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| Independence Day 2: Resturgeonce |
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44 | 21.36% |
| ScotPol - Unclustering this gently caress |
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19 | 9.22% |
| Trainspotting 2: Independence is my heroin |
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9 | 4.37% |
| Indyref II: Boris hosed a Dead Country |
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14 | 6.80% |
| ScotPol: Wings over Bullshit |
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8 | 3.88% |
| Independence 2: Cameron Lied, UK Died |
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24 | 11.65% |
| Scotpol IV: I Vow To Flee My Country |
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14 | 6.80% |
| ScotPol - A twice in a generation thread |
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17 | 8.25% |
| ScotPol - Where Everything's hosed Up and the Referendums Don't Matter |
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15 | 7.28% |
| ScotPol Thread: Dependence Referendum Incoming |
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2 | 0.97% |
| Indyref II: The Scottish Insturgeoncy |
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10 | 4.85% |
| ScotPol Thread: Act of European Union |
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5 | 2.43% |
| ScotPol - Like Game of Thrones only we wish we would all die |
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25 | 12.14% |
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Good news for trade unions in Scotland- the government confirms plans to scrap tribunal fees. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/13639211.Scottish_Government_confirms_plans_to_scrap_tribunal_fees/
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Aug 15, 2016 17:23
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OwlFancier posted:Unusually Correct for Kez, that. The Blairite that wants Corbyn gone is a socialist? loving hardly. Niric posted:Phone posting so won't go into rambley detail, but through some luck, clever judgement and what seems to me an almost carbon copy of New Labour's approach with nationalism for binding, the SNP have done a quite fantastic job of positioning themselves politically and I really can't see how labour can recover in Scotland for at least a generation. Labour isn't going to get anywhere if they don't radically change to fit somewhere and it isn't going to happen with the Blairites around doing their usual as the Scottish Tories have taken the liberial-small c conservative/rural area vote from both SNP & Labour because of the failings of Scottish Labour. (That and Ruth Davidson is a gift to the Scottish Tories, I imagine if she were removed from the picture they wouldn't of achieved as much success as they would of liked.)
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Aug 15, 2016 17:44
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Acaila posted:Ok, so current meet-plan Count me in, I'm in Edinburgh for the forseeable. I'm sure we'll find a great place to drink cheaply on a fringe Satuday, and even more confident that we'll find some "good" "comedy" at "the fringe". standard price for a pint within a half mile radius of the castle is £4.80 this year 
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Aug 15, 2016 18:52
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Tuesday's front pagesquote:Front pages: Stories making headlines in Scotland on Tuesday Nothing that interesting today; just a mix of the parochial and the relatively trivial. The National continues its attempts to mimic the Mail by attacking social services, albeit from a pseudo leftist/progressive POV. Much like the Mail it's also atrocious journalism, which by either stupidity or spite completely misrepresents the situation. Social Work don't have a bank of spare homes they can house families in. They DO have access to potential emergency foster carers who can take in children. They also have a legal responsibility to protect the child's welfare, which is why a child MAY (not definitely) go into care in a case of homelessness. None of which is apparent from the article. gently caress The National.
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Aug 16, 2016 08:37
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Perth has landmarks?
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Aug 16, 2016 13:29
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Angepain posted:Perth has landmarks? Perth has something worth?
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Aug 16, 2016 13:31
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Angepain posted:Perth has landmarks? The Broxton roundabout & the railway station, & any other routes out of town?
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Aug 16, 2016 13:35
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I've only read the National once (someone left it on the train and I was bored) and it was awful; it's doing the mail thing of pretending to be a respectable newspaper while selling tabloid crap. I'm going to try and get in to Edinburgh relatively early on Saturday to have a little wander and maybe see some free poo poo I heard about; if anyone wants to join in then feel free.
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Aug 16, 2016 17:23
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The Legacy Continuesquote:A group of independence campaigners who set up camp outside the Scottish Parliament have lodged an appeal against a court ruling in favour of their eviction. The Indycamp group set up outside Holyrood in November 2015 and pledged to stay until Scotland gained independence, sparking a seven-month court battle as the parliament's corporate body sought eviction.
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Aug 17, 2016 00:06
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Updates Saturday 20th August Edinburgh Draft Itinerary: 17:00 - Meet at Revolution, Chambers Street, opposite the National Museum for drinks/food - online booking system not working so will see if I can get them on the phone 20:30 - The Dark Room at The Underbelly - book your own ticket through edfringe.com - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/john-robertson-the-dark-room Book in advance because you don't want to be the n00b who doesn't get in and it sold out last Saturday. Currently in: Acaila Autonomous Monster Budgie Angepain IceAgeComing Murderion Have I missed anyone? Also Kin, you really do need to see The Dark Room cos it's ace.
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Aug 17, 2016 02:02
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Acaila posted:Also Kin, you really do need to see The Dark Room cos it's ace. Saw it a couple of years ago and can confirm Front pages: Stories making headlines in Scotland on Wednesday quote:The Scottish Sun reports on police failing to link World's End murderer Angus Sinclair to an unsolved murder case. The Daily Record seems to have chosen the most incongruous headline possible for that story, presumably intentionally
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Aug 17, 2016 08:07
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Niric posted:Saw it a couple of years ago and can confirm Yeah, what even is the deal there? If they were trying to downplay her actions they wouldn't have called her disgusting, yet they go on to mention what seems to be the least disgusting thing she did, judging by the first paragraph there.
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Aug 17, 2016 13:45
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Acaila posted:Updates Aye, I've got tickets for it tomorrow night. The video for it looked amazing. Drinkswise it is pretty shite in the city centre, even in the Gilded Balloon's student bar you're looking at a good £11 for a round of just 2 drinks. If the weather's still nice, i'd suggest just getting a carryout from a supermarket and chilling in the gardens or the meadows before going to a show. I'd also recommend the battle of the superheros free show at midday in the Three Sisters. It's comped by a couple of guys that really know their poo poo and how to be funny.
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Aug 17, 2016 21:57
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Kin posted:Aye, I've got tickets for it tomorrow night. The video for it looked amazing. Drinkswise it is pretty shite in the city centre, even in the Gilded Balloon's student bar you're looking at a good £11 for a round of just 2 drinks. Do come back and enthuse about it afterwards. We've already had one Darren amongst us Scotpol goons! (you'll understand tomorrow  )
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Aug 18, 2016 00:56
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Front pages: Stories making headlines in Scotland on Thursday quote:The Scottish Sun reports on claims that police are being told not to pursue drug dealers amid cost-cutting. I've no idea if the SNP's drug policy is "soft touch" - frankly I wasn't even aware they had a drugs policy, but fair play if it is. And police Scotland in a not-making-awful-decisions shocker. Pity tabloids don't see it that way. The daily dose of 'Christ, the national really is awful, isn't it?' is pretty bland today, going with tried and tested "just print the government's press release"
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Aug 18, 2016 08:17
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The Scottish government doesn't have a drugs policy. It's reserved to Westminster. Though I'm surprised to see them being accused of being soft touch as the SNP leadership is annoyingly conservative when it comes to things like decriminalisation.
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Aug 18, 2016 10:36
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"EU nationals are more than just bargaining chips" - well, yeah, under the circumstances they're also probable Yes voters. gently caress off Nicola.
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Aug 18, 2016 11:57
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Jedit posted:"EU nationals are more than just bargaining chips" - well, yeah, under the circumstances they're also probable Yes voters. gently caress off Nicola. This comes off more 'gently caress EU nationals' then you think it does.
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Aug 18, 2016 23:34
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I hope this show is good; its the first time that I've spent money at the fringe for a while... I might be around that afternoon going to free fringe poo poo; if anyone is around and wants to join me then let me know.
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Aug 19, 2016 00:29
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Extreme0 posted:This comes off more 'gently caress EU nationals' then you think it does. I'll take any number of people voting the wrong way over one cynical poo poo who is exploiting them.
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Aug 19, 2016 00:48
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I dunno, I think "these people might vote for me so I should make statements defending their interests" might be cynical politics but doesn't quite reach the level of "cynical poo poo" in my eyes e: especially when the interests she's defending is in line with the political messaging she got elected on i.e. hooray for europe and immigrants Angepain fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Aug 19, 2016 |
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Aug 19, 2016 00:59
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Jedit posted:I'll take any number of people voting the wrong way over one cynical poo poo who is exploiting them. I'll take a cynical poo poo who is exploiting them to make life better rather then people voting the wrong way. Mostly because people voting the wrong way tend to be loving clueless and worthless enough to vote in people that will gently caress them over. You don't need me to state the latest, biggest example of voter stupidity. Also if EU Nationals vote Yes because they know that they would rather prefer Scotland being in the EU over the UK. It isn't because of 'exploiting' them; it's because they loving know that the rest of the UK (minus NI) wanted and voted to leave the European Union.
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Aug 19, 2016 01:10
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IceAgeComing posted:I hope this show is good; its the first time that I've spent money at the fringe for a while... It is good. The only thing I didn't like about it were the insane fanboys who had clearly been to loads/all of his shows and wouldn't stop chanting almost every line of his script as he was saying it.
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Aug 19, 2016 08:12
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Front pages: Stories making headlines in Scotland on Friday quote:Here are the front pages in Scotland for Friday August 19. Maybe it's because it's Friday, but none of the front pages annoyed me today (I mean, other than the general tone of moral outrage pervading the tabloids, but that's a given), which makes a nice change.
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Aug 19, 2016 08:33
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That's a good front cover from the National. It's a good front cover of some horrifying poo poo that i've seen. When the wee boy wipes his face and just sees all the blood on his hands. Just... what the gently caress do you even say to that.
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Aug 19, 2016 09:45
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Extreme0 posted:I'll take a cynical poo poo who is exploiting them to make life better rather then people voting the wrong way. This comes across as more "EU nationals are loving clueless and worthless" than you think it does.
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Aug 19, 2016 11:04
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This morning Nicola Sturgeon gave a speech about how important oxygen is. In protest, Aberdeen resident Jedit has proclaimed it deeply cynical and exploitative & is now on oxygen strike.
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Aug 19, 2016 11:40
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Jedit posted:This comes across as more "EU nationals are loving clueless and worthless" than you think it does. A lot of EU Nationals aren't as clueless nor worthless as the little englanders that you rather prefer over EU Nationals if it means that they would vote yes to keep in the EU. forkboy84 posted:This morning Nicola Sturgeon gave a speech about how important oxygen is. Opposition praise Jedit for standing up against SNP exploitation and will attend his funeral in five minutes after the strike.
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Aug 19, 2016 13:28
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Why has it decided to piss down in Edinburgh it was lovely in Inverness this morning? Edit: I very much regret my lack of waterproof jacket. Budgie fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Aug 19, 2016 |
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Aug 19, 2016 14:29
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You're not the only one
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Aug 19, 2016 16:23
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forkboy84 posted:This morning Nicola Sturgeon gave a speech about how important oxygen is. Hyperbole aside, you have to admit that if Nicola Sturgeon gave a speech on how air was vital to Scotland The National would still report on it as if it were of tremendous import.
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Aug 19, 2016 17:38
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Acaila posted:Updates Are we all ready for tomorrow? Have tried booking Revolution but they are not answering their phone, will give it another shot tomorrow but otherwise we'll just have to turn up.
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Aug 19, 2016 21:48
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Kin posted:Aye, I've got tickets for it tomorrow night. The video for it looked amazing. Drinkswise it is pretty shite in the city centre, even in the Gilded Balloon's student bar you're looking at a good £11 for a round of just 2 drinks. It's at the point where Brewdog is the most reasonably priced place for a pint. The Cowgate has a few cheapish places, but since it's Saturday they'll all be hoaching. Further afield things can be more sane, guideline being if you're off the tourist drag prices aren't as  . Haven't checked any old man pubs, will do so. I'll scout the area and meet at rev, try to find somewhere with a good balance between empty and cheap.
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Aug 19, 2016 22:31
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Yeah I just paid 5 quid for a pint in a plastic cup in Teviot. Madness. Axis of awesome were amazing!
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Aug 19, 2016 22:36
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I shielded in the random bus that's down that way and got a bottle for around £3.50 which is pretty good for festival prices
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Aug 19, 2016 23:42
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I'm quite smug about being teetotal again. Also the bus seems really awesome, though I've never been inside. That's where they're doing the live full reading of Chilcott I believe.
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Aug 20, 2016 00:18
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Acaila posted:I'm quite smug about being teetotal again. Well, in my experience soft drinks are just at silly prices rather than ridiculous ones. I guess you could drink water for an evening, as in, it may be theoretically physically possible for a person to do that. But where then would you get an unhealthy quantity of sugar to block up your pancreas with? Nowhere, that's where.
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Aug 20, 2016 00:26
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Of note while you're all out that way, if you're looking for decent lunch, hit up The Red Box Noodle Bar next to the Pear Tree (near the teviot) for awesome (and cheap) stirfry goodness. For deli stuff, Wolfits on Rose Street is the place I've never seen beaten, though that's a bit of a trek away from where the shows are. You might get a more decently priced drink around that end of the town though.
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Aug 20, 2016 10:13
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IceAgeComing posted:I shielded in the random bus that's down that way and got a bottle for around £3.50 which is pretty good for festival prices Where the hell are you people drinking that £3.50 isn't pretty cheap? Are you still expecting student prices everywhere or what?
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Aug 20, 2016 11:15
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I can get really nice beer for under £3 at the Cricket Club, although that might be slightly subsidised since I'm a member. Even then, in Stirling that'd be expensive for a pint...
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Aug 20, 2016 11:37
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