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Re: Fox News Claims Birmingham is a "No-go Zone" Ruled by Muslims

E M McLachlan — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 06:47:34 -0000

Oh no, it's become Bir min Gham...

Re: Dangerous Minds | Like a Hurricane: Roxy Music take ‘The High Road’

E M McLachlan — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 06:34:22 -0000

One can only presume they were influenced by seminal 1980's Scottish Television soap opera 'The High Road'...

Re: Questions for Renee Zellweger

E M McLachlan — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:11:02 -0000

Meh, she looks fine, maybe a bit closer to this look.

http://img3.wikia.nocookie....

Re: No fun! ‘Halloween Safety’ video from 1977 is a major buzzkill | Dangerous Minds

E M McLachlan — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:23:40 -0000

Jings you Yank chaps and chapesses scare easily, try this for a public saftey film that is terrifying. http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Rescued migrants refuse to leave Cyprus ship

E M McLachlan — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 02:31:24 -0000

Hmmm geography isn't really your strong point is it old fruit?

Distance from Syria to Cyprus 210 nautical miles

Distance from Syria to Morocco 2100 nautical miles.

Never you mind though, thinking pregnant women and children fleeing a war zone are vermin who should be thrown in the sea to drown, says so much more about you than them.

Re: Rescued migrants refuse to leave Cyprus ship

E M McLachlan — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:42:47 -0000

So you are advocating drowning people who are fleeing ISIL?

Re: Some People are Doing the Right Thing

E M McLachlan — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:37:12 -0000

"Now call me unsympathetic"

Unsympathetic. Syrian refugees fleeing unimaginable horror have every right to fear being dropped off at the first port of call.

Re: Jennifer Lawrence Shames Nude-Photos Thiefs, via Nude Photo Shoot

E M McLachlan — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 03:23:51 -0000

"Here is a sentence I never expected to write, but really: That cockatoo is all of us."

Are you saying that Ms Lawrence likes a Cockatoo?

Re: Tasty Mutants: The Invention the Modern Oyster

E M McLachlan — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:59:47 -0000

As Swift said, "He was a bold man that first ate an oyster."

Re: Spain's 'Miami Vicer' gets 150 years' jail

E M McLachlan — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 05:33:40 -0000

Similarly, one ponders on how much drugs/guns/fraud money props up Costa del sol property.

Re: Keanu Reeves wants to blow your face off | Dangerous Minds

E M McLachlan — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 03:14:53 -0000

Best motivation yet for a gun spree splatter fest. I'm thinking the plot of Beethoven 2 could have been oh so different, if only...

Re: What Would You Do If Hamas Attacked You?

E M McLachlan — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 04:06:50 -0000

Any actual evidence of that or just reported myth?

Re: David James interview: Former England keeper happy to keep gloves on in Iceland

E M McLachlan — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:38:59 -0000

Here's how we kick it in Scotland.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Re: David James interview: Former England keeper happy to keep gloves on in Iceland

E M McLachlan — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 04:44:42 -0000

The youngster Nigel Quashie (35) is still playing for BÍ/Bolungarvík. As for

Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja (IBV) one David Moyes used to playfor them as a kid, whatever became of him...

Re: Scottish diaspora must add voice to independence debate

E M McLachlan — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:15:35 -0000

Excellent piece Andrew, thanks for your input to the debate. Ignore Helen, I suspect the advent of on-line breathalysers cant be too far away. if you're spreading the word about contemporary Scotland and the Independence debate you'll enjoy http://nationalcollective.c...

Re: Steve Richards: The stakes are unbearably high for Salmond and Cameron

E M McLachlan — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:05:21 -0000

"a fatal undermining of his authority at a time when his leadership seems already more fragile than it did a short time ago"

Really? Please explain what this 'fragility' is?

Re: The phoney war on Scottish independence is coming to an end

E M McLachlan — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:29:08 -0000

PS is just me that can barely read this font colour against the black background...

Re: The phoney war on Scottish independence is coming to an end

E M McLachlan — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:28:32 -0000

Intrigued that you didn't report this part of Tom Gordon's article:

"However, there are concerns among some volunteers that the weekend
has been rushed to capitalise on the Olympic feelgood factor and that
could result in the Unionist parties running separate stalls,
undermining the whole concept of Better Together.

Volunteers were given just 10 days' notice through an email from
campaign director Blair McDougall saying: "We want to kick this
grassroots campaign into gear by having events not just in one or two
towns, we want to bring Better Together to every town in Scotland. It is
so important that we speak to people face to face about Independence."

Better Together bungled the announcement of the event on its Facebook
page. This initially said there would be a "National Campaign Day" next
Friday, then changed it to next Saturday, then changed it again to both
Saturday and Sunday, then finally changed its name to the "National
Campaign Weekend".

One Tory volunteer said the omens were not good: "This has come out
of the blue. It seems to be a rush job. I've been given no details from
them or my local [Conservative] association.

"It looks as if it's been cobbled together on the back of the
Olympics. Better Together might also be getting nervous at all the
stalls being run by Yes Scotland round the country."

Other would-be volunteers have left messages on Better Together's Facebook page, asking if anything is happening in their area.

Launched in June, Better Together is spearheaded by Labour and backed by the Tories and LibDems."

And of course being backed by the Tories means being funded by the Tories.

Re: Scottish Independence: Poll reveals 55% of Scots want to retain the Union as support for independence falls | eGov monitor | The Information Daily

E M McLachlan — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:41:10 -0000

Darling will be miffed as the Yes vote has grown by 3% since his eve of the Yes campaign poll. Has it been confirmed that Baron Reid of Cardowan in jointly heading the No campaign?

Re: http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/politics/2012/june/Exclusive-Camerons-offer-to-Scotland?Index=0

E M McLachlan — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:14:39 -0000

All of them?

Re: http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/politics/2012/june/Exclusive-Camerons-offer-to-Scotland?Index=0

E M McLachlan — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 05:44:08 -0000

Dearie me, Maureen it's been a while since you last checked your facts. Scotland's current population is 5.25 million of which roughly 10% is English born. Oddly enough SNP membership among the English born members is currently sitting at around 14% .

Wouldn't you agree that 16,000 people responding in Scotland is a far more significant ratio than the 3,000 who responded from the 62.2 million living in the United Kingdom.

Please point out any referendum in the world where 70-75% was the threshold for passing an Independence referendum.

51% is universally regarded as a majority, that'll suffice quite nicely in 2014.

Re: http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/politics/2012/june/Exclusive-Camerons-offer-to-Scotland?Index=0

E M McLachlan — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:41:13 -0000

What percentage would you prefer Maureen?

As Fraser should have informed you, there's been a rather large Independence consultation by the Scottish Government which ended last month. 16,000 folk responded compared to the 3,000 who responded to the UK 'Separation' consultation, of which some 750 responded via a template Labour party website.

What we in Scotland don't want is a repeat of the 1979 referendum where the Cook -Cunningham 40% rule subverted democracy and delayed Devolution for another 18 years.

Re: http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/politics/2012/june/Exclusive-Camerons-offer-to-Scotland?Index=0

E M McLachlan — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:31:35 -0000

Given our snow fall isn't as regular as it once was I doubt we'll have a need for any Slædepatruljen, but saying that maybe forces specialising in dreich weather operations could be a welcome complement to larger units.

Re: http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/politics/2012/june/Exclusive-Camerons-offer-to-Scotland?Index=0

E M McLachlan — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:28:06 -0000

The only defence cut I'm looking forward to is the removal of Trident from the Clyde.

Re: http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/politics/2012/june/Exclusive-Camerons-offer-to-Scotland?Index=0

E M McLachlan — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:14:19 -0000

Err no, We'd have a defence force appropriate to our population, much like Denmark, Sweden, Norway etcetera, all of whom spend considerably less than is proportionately spent by Westminster using Scottish taxes, currently.