on thelma houston, of course.

Jimmy Somerville seems a decent guy, though hes done fuck all for a long time.  Richard Coles has proved an interesting character in the fullness of time, Im tempted to read his autobiography.

Somerville always did my head in, like most Communist / fudge-nudger hybrids he had a serious persecution complex and was never slow to let the world know this. I shudder whenever I hear his "Small Town Boy" hit.

[Poodler]

8 hours ago, Clydeside_Sheep said:

I liked them when they were a thing.  (I was like 8 or something).

I remember their "don't leave me this way" in the charts.  It was great, although they cant lay a glove on thelma houston, of course.

Jimmy Somerville seems a decent guy, though hes done fuck all for a long time.  Richard Coles has proved an interesting character in the fullness of time, Im tempted to read his autobiography.

Honourable mention to Teddy Pendergrass. Great voice 

[The beard of mcinnes]

2 hours ago, Poodler said:

Honourable mention to Teddy Pendergrass. Great voice 

Great documentary on him.

 

[Bluto10]

22 hours ago, cheesepipes said:

Im very comfortable with my high level hygiene and expensive designer scents. 

still usin the Drakkar Noir big guy?

mines almost finished. not sure where to go next

[NEM]

31 minutes ago, Bad_Mobby said:

the king of male perfume wear 
 

Poor mans 

 

[Lencarl]

If re-elected the

@thesnp

Scottish Government will abolish all dental care charges.

 

Another great pledge from Nicola to help the Scottish people.

Don't suppose it will effect most of the posters on here who are private though.

 

SNP for the people of Scotland.

[Bluto10]

Issey Myake

Polo Sport Extreme

&

Kouros 

good ones also

[Don Fonte]

Scents.

Back in the day - Burberry Touch.

Now - Tom Ford.

Bloody delightful.

[Joe pike]

4 hours ago, Lencarl said:

If re-elected the

@thesnp

Scottish Government will abolish all dental care charges.

 

Another great pledge from Nicola to help the Scottish people.

Don't suppose it will effect most of the posters on here who are private though.

 

SNP for the people of Scotland.

Which garden centre did Sturgeon buy her money tree from to pay for all these bribes?

I'll nip out and get one.

[Ten Caat]

11 hours ago, Joe pike said:

Which garden centre did Sturgeon buy her money tree from to pay for all these bribes?

I'll nip out and get one.

Why on earth aren't English MP's all demanding English independence though?

Why on earth should they expect their constituent taxpayers to pay through the nose to fund schemes in Scotland that Boris wouldn't dream of implementing in England?

Frankly it's bizarre that they'd want to remain in a union with us as we are such subsidy junkies.

Yet they seem very keen to do so.......hmmmm

[Guest]

11 hours ago, Joe pike said:

Which garden centre did Sturgeon buy her money tree from to pay for all these bribes?

I'll nip out and get one.

A policy= bribe.

Lol. 

[Guest]

Good to see reports of the Tory sleeze continuing to be aired.

Those pricks are only ever interested in one thing and that is growing their personal fortune not attempting to "level up" the country. Did the haunted pencil case Rees Mogg not "earn" an absolute fortune on the back of Brexit, which he campaigned vigorously for?

Shameless see you next Tuesday's!!!

[The beard of mcinnes]

1 hour ago, Ten Caat said:

Why on earth aren't English MP's all demanding English independence though?

Why on earth should they expect their constituent taxpayers to pay through the nose to fund schemes in Scotland that Boris wouldn't dream of implementing in England?

Frankly it's bizarre that they'd want to remain in a union with us as we are such subsidy junkies.

Yet they seem very keen to do so.......hmmmm

California, has a top 10 global economy by size, why does it not leave the USA?

[Ten Caat]

21 minutes ago, The beard of mcinnes said:

California, has a top 10 global economy by size, why does it not leave the USA?

Are the rest of the USA claiming to subsidise it???

[Parklife]

2 hours ago, The beard of mcinnes said:

California, has a top 10 global economy by size, why does it not leave the USA?

I'd imagine that top of the list is it not being a country. Although their is a Californian "Yes" movement. Was talking about it to a native when I was in San Diego in 2019. They've even stolen the "Yes" logo from Scotland.  

[Redforever86]

California has a lot more control over it's own affairs than Scotland. Pays a lot less tax as a percentage to the US government also. 

[The beard of mcinnes]

1 hour ago, Parklife said:

I'd imagine that top of the list is it not being a country. Although their is a Californian "Yes" movement. Was talking about it to a native when I was in San Diego in 2019. They've even stolen the "Yes" logo from Scotland.  

They were an independent state well after Scotland was part of the UK.

States can secede from the union so...if they saw being a part of the US as burdensome they could leave...they don't, perhaps they see the value of pooling and sharing of resources amongst a greater number of people.

 

How many yes california people are there? 
 

[The beard of mcinnes]

1 hour ago, Redforever86 said:

California has a lot more control over it's own affairs than Scotland. Pays a lot less tax as a percentage to the US government also. 

They suffer an enormous democratic deficit, in national politics. 

[The beard of mcinnes]

3 hours ago, Ten Caat said:

Are the rest of the USA claiming to subsidise it???

They subsidise huge swathes of America, as does NY, MA etc.

The point remains - you were asking why England doesn't think it a problem being part of a union.
If you start with the default position of every problems solutions is not being part of a union.

Why would that be different?

[Parklife]

7 minutes ago, The beard of mcinnes said:

They were an independent state well after Scotland was part of the UK.

States can secede from the union so...if they saw being a part of the US as burdensome they could leave...they don't, perhaps they see the value of pooling and sharing of resources amongst a greater number of people.

Not sure what argument you're making here? Some places want to be within a bigger country, some don't. 

I don't think Slovakia or Czech Republic want to reunify. "irrelevant", I hear you say? Exactly. Just like California is to the debate. 

7 minutes ago, The beard of mcinnes said:

How many yes california people are there? 
 

About 30% support, according to my internetting. 

[NEM]

On 4/16/2021 at 2:34 PM, Parklife said:

Not sure what argument you're making here? Some places want to be within a bigger country, some don't. 

I don't think Slovakia or Czech Republic want to reunify. "irrelevant", I hear you say? Exactly. Just like California is to the debate. 

About 30% support, according to my internetting. 

Like Scotland you mean? ?

[Parklife]

42 minutes ago, NEM said:

Like Scotland you mean? ?

Voting against being a real country is the most pathetic thing going. 

Im surprised a man who clearly has belief in himself like you, doesn't have belief in his countrymen. 

[NEM]

43 minutes ago, Parklife said:

Voting against being a real country is the most pathetic thing going. 

Im surprised a man who clearly has belief in himself like you, doesn't have belief in his countrymen. 

I’ll let you into a little secret - I voted yes in 2014 ?

[Parklife]

24 minutes ago, NEM said:

I’ll let you into a little secret - I voted yes in 2014 ?

That makes sense tbh. 

[Clydeside_Sheep]

Surely Sturgeon making a rod for her own back here with yet more freebies?

She is already using covid relief money to fund SNP policies, but I don't think the direction is sustainable (or likely to win her a referendum).

Maybe she is thinking about winning an impressive election victory and then retiring in a blaze of glory before the next budget?