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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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Acaila posted:Updates Yeah, me.  I'll be getting in at about half six, depending on whether or not I get out of work in time. Will definitely be there by seven, anyway.
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Aug 20, 2016 12:26
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If you aren't drinking £2 taddy lager just lol
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Aug 20, 2016 12:37
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Venomous posted:Yeah, me. Yay! Will DM you if we move or anything
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Aug 20, 2016 12:45
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I'm probably going to be around by half 5, depending on how quickly I can pick up my tickets. Anyone know anywhere likely to be less busy than the fringe shop?OfficialGBSCaliph posted:If you aren't drinking £2 taddy lager just lol I've seen places selling pints of loving tenants for near 4 quid during the festival; it's a universal thing IceAgeComing fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Aug 20, 2016 |
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Aug 20, 2016 16:14
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IceAgeComing posted:I'm probably going to be around by half 5, depending on how quickly I can pick up my tickets. Anyone know anywhere likely to be less busy than the fringe shop? There's a place on Bristo square, not the pleasance one, but one in the University souvenir shop. It's a bit hidden, but usually quite quiet. I'll set off once the rain goes from torrential to just bucketing. PS: As a frind of the frienge, I get 2-for-1 on the show tonight, in case anyone hasn't got their ticket yet and wants to go splitsies. PPS: In case I'm the first there, I'll be the extremely generic looking man in a blue hoodie and faded jeans. Murderion fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Aug 20, 2016 |
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Aug 20, 2016 16:20
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Akka and I are in the place. Now watch as the failure to book a table sinks the entire venture.
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Aug 20, 2016 16:52
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I am standing outside. Navy coat, jeans, purple brolly, sparkly shoes, long brown hair. AM has gone to find a table somewhere else cos they are full here.
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Aug 20, 2016 16:55
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I'll head there unless I hear otherwise; black and white jumper, grey jeans, colourful converse and wearing glasses
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Aug 20, 2016 16:58
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IceAgeComing posted:I'll head there unless I hear otherwise; black and white jumper, grey jeans, colourful converse and wearing glasses Keep an eye on the thread. Will update as soon as. Also it's you and Venomous who look like a certain band isn't it?
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Aug 20, 2016 17:00
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I'm currently on the outskirts of Edinburgh on the train, should be there in 20 minutes or so. I await the endless fun that is trying to find a corner of space in Edinburgh during the fringe.
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Aug 20, 2016 17:00
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In my defence, I tried to book a table twice! If anyone is worried about us not ending up where we planned, we can delegate someone to come meet you. Also I happily answer to Acaila irl so you don't need to enquire as to whether there are stairs in my house if you don't want to sound weird
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Aug 20, 2016 17:07
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I'm at Waverley now if anyone is just arriving
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Aug 20, 2016 17:10
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Compared to the last one this is already a marvel of organisation so you at least have that to point to
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Aug 20, 2016 17:11
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This is why I like you Angepain! Is quite entertaining playing "do they look goony enough" on the street Ok AM has got a table for 6 in Bibles. Other end of Chambers Street and corner of South Bridge. Heading there now
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Aug 20, 2016 17:12
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I'm outside Biblos now; I take it that you are inside?
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Aug 20, 2016 17:17
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IceAgeComing posted:I'm outside Biblos now; I take it that you are inside? Top floor at the back. I got upstairs and discovered it was a total internet dead zone.
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Aug 20, 2016 17:20
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I would check the thread after making a tit of myself in rev.
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Aug 20, 2016 19:25
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I once went to Edinburgh with my wife and we went into a bar and had bottles of aspall cider for £4.90 each. That's my Edinburgh is poo poo story. E: delirium tremens is less than that in York's wankiest hipster pub 
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Aug 20, 2016 21:34
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Budgie posted:I would check the thread after making a tit of myself in rev. To be fair, it was O2's fault for apparently not delivering my text! Home safe, thanks to all for coming Ice Age Coming has already volunteered to host the next Scotpol meet. It's on here, so it's official 
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Aug 21, 2016 00:46
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Acaila posted:To be fair, it was O2's fault for apparently not delivering my text! Where has he volunteered to host it? If it's not his house he's not a host. 
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Aug 21, 2016 01:18
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Well he did say St Ninians And those who don't come to meets don't get to nitpick!
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Aug 21, 2016 01:40
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Acaila posted:Well he did say St Ninians I would have come, but I'm travelling to Warwick for the Discworld Convention on Thursday.
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Aug 21, 2016 16:27
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Extreme0 posted:The Blairite that wants Corbyn gone is a socialist? loving hardly. I did say it was unusual.
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Aug 21, 2016 18:26
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Front pages: Stories making headlines in Scotland on Mondayquote:Here are the stories making headlines in Scotland on Monday August 22. The MacAskill story is pretty weird - I honestly don't know what he's talking about in terms of Scotland "taking the rap" for Lockerbie. He's got a book out, so presumably he's trying to stir up a bit of controversy and make himself sound like both a major player in international justice and a victim of powerful and shady forces. Here's the whole thing from the Scotsman: quote:MacAskill: ‘Scotland took the rap for Lockerbie aftermath’
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Aug 22, 2016 09:30
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Anyone feeling any sympathy for the Scottish fishing industry being harmed by the EU exit should be aware that those cunts voted for it.
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Aug 22, 2016 09:37
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Jedit posted:Anyone feeling any sympathy for the Scottish fishing industry being harmed by the EU exit should be aware that those cunts voted for it. I'm sure this can be solved by fishing even more fish!
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Aug 22, 2016 12:21
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I sometimes wonder if anyone at the Mail knows Mo Farah is a Muslim immigrant called Mohammed.
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Aug 22, 2016 16:27
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Jedit posted:Anyone feeling any sympathy for the Scottish fishing industry being harmed by the EU exit should be aware that those cunts voted for it. Christian Allard anxiously fiddles with his glasses and grasps his hair in despair.
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Aug 22, 2016 17:36
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gently caress the fishing industry, the 'no take zone' in Lamlash bay should be extended nationwide imho.
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Aug 22, 2016 18:12
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I'm apparently too tired to remember how to embed things (yay 1 hour's sleep!) but here is the sole photo I took at the goonmeet: http://imgur.com/a/gMAro
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Aug 22, 2016 19:52
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Disappointed, I was expecting the goat man
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Aug 22, 2016 21:49
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Jedit posted:Anyone feeling any sympathy for the Scottish fishing industry being harmed by the EU exit should be aware that those cunts voted for it. The fishing industry is shortsighted to the point of ignoring eternal long term profit in favour of two years of quick
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Aug 22, 2016 22:20
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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Coohoolin posted:Christian Allard anxiously fiddles with his glasses and grasps his hair in despair. As well he should, because the SNP are going to lose Banff and Buchan in the next election.
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Aug 22, 2016 22:30
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Corbyn ruling out a "progressive alliance" is the best news to come out of all this Labour shite. Labour need to improve SLab and actually deal with myths of a progressive SNP, not parade them around like heroes.
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Aug 22, 2016 23:01
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Might anyone in this thread be at risk of developing this?
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Aug 22, 2016 23:21
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Cat Boyd follows me on twitter. That's my story of the day.
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Aug 22, 2016 23:25
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cargohills posted:Corbyn ruling out a "progressive alliance" is the best news to come out of all this Labour shite. Labour need to improve SLab and actually deal with myths of a progressive SNP, not parade them around like heroes. Oh one hand yes, on the other hand, ScotLab are loving hopelessly shite & the rarely seem to muster a critique of SNP more damning than "SNP BAD". Which is annoying when Jedit does it & a trillion times more when it's MPs who should actually be putting forward the case for why the SNP are bad. But then Scottish Labour hasn't had any vision since Donald Dewar died. Of course I have no idea how to change that so this is pretty much just "LABOUR BAD" so I guess I'm being hypocritical. But I really don't know how ScotLab turn it around. It doesn't help that ScotLab is now to the right of the rest of the Labour Party (members wise).
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Aug 22, 2016 23:33
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The ScotLab leadership don't criticise the SNP properly which is why it's utterly vital that the Labour left in Scotland and the rest of the UK do. And even though SLab's membership is more right-wing it still voted for Corbyn last time and CLPs have nominated him this time. There just hasn't been a proper chance in Scotland since Corbyn of tearing down the leadership. e: Also speaking as an active member of Campaign for Socialism (now "Momentum Scotland") there's a decent amount of work being done by the left ~~behind the scenes~~ (e.g. I know SA tends to be a bit older and probably doesn't pay attention to stuff like this but Young Labour currently has a very left-wing exec) cargohills fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Aug 23, 2016 |
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Aug 23, 2016 00:42
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Martin Kitts-Hayes, the Lib Dem councillor who turned Aberdeenshire Council over to the SNP in exchange for
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Aug 23, 2016 10:16
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Front pages: Stories making headlines in Scotland on Tuesdayquote:Here are the stories making headlines in Scotland on Tuesday August 23. I know Pissflaps already brought it up, but the National's front page is basically beyond parody in its petty parochialism (see also the two story splashes above it as well). As for ScotLab, I honestly can't see a way forward; as much as I agree with the idea of attacking the SNP for not being progressive I just don't think it will get any electoral traction. The narratives are so entrenched at this point that the SNP can literally campaign on a tax cutting program and people still angrily denounce Labour as the Tory-lite option. Their record in government over the last 9 years isn't good, but that doesn't appear to matter to a lot of people - as long as they avoid any high profile scandals/disasters, continue to blame poor growth/employment/inequality etc etc on external forces, and continue with positive-but-empty rhetoric, I suspect they'll last a lot longer in power than Tom Devine's suggested 5 more years
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