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You usually get boxing day sales I would wager there might be a lot more than 500 customers rummaging for bargains in some shops .

I am told this betting thing is quite common in football 

Rangers 2 St Mirren 1

FGS Wright .

Football supremo Neil Doncaster says there is no room for further postponements and the league might be curtailed, whats the betting if Celtic gain a one point advantage or better goal difference ,

wonder if he has something to hide 💰

Strange that Vardy never took a penalty last night 

To be played in front of a full house of slabbering bigoted thick as shit neanderthals ,would be nice to walk along the Gallowgate when they come out after giving them  a damn good thrashing 

2nd of February we go to a full parkhead to put them to the sword  we will win .

6 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Motherwell have also released a statement asking for break to be brought forward. Wonder if they've been offered " glamour friendlies" 

Loan players 

Looks like football goes ahead In England 

No fans at parkhead for the old firm game 🤣

9 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

The small matter of Christmas Day is the reason.  The restrictions come into effect on the 26th.

Maybe to let the hooped horrors get a bit of support from their fans 

No crowd restrictions on tomorow three games , I wonder why 

We play better with an empty stadium 🤣☹️

Iam sure Mr Clark and Whitehouse will be having a jolly good Christmas thanks to the bumbling Scottish justice system .

Sing loud and sing proud in fact I would invite a local flute band to play on a Saturday before the game and cameras were turned on invite the fans to sing their hearts out even provide song she6for youngsters that don't know the words 

Hullaw Hullaw 🤣😄

Fingers crossed this blinking virus doesn't mess things up 

1 hour ago, Scott7 said:

More to the point, who was the lawyer?

If memory serves me right I think the solicitor was named Moore he was recommended to my father by the them top Glasgow solicitor Joe Beltrami  the trial was all over in less than two hours .

The Christmas day match was the one I got carted by Edinburgh's finest for thumping one at Saint Andrews square,  got found not guilty at trial but it was some punch 😉 

Let's not kid ourselves Saturday's first half performance was totally unacceptable, no pace to much passing in midfield it was dire ,thank heck that was an under strength United. 

There was some very strange interpretation of this VAR system at the weekend it was introduced to help but seems to hinder just as much 

I wonder how much the taxman is owed by the self employed construction workers in the UK  who  just ignore national insurance demands 

11 hours ago, Uilleam said:

Remember this?

Merely another SNP vanity project?

 

Failed prosecutions at Rangers cost £40m

Mark Macaskill

Sunday December 19 2021, 12.01am, The Sunday Times

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/failed-prosecutions-at-rangers-cost-40m-lqxx8ngp6

 

Ministers have been accused of “throwing away” a “gobsmacking” sum of money as it emerged that wrongful prosecutions in a fraud inquiry at Rangers cost taxpayers almost £40 million.

Huge payouts have been awarded to several individuals involved in the administration and acquisition of the club.

Administrators David Whitehouse and Paul Clark were arrested in 2014, though the Crown Office later dropped charges and admitted their prosecutions were “malicious”. The lord advocate also admitted that Charles Green and Imran Ahmad should never have been prosecuted, with Green receiving over £6 million in compensation plus costs.

 

The Scottish government has promised an inquiry into the wrongful prosecutions once outstanding legal proceedings have concluded.

 

Liam McArthur MSP, the Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesman, said: “This is a gobsmacking sum of money for the government to have thrown away. This is money that could have been spent on tackling the obscene case backlog in our court system or getting thousands of children involved in grassroots sports. We need to see progress on a full, independent and judge-led inquiry into this scandal.”

 

The Scottish government’s consolidated accounts last week showed civil litigation brought against the lord advocate by individuals prosecuted in connection with the acquisition and administration of Rangers had cost £39.9 million.

 

Conservative MSP Russell Findlay told the Daily Record newspaper: “It’s outrageous that taxpayers continue to be hit in the pocket by the Rangers malicious prosecutions scandal. The SNP government needs to be open and honest about how many millions of pounds have been lost from public funds.

“While ministers agreed to our calls for a public inquiry, they can’t use that as an excuse to keep people in the dark in the meantime, while the bill continues to spiral.”

A spokesman for the Crown Office said: “The previous lord advocate committed the Crown to support a judge-led inquiry once all litigation is over and apologised for the cost to the public purse. There are long-standing and robust processes in place to minimise the possibility that wrongful prosecutions are brought.

“We have strengthened these through case management panels which provide additional scrutiny and direction from senior prosecutors.”

Football

It helps secure the catholic vote doesn't matter what it costs 

Kamara the best of a bad lot , need to improve.