If malcolmg spoke for an Independent Scotland, no CEO in their right mind would bother investing north of the border.
They wouldn't need investment. The country could be run by hot air from the SNP, and fuelled by the chips on their shoulders.
The irony is that malcolmg 'claims' to work for a Blue Chip multinational of impeccable financial stability.
He does.
Malcolmg is a straight down the line Scottish nationalist and makes no bones about it. There is no sophistry in what he says, he is completely honest about where he stands. I don't agree with his views, but good on him for not hiding them behind a veneer of progressiveness.
I think Malc is reading from a pre-agreed "wind up the English" playbook which is all very Eck like.
We love you Malc even though you are cross and I am pleased we are indeed going to be better together. Kisses !
On the voter turnout, don't the majority of polls consistently overstate Labour and understate the Tories compared to actual turnout, with the odd notable and gold standard exceptions?
It may well be just rich pals of Cameron or whatever tag Malcolm wishes to give them who are suggesting it would be bad for Scotland to leave the UK but these "rich pals" employ hundreds of thousands of Scots and the companies they run contribute tens/hundreds of £millions to the exchequer. Maybe more of the comrade workers should remember without the rich capitalists who employ them, they would be unemployed.
Scotland already suffers from a seriously top-heavy public sector thanks to Labour ballooning it for 13 years. We are now seeing the price of that with councils closing offices which frankly should never have been opened in the first place. Sadly in Highlands, we are seeing important local offices shut so the council big wigs can protect their empires closer to home.
Easterross, rich businessmen are always whinging , we saw it at devolution and not one followed up on their bluster and FUD. Also the old canard that Scotland is top heavy on public sector has been shown to be false many times, it is no worse than UK, again just Tory scaremongering. I do agree however regarding the loony Labour councils, nowadays aided and abetted by the Tories, look at Aberdeen fiascos of late for instance.
To be fair to Malcolm, it can be argued that the Shell guy's experience running a large, prosperous, internationally-minded and technologically advanced concern such as Shell is much less relevant to Scotland than Wee Eck's 2:2 in mediaeval history.
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
Just another arse licking friend of the establishment having to work for his club membership. Unionists will stoop to anything. As if any normal person cares if some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's attempts to keep his snout in the trough by parrotting the Tory line. Do these half wits have any intelligence.
Erm...the new CEO of Shell has only been in the job for 8 weeks. The first and only time he has ever met Cameron was in Aberdeen when Dave and Eck decided to stage simultaneous cabinet meetings in Oiltown UK. So to describe him as a 'pal' seems like projection on your part.
Reality is that the oil industry works on decade long timescales - we need that long to explore, study, invest, build, produce. Moving investment climates make getting economic projections right very difficult - so sometimes we decide not to invest. Brown and then Osborne seriously pissed off the whole industry with their tax raids. And this has undoubtedly cut investment in the North Sea.
All the Shell CEO is doing is exercising his fiduciary duty and voicing the industry view - Scottish independence introduces a bunch of uncertainties (currency, tax regime, investment credits, etc) and this simply makes allocating investment capital to Scotland instead of Qatar or the USA, for example, harder to justify at Business Plan time.
Don't you think you should declare your interest, Patrick :-)
Not really, as Patrick is only talking common sense which I support as opposed to the nonsense coming from certain of the Nats on the subject.
IIRC, Patrick works in PR at Shell. I was just making a joke.
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Yes I was aware of Patrick's allegiance and knew you were joking. You may be aware that our business is very close to the O&G industries.
Personally I'm more focused on strategy, but risk management is at the heart of everything we do. Unlimited liability has a wonderful way of concentrating the mind.
Yes I was aware of Patrick's allegiance and knew you were joking. You may be aware that our business is very close to the O&G industries.
Personally I'm more focused on strategy, but risk management is at the heart of everything we do. Unlimited liability has a wonderful way of concentrating the mind.
Yes I was aware of Patrick's allegiance and knew you were joking. You may be aware that our business is very close to the O&G industries.
Personally I'm more focused on strategy, but risk management is at the heart of everything we do. Unlimited liability has a wonderful way of concentrating the mind.
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Nothing quite like jolly banter or witty repartee is there?
No, it is nothing like jolly banter or witty repartee......
You are going to be such a ray of sunshine come the 19th!
By the way, does anyone know, is the count held immediately after the polls close, or start the following morning, to allow time for distant ballot boxes to reach counting centres?
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Nothing quite like jolly banter or witty repartee is there?
No, it is nothing like jolly banter or witty repartee......
You are going to be such a ray of sunshine come the 19th!
By the way, does anyone know, is the count held immediately after the polls close, or start the following morning, to allow time for distant ballot boxes to reach counting centres?
I just hope the Samaritans have finished their system upgrade by September.
I doubt that was a power delegated to them from Kiev - Cf. the SNP's huffing & puffing about 'its our referendum' before it was pointed out to them that it wasn't and they needed Westminster to act, otherwise they'd be in the courts for decades.....
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Nothing quite like jolly banter or witty repartee is there?
No, it is nothing like jolly banter or witty repartee......
You are going to be such a ray of sunshine come the 19th!
By the way, does anyone know, is the count held immediately after the polls close, or start the following morning, to allow time for distant ballot boxes to reach counting centres?
I just hope the Samaritans have finished their system upgrade by September.
She cannae take it, Captain.
Are they installing an extra 5 million lines? (Freephone obviously).
I am. I'd like to see the repeal of the Representation of the People Act 1832.
Me too. In fact I'd go further and suggest that the repeal of the 1689 Bill of Rights and thus a return to a semi-absolutist monarchy as per Elizabeth I would result in better government and, thus, greater prosperity for all (see works of Dante for details).
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Nothing quite like jolly banter or witty repartee is there?
No, it is nothing like jolly banter or witty repartee......
You are going to be such a ray of sunshine come the 19th!
By the way, does anyone know, is the count held immediately after the polls close, or start the following morning, to allow time for distant ballot boxes to reach counting centres?
I just hope the Samaritans have finished their system upgrade by September.
She cannae take it, Captain.
Are they installing an extra 5 million lines? (Freephone obviously).
Well only 30% of Scotland will be disappointed, so that would be (if you'll pardon the expression) overkill.
What's the Osballs commitment on the 45p/50p tax rate again? I know Ed says he would 'temporarily' restore the 50p rate, but no word from the other half of the ugliest Siamese twins in history?
Mr. Antifrank, change doesn't equal progress. I could change my weight by cutting off my legs, but that wouldn't be progress. Some things are better changed, some are better left the same.
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Nothing quite like jolly banter or witty repartee is there?
No, it is nothing like jolly banter or witty repartee......
You are going to be such a ray of sunshine come the 19th!
By the way, does anyone know, is the count held immediately after the polls close, or start the following morning, to allow time for distant ballot boxes to reach counting centres?
I just hope the Samaritans have finished their system upgrade by September.
She cannae take it, Captain.
Are they installing an extra 5 million lines? (Freephone obviously).
Well only 30% of Scotland will be disappointed, so that would be (if you'll pardon the expression) overkill.
Millions of English are going to be disappointed too!
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Usually a person who calls another person a cretin shows severe signs of cretinism themselves. For only a cretin who is used to being used as a servile servant or lives under a reign of terror (SNP?) would think of licking someone's boots.
And rightly so, why Cameron thinks anyone is going to be impressed by a photo of him with a phone to his ear and wearing a serious face is a mystery. What a knob the man is.
Head teachers from across Wales have raised concerns over the "unexpectedly low" results for GCSE English language exams sat earlier this year.
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said grades for the January exams in Wales were "far below what was expected", leaving head teachers shocked.
It follows a row over GCSE English exam results in 2012 which led to thousands of papers being re-graded.
The thread headline is hardly unexpected: large numbers of Labour voters would have sat on their hands in 2010, and UKIP is picking up support from disgruntled voters who haven't visited the polling station in many years.
To be fair to Malcolm, it can be argued that the Shell guy's experience running a large, prosperous, internationally-minded and technologically advanced concern such as Shell is much less relevant to Scotland than Wee Eck's 2:2 in mediaeval history.
But what also needs to be borne in mind is that what might be good for a large multi-national company is not necessarily good for the rest of us. Shell will have their own reasons for wanting the UK to remain as a single political entity and most of those reasons will be tied to costs and profits. That does not necessarily mean we should be concerned about them as well. This was the argument we (as in the Eurosceptics) already won in the Euro debate with all those companies threatening to leave if we didn't join. As it turns out the only companies that have left have done so for reasons unconnected to the Euro and far more connected to cheaper labour costs and tax breaks/subsidies in eastern Europe.
What's the Osballs commitment on the 45p/50p tax rate again? I know Ed says he would 'temporarily' restore the 50p rate, but no word from the other half of the ugliest Siamese twins in history?
I congratulated Salmond on showing his Tartan Tory neo-Thatcherite colours. What's your problem ?
If malcolmg spoke for an Independent Scotland, no CEO in their right mind would bother investing north of the border.
They wouldn't need investment. The country could be run by hot air from the SNP, and fuelled by the chips on their shoulders.
The irony is that malcolmg 'claims' to work for a Blue Chip multinational of impeccable financial stability.
He does.
Malcolmg is a straight down the line Scottish nationalist and makes no bones about it. There is no sophistry in what he says, he is completely honest about where he stands. I don't agree with his views, but good on him for not hiding them behind a veneer of progressiveness.
SO, pity there were not more intelligent people like yourself on PB, we could actually have some real debates in a sensible fashion. I would even refrain from baiting the caged animals if it was the case.
If malcolmg spoke for an Independent Scotland, no CEO in their right mind would bother investing north of the border.
They wouldn't need investment. The country could be run by hot air from the SNP, and fuelled by the chips on their shoulders.
The irony is that malcolmg 'claims' to work for a Blue Chip multinational of impeccable financial stability.
He does.
Malcolmg is a straight down the line Scottish nationalist and makes no bones about it. There is no sophistry in what he says, he is completely honest about where he stands. I don't agree with his views, but good on him for not hiding them behind a veneer of progressiveness.
I think Malc is reading from a pre-agreed "wind up the English" playbook which is all very Eck like.
We love you Malc even though you are cross and I am pleased we are indeed going to be better together. Kisses !
TGOHF , under that veneer you are much cleverer than you portray, you will be very welcome in a Free Scotland. Hugs and kisses back.
F1: Betfair has some extra markets up. They haven't got going yet, but the top 3 and top 6 drivers' title markets could be interesting, when they've warmed up.
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Nothing quite like jolly banter or witty repartee is there?
No, it is nothing like jolly banter or witty repartee......
You are going to be such a ray of sunshine come the 19th!
By the way, does anyone know, is the count held immediately after the polls close, or start the following morning, to allow time for distant ballot boxes to reach counting centres?
Hopefully decision will be known by morning as I would like a chance to gloat on here before flying off on vacation.
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Usually a person who calls another person a cretin shows severe signs of cretinism themselves. For only a cretin who is used to being used as a servile servant or lives under a reign of terror (SNP?) would think of licking someone's boots.
Like being savaged by a dead sheep. Next you will be threatening to get your big sister on to me.
Bah. Leonidas may have kicked a messenger into a well, but Sir Edric kicked a nine foot carnivorous slaver through a sixth floor window. And he has better one liners.
In all honesty, I was not taken with it, and generally bored. The excessive use of slow motion and grotesque images made it appear a film made for the director's delight, rather than that of the audience.
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Nothing quite like jolly banter or witty repartee is there?
No, it is nothing like jolly banter or witty repartee......
You are going to be such a ray of sunshine come the 19th!
By the way, does anyone know, is the count held immediately after the polls close, or start the following morning, to allow time for distant ballot boxes to reach counting centres?
Hopefully decision will be known by morning as I would like a chance to gloat on here before flying off on vacation.
Vacation? Are you a Yank ? Have we got another plastic partitionist at large ?
Bah. Leonidas may have kicked a messenger into a well, but Sir Edric kicked a nine foot carnivorous slaver through a sixth floor window. And he has better one liners.
In all honesty, I was not taken with it, and generally bored. The excessive use of slow motion and grotesque images made it appear a film made for the director's delight, rather than that of the audience.
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Nothing quite like jolly banter or witty repartee is there?
No, it is nothing like jolly banter or witty repartee......
You are going to be such a ray of sunshine come the 19th!
By the way, does anyone know, is the count held immediately after the polls close, or start the following morning, to allow time for distant ballot boxes to reach counting centres?
Hopefully decision will be known by morning as I would like a chance to gloat on here before flying off on vacation.
Vacation? Are you a Yank ? Have we got another plastic partitionist at large ?
Bah. Leonidas may have kicked a messenger into a well, but Sir Edric kicked a nine foot carnivorous slaver through a sixth floor window. And he has better one liners.
In all honesty, I was not taken with it, and generally bored. The excessive use of slow motion and grotesque images made it appear a film made for the director's delight, rather than that of the audience.
I, Claudius or Gladiator are far better.
It is based on a graphic novel, so that explained the style of the movie.
I, Claudius rocked, but as good as Gladiator was, it was as historically accurate as an America War film.
I mean, Maximus Decimus Meridius doesn't even follow Roman naming conventions and they made Commodus was made to appear as a bad man when he really wasn't.
If malcolmg spoke for an Independent Scotland, no CEO in their right mind would bother investing north of the border.
They wouldn't need investment. The country could be run by hot air from the SNP, and fuelled by the chips on their shoulders.
The irony is that malcolmg 'claims' to work for a Blue Chip multinational of impeccable financial stability.
He does.
Malcolmg is a straight down the line Scottish nationalist and makes no bones about it. There is no sophistry in what he says, he is completely honest about where he stands. I don't agree with his views, but good on him for not hiding them behind a veneer of progressiveness.
SO, pity there were not more intelligent people like yourself on PB, we could actually have some real debates in a sensible fashion.
Pity there is not greater diversity of nationalist opinion on here - its (almost) all SNP monotheism - other nationalist views (e.g. Sillars, on separate currency) never get a look in. There is but one faith on PB.com, and Alex is our Saviour.....
Meanwhile, other Scots, who don't support the 'pig in a poke' 'independence' the SNP propose, and hence oppose this vote, get no intelligent engagement when options on currency and so forth come up......
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Nothing quite like jolly banter or witty repartee is there?
No, it is nothing like jolly banter or witty repartee......
You are going to be such a ray of sunshine come the 19th!
By the way, does anyone know, is the count held immediately after the polls close, or start the following morning, to allow time for distant ballot boxes to reach counting centres?
Hopefully decision will be known by morning as I would like a chance to gloat on here before flying off on vacation.
Vacation? Are you a Yank ? Have we got another plastic partitionist at large ?
Pity there is not greater diversity of nationalist opinion on here - its (almost) all SNP monotheism - other nationalist views (e.g. Sillars, on separate currency) never get a look in. There is but one faith on PB.com, and Alex is our Saviour.....
Meanwhile, other Scots, who don't support the 'pig in a poke' 'independence' the SNP propose, and hence oppose this vote, get no intelligent engagement when options on currency and so forth come up......
Yeah, PB is full of 'Scots' who only 'oppose this vote' because they haven't had their questions on currency answered. Perhaps you could provide a list of these tormented wee souls?
I look forward to the explanations why this is good news for the Yes campaign.
some multi millionaire pal of Cameron's
Who is a Dutch citizen with a Masters in Chemical Engineering, a 31 year Shell Employee and was educated in Delft......exactly the circle Cameron moves in.......
That is far outside malcolmg's field of experience - have mercy - please do not stretch his mind too far at this early hour.
Back to the counter at your local shop cretin. You are almost as big a jessie and Billy Liar as found on this site. I am certain that you are not capable of licking my boots in any event.
Nothing quite like jolly banter or witty repartee is there?
No, it is nothing like jolly banter or witty repartee......
You are going to be such a ray of sunshine come the 19th!
By the way, does anyone know, is the count held immediately after the polls close, or start the following morning, to allow time for distant ballot boxes to reach counting centres?
Hopefully decision will be known by morning as I would like a chance to gloat on here before flying off on vacation.
Vacation? Are you a Yank ? Have we got another plastic partitionist at large ?
Pity there is not greater diversity of nationalist opinion on here - its (almost) all SNP monotheism - other nationalist views (e.g. Sillars, on separate currency) never get a look in. There is but one faith on PB.com, and Alex is our Saviour.....
Meanwhile, other Scots, who don't support the 'pig in a poke' 'independence' the SNP propose, and hence oppose this vote, get no intelligent engagement when options on currency and so forth come up......
Yeah, PB is full of 'Scots' who only 'oppose this vote' because they haven't had their questions on currency answered. Perhaps you could provide a list of these tormented wee souls?
Thank you for the demonstration of the typical SNP response to apostates who challenge the faith.....no Jim Sillars you! There is but one Lord, and his name is Eck!
But what also needs to be borne in mind is that what might be good for a large multi-national company is not necessarily good for the rest of us.
Quite, but Shell's comment puts Shell's perspective. The Nats need to consider its implications for Scotland's presumed post-Yes economy. They may think there are none, in which case they should perhaps set out why they think this. So far we have heard abuse, which is instructive but not in a helpful way.
Pity there is not greater diversity of nationalist opinion on here - its (almost) all SNP monotheism - other nationalist views (e.g. Sillars, on separate currency) never get a look in. There is but one faith on PB.com, and Alex is our Saviour.....
Meanwhile, other Scots, who don't support the 'pig in a poke' 'independence' the SNP propose, and hence oppose this vote, get no intelligent engagement when options on currency and so forth come up......
Yeah, PB is full of 'Scots' who only 'oppose this vote' because they haven't had their questions on currency answered. Perhaps you could provide a list of these tormented wee souls?
Thank you for the demonstration of the typical SNP response to apostates who challenge the faith.....no Jim Sillars you! There is but one Lord, and his name is Eck!
So, that would be absolutely zero 'Scots' on PB who only 'oppose this vote' because they haven't had their questions on currency answered? Thanks for demonstrating you've evolved to concern trolling.
I really like the style of the file, having been a big fan of the graphic novel. Much the same as for Sin City, which did a great job of translating the graphic novel to the big screen.
You'd have to say this can't continue or governments won't be able to function in the future.
These companies (and I include Amazon & Google in this category) are parasites. Using the infrastructure and legal system of the host countries and giving next to nothing back.
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We love you Malc even though you are cross and I am pleased we are indeed going to be better together. Kisses !
I do agree however regarding the loony Labour councils, nowadays aided and abetted by the Tories, look at Aberdeen fiascos of late for instance.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/03/alex-salmond-refuses-commit-reintroducing-50p-tax-rate-scotland
The George Tax.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26465962
I'd like a large fries with that burger please.
No, it is nothing like jolly banter or witty repartee......
You are going to be such a ray of sunshine come the 19th!
By the way, does anyone know, is the count held immediately after the polls close, or start the following morning, to allow time for distant ballot boxes to reach counting centres?
and that's malcolmg, that is
She cannae take it, Captain.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/nationalism-continues-to-make-everything-brilliant-2014030684384
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/10679769/David-Cameron-mocked-on-Twitter-after-serious-Obama-phone-photo.html
The Speccie is also taking the piss out of Cameron this morning:
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2014/03/coffee-shots-politicians-help-voters-imagine-the-impossible/
And rightly so, why Cameron thinks anyone is going to be impressed by a photo of him with a phone to his ear and wearing a serious face is a mystery. What a knob the man is.
I must say, we discuss the independence referendum more on PB than the good people of Edinburgh that I met.
I tried to love bomb them into not leaving, but I think I was preaching to the converted.
But I'm back in July and August (to Glasgow) so there's still time.
In 2010 they polled sub 30%, I made the assumption that a lot of their voters stayed at home, and would return for 2015.
I'm contemplating coming up to Edinburgh for the 18th and 19th of September.
Head teachers from across Wales have raised concerns over the "unexpectedly low" results for GCSE English language exams sat earlier this year.
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said grades for the January exams in Wales were "far below what was expected", leaving head teachers shocked.
It follows a row over GCSE English exam results in 2012 which led to thousands of papers being re-graded.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26464441
Ed Davey: Tory climate sceptics need to ‘shut it’
Liberal Democrat energy secretary attacks Conservative climate change sceptics and tell them to 'shut it'.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/liberaldemocrats/10679703/Ed-Davey-Tory-climate-sceptics-need-to-shut-it.html
I'll buy you a coffee (you don't drink, right?)
1) did Labour voters in fact stay at home in 2010 or did they vote for other parties?
2) if they did stay at home, who were the new voters in 2010 and where are they going?
These are the various Representation of the People Acts:
1884 · 1918 · 1928 · 1948 · 1949 · 1969 · 1981 · 1983 · 1985 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1993 · 2000
I would even refrain from baiting the caged animals if it was the case.
Hopefully decision will be known by morning as I would like a chance to gloat on here before flying off on vacation.
I'm off to see 300 and 300: Rise of an Empire this evening at the cinema.
Raphael Honigstein @honigstein 59s
QPR spend more money on wages than Borussia Dortmund. Think about that for a moment.
It is one of my favourite films of all time.
You've never had the urge to kick someone in the stomach and say "This is Sheffield Sparta.
In all honesty, I was not taken with it, and generally bored. The excessive use of slow motion and grotesque images made it appear a film made for the director's delight, rather than that of the audience.
I, Claudius or Gladiator are far better.
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2014/03/06/williams-martini-racing-is-born/
I, Claudius rocked, but as good as Gladiator was, it was as historically accurate as an America War film.
I mean, Maximus Decimus Meridius doesn't even follow Roman naming conventions and they made Commodus was made to appear as a bad man when he really wasn't.
300 - 60%
300 Rise of an Empire - 58%
Gladiator - 76%
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gladiator/
Meanwhile, other Scots, who don't support the 'pig in a poke' 'independence' the SNP propose, and hence oppose this vote, get no intelligent engagement when options on currency and so forth come up......
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sharknado_2013/
Mr. Eagles, Gladiator has quite a bit of historical inaccuracy, but the changes are still plausible. The changes in 300 are just stupid.
The Wrath of Khan is the greatest film ever made.
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Less Than 300 - Rise Of An Empire
(starring Nigel Farage and a cast of dozens)
pic.twitter.com/LlxB8Gz70v
(sorry, I always wanted to say that on PB!!)
Their fall and the imposition of politically correct admissions policies is I'm sure a mere coincidence.
Den of Geek like it. Which is always a promising start.
I really like the style of the file, having been a big fan of the graphic novel.
Much the same as for Sin City, which did a great job of translating the graphic novel to the big screen.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/06/cupertino_skipping_beelions_in_tax_report/
You'd have to say this can't continue or governments won't be able to function in the future.
These companies (and I include Amazon & Google in this category) are parasites. Using the infrastructure and legal system of the host countries and giving next to nothing back.
If a university institutionally opposes elitism, it shouldn't really remain open.
Here are some pics from the new one:
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/sin-city/29598/new-pictures-from-sin-city-a-dame-to-kill-for