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  1. No lol Its from Father Ted PS - im also voting leave
  2. Maybe because she has never been part of the leave camp .............
  3. Garcia still has a chance to reclaim that title .....
  4. The most important thing is the individual's mentality. To be a really top class player in this day and age you need to have the dedication as well as the ability. For whatever the reasons (and there are many) im not sure that Scotland as a country will ever have enough youngsters interested in football that have that long term dedication and those that do are never the best of the bunch.
  5. In a must win game Romania are absolutely rotten
  6. Just got a blank screen with sound on the link Here are the goals on YouTube. The Mexicans chucked it after the 3rd went in at the start of the second half The last goal says it all
  7. He does BBC Scotland were just trying to find an angle to attack the SNP Thats why the Conservative MSP that was interviewed after spent most of his discussion talking about the SNP and SNP party members
  8. She also appears to have ignored Marco Biagi's good article in The National which i think is spot on and below Have to admit that Sturgeon has really irked me in the last 3 weeks with some of her remarks although i realise some have been embellished by the media EVERYONE in life is allowed to do a few monumentally stupid things. We all make mistakes. Things that seemed like good ideas at the time. Endowment mortgages, Cleggmania, bootcut jeans. If your life quota of ill-advised choices is already exhausted, whatever you do don’t be a Scottish independence supporter feeling an urge to vote Leave in the hope of a second indyref. But if you are one of those creatures, you need to face a simple fact: a second referendum just isn’t going to happen after Brexit. It’s so tempting to think the Scottish electorate will have a sudden and massive change of heart about independence. If that happens my shock will be overtaken by my joy. But we all have to face the harsh reality that there is no actual evidence that this will happen. Think back to October 2012. A Panelbase poll reported 56 per cent of Scots “quite” or “very” likely to vote for independence, if they felt the 2015 General Election would return a Tory-led government. Almost four years on and we have that Conservative government but we don’t have that majority for independence. What if following that poll the SNP had committed to another snap referendum in the event of a Conservative government? Today those of us who support independence would be facing disaster. As we know there was no magic overnight revolution in independence support. There was a bounce, not a surge. Nicola Sturgeon would have spent a year calling on former Labour voters to back Yes, arguing the promise made to them that they could vote No for a less Conservative UK had not been delivered and so circumstances had changed sufficiently to revisit the question of independence. It would have been a desperate strategy and a huge gamble. A stake as precious as the prospect of your country’s independence is not thrown onto the table lightly. Certainly not when the best in your hand is a pair of fives. Surely – surely – if the UK leaves the EU that changes the circumstances under which the No vote was won? Yes, it does. A second independence referendum could on that basis be justified and rendered legitimate. But that doesn’t mean it’s any more winnable. Indeed, it would be less so. The same forces that gathered for the No campaign in 2014 would muster their strength again, drawing on the same networks and resources. But they would have a whole new argument they could deploy. Instead of rehashing the dismal campaign of 2014, they would simply ask one question of the Scottish public. Would you rather be part of Europe or part of Britain? Framed like that the answer would be an overwhelming second No. And that would be it. The independence campaign would be thrown into disarray and disunity. Recriminations would fly. There would be no need to quibble over how long a generation is because the time before this and any subsequent referendum would be forever. The SNP today dominates Scottish politics. The pro-independence Greens are also on the rise. We have an opportunity to build and entrench support for independence. The quickest way for all of that to collapse is a failed second independence referendum. Our opponents long for us to be so catastrophically reckless as to hold one and lose. It is literally the only realistic path they have to win back power in Scotland in the foreseeable future. If we are to win, we need an understanding between the grassroots and elected leaderships of the Yes parties. That those great assembled ranks of activists who want independence not tomorrow but today will not press leaders to follow a Leave vote in the EU referendum with a second vote on independence. But the quid pro quo is that those leaders must use their resources to develop the case for independence and work with the grassroots so that there will be that second vote, and it will be won. This needs trust on all sides. But it has to happen. We need to reach out to those who voted No and better understand them – especially those who share the progressive ideals of the Yes movement but were left cold by our arguments last time round. EU membership was just one small part of a complex debate that encompassed questions of industry, currency, public finances, pensions, and many more. On all of these we need to examine our arguments and develop our case. If Brexit defies all expectations and does deeply change minds, the Yes movement should be ready. But if and when it doesn’t, we shouldn’t be foolish. The second referendum will be won if it arises from the demands not of impatient Yes activists wanting a quick rerun, but the demands of hundreds of thousands of No voters that have converted and want to throw their support behind national independence. Those who have the means to hold a second referendum are wise enough to know this. Everyone else who supports independence has to be wise enough to realise they are right
  9. "God save the Queen" says Tim as he arrives back on earth making a mockery of his 6 months in space
  10. Ally Bongo

    ROI Belgium

    Think they have said they will be Ireland are (still) really very poor though which should level the playing field
  11. When i re read my post i should have concentrated on the "if" and lumped on the draw which i have clearly convinced myself will be the outcome if they dont Greedy dick
  12. Almost certain that Austria will try and escape from tonight's game with a draw and rely on beating Iceland in their last game to put them through Junozovic is out and to play expansive against the likes of Ronaldo and Nani could lead to a gubbing If Portugal score first then Austria will need to go for broke and could lose by 3 Portugal minus 2 at 11/2
  13. Nope - me also And not just because i had Hungary in a line If that was a second half performance from Scotland we would all be embarrassed
  14. Was waiting on Oriental Fox in the last race at Ascot for an 80p stake in the placepot Needed to finish 3rd Finished 4th Placepot paid just over £1000 to a £1 stake Back to normal
  15. The way my luck is going its almost certain that Ireland will score - or the game gets abandoned or the likes
  16. Sort of and Yes Plenty definitions around on google - Liberal v Moderate v Conservative And there is nothing at all wrong with Liberalism Maajid's gripe is on the one issue which is the topic of Islamic Theocracy
  17. Not forgetting it is easier to indoctrinate someone who already has a mental deficiency than someone who hasnt
  18. One of these days it is going to click for them in a game and Belgium will give someone an absolute shoeing. Yes i know they are powder puff and for all their possession and fancy teamwork they dont usually score a lot A sort of poor man's Spain but they have to win today The key against a stuffy Ireland will be if they score early If that happens i can see the wheels coming off the Irish Belgium -2 at 7/1
  19. Hardly any fall outs at all Do not know anyone that has fallen out with friends or family Most folk that voted No said they voted Yes anyway whenever it comes up (my cousin for one the rat)
  20. Bascally the liberals to which he refers to are those (mainly in America) that blame the West for everything Jihadi related and consistently state that Islam is a religion of peace. Immediately after the tragedy the same liberals were quick off the mark to try and convince everyone that this couldnt possibly be Jihadi related for the reasons given above He was pointing out that with his personal experience they are talking cack
  21. Whether this outrageous propaganda will be a disastrous own goal for the leave campaign remains to be seen. It is clear that they are mainly focusing on immigration and the inbuilt prejudices people have in an attempt to counter the economic scaremongering by the remain camp. It has possibly crossed the line with many undecided voters however it probably wont get the mainstream media scrutiny it should have because of other events today
  22. So from that it would appear that all the internet allegations of his past are made up
  23. Yes - still suggesting that there was a clear motive for the attack
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