I was at primary school during the 1979 devolution referendum. It’s fair to say many in the Celtic community were suspicious of the SNP due to the hostile attitudes some of the party leadership had to the Irish diaspora in their midst.
Fresh blood brought change to the SNP in the 1980s, there were even overtures to Irish nationalism. Alex Salmond cemented these changes, broadened the appeal of the party towards new and multi-generation immigrants, and asserted the SNP’s multi-faith credentials. He also became close friends with disgraced Cardinal O’Brien (which is no reflection on Mr Salmond).
At the height of his political powers Salmond appears to have overreached. Something would be done about men shouting at football games. From now on only certain flavours of nationalism would be favoured, acceptable, perhaps even legal. MSP Christine Graham let the Scottish Parliament know, the problem was that Celtic fans were not acting illegally, so the law had to change.
The Axe the Act candidate in today’s Glasgow City Council, Govan, by-election, Thomas Rannachan has brought the consequences of Salmond’s largess to his door. The SNP are defending the seat but one year out from the battle Salmond really needs to win, his shoddy attack on football fans is set to undermine him. As an independent Rannachan may not win, but he has put the First Minister on the back foot.
George Ryan’s funeral will take place at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Glasgow, at 10:00 on Monday. All are welcome.
Sean’s book’s here, fill your boots:
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WeefratheTim
23:27 on
10 October, 2013
‘Just dropped back in,
Ffs has this now become a political blog.’
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If you care to check you’ll find that these topics are almost always introduced by nats with an agenda.
WeefratheTim
You been on the Bacardi >}
Of course we deserve an opinion, I still have family who live in scotland, kids and grandkids, they are my future, and I care about what happens to them.
Sleep well mi amigo.
HH
SmashingMilkBottles
23:20 on 10 October, 2013
Just cooking breakfast now. Roll and wotsits ok? Just pop round in 5.
So where was my invite to the pub, then? I am sure Paddybhoy 1888 would have joined after our hard work at the 5s tonight :-)
HH
CRC
bring on zemoonyhooolers! braw
John O’Neil
23:31 on
10 October, 2013
‘Ernie, Can’t say the debate bothers me much but it remains hilarious that Irish Republicans can also be British unionists.’
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Stupid people are often amused by things they can’t understand.
The Exiled Tim
Thank you,pal.
Ah wid Hazard a Guess, that The S.N.P. Were the INITIAL PROPOSERS..
Look fur the Intitial Proposer. and You Wull Find..
Who is Oor Enemy.
If it wiz the S.N.P. then.. ye hiv goat yer Man.. Bare-Faced and Bare Backsided.
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
WeefratheTim
Its a international weekend, we are bored and off to tangent converstaions.
Sorry :-)
braw! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9CJzqUjQes
What will “Rump-UK” call itself in the event of Scotland voting for Independence? They can hardly be “a United Kingdom” as they will no longer be united. Ideas on the back of a postage stamp please.
winning captains
22:38 on
10 October, 2013
FINALISED LIST FOR INCLUSION IN CQN ANNUAL 2014
Okay I promised not to post it again but nevertheless here it is…
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Just popped on this evening to catch up on the latest, and you have just made me so very proud to see my dear departed brother Miki67 on the list.
Thank you so much… I will be sure to let the family know, and especially Michael’s lovely wife, Viv ( aka TGLFW, The Good Lady From Wimborne !)
I believe that people live on through the memories that are held within those they knew throughout their life, and the other names up there who have passed I’m sure will also mean so much to many people on here; for me, its another great tribute, which will never be forgotten
Hail Hail to you, and the CQN family
Stupid comments are preferable to making the kind of crass comments you made about St John Doyle Ernie. Not sure why it upsets you to be linked to your fellow unionists like the DUP and UKIP.
Friesdorfer
“Inner Saxony” braw… open yer presents on the 24th ..jist like Queenie
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Winning Captains..
Not been on Much the Last 3 Days..
Has ‘The List’ reached the 138,437 target Yet..lol..
Summa of SpindlersListCSC
fanadpatriot
20:08 on
10 October, 2013
Any Catholic that votes SNP has a screw loose.IMO.
Anybody who puts on a post like this has more than one screw loose.IMO also.
I put up the video of the hordes marching in Govan a few weeks ago on the CQN Magazine Facebook page. They were singing their songs of hate as the police stood passively there, doing nothing.
The caption I put up was Scotland. Sad little country.
A few nationalists took great offence – passed no comment in the Famine song singers – but attacked the caption, which was pretty much what I thought when I posted it.
They them spilled on here to lobby Paul and when I engaged with them they called me a racist.
Famine song – no comment.
Scotland. Sad little country. – racist!
I note that they never made the CQN Annual list.
From JohnMcLean_HS67
Dear
Celtic FC
Please
Can
You
Grow some
Balls
and Question
the SFA
on why they
Ignore Certain
Things.
Many
Thanks
J
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@JohnMcLean_HS67
John
Please Understand
Celtic FC
Don’t give a sh**
About corruption
As long as
Season ticket money
Is coming in
Larrybhoy
23:37 on
10 October, 2013…..
best wishes to the family ….please post some of Miki67 moonhowlers …they were special …take care …
Neustadt-Braw
That remindes me, what’s white and stuck up in a tree ???
HH
PF Ayr
God spare us from politically appointed prosecutors!!!
The History and tradition of the Lord Advocates office is such that at one time he ( or she, although it was never a she ) was the only person who had the legal power to summon the Secretary of State for Scotland other than the Prime Minister.
The independence of the law officers was designed to ensure that the Government of the day could not introduce legislation without the legal consequences of any enactment being carefully studied by an independent body, and the wording of the legislation itself being carefully considered in terms of the law and pragmatics.
Then, somehow or other, the law officers became political appointees with the result that the whole thing is banjaxed.
12 hours detention period without charge?
I once had a very well known client facing substantial and very serious criminal charges in Dumbarton.
The local fiscal, refused to prosecute him, and refused to allow any of his staff to take part in the prosecution either, with the result that the crown office had to draft in someone from Paisley.
Apparently, the drafted in fiscal was to be in someway rewarded for stepping into this situation and shortly after I believe she was rewarded with a senior post…… In Stornaway!!
Anyway, the regional fiscal in Dumbarton welcomed me personally when I went down to his office to view the productions for the trial. He even gave me a nice big box full of papers saying “you’ll find all you need in there!”
What I found was the local fiscal’s correspondence with the then Lord Advocate where the local fiscal wrote and refused to take any part in the prosecution and was advising that under no circumstances was he going to be party to even raising certain charges.
The Lord Advocate of the day’s personal response?
” Just charge him with…. something!”
Lilys, thanks for the tip. Mansfield isn’t a favourite of mine but I would like to listen anyway.
SO…………Bottom line…………
If tomorrow was polling day, how would CQN vote ?
YES………………………… NO……………………….Don’t know.
Kilbowie Kelt.
Turkeybhoy
I would expect that response from a TURKEY.
John O’Neil
23:39 on
10 October, 2013
‘Stupid comments are preferable to making the kind of crass comments you made about St John Doyle Ernie.’
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Nothing crass about it.
The increase in cyber nat posts on here is quite noticeable.
Meanwhile..
Ah Luv Big Amido.. Ah An dinna care who knows it!
Ma Support and Belief in this Kid, wull ,soon begin tae Pay dividends.
Fur ..He Wants tae Improve..
And He his Done somthin aboot it.. besides expressing the wish…
according, tae Whit The Peerless Danny McGrain, has informed us,and who
has,as a consequence… delightedly, complied with Amido’s wish to receive Mair
Instruction in playing the Beautiful Game.
It is hIs Making the Effort tae Improve.. and Makng his Desire in that direction Known.
that has Endeared me tae His Cause..
Fur
Ah Luv a .. SELF STARTER..
And Ah believe that Amido is One o they Rare. .Rara Avises…
Kojo
Still,Laughin
Alfie49
20:43 on
10 October, 2013
A free scotland what would be like ? I have had the mis-fortune of working with a lot of neanderthals over the years, who think Catholics and Blacks or anybody else who is not in their view belong here. If your not a WASP, then you or your family are a drain and a scrounger. I don’t think these people are a small minority , there a lot that feel that because they think they RA Peepil. No thanks !
Alfie,do you realise how that post sounds.You dont want change because its terrible at present.!!!!!Good lord.
TET …………or wits green we six legs ,and if it fell oot a tree it wid kill ya” ….hhehehehehe Braw! ….post a song lad …surprise me ….
Ernie lynch.
Take some time out.
Your debates get boring against peoples today life experience of loving loved ones.
Give it a wee break.
Kilbowie Kelt
23:43 on
10 October, 2013
SO…………Bottom line…………
If tomorrow was polling day, how would CQN vote ?
YES………………………… NO……………………….Don’t know.
Kilbowie Kelt.
……………..Freedom! ……………..braw! thats my last word on the subject ….shouldn,t take a thinking celt more than it took my good self to type this …..braw!
Gotta Leave… Reve
Seeya
Kojo
Still,Laughin
Saint Stivs
23:51 on
10 October, 2013
‘Your debates get boring against peoples today life experience of loving loved ones.’
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Is that some kind of anagram?
Right folks bed for me — big meetings tomorrow and a raft of writing stuff up to do
HH
Neustadt-Braw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCAaUx7QgUk
HH
You got to hand it to CQN for a debate other than football !
Will we do the poppy debate next or is that too early ………
Winning Captains, you think Scotland is bad? See what the French socialists and Hungarian government are doing to gypsies and Jews respectively. Scotland is a decent place.
My Dear Friend…..Kojo
Do You Find It Somewhat Worrisome….
That Most Of The Yahoos On This Blog Shouting For ‘Independence’…..
Seems To Me That Around Two Years Ago
Salmond & Co Did Their Sums…..
On What Was Required To Secure The Independence Vote…..
And Decided To Throw The Catholics ‘Under The Bus’……
In The Hope Of Attracting The Orange Vote…..
At The Same Time,Salmond Grovelled To The Pakistani Community…..
To Gain The Monolithic Muslim Vote…..
With Their Vast ‘Postal-Voting’ Wing….
Noticeable That There Are No Catholics In The SNP Leadership……
Whilst They Have Aamer The Commie
And Ernie’s Pal,Humza….
Whose Total Work Experience Was A Fortnight Working For A Call Centre…
Then We Have The Spectacle Of Kenny McAskill Standing Up At The SNP Party Conference Last Year…..
And Exclaiming That “We Need More Muslim Immigration”…..
Nary A Mention Of A Desire For More Catholic,Sikh,Hindu….Or Buddhist Immigration…..
Have We Got Enough Of These Already,Kenny..?
The BBC Documentary “Portillo Meets Salmond”….
(Still Available On Youtube)..
Was A Real Eye-Opener…….
And A Watershed Moment For Me…..
How Far Is Salmond Prepared To Go….
To Hold Onto Govan For His SNP Deputy Leader,Sturgeon……?
Especially With That Previous History Of The Seat Being ‘Stolen’ From The SNP By Sarwar(Labour)….
In An Earlier Election……
And Forget About Salmond’s Emollient Comments About The Qualities Of Catholic Schools…
These Comments Were Made BEFORE He Decided On His Latest Tactical Realignment….
And Are Probably A Truer Reflection Of His ‘Inner Thoughts” On Scotland’s Communities….
“Something Is Rotten In The State Of Alba”
Right..!
Kojo
“The Bill” or indeed any Bill is not the law of the land.
It is Acts, not Bills, which become the law of the land.
You’re not very bright are you?
Ernie, can you not converse in a more cordial manner? You show little respect for other Celtic supporters.
Prestonpans Bhoys
Never too early to tell them where to stuff their Poppy’s