How not to stage a flashmob protest

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If you’re going to stage a protest it’s better to make sure that it registers where it counts.  Turning up at a Sports Direct till with a pile of tracksuits, then only offering £1 for their purchase, might echo the transaction Mike Ashley completed for the naming rights of Ibrox, but if the tycoon even gets to hear about the so-called flashmob protest he’s likely to pity the forsaken attempt to undermine him.

Ashley has invested around a couple of million in Newco Rangers but it’s pin money for him, which he can easily afford to gamble with.  He is also not afflicted with any emotional attachment to Newco, or pretty much anything else, it seems.  In short, this is a guy ‘Rangers’ fans can’t lay a glove on.  They would be far better to figure this out and start to deal with the reality than provoke an unwelcome response.

Neither Ashley nor the Easdale brothers strike me as people who will be easily cowed or bullied into forgoing the rights they have purchased, while others, including thousands of fans, kept their hands in their pockets.  The many genuine fans who are distraught at the humiliating mess Newco has become have been led up the garden path by would-be sages.

Africa

The world is paying a little more attention than usual to the many problems in Africa at the moment but I heard one authoritative voice last week suggest that ebloa is only around the third or fourth most severe problem the continent faces.

But, things are getting better in large swathes of the continent, thanks to improving governance in some areas, better infrastructure, more widely available healthcare, and more children, especially girls, given access to education.

20 people from Celtic Foundation are in Malawi building classrooms and toilets at the moment, while CQN’ers built three school kitchens there this year (more on the soon), but sometimes these many parallel developments conflict.

One such occasion is the John Bande Foundation School in Blantyre, Malawi, which through Mary’s Meals is supported by the Noreen Davies Hikers & Bikers, a group of people from Lanarkshire and Glasgow.  The Hikers and Bikers support a feeding programme at the school, which makes it possible for kids to attempt the school, instead of working for food.  It’s a mature project but the recent building of a motorway right on the edge of the school property has made the building dangerous; learning and feeding is no longer possible.

The Noreen Davies people are raising money to erect three new buildings.  You can read more of the story here, with pictures of the school and road.  If you can give them a £1 or two, do so here.

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  1. Morrissey the 23rd on

    Margaret McGill @ 01:26

     

    It was quite a shock to be introduced to you today. Yiv chinged.

  2. I want to head back in time….. A week ago, to when we got beat off Hamilton…..

     

    I don’t accept the p@sh excuses that some fans make…… Give the manager time, it’s a transition period….. Bla, bla, bla……

     

     

    Here’s some hard facts…… Strachan gets his players together 10% of the time Ronny has afforded to him…. What is it Strachans team can look organised, disciplined, and in control…… Dead simple…. He gives instruction, and the players know what they are doing….

     

     

    As for Celtic…. It’s a total guessing game….. Pure and simple.

  3. Tricoloured Ribbon on

    gordon64

     

     

    01:28 on 12 October, 2014

     

    ACGR

     

    I suggested the next CQN get together

     

    be held in beautiful Belfast

     

    so the majestic 16 roads can walk hame.

     

    and we can all have a mental weekend.

     

    …………

     

    He deserves it Gordon.

     

    He has walked the walk and travelled the miles.

  4. Margaret McGill on

    morrissey the 23rd

     

     

    01:28 on 12 October, 2014

     

    Ha ha ha

     

    Chinged…. My DNA must have got all muxed up in the teleporter …. Was I sleeping?

  5. Tricoloured Ribbon on

    burghbhoy

     

     

    01:29 on 12 October, 2014

     

    Bevvied. Night alL

     

     

    ….a true Winchburgh Tim

  6. paolosboots FC before PLC on

    Agcr I dropped 16 roads near st enochs square to where he was staying tonight. He ; bundoran bhoy and fourgreenfields were last to leave the establishment. A good night you were missed ya lightweight and bmcuw bailed oot early some guff aboot a train :-)

  7. I’ll repost tomorrow…… Same message…. Same truth….. Delia, watch how WGS does it…… Ya pie.

  8. Margaret McGill on

    gordon64

     

     

    01:17 on 12 October, 2014

     

     

    Yes he is :)

     

    Bonkers? ….. Come to think of it …. Yes he is

  9. Under the guise of religion but you and I know its all about the money aint a damn thing funny

  10. How about discussing the tic on this page? That too hard to ask….. For all those donughts that come on here, and speculate sevco………. Gee it a break. Tadgers!

  11. Tricoloured Ribbon on

    Fourgreenfields ,

     

    What a lovely,lovely guy.

     

    His first cousins lived 2 doors from me in Clydebank.

     

    I hadn’t a clue who that fella was tae I met him in the Gallowgate in May.

     

    Bundoran Bhoy will be another legend.Ye just know these things..

  12. Tricoloured Ribbon on

    hoop doggydog

     

     

    01:35 on 12 October, 2014

     

    So much trouble in the world

     

    …….

     

    Aye Huns no paying their taxes

  13. Margaret McGill on

    Cause it’s all about money, ain’t a damn thing funny

     

    You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey

     

    They pushed that girl in front of the train

     

    Took her to the doctor, sewed her arm on again

     

    Stabbed that man right in his heart

     

    Gave him a transplant for a brand new start

     

    I can’t walk through the park cause it’s crazy after dark

     

    Keep my hand on my gun cause they got me on the run

     

    I feel like a outlaw, broke my last glass jaw

     

    Hear them say “You want some more?”

  14. Tricoloured Ribbon on

    ruggygman

     

     

    01:37 on 12 October, 2014

     

    How about discussing the tic on this page? That too hard to ask….. For all those donughts that come on here, and speculate sevco………. Gee it a break. Tadgers!

     

    ……….

     

    Discuss Celtic?.

     

    Pity the club didn’t do that and inform the support on the current updates regarding players injuries,illnesses etc.

     

    Secrecy or what?

     

    Why the feck do they not tell us what is going on with our players?

  15. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Paulo,s boots. Just because I,ve looked after myself and have the body of a man half my age, theres no need for you to be jealous.

     

     

    Thanyou for escorting the young emarald price to his chamers. You wil be rewarded with high praise and bullshit:-)

     

     

    I hope you all had a brilliant day. And. YES, Im sorry I couldnt have been there. They tell me maggie mcgill is a doppleganger for the sex kitten Anabelle. Haaaaaarmfffff..

     

     

    Anyway, Im in spain so you look after that wee emarald prince pal of mine, Im sure you will.

     

     

    Hail Hail

  16. Margaret McGill on

    ruggygman

     

     

    01:48 on 12 October, 2014

     

     

    Was it a struggle?

     

    Scroll up to the top of the page

     

    Any page on this article and read about Paul speculating about Sevco

  17. Who knows….. But Broony and mulgrew ( not tonight obviously) look like world beaters along side Anya and Maloney…….. Whether it’s forrest, wakaso or who ever surely we have guys with the same, speed, skills, and discipline as anya and Maloney……. That’s the bottom line. Fact is, Strachan can get Maloney and Anya to work defensively and protect the 2 sitting midfielders….. Where as Deila lets brown and Johansen get exposed week after week….. Pure JOKE!

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