tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post4192591908463448387..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: NO WONDER THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO KNOW...Munguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-13793505124227505102012-11-06T22:42:26.717+00:002012-11-06T22:42:26.717+00:00I know Taz... He been on the Meths again?
I sympa...I know Taz... He been on the Meths again?<br /><br />I sympathise with you having tio put up with him, but he'd be a danger on his own.<br /><br />Niko: Shut up and go back and lie on your bed. Any more rubbish from you tonight and there will be no supper.<br /><br />There Taz...that's told him. Maybe you'll get a bit of peace now. <br /><br />Saor Alba gu brathAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-66600133481833768052012-11-06T21:09:20.657+00:002012-11-06T21:09:20.657+00:00there he goes over the top again as usual 'ene...there he goes over the top again as usual 'enemy Nazi'<br /><br /><br />Taznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-28151801918971340532012-11-06T20:57:09.384+00:002012-11-06T20:57:09.384+00:00tris
The government doesnt need to give targets y...tris<br /><br />The government doesnt need to give targets you just say we hacked dis many off benefits. And they say well done keep it up and bobs your uncle.<br /><br /><br />whats your take on Alex salmond rewriting Ministerial Code????<br /><br />sleazy sleeze from alex<br /><br />they will get him for the unwarranted 12 grand spend in the end. Be a while but slowly slowy catchee slippery first minister<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />THE row over an independent Scotland’s place in Europe is damaging the prospect of a Yes vote in the 2014 referendum, a former leader and Deputy leader of the SNP warned today.<br /><br />yeah well perhaps Gordon Wilson and Jim Sillars should shut up..ha ha ha<br /><br />The bbc biased against the destroyers of the UK..so they should be the snp are the ENEMY.<br />Nobody expected the bbc to give a fair go to the Nazi party during the war.So why should they treat the snp any differently.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Nikonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-17490620510376461562012-11-06T20:24:02.872+00:002012-11-06T20:24:02.872+00:00Yes, I saw that video before, Arbroath and I can b...Yes, I saw that video before, Arbroath and I can believe that it is true.<br /><br />I briefly worked for Jobcentre, when I was between other decent jobs. I have never worked in such a target driven environment, so disorganised and lowly motivated. <br /><br />Nothing matters except getting a target... in this case 3 people a week to be taken off dole, because they can't get them into work.<br /><br />There is no work so it's the only way to save money.<br /><br />That people starve, or are homeless matter not a whit to them (the management). It can make the staff ill. (Long term absenteeism was rife when I worked there).<br /><br />Clearly (and I know this from being on projects with JC+), it is the people who are the weakest that they hurt. They never touch the people who are hardmen... No chance. They are frightened of them.<br /><br />The government swears that they don't give JC+ targets; they also swear that they don't give Atos targets.<br /><br />It's strange that all these people have targets nonetheless.<br /><br />Either all of these staff are lying, or the government is lying...<br /><br />I wonder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-72430120255108293042012-11-06T20:09:08.154+00:002012-11-06T20:09:08.154+00:00Thanks for the links deewal.
The Games organisers...Thanks for the links deewal.<br /><br />The Games organisers and the government are, of course separate, but I am totally in agreement that the government should have spoken out about ATOS's involvement in the Games.<br /><br />I'd be surprised to hear much in the way of criticism from the london parties though. They are up to their ears in Atos!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-13747550144438854862012-11-06T19:54:32.020+00:002012-11-06T19:54:32.020+00:00To be honest, I don't see the population risin...To be honest, I don't see the population rising against the BBC, Arbroath. By and large we don't bother with that sort of thing in the UK. I'm not sure why. We moan a lot about paying £140 for something we hardly use, but that's as far as it goes usually.<br /><br />I think that the BBC will continue to oblige the government by keeping the news on the Tory (and for all we know other parties') connection with Savile, in return that only mild criticism of the corporation is allowed.<br /><br />It's almost a symbiotic relationship. They need each other. They are both flawed and hate each other but the one can't get by without the other...<br /><br />You're right though. The rest of the press is unlikely to be so kind. Rumour has it that it stretches over a very very wide area and even those at the very very top are no immune.<br /><br />I reckon that MI 5/6 or whatever will have the news suppressed.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-23574274596296675062012-11-06T17:20:26.784+00:002012-11-06T17:20:26.784+00:00The BBC are reluctant to say anything about ATOS a...The BBC are reluctant to say anything about ATOS as ATOS is the BBC'S IT partner.<br />You wont hear anything on the BBC about this....................<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/03/atos-disability-assessment-contract or this......<br />http://www.thefedonline.org.uk/component/k2/item/1817-snp-ducks-question-over-atos-sponsorship-of-glasgow-2014.htmldeewalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-78532012734722749912012-11-06T15:56:46.403+00:002012-11-06T15:56:46.403+00:00Yeah I see your point Tris.However, the fact that ...Yeah I see your point Tris.However, the fact that there seems to be a never ending drip drip drip of this I just wonder how long it will be before we have a "popular" uprising against the BBC?<br /><br />Don't forget Westminster itself is by no means clean on this issue either. What with one known but unnamed former Tory minister in the frame. Just like the BBC where there is one others are sure to have followed.<br /><br />I think both Westminster and the BBC are in for a rough time over this. Westminster may be able to shut down the story on the BBC but the rest of the media will not take so kindly to being told to shut it down.<br /><br />O/T but Westminster related. I've just come across this video about how claimants are "tricked" by the job centre. SICK! This is a result of the Tories at their "best" in power.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0XLgg75stn4Arbroath 1320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-68577023172458359602012-11-06T13:34:28.645+00:002012-11-06T13:34:28.645+00:00I'd say that the government needs the BBC so w...I'd say that the government needs the BBC so will be reluctant to do anything serious about it, Arbroath.<br /><br />Things, even as horrific as the Savile (et al) scandal at the BBC have a short shelf life in the UK.<br /><br />Added to which I suspect that there are too many important people with ties to the government, the Lords, the palace etc, with vested interests that the BBC not do any more investigation.<br /><br />Imagine the danger of some BBC journalists let free (and jobless) to investigate and write on the subject of who knew what about what...<br /><br />No, I think the BBC will remain safe. It potentially knows too much, and treated the right way can be cowed into submission.<br /><br />And let's be honest it is doing the lion's share of the No campaign's job.<br /><br />BTW, did I hear that Alistair Darling has said there is to be no more Mr Nice Guy... Oh god, we're all soooo scared dearest Darling.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-16025341450493589362012-11-06T13:21:32.262+00:002012-11-06T13:21:32.262+00:00Tris are you sure that the BBC will even last unti...Tris are you sure that the BBC will even last until the referendum?<br /><br />Looking at all the Jimmy Saville type of goings on that seem to be surfacing every day I'm beginning to wonder how much longer they can actually survive and retain the current BBC set up and structure.<br /><br />If things keep going as they have been I think I'd be very surprised to see the BBC still around in its current form by the time of the referendum.Arbroath 1320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-75666123798406859102012-11-06T12:23:18.619+00:002012-11-06T12:23:18.619+00:00As for the Atos scandal of the Games. I agree comp...As for the Atos scandal of the Games. I agree completely. Why on Earth that was allowed is beyond my comprehension.<br /><br />I was a strong supporter of the Glasgow games. When Atos's involvement was pointed out to me I withdrew that support. <br /><br />This is an immoral organisation making millions, probably billions out of the UK government by imposing misery and sometimes even death on the weakest people in our society.<br /><br />Of course from the economic point of view this saves Iain Duncan Smith millions on benefits. I don't suppose that killing off the sick was the original idea and I'm not suggesting it, in case Mr Duncan Smith wants to get litigious, but there is no denying that with hundreds of sick people dying every year as a result of Atos's involvement, must save him a pot of dosh.<br /><br />The problem as you rightly point out is that the Edinburgh government has allowed itself to be involved with them...at a distance of course, through the Games organisers. I'm not sure whether the Sport Minister could have stopped it. It would be interesting to find out. Certainly Nicola could have and should have, avoided being photographed with them.<br /><br />Of course Labour, who originally employed these people; the Tories who continue to employ them, and the Liberals by extension, having failed to stop them, despite, I have to say, grass root revulsion (see George Potter's blog) aren't really in a position to criticise. But that doesn't make it any better.<br /><br />It was, as far as I can see, an own goal. <br /><br />I'm not sure what value it brings to the games (except loads of cash) given that the organisation is roundly hated in Scotland, to have them associated with the Games.<br /><br />I'd be interested to know to what extent the government could have controled the sponsors, if anyone knows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-44183695526116236712012-11-06T12:20:07.936+00:002012-11-06T12:20:07.936+00:00deewal:
I agree completely.
I've always said...deewal:<br /><br />I agree completely.<br /><br />I've always said that from day one we should have outside observers.<br /><br />You cannot have the whole thing overseen by one of the original partners to the treaty. <br /><br />The UN or the EU would have been called in if this had been in Africa or the Middle East, so why not here?<br /><br />Is it that the English are considered to be above duplicity?<br /><br />Well... er yeah... coughs and splutters into silence...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-90567602226682227452012-11-06T12:04:47.689+00:002012-11-06T12:04:47.689+00:00It's very horrible Pa... The trouble is that t...It's very horrible Pa... The trouble is that the BBC have a vested interest in keeping the union. They are essentially an establishment organisation, supposedly neutral, but absolutely in thrall to the government at Westminster which says how much they can tax us and waste our money. This is undoubtedly why the Tories, who would privatise their grandmothers, and Labour (who might stop JUST short of that, but not if the price was right) have never sold them off for the vast amounts they are worth.<br /><br />Additionally, BBC Scotland knows it is soup under independence. The very best (are there any) might get a job in Manchester or Carlisle) The rest will be on the dole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-47656884827246973442012-11-06T00:19:13.322+00:002012-11-06T00:19:13.322+00:00http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa342/abderg/S...http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa342/abderg/Steve_Cram_and_Nicola_Sturgeon_at_launch_of_Atos_Glasgow_2014_sponsorship_March_16_2012-550x436.jpgdeewalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-27085140769784334382012-11-05T23:41:08.944+00:002012-11-05T23:41:08.944+00:00Just been watching a bit of it. This is grossly ou...Just been watching a bit of it. This is grossly out of order. Totally Biased in favour of the Unionists.<br />The Yes Campaign are going to need a UN representative to oversee this part of the Edinburgh agreement. "The governments are agreed that the referendum should meet the highest standards of fairness, transparency and propriety, informed by consultation and independent expert advice."<br />Lets call for the Independent expert arbitrator NOW.<br /><br />tris. You mentioned ATOS. So did a young man on that program. He asked about welfare cuts and benefits. He did not get a reply from anyone.<br />ATOS is a very big dangerous elephant in the room for the SNP and the BBC and indeed any party.<br />I don't want to discuss it here in this thread but it MUST be addressed or the Yes Camp are going to lose a lot of votes.<br />I'd like you to see what i mean before i post it anywhere.deewalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-89363522793069158102012-11-05T22:41:01.396+00:002012-11-05T22:41:01.396+00:00Another 'Big Debate' on BBC1.
Willie Renn...Another 'Big Debate' on BBC1.<br /><br />Willie Rennie, Anas Sarwar, Angela Constance, Patrick Harvie and Tom Devine.<br /><br />Its a 2 2 1 formation.<br /><br />How horrid will this be?pa_broon74https://www.blogger.com/profile/01915208411019621104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-29044419036442342222012-11-05T21:33:50.122+00:002012-11-05T21:33:50.122+00:00Och aye Arbroath. The oil's aye been running o...Och aye Arbroath. The oil's aye been running out.<br /><br />I tell you, if it were the Tories wouldn't be putting up ANY fight at all to seeing back of is. All we do for them is produce 40 seats for the opposition in THEIR parliament.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-86990419310920626712012-11-05T21:32:10.451+00:002012-11-05T21:32:10.451+00:00Oh I'll pop over and look CH, thanksOh I'll pop over and look CH, thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-59350287495678974862012-11-05T21:31:49.762+00:002012-11-05T21:31:49.762+00:00Greaqt article CH: I always like Mad Jock McMad...Greaqt article CH: I always like Mad Jock McMad's comments and this one is no exception:<br /><br />One month on and now Lamont is saying Trident is a good thing for Scotland to have, found herself and Curran booed at a STUC march, been left looking stupid over the EU and never seen from one FMQ to the next when she comes out with her London prepared script for another 'doin' as Iain Davidson MP would put it. .<br /><br />Labour lost the plot in 2007, Brown's huffy cancelling of the highly advanced carbon capture plant at Peterhead was the start,cutting the Scottish budget by 3% per annum for no other reason than he could,Darling refusing to go up against Yes Scotland's Blair Jenkins in a BBC debate, throw in Dennis McShane, Glasgow Labour Council's continuing malfeasance (the latest is the 'loss' of 270 laptops from a 'secure store') and the open sore that is their public service contracts with known Glasgow Gang front companies (worth over £2 million per year according to Strathclyde Police) and you have what remains of Labour's Scottish region with more in common with 'Tammany Hall' than a political party.<br /><br />Now the terminal decline of Westminster and the Union grows apace with the revelations surrounding Saville, Members of Parliament and sexual abuse, the continuing abuse of expenses and its 'Romneyisation' as it heads for a political disaster not seen since before Cromwell's time.<br /><br />The polarisation you feared last month is now complete: vote 'Yes' for a social democratic and progressive Scotland - vote 'No' for for a reactionary, wreck social cohesion, status quo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-25071756915375538582012-11-05T21:25:05.322+00:002012-11-05T21:25:05.322+00:00Awww poor wee Tz... OK poor BIG Taz.
You should b...Awww poor wee Tz... OK poor BIG Taz.<br /><br />You should be giving him a cuddle Niko. Let him know that Cameron hasn't declared war on Holyrood... otherwise I wouldn't give for Camergoon's survival... nasty texts AND Taz's teeth sinking in to his well padded Eton arse... GRRRRRRRR.<br /><br />Sometimes it's OK to be brutally honest and forget the PC world... (ha ha ha PC World... did you like that?), so lying bastard is OK by me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-7719501494302090712012-11-05T21:05:32.615+00:002012-11-05T21:05:32.615+00:00Don't forget either Tris the regular lies that...Don't forget either Tris the regular lies that came from Westminster about the oil running out.<br /><br />We first heard it in 1975, then around 1983, then 1995 etc etc etc. Now I don't know about you Tris I seem to have read somewhere fairly recently that there is STILL oil flowing from the North Sea. Not only that but there is now technology available to be used that will extract even MORE oil from the depleted wells. I believe when I read this it mentioned that only about 10% of the oil had already been extracted.<br /><br />As far as civic minded people are concerned Niko that is why I asked you the question. WHO are these civic minded people?Arbroath 1320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-79434482198206362662012-11-05T20:46:41.369+00:002012-11-05T20:46:41.369+00:00Another good article tris apologies if I have alre...Another good article tris apologies if I have already linked. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/andrew-smith/scottish-labour-the-beginning-of-the-end-_b_1929096.html?utm_hp_ref=tw" rel="nofollow">The Beginning of the End for Scottish Labour?</a><br /><br />ps. popped a pic in the last thread which could be useful over the EU.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-84459038728455682292012-11-05T20:43:52.501+00:002012-11-05T20:43:52.501+00:00tris
Nov 5th Taz is not a happy mutt asleep on ca...tris<br /><br />Nov 5th Taz is not a happy mutt asleep on carpet by fire at the mo<br />but a wee Scaredy of all the noise.<br /><br />Oops! he just shot off into kitchen<br /><br />lying is such a horrid word my preference is 'terminological inexactitude' or "economical with the actualité".<br /><br />Lying bastard is so brutish and nasty Nikostratoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581441869560921339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-48646176229288265192012-11-05T20:29:40.050+00:002012-11-05T20:29:40.050+00:00Good article CH... and the guy is right. At some s...Good article CH... and the guy is right. At some stage the unions will have to take a view.<br /><br />There would certainly be more disposable money in Scotland, so maybe the three pronged attack on these people's income...<br /><br />... Pay Freeze<br />... Inflation<br />... Increased pension contributions<br /><br />would be able to be addressed.<br /><br />Additionally, he's right. You can't have men just a couple of years shy of 70 working as prison officers.<br /><br />Geez that's a young man's game. 60 is an absolute maximum, I'd have thought.<br /><br />Policemen on the beat retire long before that.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-60916773158977883792012-11-05T20:22:02.626+00:002012-11-05T20:22:02.626+00:00Yep Anon... off down the pub with our money, showi...Yep Anon... off down the pub with our money, showing off to all his posh friends from America and China and Japan... with never a thought for those at home in the cold and damp...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com