tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post597461666778354378..comments2024-03-29T13:55:13.776+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Strong rumours of a Greek 'OXI' hammers another nail into the coffin of Bookmaker InfallibilityJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-633324691013825212015-07-06T21:27:55.055+01:002015-07-06T21:27:55.055+01:00Erratum:" GCHQs for" as in the verb mean...Erratum:" GCHQs for" as in the verb meaning to paid troll for on behalf of the British security services. A kind of dim, geeky Hamish Bond of the keyboard and typewriter and pen and pencil, etc.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975588480290026016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-74866595288020447942015-07-06T21:19:25.585+01:002015-07-06T21:19:25.585+01:00PS How's the schizoid troll handling this drub...PS How's the schizoid troll handling this drubbing - the Jeff/Si PB bollox wallah?<br /><br />Enjoying his very public spanking at the hands of Greeks in the agora of the home of principled democracy (as opposed to the rapacious sham in Westminster he or she GCHQ's for)?<br /><br />Ooops, probably given the hard-wired lust for any old spanking regardless of the mits applying it.<br /><br />Thus, be of good cheer, bend over again and prepare for Scottish re-independence administering your next democratic thrashing.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975588480290026016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-68416074978012362132015-07-06T20:52:49.301+01:002015-07-06T20:52:49.301+01:00Greeks skelp the austerity brigade.
Cameron, book...Greeks skelp the austerity brigade.<br /><br />Cameron, bookies et al left looking like the diddies they are.<br /><br />Hopefully Scots citizenry will grow a Greek backbone and repudiate "Union" status quo asap.<br /><br />Am optimistic.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975588480290026016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-12842181868440661532015-07-06T20:30:57.370+01:002015-07-06T20:30:57.370+01:00Regardless of whether or not we can agree on the i...Regardless of whether or not we can agree on the independence issue, I think we can all enjoy the spectacle of the Tories tearing themselves apart on Europe.Stoatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-27272972692103096032015-07-06T18:50:08.034+01:002015-07-06T18:50:08.034+01:00"Sometimes it's better to admit that you ...<i>"Sometimes it's better to admit that you don't have a damned clue.</i><br /><br />The Cameroons and CCHQ don't think they have that luxury, hence the priceless comedy from them on the subject. <br /><br />Fact is they are utterly terrified of anti-Europe sentiment and rhetoric taking hold in the tory party. So we get the hilarious spectacle of the Cameroons and their spinners basically shouting 'EU good - Greece bad' as they desperately try to use austerity to try to deflect tory eurosceptics away from looking too closely at the EU bureaucracy in full force. <br /><br />Right now the Cameroons are yapping little poodles snarling at the Greece while desperately hoping to be thrown a few meaningless PR scraps by an amused Merkel and Brussels. <br /><br />I suspect quite a few Eurosceptics will be looking at the polling on immigration as an issue of concern while thinking back to the last EU crisis and making plans right this second. So it's not as if the Cameroons shouldn't be paranoid about the Eurosceptics, just less incompetent in their dealings with them. <br /><br /><br />Something which, as we all know, is asking for the impossible from the fop and his out of touch chumocracy. ;-)Mick Porknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-26461823305671253372015-07-06T18:47:37.239+01:002015-07-06T18:47:37.239+01:00"If you didn't you would not keep throwin...<i>"If you didn't you would not keep throwing insults at me and calling me Simon."</i><br /><br />But, Simon, I thought you didn't care about being called Simon? I thought you told us yesterday that it was hard to think of anything less important than whether we called you Simon?<br /><br />Why do you keep complaining about it?James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-31591546199066618872015-07-06T18:30:42.280+01:002015-07-06T18:30:42.280+01:00"I am not interested in James's regulars....<i>"I am not interested in James's regulars."</i><br /><i>"Clearly you dare care about me Mick"</i><br /><br />ROFL<br /><br />You really are a pitiful odious hypocrite Simon.<br /><br />You could always try telling the majority of the scottish public who support Devo Max that they don't support the poor and vulnerable. Then again you wouldn't have the balls to hang around for their response since they are hardly likely to be convinced by an out of touch wee right-wing fud like yourself. :-)Mick Porknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-39854605754744067322015-07-06T18:18:20.262+01:002015-07-06T18:18:20.262+01:00Clearly you dare care about me Mick. If you didn&#...Clearly you dare care about me Mick. If you didn't you would not keep throwing insults at me and calling me Simon.<br /><br />And if you cared about the poor and the vulnerable you would not support FFA. Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-13713344625624285132015-07-06T16:27:30.933+01:002015-07-06T16:27:30.933+01:00Project Fear didn't work in Greece. I hope peo...Project Fear didn't work in Greece. I hope people in Scotland will take note. We are about to be subjected to massive Westminster austerity cuts. When Scotland has its second referendum in two or three years time I believe most people in Scotland will reject another unionist Project Fear and vote for independence. Definitely worth a punt. Dan Huilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-3370527007527292862015-07-06T14:05:34.253+01:002015-07-06T14:05:34.253+01:00I'm so uninterested that I don't even know...I'm so uninterested that I don't even know what you two are talking about. Beat that.keatonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-8611162833088458522015-07-06T12:33:42.138+01:002015-07-06T12:33:42.138+01:00You can easily change the font on your own browser...You can easily change the font on your own browser. Goto Tools> Options> Content> FontJames Colemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-75800957541798193342015-07-06T09:36:52.693+01:002015-07-06T09:36:52.693+01:00Also 1992 is one of the very rare occasions where ...Also 1992 is one of the very rare occasions where the Tories actually took a leftward stance and took on the free market.<br /><br />Admittedly they did so out of nationalistic pride in the value of the pound and a complete disregard for economic reality. But they took the markets on nonetheless. And got spanked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-13994144488829539362015-07-06T09:25:51.335+01:002015-07-06T09:25:51.335+01:00Same argument I made above. Blaming the current cr...Same argument I made above. Blaming the current crop of Tories for 1992 is no more sensible than blaming 2015 Alex Salmond for comments he made in 1999.<br /><br />The party name may be the same, but almost all of those politicians are retired, and many of them are dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-23188150256405520612015-07-06T09:22:52.062+01:002015-07-06T09:22:52.062+01:00I think they tend to place themselves on the '...I think they tend to place themselves on the 'edgy/fun' side of the betting market, so giving the punters a win won't hurt their reputation.<br />One might even argue that it helps counter 'the bookies always win' argument, which would encourage more folk to have a go.<br /><br />I gather that guy you argue with tends to put forward the idea that betting odds are some 'wisdom of crowds' type indicator, but I've never subscribed to that theory. Betting odds reflect the bets placed, the bookies make their money on the spread, just like market makers and share prices.<br /><br />After all, why reflect the true odds when instead you can cover both sides of the betting table and take a guaranteed profit off the spread?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-32976132196079906142015-07-06T06:25:30.817+01:002015-07-06T06:25:30.817+01:00I decided not to make any predictions over what wo...I decided not to make any predictions over what would happen in Greece, as I didn't want to make myself look like an idiot (Not that anybody would really have noticed given that I'm a nobody anyway). Looks like there are plenty of people right now who could have done wit taking the same approach. Sometimes it's better to admit that you don't have a damned clue.Stoatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-76939550987567510192015-07-06T04:38:30.833+01:002015-07-06T04:38:30.833+01:00The problem isn't the Euro.
The problem is ho...The problem isn't the Euro.<br /><br />The problem is how the financiers and politicians misused the money system.<br /><br />If the EU wants to fulfill its mission of having a peaceful united Europe they will have to deal with that problem. bjsalbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-23225470914229921472015-07-06T02:17:53.347+01:002015-07-06T02:17:53.347+01:00It's a girl. I'm about as uninterested in ...It's a girl. I'm about as uninterested in this as it's possible to get but even I know that.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-49920182632607968642015-07-05T23:40:13.191+01:002015-07-05T23:40:13.191+01:00Yes, but the counter-argument is that they can'...Yes, but the counter-argument is that they can't proclaim their "record of accuracy" in future. Perhaps Paddy Power don't care about that sort of thing as much as Betfair do.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-38090330910103995862015-07-05T23:35:41.296+01:002015-07-05T23:35:41.296+01:00Hi, David, sorry to hear that you're having di...Hi, David, sorry to hear that you're having difficulty. I'll have a think about it, but in the meantime you might be able to use the zoom function on your own browser? James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-5481643209778806942015-07-05T23:31:55.351+01:002015-07-05T23:31:55.351+01:00The Andy Murray joke is obviously a caricature, bu...The Andy Murray joke is obviously a caricature, but there's a grain of truth in it, in the sense that when he's winning big tournaments, his Britishness gets played up to the max by the media. I seem to remember that the BBC started their coverage of the Wimbledon final with footage of England winning the 1966 World Cup! When he isn't doing so well, that jingoism disappears, and other aspects of who he is get a look in.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-27435519504713221942015-07-05T23:18:58.792+01:002015-07-05T23:18:58.792+01:00If anyone can turn their head away from the fawnin...If anyone can turn their head away from the fawning over some 'poor' kid getting his face splashed with Jordanian water <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3prdx6V3gI#t=5852" rel="nofollow">RT live.</a>cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-84938857172115613102015-07-05T23:15:12.112+01:002015-07-05T23:15:12.112+01:00@AnonymousJuly 5, 2015 at 8:59 PM
I will admit to...@AnonymousJuly 5, 2015 at 8:59 PM<br /><br />I will admit to not venturing into those sites as I can only report what is said over the airwaves by the right wing media and if if what they write is different then someone has an agenda of misinformation.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6767159741631484452015-07-05T23:11:16.133+01:002015-07-05T23:11:16.133+01:00Heh well done the Greeks! Glad I was wrong! They d...Heh well done the Greeks! Glad I was wrong! They didn't squirm! Now all the bankers will be spinning. What happens when the people lose their fear? This is a revolution.devorgillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885637866018093933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-22144245836846808352015-07-05T22:56:22.368+01:002015-07-05T22:56:22.368+01:00Yup, the media bias thing tends to be a bit like t...Yup, the media bias thing tends to be a bit like that: i.e. people complaining about things that never actually happen but sound good. See "he's British when he wins and Scottish when he loses" for a topical example - I watch Andy Murray religiously, from 250s to slams, all year round, and I can't remember ever noticing that happen once beyond people citing it as a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-24535086119807060672015-07-05T22:34:47.702+01:002015-07-05T22:34:47.702+01:00Yeah....politicians and currency.
What a mix.
...Yeah....politicians and currency.<br /><br />What a mix.<br /><br /><br /><br />Remember the Tories and the ERM debacle?<br /><br /><br />Cost the UK over £3 Billion (at 1992 prices), collapsed the entire housing market and put the country into recession.<br /><br /><br />Yeah, politicians and currency - what an incompetent mess the good old Tories landed us with.<br /><br />How we laughed.<br /><br /><br />And the same old Tories are in charge again.<br /><br /><br />Just how dumb are 37% of English voters?<br /><br /><br />Yep.....they are that dumb. David Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07831337726172134852noreply@blogger.com