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that show has been past its sell by date for at least a decade, garbage

Why are UKIP voters often picky about their Christmas dinners? An aversion to Brussels sprouts

The narrative that to be centre right needs to be interwoven with unionism is up for challenge surely. Let's say Yes had just sneaked home in 2014 and we were now either indy or in a transitional state. Would the Tories be still clinging to the old days and what was? Campaigning for a return to the UK? Or just moved on and focusing on holding govt to account on matters pertinent to them like taxation, law and order etc? it would be useful to corner the electorate on both directions, if Tories are a lost cause would a SNP voice contrary to the leadership politically ever be possible. Unlikely I suppose.

Is there anyone in the Scottish Conservative ranks at Holyrood that could conceivably be soft on indy? I've long thought getting a centre right voice backing it, or at least not diametrically against, would be a huge boost to Yes. The ref in 2014 was quite left wing in nature which made sense as we were in midst of an austerity Cameron govt, but the economics and confidence on it was where we fell down. A conservative, thrifty, pro enterprise voice in favour of Indy but without the clinging to Downing street would be a huge advantage for making a grab of those Scots who voted No in Indyref, and those in more recent times have switched from Labour to Tory. Ruth has so nailed her colours to Britain she is a lost cause, could however a successor be found helpful to us in the wider movement if we laid up a bit on Tories...............bad narrative that Kezia used to such (lack of) success against the SNP.

that Labour, never mind Corbyn Labour, now totally disavow PFI tells you all you need to know

interesting flure will take a look over the weekend.

introducing as part of a range of measures would have been a game changer but this looks like it falls into the 'look like you are doing something' category. vast majority of people will be unaffected and booze culture will continue as normal.

every single one you'd assume will prob watch it, but they might drop it depending on how quality holds up in forthcoming weeks

those shiny new school buildings that Blair's govt delivered in the midst of economic prosperity heralded an investment in the future, so the story went. prob too complex for the public to follow, but no question it was classic short termism - a perpetual problem with governments chasing easy votes.

the one dimensional identity politics narrative on display from the first guest, the Baroness is staggering from a person totally dripping with privilege being a member of the unelected Lords. what about attracting the best candidates irrespective of gender, age, race, faith or any other criteria and let democracy and the voters decide who will represent them best. better still why not let peers face an election of their own, after all its high time we reformed the institutions you say Baroness..... hello, are you still there, hello.....

You remember when owning double tape deck ghetto blaster that allowed cassette piracy was the epitome of being edgy

not a fan of Priti's right wing Brexit rhetoric, but she does have an appropriate name it must be said.

Watched it on YouTube. Had been talking with pals recently how QT was no longer treated very seriously by the parties. Back in the day you have senior figures but now it seems mostly the domain of junior ministers parroting off their prepared agendas, obscure media or sporting people who's opinions are not constricted in this way but are pretty much just randoms and the natural go tos - Melanie Philips, Shami, Farage, that editor of money week etc. More depressing than the panels are the loaded audiences with 'members of the public' asking questiond turning out to be elected councillors. Bit of a shambles all round really. The skill for panel members is just to get a round of applause from their group and try not to screw up. If you do just repeat some platitude like how great the arms forces are, how the Queen has done a good job, how MPs are a disgrace, how banker bonuses are evil and how police should be doing less paperwork and more arresting.

you feared the Hibs Scottish cup win might not happen in your lifetime.

how odd this all comes out as the UK talks with EU heads ever closer to the no deal cliff edge. co-incidence?

you fondly remember nights out in the 90s when almost nobody had a mobile phone so people talked to each other rather than just stare at a screen every 5 minutes.

the world would have been a poorer place without this board. thanks for keeping it alive.

Why is foreign ruled out? Has Bertie's reign written off considering 99% of candidates in the world. Get who can get us to qualification - who cares if they aren't local

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Tin hat on - he might have been misquoted but is right in a sense that poor diet, over consumption of alcohol/tobacco, and lack of exercise is endemic in Scottish culture. Not those players of course, but across the board. but what really hurts us I think is more the mental toughness, we are too used to just praying to lady luck and not making our own.

wow that is massive change from the current seeded playoffs. Group D match off between say Lithuania v Cyprus the winner would end up qualifying. we need to take this very seriously before you know it we'll be missing out just on 2nd in the Group due to dropping points against Lithuania, whilst they qualify effortlessly via NL.

Must admit I haven't paid attention to it but in the soul searching last 24 hrs I took a look. In summary is the NL simply just a route to the Euro2020 playoffs that used to be via 3rd place? So using the Euro2016 campaign Germany and Poland would qualify, but nothing for Ireland (or us naturally). World cup 2018 qualifying threw up Italy and Spain in same group, Portugal and Swiss had near perfect campaigns etc. So with that in mind should be get a tough draw could the NL becomes potentially more important than the group itself? Even as insurance? Is this correct? Presume the Euro 2020 playoffs will be seeded and not an open draw.

we weren't that far away, only goal difference. the campaign was alright. what we do not have however is the real killer touch required, at 1-0 up at HT we had a golden chance. Teams who have the mental toughness required would have kicked on from there. We had some fortune this campaign but really do seem to lack the luck on crucial occasions all too often, but you make your own luck. Another look at the England equaliser in stoppage - our fault, the equaliser yesterday our fault. hope the next euros draw is easier through that late leveller.

Their players would probably chuck it too.

We absolutely need a 2nd. It will be a long long half holding t 0-1. They are bound to get chances.