It doesn’t really matter to me how other people write their own history. If Queens Park claim to be the same Club as the Queen of Clubs, they are welcome to, as long as they respectfully allow me to express scepticism. Fortunately, Queens Park’s business model is not dependent on making such an outlandish claim.
A whole lot of nonsense has been written on the subject of a recently liquidated football club, “it was the holding company that was liquidated”, when it wasn’t actually a holding company, and then we have claims about advice from a “panel of the London Stock Exchange”, which was quickly withdrawn.
We are asked to believe that a football club cannot go out of business. It’s an interesting thought, not one I subscribe to, but interesting nonetheless. If you are happy with this belief, fair play to you, it doesn’t matter what anyone else believes.
I’ve met Jim Spence. He’s a guy who emerged from the Dundee Untied fanzine world and established a reputable career in the game. His affinity for United has never been hidden, nor should it be. United, as all clubs, have gone through periods of turmoil but Jim has called things as he has seen them, with his own club, and with others.
This week Jim made a comment about a football club which went into liquidation. It was more tempered than comments made by a former manager and director of the liquidated club, by the chief executive of its successor club, by all the contemporary newspaper coverage, and by the successor club’s current head of PR. Despite this, Jim has been on the receiving end of a sustained campaign by the thought police.
Jim may privately think what those at the successor club once said, but if he also wants to express those thoughts, the consequences can be acute.
He’s not alone. I know others in the media who have told me straight that they are not prepared to touch the Newco/Sameco subject, the resultant hassle is not what they got into journalism for.
Charlotte Fakes has given us a glimpse into how powerful people can manipulate and control Scotland. It has given reason to pause ahead of next year’s big decisions. The BBC and only the BBC are strong enough to stand up against bullying, you can forget the commercial media for one simple reason, this subject is the equivalent of commercial self-harm.
It wouldn’t seem like the weekend without Rangers International writing about going legal on someone or other, although I suspect they’ll be content having played to the gallery with this one and not trouble the BBC, but questions remain for the BBC, no matter what happens next.
I consume enormous volumes of BBC output every month, it is my first port of call for news, and often my last. It is one of the best aspects of British life, but if it can be intimidated like the commercial media, there is no point in it existing in the first place.
Fortify your journalists or shut the doors.
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James Allan.
Worth the watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwtCm7bcTMU
Sitting on my balcony in the Algarve …warm balmy evening..beer in hand (type with one finger) chica …shik..chicard….they fekn grasshopper thingmy’s chirpin in the background
…………………….and am hearing good good things about game today,God bless you all.hh
VP KO’d by fearless Oscar Knox
00:03 on
9 September, 2013
Sitting on my balcony in the Algarve …warm balmy evening..beer in hand (type with one finger) chica …shik..chicard….they fekn grasshopper thingmy’s chirpin in the background
…………………….and am hearing good good things about game today,God bless you all.hh
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and god bless you back, you fearless warrior, get back in from the balcony, and relax on the couch,
keep it lit.
Gold Coast Tom,
Will have you in my thoughts & stumbling prayers today.
Good Luck.
TET
Thanx for sharing that link to Dalmarnock’s finest. Love JA even more now. Have you heard Glasvegas’ new album?
My Dear Macjay1…..
A Final Word On The Magnificent Victory Of Kojo’s Fair-Heided Bhoy…
MegaAbbott….In Your Wee Popularity Contest…..
[From The Excellent Archbishop Cranmer Blog ]

Sunday, September 08, 2013
Australia has ditched an incompetent Anglican for a Roman Catholic of promise
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Australia has a new prime minister-elect: the people have ousted Labour in favour of a Liberal (ie a Conservative). They have also ditched an incompetent Anglican for a Roman Catholic of promise. Not even casting his vote in St Paul’s Anglican Church, Brisbane, could save the dishonoured and dishonourable Kevin Rudd from the wrath of the people – the ultimate judgment in the democratic fray. The election was about trust, integrity, credibility and delivery. And Tony Abbott won hands down.
He will pursue the policies which are high on voter expressions of concern. So he intends to clamp down on the boat-loads of asylum seekers; reduce immigration; row back on all the global warming hysteria; cut taxes; reduce government; pursue free-market economics and family-friendly policies such as the paid parental leave scheme, which will encourage married couples to have children and spend more time nurturing them. His politics are informed by his theology; his theology is informed by Roman Catholic social doctrine – suffused with more than a hint of Thatcherite notions of individual responsibility and duty to family and community. As the Great Lady said:
“Reading recently, I came across the starkly simple phrase: “Christianity is about spiritual redemption, not social reform”. Sometimes the debate on these matters has become too polarised and given the impression that the two are quite separate. But most Christians would regard it as their personal Christian duty to help their fellow men and women. They would regard the lives of children as a precious trust. These duties come not from any secular legislation passed by Parliament, but from being a Christian.” Baroness M.Thatcher
Tony Abbott understands this, and we may look to the Antipodes with a degree of envy. They have woken up to the corrosive effects of ‘multiculturalism’ on social cohesion, and how quickly divisive ghettos can become established and present threats to community harmony and national security. And yet, ever since Captain Cook set foot upon the land, it seems to have been a colony of diversity in search of an identity. It was only our accession to the EEC in 1973 which caused Australia to turn its eyes to Asia for its continuing economic existence. We made a clear mistake, and it is time to restore the foundations of the British family of nations.
Cook took possession of the land in the name of King George III in 1770. It was then little more than an open-air prison, but it developed over the ensuing century into a federal commonwealth with God at the heart of its constitution: ‘Whereas the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland; and Tasmania, humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God, have agree to unite in one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and under the Constitution hereby established…’
The Australian States adopted and preserve foundational English statutes, including Magna Carta, The Petition of Right, the Habeas Corpus Act, Bill of Rights (1688), the Act of Settlement and Succession to the Crown Act (1707). These are the basis of their liberties, as ours. We share a Head of State in the figure of Her Majesty the Queen, Defender of the Faith; and also the red, white and blue ‘Union Jack’ flag design – theirs adorned by a constellation of stars including the seven-pointed Commonwealth Star beneath St George’s cross and St Andrew’s saltire. Our historic ties are strong, if not unbreakable.
As Tony Abbott assumes leadership of his country, he does in an era which will see the United Kingdom reappraising its membership of the European Union. His language is ours; his culture is ours; his heritage of law is ours; his Christian faith is ours; his mission in the world is ours. The day is dawning when the Anglosphere may once again be a light to the world and Bring Glory to God.
“Fortitudo Mea Et Laus Mea Dominus Et Factus Est Mihi In Salutem “
THE EXILED TIM
23:59 on
8 September, 2013
James Allan.
Worth the watch.
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the bhoy definately has some keepy up skills, that was impressive
Bravo
Saint Stivs
Cheers mhate ,the wife and I need this holiday..has been a hard year,
but not as hard as some of our own on here.
1 2 3 4
VP.
tough personal years, all you can do is keep going, enjoy the algarve..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0UNFVFVGX4
The Singing Detective Demands The Resignation Of Campbell Ogilvie
00:11 on
9 September, 2013
Thanks for that most interesting article.
Overwhelming voter support for Tony .
His mandate to carry out his electoral agenda ,however,may be blocked in the Senate,which may mean a double dissolution in approx 6 months.
Another insultfest on C.Q.N.?
God forbid.
A Great day in the history of Celtic.
Maybe a new era is dawning dunno but this is what Celtic supporters can do.
Well done Celtic supporters
Well done Celtic
Well done everyone who made it happen
Well done Petrov
and well done Morrisey23rd.
Ooops
Delaneys Dunky
Saint Stivs
He really disny like natcho the ratcho, I thought he did ok today, a good Tim.
No I can’t says that I have heard it, will make a point of listning the morra.
HH
off to bed.
love the STARRYPLOUGH to begin the video.
though to this man and the family of MIki67.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq3NxkPfjZI
Nyte Timland
Proud to be a Tim.
HH
def off.
lubos ibrox party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu37E3WhX_g
My true love…
TET
Check it out. I love it. Wee ugly nacho stayed along the road fae me in Knightswood. Ironically in the same private estate as Stan Petrov. Stan always had wee Celtic trinkets to hand out to the local kids. Novo was a reptile who nobody in the estate liked.
Macjay
Is it true that the Australian citizenship has 3 results:
In
Out
Can have another crack at it
?
To the tune of Di Canio
When the law hits the MET
and its no a veiled threat
Its only Sevco
To be sure to be sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9uaboCF1N4&feature=player_embedded
Margaret McGill
00:38 on
9 September, 2013
Macjay
Is it true that the Australian citizenship has 3 results:
In
Out
Can have another crack at it
?
Individualism.
Outspokenness
I`ll let that one go through to the keeper.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
00:46 on 9 September, 2013
Sorry forgot the word “test”
Is it true that the Australian citizenship test has 3 results:
In
Out
Can have another crack at it
?
lefthandpillaroldjungle
23:45 on
8 September, 2013
Edward Loden who commanded the paras on Bloody Sunday shot dead in Kenya…starting on itv 3 now..the film….coincidental or what !!!!!?
___________________________________________________________________________S O’ntzu….“If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.”
macjay
It seems that Nick Xenophobe is actually an ozzie left winger..I cannie keep up.
lefthandpillaroldjungle
23:45 on 8 September, 2013
was he shot 13 times ?
Great Day at Celtic park today
Everybody got a chance to
Do the Stanley
SFTB
Aye….we were awe greetin! :)
SFTB
BTW your post the other day describing the current dichotomies was an excellent summary. One of the best. I am really glad you are back.
Margaret McGill
00:52 on
9 September, 2013
macjay
It seems that Nick Xenophobe is actually an ozzie left winger..I cannie keep up.
Centre midfielder who drifts right and left,depending on prevailing circumstances.
Rejected for preferences by the Greens(pinkos),so he can`t be that bad.
Who was shot 13 times?
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
01:11 on 9 September, 2013
Are these the same ozzie pinkos that believe in the enormous heat capacity of carbon dioxide and water vapour?
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
01:14 on 9 September, 2013
The British Army officer who was the authority in Bloody Sunday was murdered today in Kenya and the movie Bloody Sunday is being shown in the UK tonight and we were wondering if it was a coincidence? and today being Sunday and I was just wondering how many more coincidences?
Ah wasn’t at the game.
But maybe ten of my family/friends were.
Wee Ben at Celtic Park, drinking in the emotion….
Lovely.
Maggie
Saw your wee bro at the game today
The boy done good
Mags
Ta for that and welcome back. Kenya another place where the butchers apron was covered in blood of the innocent!!