Pleased to see the Club recognised for CelticLive, the stadium WiFi and content imitative by the European Club Association. Anything which builds our profile at the ECA is welcome.
Today’s Telegraph assures us Newco Rangers chief executive, Graham Wallace, is set to leave the club with his plans to raise £4m at a pending share issue still in the balance. The newspaper further asserts the club is a “toxic brand” and is trying to secure an emergency loan from Newcastle United owner, Mike Ashley.
The club, which informed the Court of Session on Friday that it had only £1.2m cash left, and last night informed the Telegraph it was losing £1m per month, requires vastly more money than the £4m they are struggling to raise in order to finish the season.
Some credit is due to the Daily Record for their splash with photo and leader, “Rangers director Sandy Easdale and a criminal wanted by Interpol tried to negotiate an Ibrox bailout yesterday”. They are reporting two years after Paul McConville’s blog initially broke the news of said Interpol-interested character, Rafat Rizvi.
Rizvi, who can take refuge in the UK as we don’t have an extradition treaty with Indonesia, is allegedly wanted for corruption, money laundering and banking crime, denies the charges, which he has already been convicted of. He should fit in quite well.
As we said at the weekend, irrespective of short-term events, the long-term fundamentals remain unchanged. The only thing to be decided is which of the characters hovering around the carcase will get to pick on the bones.
All credit to Sir David Murray.
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celtrick bhoy
11:43 on
11 September, 2014
The sooner the people of Scotland learn to stand together for the good of our country the better we’ll all be for it !!! Don’t vote because of religion or the football team you follow , vote for what u believe in , we all have friends who go to a different church or go to a different football ground but we all still regard each other as friends don’t forget that !!! vote for Scotland !!!
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That’ll be a NO then?
I am not taking a position on the Referendum vote next week (exiles in my situation do not get to vote). However, the threats emanating from London make me a little angry and have sunk to an amazingly low level.
Allison Pearson, writing in today’s Telegraph, tells us that the event of Scottish independence would ‘break the Queen’s heart’. Oh deary me! How low can the English establishment get in arguing for a ‘no’ vote next week. Ms Pearson forgets the famous verse of ‘God Save the Queen’ which goes as follows:
Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid,
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush
God save the Queen
Ms Pearson spouts rubbish that would not have been tolerated in the Telegraph a few years back when it was a real newspaper with Mungo boys among the chief reporters.
the green man
10:56 on 11 September, 2014
I can’t belief it
Edinburgh jury
+ OJ
Wow
HH
MWD
“Wee Eck has a lot on his plate dealing with FEAR bombs cominig from all angles.
What is your view on the Purdah rules with regards to election promises to both the English and Scottish eloctorate? Is it honest?”
Really? Is it a one man show? Is there no one with any free time in the Yes campaign who would actually go to the trouble of having the allegation tested within the format set up to adjudicate on Electoral fraud or rule-breaks?
Think of all the attendant positive publicity that would come from proving there WAS a rule break by the No side!
If it is not challenged officially, I can only conclude, not that wee Eck is too busy, bless!, but that he wants the accusation made out there in the papers and media but not in a court of law. Cos the law is run by English basturks whilst the media is run by… er…I’ll get back to you.
My reading of the Purdah rules is that they are pretty ineffective and that campaign trail promises made by David Cameron (and Alex Salmond) are pretty worthless. They are aspirations not commitments.
ernie lynch
The whole currency issue is a red herring. We have resources that the world, esp England, needs. A deal re the currency WILL be worked out. No danger.
A deal re the Trident missiles will be worked out.
Why else are the unionists panicking so much?
tonydonnelly67
11:44 on 11 September, 2014
‘Strange things in this trial verdict, South Africa surely not the same system as ours is it?’
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No.
I reckon it will be culpable homicide.
Aye Geordie Sounds good. Lol
Natknow I am sure we want the same things. We just disagree in the best way to achieve it.
In a normal general election the share market wavers, exchange rates drop, uncertainty rattles the markets. The level is reset after the results are understood and the capital of the rich redeployed. No big deal here , nothing to see , smoke screen design to feed on fear. That is what the market is and always will be. I am more concerned about jobs on the ground, real jobs, real wealth creation and importantly distribution. The choice is will this come from Westminster or from inside of Scotland. I know what I think.
Geordie Munro
11:44 on
11 September, 2014
Neil lennon and McCartney,
He missing the brown lad.
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Its no wonder misunderstandings happen in this brave new world of the internet and social media! ;)
HH
From Twitter
“@georgegalloway: I am now officially back on the show tonight. Sturgeon apparently not showing up :-)”
Regarding comments on job losses concerns as a result of a yes vote.
Picked up this wee gem from a Celtic forum.
Guy speaking to a hun asks how he is voting
“Naw” says the hun
“Why?”
“Coz wur joabs wull be loast”
“Really,what do you do for a living?”
“Ah’m a windae cleaner”
In fairness,he has a point.
Obviously there will be no windae cleaning required in an independent Scotland.
ernie lynch
11:50 on 11 September, 2014
tonydonnelly67
11:44 on 11 September, 2014
‘Strange things in this trial verdict, South Africa surely not the same system as ours is it?’
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No.
I reckon it will be culpable homicide.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
That’s manslaughter here right?
ger57
11:49 on 11 September, 2014
‘ernie lynch
The whole currency issue is a red herring.’
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I see a theme developing here with the nats.
The stock response to any question, query, doubt or enquiry is a resounding: ‘No Problem.’
You’re really going to have to come up with something better.
It’s only a week until our opportunity of a lifetime.
A week.
A lifetime.
Still, cheer up, it could be worse.
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‘ Ah, Faustus.
Now hast thou but one bare hour to live,
And then thou must be damn’d perpetually!
Stand still, you ever-moving spheres of heaven,
That time may cease, and midnight never come;
Fair Nature’s eye, rise, rise again, and make
Perpetual day; or let this hour be but
A year, a month, a week, a natural day,
That Faustus may repent and save his soul!
O lente, lente currite, noctis equi!
The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike,
The devil will come, and Faustus must be damn’d.’
Ger57 that is how I see it bargaining chips, trident and the pound.wee matter of rental.
He should be found guilty of culpable homicide, you would think so, considering he admitted killing her, but you never know, politics eh !
HH
Trad88
Lol.
I missed a capital B ;)
lionroars @11.27
“Sftb Bawsman posted this in reply to livibhoy
My comments ref brave and cowardly are confined to the two posters concerned only
Firstly I sincerely hope Livibhoy foes not find himself out of a job , if he is he is entitled to claim from a system in which he has contributed, he certainly doesn’t need insulted on true Daily mail fashion
“sweep the streets or drive a bin lorry”
Someone will need to be earning money to pay you……………….It’s NOT scaremongering mate, this is real life, real jobs, not some pie in the sky bollox.”
Since many many people do not read every word on this blog, lionroars, could I ask you to make clear, because your opening two sentences suggest otherwise, that I did not write the quotes you highlight nor did I express any similar thoughts towards Livi Bhoy and his dilemma. I restricted myself to saying it was neither brave nor foolhardy to weigh up risks and come down on one side or the other. That is consistent with the view I have taken throughout this debate.
I will let Bawsman explain his use of those comments.
I was guilty only of not reading them in the same way that you did. You will be aware that I have much sympathy and empathy with people who have lost their jobs and are having to search for alternative employment and are often having to choose work in lower paid and less skilled areas. That is how I read the comments. We should both be happy to let the author of the comments you objected to, explain their intended meaning rather than claim either of our interpretations are more accurate than his.
But first, I think you need to dissociate me from having made them, as it may read that way.
I keep trying to tune into the Pistorius verdict coverage but I seem to keep getting feed from an Edinburgh court instead….
SFTB
I only mentioned we Eck as he is the only one you referred to facetiously.
I know, as I have done, many complaints have been made to the eloctoral commision with regards the Purdah rules being broken from many on the Yes side of the campaign.
That for me is the way it should be completed.
But your opinion on the honesty of the No campaign with regards the Purdah rules would be appreciated. not your opinion on what you believe the purdah tule to be.
In your opinion has the No campaign broken the Purdah eloctoral rules. No or (i know this may be dificult to say right now) YES.
Goan. don’t do an Ernie on me and mask your honesty with varying degress of language transgressions.
MWD says AYE
celtrick bhoy
11:43 on
11 September, 2014
The sooner the people of Scotland learn to stand together for the good of our country the better we’ll all be for it !!! Don’t vote because of religion or the football team you follow , vote for what u believe in , we all have friends who go to a different church or go to a different football ground but we all still regard each other as friends don’t forget that !!! vote for Scotland !!!
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That’ll be a NO then?
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If that’s what u want , it’s your vote
tonydonnelly67
11:56 on 11 September, 2014
‘That’s manslaughter here right?’
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Steady on, you’ll have the nats claiming you live in Croydon.
Manslaughter is the English term. Culpable homicide is the Scottish term, which they also seem to use in South Africa.
I would have thought guys in the Brazen Head would have known about this kind of stuff.
It’s obviously gone upmarket since I was last in there.
Taurangabhoy
11:46 on 11 September, 2014
Natknow I totally agree and want jobs to stay in Scotland. That’s the point isn’t it. Blackmail and threats don’t equal jobs. Customers and a thriving economy do. This is what I see. Agree that there are many arms to the group of companies. Threatening to move a head office that is already in London is a red herring.
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But that’s not what they’ve said. Here’s the statement :
http://www.rbs.com/news/2014/09/contingency-planning-for-scottish-independence-referendum.html
I’m not sure if you’re perhaps reading the press interpretation rather than the original statement? The statement explicitly states :
“The vote on independence is a matter for the Scottish people. Scotland has been RBS’s home since 1727. RBS intends to retain a significant level of its operations and employment in Scotland to support its customers there and the activities of the whole Bank.”
Re: address – RBSG is domiciled in Scotland. The registered address is Edinburgh. That is what might change apparently.
Can someone please explain just why there is so much effort from the English establishment going into keeping Scotland as part of the United Kingdom ?
Do they all care for us so much ? I keep reading that we are a drain on resources ?
Can someone explain why in 2014 we should consider voting for the preservation of an institution which has never, and will never, allow a Roman Catholic to be Prime Minister ?
The media bias right now is unparalleled. Even that which Celtic suffers is less outrageous than we are seeing now.
The closing ranks of the establishment and the Scottish ‘haves’ protecting their new money piles, or the fear for their pension and their 4 bedroom detached little lifestyles of the many former ‘revolutionaries’ is quite sad.
So sad that self interest is all to the fore and the ruling classes from outside our boundaries will win out and divide and triumph once more.
Of the 60 countries who,so far,have gained their independence from the UK how many of them have subsequently asked to be re-united or have declared themselves as having made a grave mistake?
Marescongering!!!!!!!
The original one in Feb was sent out with the Indy Ref in mind…sooo, old news!
Mea culpa
It’s a strange system, one min. The Jude’s seems she is saying guilty, then two mins. Later it looks like she is saying, not guilty, it swung that way about four or five times, and and she has left it that way, and went to get her scran, strange indeed.
medtim
12:00 on 11 September, 2014
How many of them are former colonies?
ernie lynch
Ohhhh, the braEn has all changed now, it’s full of, ” famous Glasgow business men” now .
Has there been any indication of the share take up at the chaos?
HH
Brazen#
Natknow so the threat is about the registration. That will simply be a tax avoidance move, paperwork. You would expect that. So the implication is weaker than the implied job losses. I hope. I want more jobs in Scotland not less.
Have we cleared up the difference between a company’s registered address and it’s head office address?
Taurangabhoy
11:53 on 11 September, 2014
Natknow I am sure we want the same things. We just disagree in the best way to achieve it.
In a normal general election the share market wavers, exchange rates drop, uncertainty rattles the markets. The level is reset after the results are understood and the capital of the rich redeployed. No big deal here , nothing to see , smoke screen design to feed on fear. That is what the market is and always will be. I am more concerned about jobs on the ground, real jobs, real wealth creation and importantly distribution. The choice is will this come from Westminster or from inside of Scotland. I know what I think.
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I think the only thing we a re disagreeing on so far is the address of RBSG! :-)
However, ” In a normal general election the share market wavers, exchange rates drop, uncertainty rattles the markets” :
True, but this is not a General Election – this is a referendum to exit from an existing business partnership. The movement of capital away from Scotland that has happened in the last week would not have happened in a regular General Election and the value of stocks would not have been impacted in the way they have been. This doesn;t just affect the “rish” – it affectes everyone who has any kind of loand or investment (mortgages, pensions, saving etc). Jobs etc. are driven by the economy. We don’t know what the Scottish economy would look like after a Yes vote. I’m not saying that it would neccessarily be worse – as I say the SNP are promising to cut Corporation Tax for big businesses – so perhaps that will attrack the likes of Starbucks and Apple. But there will be uncertainty in the interim. I don’t think this is any kind of smokescreen. As I say – just business guys doing business.
ernie lynch,
here is the full list (from wiki so may be open to challenge)
Territories excluding Dominions[edit]
Country Date Year of Independence Notes
Antigua and Barbuda 1 November 1981
Australia 1 January 1986 Australia Act 1986
Bahamas 10 July 1973
Bahrain 16 December 1971 15 August 1971
Barbados 30 November 1966 Barbados Independence Act 1966
Belize 21 September 1981 September Celebrations of Belize
Botswana 30 September 1966
Brunei 1 January 1984
Canada 1 July 1982 Canada Act 1982
Cyprus 1 October 1960 16 August 1960, but Cyprus Independence Day is commonly celebrated on 1 October.[1]
Dominica 3 November 1978
Egypt 28 February 1922
Fiji 10 October 1970
The Gambia 18 February 1965
Ghana 6 March 1957
Grenada 7 February 1974 Independence Day (Grenada)
Guyana 26 May 1966
India 15 August 1947
Israel 14 May 1948
Iraq 3 October 1932
Republic of Ireland 24 April (Easter Monday) 1922 Proclamation of the Irish Republic commencing the Easter Rising on 24 April 1916 led to a civil war which resulted in the formation of the Irish Free State. Only country to ever secede from the United Kingdom proper.
Jamaica 6 August 1962
Jordan 25 May 1946
Kenya 12 December 1963
Kiribati 12 July 1979
Kuwait 25 February 1961
Lesotho 4 October 1966
Malawi 6 July 1964
Malaysia 31 August 1957 Hari Merdeka
Maldives 26 July 1965
Malta 21 September 1964
Mauritius 12 March 1968
Myanmar 4 January 1948
Nauru 31 January 1968 Independence from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand on 31 January 1968.
New Zealand 6 February 1986 Constitution Act 1986
Nigeria 1 October 1960
Pakistan 14 August 1947 Yaum e Azadi. Independence from the United Kingdom on 27 Ramadan ul Mubarik, 14 August 1947
Papua New Guinea 16 September 1975 Independence gained from Australia the administering power.
Qatar 3 September 1971 Qatar National Day
Saint Lucia 22 February 1979
Samoa 1 January 1962 Independence granted by New Zealand the administrative country.
Saint Kitts and Nevis 19 September 1983
Seychelles 29 June 1976
Sierra Leone 27 April 1961
Solomon Islands 7 July 1978
South Africa 11 December 1961 1931 adoption of Statute of Westminster. Not a public holiday. Union of South Africa formed on 31 May 1910 and Republic declared on 31 May 1961 and left the British Commonwealth on the same day.
Sri Lanka 4 February 1948 4 February 1948, Sri Lanka had their independence. After nearly 150 years of the UK ruling the country. Gained independence as the Dominion of Ceylon
Somalia Somaliland 26 June 1960 Gained Independence as part of Somalia. Unrecognised independent state declared in 1991 during the crisis in Somalia covering the same territory as British Somaliland as the SomalilandRepublic of Somaliland.
Sudan 1 January 1956 South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011.
Swaziland 6 September 1968
Tanzania 9 December 1961
Trinidad and Tobago 31 August 1962
Tuvalu 1 October 1978
Uganda 9 October 1962
United Arab Emirates 2 December 1971 National Day (United Arab Emirates)
United States 4 July 1776 Fourth of July. Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1776
Vanuatu 30 July 1980 Independence from United Kingdom and France in 1980
Yemen 30 November 1967 South Yemen 1967
Zambia 24 October 1964
Zimbabwe 18 April 1980
Geordie Munro
11:44 on 11 September, 2014
Neil lennon and McCartney,
He missing the brown lad.
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That had me puzzled for a minute!
Good shout, and I don’t think he’s the only one missing Broonie
HH
Geordie Munro
11:57 on
11 September, 2014
Trad88
Lol.
I missed a capital B ;)
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I know, its the ones who didn’t know I’d worry about;)
HH
medtim
Wow, always knew the brits were bad, but never knew that bad.
RuleBritania, aye right
HH
“It’s a strange system, one min. The Jude’s seems she is saying guilty, then two mins. Later it looks like she is saying, not guilty, it swung that way about four or five times, and and she has left it that way, and went to get her scran, strange indeed.”
Tony67
It’s all about the suspense.
I blame xfactor and Ant & Dec ;)