tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post4397750779920348991..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: THIS IS WHAT WE ARE UP AGAINST...Munguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-69349896079624320502014-02-06T18:50:19.812+00:002014-02-06T18:50:19.812+00:00Dean
That is one hell of a journey. Labour for in...Dean<br /><br />That is one hell of a journey. Labour for indy is certainly better than the official Labour party.<br /><br />I watched the podcast from Glasgow Alan Grogan was good as usual, but I thought that the lady who is deputy chair of LFI (sorry do not know her name) was excellent. Dubbiesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351210091827242674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-80737036744172443372014-02-06T18:49:19.659+00:002014-02-06T18:49:19.659+00:00Dean
That is one hell of a journey. Labour for in...Dean<br /><br />That is one hell of a journey. Labour for indy is certainly better than the official Labour party.<br /><br />I watched the podcast from Glasgow Alan Grogan was good as usual, but I thought that the lady who is deputy chair of LFI (sorry do not know her name) was excellent. Dubbiesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351210091827242674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-8387545849592402882014-02-06T12:46:35.000+00:002014-02-06T12:46:35.000+00:00LOL you lot should write comic strips for National...LOL you lot should write comic strips for National Collective.<br /><br />Hi Andy, welcome to MR! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-51402903642252036752014-02-06T12:45:10.306+00:002014-02-06T12:45:10.306+00:00You should never be ashamed of your political jour...You should never be ashamed of your political journey, Dean. <br /><br />In fact it is far better to have travelled a bit on they journey to where you are, than to have started there and never changed.<br /><br />In any case, politics changes.<br /><br />The Tories of today don't realistically resemble the Tories of pre Thatcher.<br /><br />Labour is hardly identifiable as the party of Harold Wilson, much less the post war Labour Party of Atlee that humanised Britain.<br /><br />The SNP is not the same party as it was in the 1950s.<br /><br />The Liberals...erm... ah well, least said soonest mended.<br /><br />But thank you very very much for crediting me with having helped your journey. I truly am happy to have helped you.<br /><br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-87971807135215653362014-02-06T12:40:29.049+00:002014-02-06T12:40:29.049+00:00Yes Dubs.
I sometimes think it's a pity that ...Yes Dubs.<br /><br />I sometimes think it's a pity that the FT only sells about 50 copies in Scotland!!!<br /><br />Of course, no one else actually bothered carrying the story.<br /><br />All too busy with the personal opinion of a man who was doing his best to create another story.<br /><br />LOL I didn't convert him, Dubs... although I would have liked to. As I recall it was Braco who did that!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-20261422361849690502014-02-06T01:54:03.407+00:002014-02-06T01:54:03.407+00:00So monstrous is it, it puts Japanese anime to sham...So monstrous is it, it puts Japanese anime to shame! Shame I tell you! <br /><br />http://www.pspsonywallpaper.com/wp-content/themes/psp3/wallpapers/3702691-akira-wp07.jpgDean MacKinnon-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221192592535723681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-13526247214351407372014-02-06T01:50:09.392+00:002014-02-06T01:50:09.392+00:00Its dean the former tory, who joined Scottis labou...Its dean the former tory, who joined Scottis labour, remains scottish labour and has now accepted devo max is off the table and only labforindy remains!<br /><br />A heck of a personal journey!<br /><br />Read it here: http://civicjungle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/indyref-why-im-considering-voting-yes.html<br /><br />I'm not ashamed of my political journey, but all the saner, happier and self-assured for having the courage to transition into the unknown to make it.<br /><br />And yes, Tristan has been a huge logical guide on the roadmap 66 to sanity and keir hardie home rule :)Dean MacKinnon-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221192592535723681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-85466630281165182772014-02-05T18:57:36.558+00:002014-02-05T18:57:36.558+00:00The giant radioactive sea monster is already there...The giant radioactive sea monster is already there. Its called Trident.Dubbiesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351210091827242674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-32803224265720901822014-02-05T18:56:07.431+00:002014-02-05T18:56:07.431+00:00Tris
As a NO voting neighbour of mine said the ot...Tris<br /><br />As a NO voting neighbour of mine said the other day... You begin to wonder if anything they say is true.<br /><br />Get a copy made of the FT front page with the financial numbers on it. When you then say to people "of course Scotland can afford to be independent, and they say, well you would say that. Reply with do not take my word for it have a read of this article in the FT.<br /><br />P.S. Is that the Dean who used to be a Tory, then Labour and now a Yesser, great work converting him Tris.<br />Dubbiesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351210091827242674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-9165840504601287282014-02-05T18:46:59.623+00:002014-02-05T18:46:59.623+00:00Hi Tris
Anon makes a good point when I was young ...Hi Tris<br /><br />Anon makes a good point when I was young 1950s my father worked on Christmas day, right up to the mid 60s if my memory is correct.<br /><br />He worked for that very Scottish company, British Road Services.<br /><br />I see below that you thought it was funny Tris, would tragic not be a better description of this lack of knowledge. Dubbiesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351210091827242674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-40012453949480844262014-02-05T17:17:16.984+00:002014-02-05T17:17:16.984+00:00The giant radioactive sea monster has already rise...The giant radioactive sea monster has already risen out of the Atlantic and terrorises me (don't know about Saltcoats). It's called SLAB in Holyrood with its UKOK tentacles and No Better Together tongue.Andy 1985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-20281640082932102002014-02-05T16:59:39.243+00:002014-02-05T16:59:39.243+00:00Although, to be fair, the biblical references to t...Although, to be fair, the biblical references to the Passover tend to suggest the date of Easter is about right. Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-22625071092099988052014-02-05T16:52:08.051+00:002014-02-05T16:52:08.051+00:00Fair enough, happy to be corrected. Must one one o...Fair enough, happy to be corrected. Must one one of those urban myths! Still unless elect the Grinch as FM, I feel sure an independent Scotland won't ban Christmaspanda pawsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-68003874444346833672014-02-05T15:08:38.951+00:002014-02-05T15:08:38.951+00:00Yes...
Exactly. They've done it too often.Yes...<br /><br />Exactly. They've done it too often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-57533377754211115422014-02-05T14:46:03.523+00:002014-02-05T14:46:03.523+00:00>>As a NO voting neighbour of mine said the ...>>As a NO voting neighbour of mine said the other day... You begin to wonder if anything they say is true.<br /> <br />It's going to be like the boy who cried wolf. One day a giant radioactive sea monster really will rise out of the Atlantic and terrorise Saltcoats, but when Jackie Bird reports on it we'll just laugh at her. Craig Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-46286596827367851232014-02-05T13:26:16.816+00:002014-02-05T13:26:16.816+00:00I totally agree.The more stupid things that they s...I totally agree.The more stupid things that they say... No more Doctor Who; barbed wire border posts; the only European country thrown out of the EU; not allowed to use a currency that the irish used for 50 years after "separation" and that many other small states still use... the more they make fools of their arguments.<br /><br />The seem to go through a list of silly things to say, and as each is disproved they move on to something else.<br /><br />As a NO voting neighbour of mine said the other day... You begin to wonder if anything they say is true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-16207282914323056952014-02-05T13:11:11.776+00:002014-02-05T13:11:11.776+00:00Is that really an argument against a YES vote? I s...Is that really an argument against a YES vote? I say let bitter together and her cohorts of anti-'separation' monsters continue to push this crap out. It only helps the growing swing to YES we're seeing in the opinion polls.Dean MacKinnon-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221192592535723681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-84354485725973830382014-02-05T13:02:08.266+00:002014-02-05T13:02:08.266+00:00My point was that in Scotland for what ever reason...My point was that in Scotland for what ever reason or reasons working on Christmas day was very normal throughout most of the twentieth century. It was something that the majority of Scottish male workers would have done at the time. For 250 out of 300 years of Union this woad a regular normal thing to do.<br /><br />Just why YSAS should decide that the real version of what happened was not good enough for todays version of history is rather odd.<br /><br />I rather think that this is one of several twitter accounts under the control of those either in or close to BT directors.<br /><br />Adrian B Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-72050008080905854282014-02-05T12:00:38.005+00:002014-02-05T12:00:38.005+00:00Absolutely Illy.
It made sense to not deprive peo...Absolutely Illy.<br /><br />It made sense to not deprive people of their festivals, which they loved. Long before television and nightclubs, in harsh conditions, particularly in the middle of winter (before central heating too) people looked forward to some sort of celebration in the middle of the winter and at the end.<br /><br />To be honest, I thought that it was a spoof to begin with. How could anyone be that daft?<br /><br />Hmmmmm....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-11244823210548193802014-02-05T11:57:33.451+00:002014-02-05T11:57:33.451+00:00Hi Kenny.
He's a real weird bloke is Galloway...Hi Kenny.<br /><br />He's a real weird bloke is Galloway. He seems to be sharing, or trying to share a platform with the people he has spent years fighting: the British establishment.<br /><br />Why is he so against Britain poking its nose into other people's affairs but not into the affairs of Scotland. Clearly someone of his political nous realises that Scots don't want most of the crap that comes to us from London. He must have read the polls that show, somewhat ironically, that even Scots who are against independence want to get rid of Trident (which the Brits will never do), have Edinburgh run social security and taxation (because they believe it will be fairer), and have Edinburgh run defence (which would be much less inclined to engage in wars at Washington's command).<br /><br />So why is he siding with David Cameron and Alistair Darling. Pillars of the Anglo/American establishment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-20061443831360688502014-02-05T11:50:40.592+00:002014-02-05T11:50:40.592+00:00LOL. Yes.
I agree. I suppose that there are wee ...LOL. Yes. <br /><br />I agree. I suppose that there are wee Willie Haigs around, and suppose it is possible that they would band together... but as you say. Young is a comparative adjective.<br /><br />They certainly don't sound like normal young people, who might be relied on not to care much about the celebration of their saviour's birth, but a bit more about the new Converse they were hoping for!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-6498464741623181932014-02-05T11:46:10.943+00:002014-02-05T11:46:10.943+00:00I wasn't sure about that. I found a site which...I wasn't sure about that. I found a site which says it was in fact banned after the Reformation, because the Kirk thought it a papish celebration. All masses were banned including Christ Mass.<br /><br />http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow11.htm<br /><br />I'm not sure how reliable that information is, but it does seem to be correct in other aspects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-31432546670226104012014-02-05T11:42:52.714+00:002014-02-05T11:42:52.714+00:00Hi Cedric... I just thought it was funny.Hi Cedric... I just thought it was funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-88500294205950999232014-02-05T11:41:50.740+00:002014-02-05T11:41:50.740+00:00Hi Adrian; hi Lynne. Nice to see you on Munguin...Hi Adrian; hi Lynne. Nice to see you on Munguin's Republic. I guess that the point of that is that even under the rule of the United Kingdom, Scotland didn't have Christmas day off. Even in what must have been the most British tf times in Scotland, post second world war.<br /><br />So, what Adrian is saying is, I think, even if there was some point in the post, it is wiped out by that evidence.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-53979590458348100122014-02-05T11:28:51.926+00:002014-02-05T11:28:51.926+00:00Some fun facts for this guy:
There is no evidence...Some fun facts for this guy:<br /><br />There is no evidence that Jesus was born in December.<br /><br />Early Christians had a habit of "re-purposing" local traditions as part of converting people. Most of the traditional celebration habits are far older than Christianity, they just stuck new names on them. Hogmanay may in fact be older than Christianity.<br /><br />Winter Solstice (Christmas), and Spring fertility celebrations (Easter) are two glaringly obvious examples that spring to mind.Illynoreply@blogger.com