Scotland

[ScottishJohn]

Just been watching a programme about the new party splitting off from the Scottish Socialist Party, 'Solidarity'.
There seems to be some critical flaw in socialist parties - whenever they reach any significant level of popular support, they divide like amoebas.
On the positive side, at least this division has been over more interesting topics than the right of nations to self-determination, or the theory of surplus value.

What do people think of these parties?
Would you buy a used car from Colin Fox?
Or accept Tommy Sheridan's invitation to see his collection of proletarian art?

It is the problem of building political parties around a personality instead of an ideal. The Scottish Socialists were to some extent the Tommy Sheridan find a bandwagon and we'll jump on it party.

I think they are a problem. They take votes from people who don't understand that they have no real policies and no hope of enacting those wrong headed polcies they do produce.

I watched a hilarious interview with Sherridan a couple of years ago - Sally Magnusson asking him about redistribution of wealth, and how he planned to achieve this - he kept telling her that they were going to redistribute the wealth, but every time she asked him how, (taxes etc) he said oh no, we're not talking about taxes we are talking about redistributing the wealth. I don't think he had an idea how he was going to do it. I think he had a good idea he wasn't going to get the chance to do, but talking about it would get him votes which gets him his own persoal grandstand.

 

[ScottishJohn]

Its pure heavy bucketing down....it sucks and i need to hop on a bus to glasgow and then a bus to edinburgh whihc sucks! I just wanna go home to ma bed!

Dreich. Some Indian summer, I just saw the weather forecast and there is a cloud the size of the atlantic slowly lumbering towards us. Might have passed over us by May!

 

[Anniyas]

Lovely...

 

[Jer]

It's been gorgeous sunshine here (Lendrick Muir, near Kinross) some of the time. There's also been showers, but is pretty decent considering.

 

[theFijian]

I was in Inverness today and was in shorts and a t-shirt. I drive down the road to Glasgow and I'm needing put a jumper on as soon as I arrive!

 

[Jer]

Yeah, to say the weather is damp is a bit of an understatement. Had a good but muddy cycle yesterday,

 

[Buttermilk]

It was suposed to be wet at the Robbie gig at Hampden tonight, but it wasn't

 

[Anniyas]

awww thats lucky!!!!

 

[Buttermilk]

Made up for it at the Great Scottish Run this morning though - I got soaked

 

[Martin^^]

Made up for it at the Great Scottish Run this morning though - I got soaked

Were you running or first-aiding , Buttermilk?

 

[Buttermilk]

First aiding - although we probably covered the distance of at least the 10K by walking about anyway

 

[Jer]

Sounds wet but fun,

 

[Martin^^]

Scotland 1-0 France

writing it down feels sooooo good

Great to see the tartan army have something to celebrate, its been a long time...

 

[theFijian]

I was there!!!!

 

[Buttermilk]

I was there!!!!

I wish I had been

 

[nvrbnunloved]

Scotland 1-0 France

writing it down feels sooooo good

Great to see the tartan army have something to celebrate, its been a long time...

You betcha Join in the conga line I started on the day....


Let's all do the conga....

I was there!!!!

You probably have been doing the conga since then!

I wish I had been

You and me both, sister - come on let's conga!!

 

[nvrbnunloved]

Are you getting that I'm in a big conga mood??

 

[theFijian]

One of the best adverts ever.....

Irn Bru Snowman

 

[nvrbnunloved]

One of the best adverts ever.....

Irn Bru Snowman

I saw this the other night for the first time and nearly ended myself laughing

And I thought nothing could ever beat the IB32 ad - the one in the library....

Cuckoo

LOLOLOL

 

[FifeRover]

Hi there

I was just wondering if anyone on here was form Scotland. Or am i the only one?

Hiya fae Fife, the small coastal resort (koff) of Burntisland on the Costa Del Fife (as everyone knows Fife is a sun kissed paradise a bit like Hawaii).
The clue is in the name, I come from Fife and support Raith Rovers (one of the best teams in Kirkcaldy!)