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The tied result for second is going to be interesting for FMQs. I wonder what the odds are on the speed at which one of the crooks or grifters in Reform get ousted and they lose that second spot. My favourite is Angela Ross, the first on the list here in Lothians. Runs a company who deliver corporate advice on DEI including to big public sector bodies while representing a party who have said they will scrap all DEI training for public sector When asked, Reform said that ‘having seen these initiatives from the inside, she is well placed to understand their shortcomings’. Cracking business model

I've been told that Suman may be gone in the summer. They don't believe he is of the required standard. I've never saw the lad play, so couldn't say how good he is.

The two lads who were on loan at Caley, may yet get new deals, along with Ryan Duncan. Bavidge and Stewart I'd say worth a deal, especially Stewart. Ryan Duncan is a no for me.

Beautiful weather in Scotland's true capital.

Has this season not finished yet. Horrible morning in the capital so glad not bothering with the game. Hopefully get point we need to guarantee safety so can completely ignore them remaining games.

Totally agree. It’s going to be really interesting to see how this rabble actually govern. Hopefully it shines a light on what a useless crowd of power hungry morons they have assembled before the next GE. The people of North England have been let down so badly by Thatchers Tories destroying manufacturing and sense of community and then by Cameron/Osborne and their austerity. Blair did little to mend the wounds and these people are so disenfranchised they would vote for Mr Blobby if he said the right things. They need someone to blame for how shit their lot is and Nigel has that story book.

If Mr IM Jolly is optimistic, then we are doomed to defeat today.

Game day and I am well up for it and fancy us to beat the caravan dwellers.

I’m trying to put a positive spin on it. There is no way all those voted in yesterday will actually want to do the work & theres no way the company could’ve properly vetted all those standing. All those racist Facebook mums and former Combat 18 members will not want to fix potholes. Hanging out of Trumps arse might be a poor look in the not too distant future as well.

Turkeys voting for Xmas. Stopping the boats got much more difficult because of Brexit which was led primarily by Farage. Farage doesn’t want to be PM, he won’t want the responsibility. Voting for Reform is largely a protest vote.

Deform bang their drum loudest and say the things many want to hear and that, simply put, is politics. They also have a lot of money behind them from pretty insidious people and organisations, which in turn is winning/buying them votes through the use of Social Media. 'Stop the Boats' is what 'Education, Education, Education' was to Labour in 97 and 'Get Brexit Done' in 2019 for the Tories. Stop the Boats is a thing up here, but a decimated oil industry, gave Reform another platform to prosper. Reform have done a great job of winning votes without giving anything away on what policies they would actually implement, bar 'stopping the boats and the woke'. What the fuck that actually means is anyones guess, but it is playing to the gallery and winning votes on an impressive scale. 14 years of Tory led Austerity have decimated the UK and Labour have come in with a landslide majority, but no actual plan, bar not being Tories, which isn't enough. Lurching from one self inflicted shitshow to another, doesn't help their cause either. I still think that Starmer is a huge vote loser and Labours fortunes would improve overnight once Starmer is gone.

Cream - Strange Brew

As an outsider, I’d question that. If they actually wanted change, and one that wasn’t bigoted or self serving, surely you vote green? The media always does a good job on portraying them as incompetent, but all the other parties have either been in power and failed, or in reforms case, are crooks?

My seat, Edinburgh Southern is as solid a Labour seat as you’ll find in Scotland. When Scottish Labour went down to 1 MP in Westminster it was here. We’ve delivered again. Great to see Reform get zero constituency seats. Hopefully once those Inverness folk wake up we’ll get a result in the regionals there and fingers crossed Labour get enough to keep reform in third. Greens did brilliantly. End result when it all shakes out looks pretty much the same as 2021 with pro-Indie team getting approx the same seats but more in Greens favour and the right getting the same but split between Reform and Tories.

It’s hard to judge a keeper when your defense is so poor, particularly dealing with crosses, and the keeper makes more poor decisions than normal since he’s forced into doing things he’d not normally do. I’d also say our defense this year has been the worst in quite a long time. Mitov isn’t as good as Lewis, but better than clangers, so could be better could be worse. Not fussed if he stays or goes. Don’t think the new boy was any better or worse, so if we sell mitov we’re at least not stuck with nothing, although I’d certainly expect us to sign a new #1.

Aye, it wasn't a great game. Didn't see much in Marshall again. He looks to be quite strong for his age, but doesn't seem to cover a lot of ground. He was okay in the forward midfield role, but it's a decent step up to the SPFL and he wasn't a stand out. He did do a lot of the side to side stuff fairly well when he dropped deeper, and I wonder if he might fit in with us there. Often difficult to tell with midfielders on the telly though, as they do a lot of work just out of frame. I think pace might be an issue for him, but he looks better than Kjartansson. Will be really interesting to see, and I think the direct physical approach that Arbroath takes will have done him a lot of good. Hopefully he gets a good chance with us next year.

I'd keep Mitov, who I still think is an excellent goalkeeper, but depending on Suman's progress from his injury it may be worth giving him a chance. Not really convinced by the other fella we signed in January. Shinnie - I said last week I think that it's probably best for him to leave, more for his sake. However, I certainly won't be sad to see him stay, and his versatility off the bench at LWB and midfield, plus his obvious influence in the dressing room, are all good things. The regular nonsense about "his legs are gone" get disproved just as often, and I've no doubt if managed correctly he can still play at a high level next season. Robinson also didn't rule out in his press conference getting Lyall Cameron on a permanent deal, although he didn't sound too confident about it.

Did I dream it, or did we really get beat in the cup by Dunfermline. I'll give them their due, they defend well as a team. Arbroath huffed and puffed tonight, but their players looked spent. Not a lot of quality on show.

Arbroath v Dunfermline on the BBC. Not a bad game. Arbroath are a decent team, for part timers, at this level. The boy Mullan at Dunfermline must be worth a punt for us.

Don’t disagree - but if someone offered us £2million I’d drive the boy there myself…

A lot of them are former navy. Faslane is a huge employer in the area and they’ll always go unionist, as will all the folk already mentioned. She spends a lot of time in the area and they spunked a fortune on her campaign Dumbarton punters are sick of the sight of her for the most part

The boy Glenn Campbell on the BBC, really doesn't like the SNP

Thanks gor clarifying. I was on tenterhooks.

You a lot of English down beside you. We have the same issue in 'Aberdeenshire'. Full of them and they claim we have a problem with African immigrants.

Robinson wants Shinnie to stay, but has said he won't be a regular, which is fair. Also seems a little truth in the Mitov rumours. Be another interesting window.