Congratulations to Mark Daly and the BBC production team behind The Men who sold the Jerseys, who received the award from the Royal Television Society for Best regions current affairs and news event for their documentary into the goings-on in the years before Rangers descended into liquidation. They won against Grananda’s Hillsborough – The Truth At Last, which centred on a hugely important human and political story, which illustrates the standard of achievement.
Television journalist of the year
Congratulations also to Alex Thomson, of Chanel 4 News, “one of the UK’s leading correspondents. With a portfolio of coverage from Syria to door stepping Kelvin Mackenzie over Hillsborough, to Glasgow Rangers, he displays great range and versatility with a knack for finding strong angles and compelling stories. He brings real authority and storytelling skills to whatever he covers.”
Thomson is a game changer. Never has a UK journalist had so many people wanting him to stop asking questions, including many in his own industry. Fortunately he appears to be some kind of Geordie-hostility-feeder.
Good journalism is important. Well done to the winners and those in their support teams.
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Ye gods…..they’re STILL banfong on about the ‘arbeit macht frei’ programmes on the radio.
I await the knock on the door.
Probably just be The Jehovah Witnesses. I think I’ll invite them in to watch ‘Debbie Does Dallas’.
Should be a laugh, if nothing else.
(I actually knew someone who did just that.)
Sometimes I feel like the token Scot around here. The next person who asks me to say, “curly wurly” is gettin’ battered.
That’s just plain racism.
And stupid.
And Anglo.
And very very very annoying.
Thanks Favourite Uncle. I’m scared it might have been thrown out in all the sorting but I had it in my pocket yesterday so am trying to keep hoping
It’s turned into the miki67 blog again.
Oh well, my ego can take it.
: > )
Good morning Bhoys and Ghirls, my wee Mum has been moved from coronary care into a ward now and should be back home on Monday if you’re that way inclined say a wee prayer for her please, she’s a great believer in the power of prayer..
Miki 67 I’m just reading back, keep yer head Mate you have friends in high places..
CurlywurlyCSC
starry plough :08:26 on22 February, 2013
>>>>>>
All the best to your mum. And thanks for your kind thoughts.
HH!
Found it found it found it!!!!
Thank you so much to St A and all of you who prayed for me! (and me a non-believer these days…)
As a bonus I found my Seville ticket as well :)
Macjay plan to be in the merc from 11am on st paddys
dont know about MC as sunday public transport to hills is poor
just been a lurker theses days busy with other more important things than CQN
miki67
Thanks Miki, have a good day Mate, don’t let the B’stards grind you down..
petec
03:26 on
22 February, 2013
Pete maybe you should think of a career change…
SPARKIEGIRL.26 years ago the rev incharge of the MINSTER in YORK said he did not beleive in THE VIRGIN CONCEPTION OF JESUS.the next day in the middle of one of the hottest summers in years a bolt of lightning struck the MINSTERS WEST WING.the MINSTER was set on fire and it took years to repair the damage.know what they say in YORK.”HE BELEIVES NOW”
Is Lord Nimmo Smith going to come up with a decision which finds them guilty , but without penalty.
I fear a “Not Proven” type verdict is about to be sprung upon us.
TT
?
Snake Plissken
00:12 on 22 February, 2013
‘SFTBs
I’d buy into that. Labour let down so many traditional voters that the SNP got in.’
The figures don’t support that line of thought.
In 2007 Labour got 648,000 first votes.
The SNP got 664,000
In 2011 Labour got 630,00
The SNP got 902,000
So the Labour vote went down a wee bit (18,000) but the SNP’s went up by a huge amount (238,000).
So who switched to vote SNP?
Here’s a clue.
In 2007 the LibDems got 326,000 first choice votes.
In 2011 they got 157,000, a decrease of 169,000.
In 2007 the Tories got 334,000 first votes.
In 2011 they got 276,000, a decrease of 58,000.
So the Labour vote went down a little bit and the SNP’s went up by about the same as the Lib Dems and the Tories went down.
So rather than people deserting Labour for the SNP it looks more like Tory and LibDems switched to the SNP.
And all on a 50% turnout. Which is probably the most significant figure of them all when taking the political temperature of the country.
starry plough to miki67
http://youtu.be/pSo-_TavE1U
TinyTim
09:08 on 22 February, 2013
‘Is Lord Nimmo Smith going to come up with a decision which finds them guilty , but without penalty.’
I suggested some weeks ago that might be the outcome.
I don’t know which of us should be more concerned that we’re thinking along similar lines.
weet weet weet
Not to be underestimated the power of an early morning skank!!
TT
The findings in fact are beyond dispute now. Players had a contract in two parts: The FIFA prescribed form of contract; and a Side Letter detailing additional payments. That is public record.
The issue for LNS is not did this occur, but:
1) Did it break the rules as applicable at the time?
2) If so, is there any mitigation?
3) Following which, what if any sanctions are appropriate?
I expect that because the rule book changed quite markedly throughout the period that the sanctions will be different for the same offence committed at different times.
For instance, while it was a requirement to submit all contractual details to SFA/SPL from 2000 onwards, only since 2005 has failing to do so resulted in the player being automatically deemed ineligible.
I doubt we’ll see anything from LNS for some time yet though.
Kilbowie Kelt
23:33 on 21 February, 2013
You’re right.
I didn’t express myself properly.
What I should have said is that a lot of people think of themselves as Glaswegian but not as Scots.
starry plough
lol
HH
Chairbhoy
08:02 on 22 February, 2013
Ditto for me. Have been an expat for 40+ years and am no fan of Salmond & Co.
Regarding the Glasgow Uni thing why would non Scottish students bother voting in a poll on Scottish independence? Hardly seems likely.
The Battered Bunnet
09:24 on 22 February, 2013
‘The findings in fact are beyond dispute now. Players had a contract in two parts: The FIFA prescribed form of contract; and a Side Letter detailing additional payments.’
I still think there is some scope for obfuscation and prestidigitation over the question of whether loans constitute payments, should the good lord wish to deploy his undoubted talents in that way.
Juve news .
Chiellini is back to full training .. Club sources are claiming that he will be fit to play v Napoli and Celtic . They have missed him .
Local Juve club man tells me that Juve have reiterated this re the Celtic game –.
All tickets are traceable.
Any Juve supporter / Juve Club or ticket outlet found to have given /sold a Juve ticket to a Celtic supporter will be subject to sanctions from Juve and the relevant Italian laws..
Celtic fans will only be admitted if —
Their ticket has printed info re their name and address .
The name /address must match the information on your passport / ID Card .
No ID Card / Passport = No admittance .
Celtic supporters will not be admitted to Juve areas
Italian media reporting violence before and after last night’s Lazio Borussia Moenchengladbach game . @ 20 People injured / 3 hospitalized with stab wounds . Rome polis stating that the violence was arranged / Borussia sources claiming they have no evidence that the violence was planned and that it is their belief that their fans were victims of unprovoked violence . Italian media speculating that UEFA might be forced to take action against Lazio [ some claiming Lazio may be expelled from the competition .] Lazio due to play Stuttgart next .
Big black sky / downpour looming -way down south.
I see Charles and Malcolm have kissed and made up. Wonder what they did with all of those supporters’ complaints.
Nil illegitimi carborundum…..
…..the sevcovians won’t understand…….
weet weet weet
09:19 on 22 February, 2013starry plough to miki67
http://youtu.be/pSo-_TavE1U
>>>>>>>>>
Brilliant. Ta. Made me laugh.
HH!
starry plough
re toasters
had a couple of nights out in rob hingley’s house in valencia,the moved from new york after 9/11,a good guy who is feckin minted,where as im a good guy feckin skint
HH
miki67
thanks pal
HH
Life is funny eh.
The SNP now in complete denial about their inability to win an independence referendum and they are doing what they always do. Blame the people who vote.
As are some of the poeple on this site who’s belief is clearly – democracy is good but only if you vote the way I want you to vote. Scotland has latent anti catholic tendancies – why would I ever want to live in an independent scotland?
And it seems that most people in scotland agree with me!
But I guess to you nats that makes us dumb/gullible/annoying etc etc.
Hilarious
It’s all about the independence vote these days.
Is there a threshold for the amount of voters required? I can see a low turn out. Does a voter not voting mean a no?
LB
Ernie Lynch
well that would support the old adage that if you put a broom with a red balloon cellotaped to it with a Labour badge then the ma Da voted Labour mob would still vote for it.
I do think that things like one of the safest seats in the East End rejecting Labour in one recent bi-election is enough to suggest people are in some ways annoyed with Labour.
The Iraq war was one reason why a lot of people were turned off by them.
Scotland at general election votes Labour en masse because of fear of Tories I think we’d both agree on that. The SNP whatever you think of them are an alternative to the other parties at least within the Holyrood Parliament. Labour for me thought they had the Scottish Parliament in their pocket forever and their disdainful aggressive ways at FMQs every week show how truly bitter they are. Johann Lamont has a face only a mother could love on payday and she and Ruth Davidson look like someone has permanently skelped them and they canny remove the surliness.
I see that the returning officer at the mock election has said that he estimates the majority of voters were indeed Scots eligible to vote next year but clearly some voters came from other groups – English, European and possibly non-European students. The actual numbers were not stated but that’s what the guy said. I also do not know why they’d bother but some clearly did. How much of a difference that would have made I really don’t know but it is interesting that the same criteria for the actual referendum was not applied to this mock one.
I don’t see how it can be judged properly without applying the same rules. I think that’s a fair criticism. Scots living outside Scotland don’t get a say in this (which I think is a difficult issue to be honest).
And just to ask you again – why does my living in Slovakia explain a lot? Do you know about or have some issue with Slovak politics (I know I have a few but I cannot vote on it). The only elections I can vote for over here are for the local mayor.
LiviBhoy,
I can’t see there being any threshold or Cunningham Rule (the 40% rule from way back). Don’t forget that the SNP has a majority in the Scottish Parliament so they write the rules – and why would they make it harder for themselves?
LiviBhoy
10:03 on 22 February, 2013
‘It’s all about the independence vote these days.
Is there a threshold for the amount of voters required? I can see a low turn out. Does a voter not voting mean a no?’
No.
Voter apathy is a serious issue, across the board.
It could be addressed easily enough by making attendance at the polling station (though not voting) compulsory, but no party seems to have an appetite for that.
When is it that chuckles is walking away? he did make a statement that if MM stayed he will walk
who are these fans that made the complaints, I demand to know!
ernie lynch @ 9 30 .
” what I should have said is that a lot of people think of themselves as Glaswegian but not Scots ”
I am one of that lot .
I was born in Glasgow . Both of my parents had migrated to Scotland I’ve spent roughly half of my life in Scotland . It never felt like my country …
Memories of sunbathing [ yes sunbathing ] in Kelvingrove Park with my great friend Zooney [ RIP ] and him opining ——
Up there [ pointing north ] it’s Bonnie Prince Charlie .
Over there [ pointing east ] its Sir Walter Scott and Miss Jean Brodie
Down there [ pointing south ] its Rabbie Burns
Over there [ pointing west ] it’s America / New York / Chicago / Baltimore . Land of A Thousand Dances —– We’d be more at home there ..
I think he had a point.
Snake
“Johann Lamont has a face only a mother could love on payday and she and Ruth Davidson look like someone has permanently skelped them and they canny remove the surliness.”
Fairly irrelevant and borderline sexism. Alex Salmond may be, mostly, a canny politician, but he would win few beauty contests.
As for the demographics of the student vote, few Non-Scots would be bothered to vote down independence. I expect the vote in the real referendum to be in broadly similar ratios to the student vote.
I agree with the SNP policy of letting non-Scots, who are resident in Scotland, vote in the referendum. It fair rips the knitting of some of the “Sturm und Drang” nationalists though. That smaller grouping of Nats were the epitome of what Aiden McGeady suffered.
South of Tunis
Why did he have a point.