Tax cheats and self-serving Help

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Well, at least we don’t live in Spain, where tax fraud convicts are lauded like some sort of distorted victim if they have a connection to football. No one really expected Leonel Messi to go to prison, accountability in Spain isn’t that exacting, but he will have to live with a conviction for defrauding the tax system of millions of euros. A shameful act for one so wealthy.

I’ve always been a bit uncomfortable at the politicisation (from all sides) of the poppy and charities like Help for Heroes. Society has been poor at looking after its literal cannon fodder in the 100 years since the Somme, but flag wavers around these parts have imposed political sentiment on these charities which doesn’t exist elsewhere in the UK.

Four years on from the infamous Rangers-Milan legends supposed charity match, James Doleman’s article yesterday, on the unauthorised use of Help for Heroes logos on t-shirts, gives us more to ponder. It’s impossible to damage a brand which is already at junk value, but activity like this makes it difficult for all good causes to make their appeals.

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  1. Gibraltar played against Ireland in Faro, Portugal. Not sure if this is any indication of where our match will be.

     

     

    Árd Macha

  2. ÁRD MACHA on 7TH JULY 2016 4:00 PM

     

     

    This morning Red Imps were insisting it would be at there home ground.

  3. Windows 10 are you using windows explorer or edge? Or maybe Chrome or Firefox?

  4. Clicked on that site.

     

     

    How do you download it?

     

     

    There’s a YouTube ad and other info.

     

     

    Canny see how to download.

     

     

    Could be my addled brain.

  5. No way should anyone be paying for adblocker.

     

     

    I believe there are other pieces of software that use the words ‘ad’ and ‘blocker’ in their name. Could be one of these.

  6. Depends what browser you have installed. Explorer, Edge, Firefox or Chrome.

     

     

    You click on the icon for your browser

  7. Hunderbirds are Gone on

    BADA BING

     

     

    …………..ARE YOU……….

     

    FERGUS MCCANN.??

     

     

    Lol. I know it’s an unpopular view with many on here, but I am a Fergus fan.

     

    Saved from liquidation (unlike another club I knew), The title back, Kelly et al oot, the stadium………….full.

     

    All achieved 4 years in to a 5 year plan. Sound.

     

     

    SALTIRES

     

    I never paid any attention to the Scottish medias views on Fergus.

  8. Hunderbirds are Gone on

    Still stuck in Lisbon Airport. Long day. :(

     

     

    “More news at 5.00pm (flight was for 12.30pm)

     

     

    Buzz amongst the crowd is more news = cancellation, and a night in hotel airport.

     

     

    M.I.T. You on? Flight is actually to Toronto, dropping us off at Ponta Delgado. Can I tell them my man in Toronto is on their case ;)

  9. thomthethim for Oscar OK on

    From Newsnow.

     

    Significant ? I think so.

     

     

    Rangers director Stewart Robertson opts not to stand for SPFL board election Brechin Advertiser, Scotland 16:13

  10. thomthethim for Oscar OK on

    PS,

     

     

    The Ibrox statement at the end is pathetically hilarious.

  11. saltires en sevilla on

    Hunderbirds

     

     

    Yeah agree that SMSM gave Fergus the usual treatment. I will always be happy with him and I shook his hand to tell him that.

     

     

    Annoying about your flights. The last time I experienced a long delay was after Liverpool beat AC Milan in the CL final. Knock on effect Of mental scouserd missing flights and delays had a knock on effect into the next day schedules. We were impacts going Edinburgh to Santa Ponsa!

     

     

    I’m wondering if the game last night and Portugal qualification causing delays to knock on ??

  12. Hunderbirds AG,

     

     

    I’ve got a pretty cool app on iPad called Flightradar24 which is usually quite good with dep’s/arr’s and predicted take off times and delays and stuff. If you want I can pump the names of your departure and arrivals airports into it and see if anything comes up?

     

     

    Hail Hail,

     

    KevinBhoy.

  13. West End of East End on

    Just turned on the news to see that Gove was beaten into 3rd. You would never ever get fed up slapping that face…

     

     

    Connaire 12 – Saw earlier that JP Taylor on twitter mentioned that Fr Renato Coronelli had passed away and sent his condolences.

  14. An Teach Solais on

    Just dip in and out for the present. I noticed that on the Celtic Blog site some Sevconian with the moniker of Charles Chrichton has posted that UEFA is listing “thems” as being founded in 1872 and their European results since the inception of European competitions.

     

     

    Winning Captains might be on to a winner with his prophecy of karma.

     

     

    Don’t know what, if any, effect that this, is true, will have on Res12 follow up submissions.

     

     

    Incidentally, Winning Captains, my advice – for what that is worth, is not to give any advance notice of any update re Res12. Just post it as and when you bhoys feel the time is appropriate. You ghuys have our unwavering support. HH

  15. Another nail in the coffin of possession without purpose coaches.

     

    Time to bin this crap. Germany68% to Frances328% but France outshot them 6 to 5.

  16. AuroraBorealis79 on

    So the Daily Rager headline of the day reads “Rangers & Celtic blockbuster signings have put Scottish football back on the map.”

     

     

    Who exactly is the Zombies blockbuster signing?

     

     

    Is it that guy who is so unfamour that he had to disguise himself as Katie Hopkins just to get reconized by Celtic fans?

     

     

    Or are they simply referring to the ex con, Joey (i’ll stub a Cigar out in your face) Barton?!