tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post8352426479917645526..comments2024-03-29T01:33:01.670+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Is there any chance at all that Labour could lose Edinburgh South?James Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-74557001123337698442019-10-25T08:12:14.107+01:002019-10-25T08:12:14.107+01:00I was at an office party once and ended up drinkin...I was at an office party once and ended up drinking pints of punch and setting off the smoke alarms by blowing smoke into them. What a laugh.Dexter Manbitchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-28030994995727395792019-10-24T22:55:04.504+01:002019-10-24T22:55:04.504+01:00I was in a caravan on the Solway Firth and polishe...I was in a caravan on the Solway Firth and polished off a bottle of cheap sparkly graziola. Whenever we drank graziola and had to throw up we called it the graziola gush.Dexter Manbitchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-48001150994061104582019-10-24T22:51:06.763+01:002019-10-24T22:51:06.763+01:00I've been in Grantown and spent the night ther...I've been in Grantown and spent the night there. Then in the morning I got a bus to Aviemore and puked my guts up. What a night that was.Dexter Manbitchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-91372924792740281022019-10-24T22:48:15.527+01:002019-10-24T22:48:15.527+01:00I was at a party in Edinburgh South once. I had a ...I was at a party in Edinburgh South once. I had a great time and so did the guy I was with. Wow!Dexter Manbitchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-29849930251224536372019-10-24T22:40:49.734+01:002019-10-24T22:40:49.734+01:00I got plastered one night in a tent in Peterhead o...I got plastered one night in a tent in Peterhead on Black Russians.<br />I've never been drunk in Paisley but I once smoked a cigarette in a bookshop.Dexter Manbitchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-41409287082224152742019-10-24T16:57:21.701+01:002019-10-24T16:57:21.701+01:00I'd never heard of Murray until he had a publi...I'd never heard of Murray until he had a public panic attack after someone stuck a pro-independence sticker to his office door. Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-62802794654661667672019-10-24T16:55:28.975+01:002019-10-24T16:55:28.975+01:00Tulchan is in Speyside on the road between Knockan...Tulchan is in Speyside on the road between Knockando and Grantown. I see somebody called Grant is Ruth Davidson's new employer, so that might well be a proud scion of the whisky Grants who originated in Speyside. Colonel Windbag will know how to kowtow to that type of person. She has years of experience.Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-63543044812326146802019-10-24T16:02:11.703+01:002019-10-24T16:02:11.703+01:00Wings produces yet another survey backed he says b...Wings produces yet another survey backed he says by the public, but of course it's the public in England, but leaving that aside he claims these are the facts and if the SNP don't do as he says then *there'll be hell to pay* he says because he's quoted a poll in England asking people about issues in Scotland and Northern Ireland<br /><br />So there you are a definitive poll on what people of another country think about two countries they barely know exist<br />Wings doesn't seem to understand that in England if a thing doesn't happen in their street it doesn't exist, they're that uninformed let alone asking what's going on anywhere else<br /><br />Maybe Wings should ask the people of Paisley what should be done about Peterhead, incredibly informative nonsenseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-17217427073216565302019-10-24T15:17:01.114+01:002019-10-24T15:17:01.114+01:00Labour are much more pro Union than Tories, they s...Labour are much more pro Union than Tories, they saw the value of stealing from Scotland, whereas the Tories just take what they want without pretence and the Liberal Democrats just pretend to be everything to everybody while accepting the theft then complaining how awful it is once they profited by it<br /><br />Capitalism, Socialism, both seriously flawed and bad ideologies, plain old fashioned democracy of the people for the people by the people, the idea that Scotland had a long time ago was pretty OK, that's why the Americans borrowed the idea then buggered it up and changed it into capitalism because it was working too wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-74970830851776491182019-10-24T12:53:24.466+01:002019-10-24T12:53:24.466+01:00Today's Scots Word:
TULCHAN, n. Also tulchan...Today's Scots Word:<br /><br /><br />TULCHAN, n. Also tulchane, -in, -can; †tourkin. [′tʌlxən]<br /><br />1. A calf-skin stuffed with straw set beside a cow to induce her to give her milk freely (Sc. 1808 Jam.), specif. the skin of her own calf, in which a living calf might be wrapped to encourage the cow to foster it, applied sim. occas. also to a ewe and a lamb. Comb. tourkin-calf, -lamb (n.Sc. 1825 Jam). Sc. 1866 D. Livingstone Last Jnls. I. 51:<br />The cattle of Africa never give their milk without the presence of the calf or its stuffed skin, the ‘tulchan'.<br /><br />2. Fig. in Sc. Hist. usage: a substitute, a man of straw, a person nominally appointed to some office in order that the power and emoluments may be diverted to another, specif. a nickname for one of a number of bishops created in the Scottish Church in 1572 by the Regent Morton in order that he and his supporters might appropriate much of the Church's revenue. Freq. attrib. and in extended use. Sc. 1712 T. T. Curat Calder Whipt 3:<br />From your being the Bishops Journey-Men, mere Tulchans, undergoing the Drudgery for a small Pittance of Hire. Sc. 1731 R. Wodrow Analecta (M.C.) IV. 248:<br />As soon as we reformed from Praelacy and Popery, the First Book of Discipline declares against them; after Tulchan Bishops were cast out, the Second Book declares yet more against them. Lth. 1851 M. Oliphant Merkland I. vii.:<br />A tulchan laird — a shadow, and no substance. Sc. 1861 G. Grub Eccles. Hist. Scot. II. 226:<br />Those simoniacal compacts, which earned for the ecclesiastics concerned in them, the opprobrious name, so well known in our history, of Tulchan bishops. Fif. 1895 S. Tytler Kincaid's Widow iii.:<br />He's but a tulchan minister, a man of straw.<br /><br />†3. A bag or wallet, esp. one made of skin (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). Abd. 1754 R. Forbes Journal 23:<br />His skin wad mak' a gallant tulchin for you.<br /><br />†4. A chubby or dwarfish child (Ags. 1808 Jam.); a large-boned, fat person (Abd.7 1925), also in reduced form tulch, “a stout person of sulky, stubborn disposition” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 200).<br />[O.Sc. tulchan, = 2., 1574, Gael. tulchan, = 1., from tulachan, a little mound, the calf-skin sometimes being simply laid over a heap of earth beside the cow. Cf. Tulloch.]<br /><br />Tax Fermernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-25396044119185768402019-10-24T11:47:00.433+01:002019-10-24T11:47:00.433+01:00You're some team you Yoons eh, one minute Scot...You're some team you Yoons eh, one minute Scotland has no money. we're so poor we can't look after ourselves then the next minute you say we're giving *unlimited billions* away<br /><br />I blame all this sitting around in yer mammies pants looking at computer screensAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-90931159751313909032019-10-24T10:07:27.367+01:002019-10-24T10:07:27.367+01:00As a constituent in the former last bastion of soc...As a constituent in the former last bastion of socialism in Scotland personally I cant wait for him to be gone.<br />I hear lots about what a good constituent MP he is but am yet to see this in action.<br />He was definitely propped up by a unionist vote, and in the suburbs of Edinburgh South that is beginning to lose its effect.<br />Remember also that the area is strongly populated by University staff, many of them European, and we can begin to witness a strong change in the political demographic of the area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-82184473339662366652019-10-24T08:58:37.868+01:002019-10-24T08:58:37.868+01:00I think that deselection could mean wipe-out for t...I think that deselection could mean wipe-out for the Labour Party in Scotland. They'll have lost another way to remind people that they exist. IM could quite possibly stand as an Independent and win but his biggest fear might be that an LD candidate took a bite out of his vote.<br />Incidentally, I was looking at some of the Unioinst Facebook pages a few weeks back and they were discussing tactical voting. The moderator helpfully posted up details of close-run seats like Kirkcaldy but the faithful seemed slow to grasp the idea of tactical voting. I'll swear that some of them thought it was "anything but SNP". Not a high level of debate or consciousness on display.<br />I wonder to what extent there could be said to be a "Unionist grapevine" in various suburban and rural constituencies? Thinking of somewhere like Fluffydales, a Liberal / Tory voter in somewhere like Peebles might not have much of an idea of what their counterparts down by the Solway Firth were thinking and I'm guessing that participation in online politics forums other than general news sites is quite limited.Party Fearsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-494673897408454722019-10-24T08:17:37.123+01:002019-10-24T08:17:37.123+01:00The fear factor. The likelihood of Corbyn winning ...The fear factor. The likelihood of Corbyn winning and forming, even a minority government may also influence how the good citizens of Edinburgh South vote. Corbyn is unlikely to do so, but there is always the chance (he almost pulled it off in 2017) and the tory press will probably manipulate a few scarely opinion polls just before the GE to encourage their vote out on the day.<br /><br />Unilkely that IM will be kicked out but we live in crazy times. Anything could (and will) happen. Luiginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-8670412064991794272019-10-24T07:32:31.337+01:002019-10-24T07:32:31.337+01:00Brit nat si Scotch want to give the UK unlimited b...Brit nat si Scotch want to give the UK unlimited billions from our taxpayers. David Hume must be wondering why we had the Enlightenment. The Brit Nat sis are happy to see Scots lying in the streets while the UK bourgeoisie piss it up with their flozzies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-69109870927317386332019-10-24T01:45:41.568+01:002019-10-24T01:45:41.568+01:00Yesssur arrefoot, have we done the Jews In Jocko N...Yesssur arrefoot, have we done the Jews In Jocko Nazis. Humnza Jock Paki Pekoranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-25871118618527017672019-10-24T01:27:18.681+01:002019-10-24T01:27:18.681+01:00If they force Murray out and he doesn't stand ...If they force Murray out and he doesn't stand as Independent, Labour loses the seat leaving it a fairly open contest but I think it will be more between Tory and SNP with the SNP edging it <br /><br />Lib Dems have kinda shot themselves in the foot with Swinson's attempted game playing, they won't get the young vote that's for sure, it'll all be down to the dead the dying and the soon to be dead vote and if it's a winter election with slippy streets they won't come outAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-10344552621498908292019-10-24T00:31:51.794+01:002019-10-24T00:31:51.794+01:00Murray only won in 2015 with a disgraceful persona...Murray only won in 2015 with a disgraceful personal campaign against the SNP candidate.<br />He relies heavily on Tory switchers who could this time abandon him. <br />The LibDems won't take Edinburgh South. <br />They're desperate to keep Jardine's seat in Edinburgh West.<br />SNP could make inroads in both. <br />Winning a long shot though. ramstamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10764651142754131538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-74081588684746097732019-10-24T00:30:31.876+01:002019-10-24T00:30:31.876+01:00Good post. Let's hope it happens. UJ jacket we...Good post. Let's hope it happens. UJ jacket wearers must be distraught at DUP abandonment. Would be interested in any polls on effect of NI position on 'Scottish' Unionist opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-4366113346132866542019-10-23T23:26:53.016+01:002019-10-23T23:26:53.016+01:00Not forgetting all the Tories of Red Morningside w...Not forgetting all the Tories of Red Morningside who love to cast a vote for their pet Union Jack waggler.Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-51207384383502386852019-10-23T23:25:00.430+01:002019-10-23T23:25:00.430+01:00- Do you like chicken?
- Well wind your gums round...- Do you like chicken?<br />- Well wind your gums round this. It"s foul.GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-17733244729021920672019-10-23T22:46:09.482+01:002019-10-23T22:46:09.482+01:00The Scottish fascists in Westminster can put a vot...The Scottish fascists in Westminster can put a vote of no confidence in the Tory Government and the Tories will vote for it. We then have a General Election and Labour will be wiped out in the UK then we will have brexit. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-17399918536301985102019-10-23T22:41:15.658+01:002019-10-23T22:41:15.658+01:00Scottish nat si jockos want to give the EU unlimit...Scottish nat si jockos want to give the EU unlimited billions from our taxpayers. David Hume must be wondering why we had the Enlightenment. The Jocko Nat sis are happy to see Scots lying in the streets while the EU bourgeoisie piss it up with their flozzies. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-59154956026390140172019-10-23T22:37:15.464+01:002019-10-23T22:37:15.464+01:00It's surely more likely that, if seriously thr...It's surely more likely that, if seriously threatened with deselection, Murray would defect to the Lib Dems. And local Labour people are surely aware of this. It's an open secret that at the last two general elections he has had the active support of many paid-up Lib Dems. Hence the weirdly low Lib Dem vote in classic Lib Dem territory. <br /><br />It's hard to see Labour winning the seat if Murray stands against them under any banner. They would need a candidate with rock-solid anti-Brexit credentials, which is probably not what Unite have in mind. Dennis Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-15243621177817323692019-10-23T22:24:00.196+01:002019-10-23T22:24:00.196+01:003 billion doon already and UK's no even left y...3 billion doon already and UK's no even left yet.<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-50161426<br /><br /><i>Boris Johnson's Brexit deal would bring "considerable challenges" for the Scottish and UK economies, according to the Fraser of Allander Institute.<br /><br />Its regular update on the state of the Scottish economy calculates that there has already been a £3bn hit to output.</i>Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.com