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[MacK1950 2,376]

43 minutes ago, 26th of foot said:

 

On the same show, DR Eammon O'Neill added, "Lyra McKee was not targeted"

No doubt in time it will be classed as " friendly fire".

[Uilleam 5,939]

1 hour ago, MacK1950 said:

No doubt in time it will be classed as " friendly fire".

I believe in Army parlance it is called "Blue on Blue", although that hardly seems appropriate  in the circumstance.

No matter, really, homicide is still homicide. 

[26th of foot 6,082]

Support your Local Team.

 

Yesterday's 'Media Review' had the usual panel providing their predictable usual take on media events. The difference, after a dozen years, it was the last. DrStu', Eammon O'Neill, and Anna Burnside said goodbye to John Beattie and Anne Marie Watson, waving goodbye to the circus. Obviously, they knew it was coming for a while and probably explains last weeks seven minutes on the Scottish Finance Secretary's resignation, and 14 minutes on Michael Stewart/Jim Traynor. This week's, the last ever was equally strange.

 

The starter topic was Philip Schofield's coming out on This Morning. Fifteen minutes of sneering attitude. Philip was not brave, his wife is to be pitied, and the consensus was the whole thing had been carefully choreographed. DrStu' wondered aloud, "Ah bet, there had been a rehearsal"? Dearest Philip was the subject of informed speculation, his mentoring of a young male Runner within the This Morning production company was raised twice in knowing euphemistic terms. I am not interested in Philip Schofield's sexual activities and am genuinely surprised it was worthy of such discussion?

 

However, it was the duplicitous comments about choreography and rehearsals that stunned me; seriously, for twenty five years DrStu' has done that very same thing in dozens and doxens of 'Off the Ball' when discussing Rangers and Rangers supporters. How many Producers have telephoned in, armed with provided script in hand? My favourite occurred several years past. After a 2-0 defeat at Tynecastle, DrStu' hosted a supposed Hearts fan calling in from Newton Mearns with the nomme de guerre, 'Gordon the Jambo fae Glasgow'. Obviously, no Producer with the appropriate Edinburgh/Lothians accent was available, thus Newton Mortgage was conjured. Gordon the Jambo told of Hearts fans singing lustfully of Rangers being no more, and the future being dubious for sevco.

 

Remember, several senior executives at the Beeb had to resign because of Producers calling into shows they were producing? there were no resignations at PQ.

 

The next story to be discussed was the closure of the Queensferry Crossing ie the new Forth Road Bridge. DrStu' told us this was the very epitome of an SNP Bad story. All the journos were Unionists, finding traction from falling ice. The reports of folks stuck in traffic for three days were hysterical. Deliberately, they set out to undermine Scotland. Anna Burnside and Eammon were bored of the story, they all confirmed that none of them had to experience the ten hour traffic queues. Interestingly, Joanna Cherry MP on last night's Beeb Question Time spouted the same line(rehearsed), although she told of sitting for several hours attempting to attend a funeral.

 

Thus, having taking a swipe at Schofield(and that will be because of some perceived slight on behalf of DrStu' back in his high heid yin media management days) and finding comfort again in his preferred political prejudice, it was time to support his local team. DrStu' has spent in excess of 25 years as a resident of Dennistoun, lives just over half a mile from ra Stade de Gadd. He has been consistent this last quarter of a century, nothing grinds his gears more than seeing RSCs and CSCs buses leaving Perth and other towns. Support your local team is the mantra. DrStu's last ever point on the Media Review was to encourage ra Sellik in their demands for a SKY apology, "we should all know who provided that translation on Morelos"?

 

DrStu' confirms what we all knew, it's always all about the Rangers.

 

PS : There was a wee bit about the Philip Schofield diatribe that rung, in the middle of sympathy for his wife and family. They claimed in their script to have been aware of Schofield's sexuality for several years and were okay with it. I thought DrStu' is a duplicitous cnut, I wonder if his wife and family know it, and are they okay with it? We should be told? 

[Walterbear 557]

The dimwits today on radio were all saying Celtic had to lose 4 games to lose the league. They can actually lose 2 games against us and draw one other and they can still lose the league. They really are hopeless. Not one of them picked up on this despite them repeating it several times. We pay small fortunes for their salaries, pensions, expenses and this is the best they can do. Utterly inept, over payed and biased. 

Edited February 16, 2020 by Walterbear

[cooponthewing 1,139]

1 hour ago, Walterbear said:

We pay small fortunes for their salaries, pensions, expenses and this is the best they can do.

Not for much longer.

[DMAA 3,658]

On ‎14‎/‎02‎/‎2020 at 15:18, 26th of foot said:

Philip was not brave, his wife is to be pitied, and the consensus was the whole thing had been carefully choreographed

Have to say I agree with them on this. If sources are to be believed, he groomed this 18 year old boy and was forced to go public after the boy threatened to go to the the papers when he was binned. His family didn't know anything according to friends of his wife and feel betrayed. He's a dirty, predatory cheat who doesn't deserve the effusive praise for "bravery" he's getting and I'm glad someone in the media is willing to say so after days of celebration. That's where my praise of the the BBC will end on this thread though ?

Edited February 17, 2020 by DMAA

[26th of foot 6,082]

Framing the Narrative.

 

Listening to DrStu' on Saturday, this man of principle came across as a Victorian/Edwardian circus side show Barker. Roll up, roll up to see the Bearded Lady, the Boy with Two Heads, and the Duplicitous Cnut. An excited and garrulous DrStu' announced an exclusive twenty minute interview with Craig Whyte. Lending authenticity to a Fraudster punting his tome, DrStu' brought 'gravitas to bear(s)' shouting, "everything in this book has full legal clearance". To be fair, Tam Cowan pricked such overbearing pomposity by saying, "ah still don't trust a word he says".

 

Into the Bear Pit is a turd and DrStu' was eagerly willing to apply the necessary polish. In just over quarter of an hour he repeated the line about legal clearance on three occasions. I think this was to avoid the Jum Spence troubling broadcast? You know the one that led to his second leaving(some say sacking) of PQ? He claimed the Scots courts should recover monies from Rangers through the auspices of the Proceeds of Crime Act. Jum informed the listenership he knew this to be the case because he lectured in the subject at some Technical College. Jum left after it was pointed out no crime had been committed.

 

I will not trouble fellow Rangers supporters by questions offered to Craig Shyster, but the deflation award goes to Tam Cowan, "that highland castle you owned, how long did it take you to inflate it before the kids could bounce on it"? DrStu' was convinced he had achieved a scoop, surely akin to the Orwell Prize awarded to the RTC Blog, "aye Tam, who in this building will be bristling that we got the Craig Whyte exclusive"? Tam repeated, "ah cannae believe a word he says".

 

It's the continuity, or lack of it. After telling us last week, that Michael Stewart was one of the best football pundits ever, he kept his fellow nationalist's name alive by wondering what the ginger headed guy would say to Craig Whyte? He does the same for Jum Spence on a regular basis. Show me the evidence is now redundant, there's been half-a-dozen arrests of other clubs' fans on racism charges. Combine that with Alison McConnell's summing up of Mark Walters' debut at Sellik Park, "so Walters had a banana thrown at him". Modern Scotland would be framed in a poor light. 

 

When does this man of principle take responsibility for the environment he helps to actively create? He keeps barking, others pay the price. 

[Walterbear 557]

Listened to that and only reinforced Whyte was a gullible shyster who got shafted by better skilled deviants and he is not to be trusted. Fair do’s to Tam Cowan. He called it out for what it was. Cosgrove came across as a complete erse.
 

Judges as high as UKSC and far more credible authorities than the likes of Whyte, Cosgrove, Spence, English, Gordon , or moon howling celtic and other rival fans have made clear reference to the differentiation between club and company.

 

HMRC, BDO, football authorities, ASA, etc. QCs and law lords have all endorsed difference, and for Spence’s benefit a QC specialising in tax and the UKSC have explicitly made clear no criminality involved with EBTs. Not sure what ‘former law lecturer’ Spences legal credentials actually are but it’s just as well for him and any potential clients he became a journalist and not a proper lawyer. 
 

BBC Sportsound can’t even calculate how many games Celtic need to win to confirm they are champions. I’m not taking their opinions or insinuations seriously, nor am I concerned with Craig Whyte’s view on anything - unless I decide to embark on a life of greed, lies, deceit and general immorality. 

Edited February 17, 2020 by Walterbear

[DMAA 3,658]

23 minutes ago, Walterbear said:

Fair do’s to Tam Cowan. He called it out for what it was. Cosgrove came across as a complete erse.

Tam always comes across as more balanced with regards to us

[Bill 13,717]

The only surprise in any of this is there are so many people still listening to Off The Ball or anything else from BBC Scotland's sports clique. 

 

Nothing in this world could persuade me to put myself through the bigoted tedium of OTB or Sportsound. I remember thinking it was shite back in the 1990's, which was probably the last time I listened to it.