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Reference the proposed 60 redundancies at PQ, I suspect a voluntary redundancy scheme will achieve that number? BBC Scotland has long been a hotpotch of staffers and freelancers. The likes of Chris McLaughlin, Tom English, Brian Mclauchlin, Kenny McIntyre, ....etc are Staffers ie they have a long term contract with the organisation, they have Designations, with accompanying conditions of service. Richard Gordon, Stuart Cosgrove, Tam Cowan, Pat Bonner, Wullie Miller, Chick Young .... etc are all Freelancers. Some, like the first three mentioned have year long contracts, and these have been awarded year on year for nearly 30 years. Others, like Billy Dodds, Angela Haggerty, Neil McCann, Michael Stewart, ... etc are also Freelancers, brought in on a fairly regular ad-hoc basis.. Thus, the real power lies with the Producers, they decide who is to appear on the shows. Getting in, and staying in with a Producer is how it works at PQ, for both Staffers and Freelancers. It is a system of patronage. Occasionally, a squabble will overflow on to the airwaves ie Staffer John Barnes(he's the guy that Jim McLean punched decades past) was presenting the weather on BBC Scotland ten days ago. Chris McLaughlin was presenting a live report from a traffic accident last week. Staffers will have known these redundancies were on the way, Barnes was pointing out the numbers of Freelancers in the organisation, highlighted the long term Freelancers such as Richard Gordon, Cosgrove, Cowan, etc and suggested that is where the cuts should fall. All three mentioned sneered at Barnes last week, patronising him in turn. Again, those three particular Freelancers are long term and they absolutely rely on the exposure provided by the national broadcaster to charge high fees for after dinner speaking, hosting corporate, charity and fund raising events.There is the other advantage of when you have a book to promote. Taken off the air, you become Fred McAulay. The BBC Scotland Producers have all built their own empires, often owning(with their spouse) a wee Freelance Production company on the side. It's the Producers who hold the levers of power. Reference Donalda MacKinnon, it has been stated before, she is from Uist. She married a chap with Barra heritage, Seamus MacKinnon, he owns Cafe Gandolfi in Glasgow's Merchant City. Their three children all attended St Aloysius College. Donalda was Chair of the St Aloysius PTA for several years.

Far too many work there for my liking. hopefully the anti-Rangers lot will get hit hardest in the redundancies ?

Impenetrable, but in vogue

Yes was indeed quite common to stick 'ina' at the end of the male relatives name ,to try and create a female name. My great uncle Vag did exactly that with his first born daughter, unfortunately for some odd reason she struggles through life .

Silva reminds me of myself an old head unfortunately mines is also on old shoulders ?

Jermain Defoe has today stated he wants the Rangers team to 'take the knee' in our next match. 'Keep politics out of football', we're continually told.

Isn't Donalda MacKinnon a 'Hearach' 26th? I believe she is. A one time pupil and teacher at the Nicolson in Stornoway too. Her husband is Seumas MacInnes. Donalda is a lovely person for what it's worth. I expect the Sport department will feel the squeeze too and will need to make cuts. Whether that will be anything tangible the average listener will notice I doubt, but I expect there will be a few more freelancers on the roster in the coming months.

It makes sense for the Board to make management decisions. Nothing wrong with the concept. It’s the mindset of the Board that is the problem.

Too late he's gone to Middlesbrough. Have to be Allardyce then or Pardew might be free?

I think it should be remembered McGregor never really established himself at Rangers until he was 24/25.

And McGregor had also gone the loan route - makes perfect sense. Giving a young, fairly untested keeper game time, especially when not critical, could be a disaster, for both the player AND the club.

I'm pretty sure he is being primed to replace McGregor next season. In the meantime it makes sense for him to play every week in the league elsewhere. McGregor was about the same age when he broke into the team, around 23 I think.

Firth is there to make up the numbers in the training pretty much. He is not intended to ever play in a competitive match, at least not when the game is in the balance.