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It should be borne in mind that these raids will not have come as a big surprise to those on the inside. The police have been investigating this missing £600K for a long time and like other cases of suggested financial impropriety, the authorities like to get hands on with the paper trail chasing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
That being said, the auditors/accountants if at all concerned have had ample opportunity to manage their exit plan.
Not my suggestionQuote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
Has it been decided if a by election is required in Margaret Ferrier's seat yet?
Bet Humza will be relsihing that. A split vote between Ferrier and an SNP candidate and Labour ready to throw everything at it. An SNP win was always quite unlikely but this will make the task all the harder.
I daresay Starmer and Sarwar wouldn't want to be seen to be missing what is a bit of an own goal either mind you.
Nae need! [greetin emoji]Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Can only be a by election if she's suspended and 10% of electorate there sign up to recall her. Boris potentially in same picture so thought by some that suspension might not happen so as to not set a precedent. Not saying that's okay, like.
Needs to happen and any medicine that has to be taken is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glory Lurker
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By nae need, I meant as if it's not been an upsetting enough week without thinking about what other horrors might befall!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
The Times newspaper, on Good Friday:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtIfkMMX...g&name=900x900
:faf::faf::faf: not very appropriate but funny 😄Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
The film was. The funniest ever made in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Berwickhibby
But that? I’m not sure it could even be called a joke. Regardless of who the subject was and how inappropriate it is, it’s surely for the very simply amused.
It’s irreverent and funny. Something sadly lacking in Scottish politics. I am very easily amused though. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
No, hang on.
There was a cartoon this year depicting Sturgeon as decapitated, and now a cartoon showing political figures crucified?
None of that is cool. And I say that regardless of whose heid is shown on the ground or which bunch of bams are on the cross (whatever configuration it takes).
It's no that funny but it's not offensive as it's no 1950, well Kate Forbes might disagree. Same people that find it offensive probably would have found the wonderful life of Brian offensive when it first came out
Nah. I've just got this natural aversion to cartoons depicting the death of folk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Casually depicting violence against politicians is dangerous and very problematic. The people doing it obviously feel it serves a purpose and it will be lapped up by their target audience.
I can’t watch Eric Idle singing Always Look on the Bright Side of Life without recoiling in horror at the violent imagery. And I’m sure Pastor Jack Glass would have agreed. :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumble de Thump
How very fitting, it's what the Romans did with anyone who threatened their empire.Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
I just joked on the other thread about guillotining the royals it wasn't meant though..
"Down with this sort of thing" as father Ted would say
If you had a point to make it would be more helpful to just share it.Quote:
Originally Posted by marinello59
https://news.stv.tv/scotland/deal-to...-nhs-test-beds
Sounds promising.[emoji1696]
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Care to explain what's funny about it?Quote:
Originally Posted by marinello59
Just because you don't find it funny doesn't mean someone else can't be amused by it.Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
FWIW it brought a smile to my face too. Clearly qualified by the cartoonist's reference to Life of Brian ad opposed to real actual crucifixion.
Lighten up.
Did I ever say they couldn't? I'm just asking someone to explain what they find funny. Lighten up yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn
They definitely know how to keep order. Let's face it. They're the only ones who could in a place like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
I understood his point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumble de Thump
So if it's a reference to Life of Brian, does that mean, like him, they are being crucified for something they didn't do [emoji6]Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn
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I remember when I lived in Glasgow there was quite a buzz around the Life of Brian being screened for the first time I something like 40 years. It definitely raised many hackles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Anyone offended by that cartoon though presumably just finds anything which pokes fun at the SNP offensive.
I thought it was quite well put together, with the saltire-shaped crucifixes etc and it seems a pretty apt summary of where the SNP are at right now. Things could hardly be worse and they're a sitting duck or ridicule so Always Look on the Bright Side of Life seems an appropriate lyric.
I guess some might still fail to make the Life of Brian (ie comedy) connection though.
In what way does it poke fun at the SNP?Quote:
Originally Posted by He's here!
There would be questions in the HoC, front page howling headlines in the English press for weeks if a Scottish paper printed a cartoon of Sunak and Starmer being crucified on Good Friday. Whether you like the SNP or not, it's simply not funny. And putting a Monty Python quote at the bottom doesn't make it so.
If it offends you as Christian then I can see why that might be so.Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
The whole shtick is based around the Life of Brian scene tho, not just the quote. In that sense it's just lampooning the SNP using a theme which ties in with the time of year.
Political cartoonists tend not to pull their punches but other than the religious aspect I'm not seeing this as especially shocking.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...16382.html?amp
'Sturgeon was forced to quit' according to Salmond.
Who's Paul Murrell, and what does his arrest have to do with the SNP?Quote:
Originally Posted by He's here!