Scottish loon sometimes in Caithness, usually in Edinburgh. Likes rugby, F1, reading, cooking, and irn bru
Umm, they already are? Noticed how shit our veg is after brexit? Or how about selling anything outside the UK any more? Or how crap basically all service is as we can't get the staff?
Surely the SNP know they shouldn't be debasing themselves with that shit. They'll be showing LibDem level graphs next
Been, voted. No queue, but a gorgeous old kirk. Predictions: 30 SNP, 24 Labour, 3 LD. And I work with (not closely) a family party candidate, boak. Gonna be funny seeing his face get 123 votes at the count
General Election Day: a megathread
First things first: bring your ID!
Polls are open, voting booths are setup, counts are being prepared, Ruth Davidson is peeking at your postal votes already, party campaigning is suspended, and the media are obsessed with dogs at polling stations.
And even if you think it's shit and pointless, remember your forebearers literally have died for your right to wield that pencil, cross that box, and chose. You can chose to spoil, you can chose a different government, in Scotland you can chose a real oposition, and in certain seats you can choose to believe in the ghost of Charles Kennedy. And Tories can choose to stay home, save lives, and protect the NHS.
Who's going early? Anyone got a queue? Any predictions for Scottish seats? (we're down to 57) Anyone know any candidates?
Scotland's 57 constituencies could begin declaring from around 1am with other areas announcing winners from 6am.
Pinch of salt with all this, anyone going to be staying up? Anyone doing a party?
Waste and recycling staff in Edinburgh vote to strike over a pay dispute during the Festival.
And neither WM party want to raise taxes anywhere. Gonna get filthy in Edinburgh, ECC struggling with everything right now (guess who's in charge there!)
35 jobs at risk of redundancy in Scottish Rugby financial reset plan
Consultation in the UK is a euphamism for a foregone conclusion btw. This must be Dodson's last act before he goes. It's also in the press release that pints and food are about to go up again too, in more words. And given a 3million black hole last year - it looks necessary.
The SRU are investing heavily in both pro teams, and it's paid off at one end of the M8. This should result in more season tickets for Glasgow next year, and there is a fourth home game in the november series. And the Super6 is gone, so another cost reduced. And surely a big boost with Taylor Swift at Murrayfield too. Personally I'd have stuck with a hiring freeze for a couple of years, and been a bit ruthless with some performance reviews rather than redundancies. That isn't a good look ever, and smacks of incompetence with hiring and strategy
Only a few steps from your telly listening to you...
Pandas. Python's only killer library imo
Some fuckwit VP needs fired over this decision. It was a simple game: pickup fairs, earn extra time, unlock stuff as you progress. If a publisher want extra cash, do more levels, or different jobs (delivery driver addon anyone?). And a fun soundtrack
Should have been able to bang it out for a million quid, and then reap the rewards. But nooo, now we have a game nobody wants to play, costing 20mil and will have servers shut down 2 years after launch
Everything that is wrong with gaming in 2024
More than double the price. Not sure what it's competing with, but not a pi
Kings decide to come out of hiding, and come out at the same time holding hands and rainbow flags
Did not get to watch it, we watched Inside Out this afternoon instead. Five year old struggled with it sadly, lots of dealing with hard emotions. Might download The Iron Giant instead for tomorrow afternoon
Idles slayed with that set. Fuck the King chants on the BBC, epic stuff. Kids were not that bad, but tidy bedrooms are hard at that age. Looking forward to something tomorrow, no idea what yet, but oot the hoose!
Loads of Hellfest videos from this weekend to view
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I've got Megadeth on for Saturday night tunes
Inverclyde provost Drew McKenzie that he had made an "error of judgement" with the column.
Scotland's shame on display here. High time hate marches are vastly curtailed
Was it your knowledge of wrestling that helped out there? Dua Lipa on this morning, she's smashing it, I do wish some metal festivals got this kind of coverage!
Better safe than sorry, with all the lawyers in Edinburgh, I wouldn't bet against a civil suit if they don't do this
Wife's away at a hen doo doon sooth, so kid stuff aww weekend. Is the Iron Giant gonna scare my three year auld too much?
Weekly social thread
Fit like folks? The weekend beckons, schuil hols aboon, an Glastonbury oan the tellybox, ony plans?
There are reports of 'difficulties' with the delivery of postal votes across Scotland.
Shambles is the word. Not enough printing capacity? Not enough IT staff to run the print job? Not enough posties to deliver or sort? This should surely have been known about 2 weeks ago! We're less than a week out now and anyone without a ballot in hand or in the post across the highlands and islands is now unlikely to have their votes count
Ian Keir says his tremor has 'completely gone' after having treatment described as 'milestone moment' for Scottish medicine.
Great to hear that Parkinsons sufferers can look forward to some respite
Great Britain will not be represented in the Olympic Games men’s sevens this summer after being pipped in the final tie of the this afternoon's repechage tournament in Monaco
Hooray! Maybe we'll see actual national sevens return now that GB Sevens has been exposed as a crap idea
https://github.com/bash-lsp/bash-language-server
- pretty much all editors support LSP these days
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack says he had "no knowledge of the date of the election" when he placed the bets
Sure thing, Cabinet member has no clue at all... Can't believe we don't get to see his face on election night getting 200 votes
It's unusual for the author to write a headline fyi - and I do agree, full of great facts
Having seen a munro without a path, path repairs are very necessary I'd argue. To see a whole mountain being scarred by walkers doesn't sit well with the outdoor access code with me
Scotland had to avoid defeat in Stuttgart to prolong their stay in Germany.
100th minute, feels bad. I got Switzerland in the work draw at least!
Scottish Highlands campaign has raised two-thirds of £300,000 target for footpaths on An Teallach. But more is needed to protect people and environment
Still a big walk! But fantastic to see our right to roam laws being literally reinforced here. Anyone up the hills this weekend?
Bulls director of rugby Jake White has made the bizarre claim that referee Andrea Piardi "let the away team win" in the United Rugby Championship final.
Mmm, salt is my favourite flavour
Glasgow stun Bulls in Pretoria to win URC final
Glasgow Warriors win the URC final 21-16, coming from 13-0 down to beat Bulls in Pretoria.
What a great match, well done to Glasgow, that's double league winners compared to zero Edinburgh!
2nd half was all Glasgow, great to see them hold off the best attacking team to 1 try and what a shift from the 23. What a season, this has to knock on to Scotland next year
Match thread: weird Saturday edition
Semi finals, finals, international friendlies, England playing in Japan, Wales playing 'home' in Twickenham. A Barbarians match, we've got it all today folks!
Predictions in the thread before. Reactions after appreciated also
The new signs warn performers to control their volume, watch where they perform and ensure they vary their songs.
Edinburgh buskers are all crap, except we get the better bagpipers, even though we have a permit system. All sensible stuff, here's to the buskers!
A vote for the SNP is a vote for independence. On July 4, vote for a future made in Scotland, for Scotland. Read the SNP’s 2024 General Election Manifesto.
Love the recognition of Palestine in here, and half of MPs sad to see, fptp really is abysmal, but given that was the same policy as last WM election: isn't this insane?