| Topic: Great Scottish patriots ..except they dinnae live here |
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| 1. Author: Parboiled Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 08:50 The Proclaimers will travel up from their Kent homes to perform “Cap in Hand” at Alex Salmond’s memorial service in St Giles cathedral. Another excruciating pro Indy dirge. But will they get they fly /get the train up or walk five hundred miles heh heh Post Edited (Fri 29 Nov 08:51) Reply |
| 2. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 09:51 Show the man some respect regardless of his politics. Reply |
| 3. Author: Andrew283 Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 09:55 Edited and still poor bait Reply |
| 4. Author: red-star-par Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 10:34 Respect and Parboiled are two words that don`t go hand in hand. He`ll be telling us next he`s been up to take a slash on Alex Salmond`s grave Reply |
| 5. Author: Parboiled Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 11:43 This wasn’t about Salmond. Just a poke at expat “patriots”… so you whingers can awa and deflea yer sporrans Reply |
| 6. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 13:08 Parboiled, Fri 29 Nov 11:43 Surely your not an expat if you live in England though as we are all part of “Great” Britain? Reply |
| 7. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 13:29 Good point Dave though I do like the idea of Parboiled having to refer to himself as an expat. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 8. Author: Parboiled Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 15:04 Refer to yourself as a cow pat, you’re oozing bullshit Reply |
| 9. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 17:38 Well if the Proclaimers are expats because they were born in Scotland but live in England then surely the reverse applies to someone born in England but living in Scotland? And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 10. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 18:15 Expats? The posh name for immigrants! Reply |
| 11. Author: red-star-par Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 18:29 LochgellyAlbert, Fri 29 Nov 18:15 I refuse to use the term expats. They are immigrants Reply |
| 12. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 20:39 ‘Cap in Hand’ has the lyric: ‘I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly - they could save a lot of points by signing Hibs’ goalie.’ Salmond was a Jambo, so hopefully they change those lyrics. Reply |
| 13. Author: Neil_Philp Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 21:06 Would rather listen to a cat get boiled alive that listen to that pair "sing" Sean Connery was one. Loved telling people how amazing Scotland was......from his house in Spain. Legend of a man though to be fair. COYP Reply |
| 14. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 21:51 What about the great British patriots who have left to live elsewhere at some time, usually to avoid paying UK tax? Mick Jagger, Michael Caine, Lewis Hamilton and various sportsmen spring to mind. And don't forget Rod Stewart. He may support Celtic and Scotland but he has no allegiance to Scottish independence. What a reflection on the Unionists that a thread like this is triggered by a Remembrance Service for Alex Salmond. Post Edited (Fri 29 Nov 21:53) Reply |
| 15. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 22:05 wee eck wrote: > What about the great British patriots who have left to live > elsewhere at some time, usually to avoid paying UK tax? Mick > Jagger, Michael Caine, Lewis Hamilton and various sportsmen > spring to mind. And don'.t forget Rod Stewart. He may > support Celtic and Scotland but he has no allegiance to > Scottish independence. > > What a reflection on the Unionists that a thread like this is > triggered by a Remembrance Service for Alex Salmond. > > Post Edited (Fri 29 Nov 21:53) I think Michael Caine is the only of those 4 that was pro-Brexit. Reply |
| 16. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 22:11 Does supporting the Scotland football team mean you have to swear allegiance to Scottish independence? And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 17. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 29th Nov 2024. 23:50 `I think Michael Caine is the only of those 4 that was pro-Brexit.` Who mentioned Brexit? All these guys left their beloved Britain to avoid paying tax here. Isn`t Sir Jim Ratcliffe another one? `Does supporting the Scotland football team mean you have to swear allegiance to Scottish independence?` No. Rod Stewart is a Brit rather than a Nat but he spent a long time living in the States. I don`t know why the Reid twins live in Kent but I doubt it`s to avoid the slightly higher rate of tax on high earners in Scotland. I presume Andy Murray lives in London because it makes sense for an international tennis player to be close to an airport with direct links to cities all over the world. Some choose to live in a tax haven but he didn`t. Reply |
| 18. Author: red-star-par Date: Sat 30th Nov 2024. 18:35 The One Who Knocks, Fri 29 Nov 22:11 I would say it should. I don`t think you should be allowed to follow Scotland in any sport if you don`t support Scottish Independence. They can follow england if they want. If you don`t support Scottish Independence then you can`t honestly, hand on heart, call yourself Scottish in my opinion. If you don`t support Scottish Independence then you are british (which is really just english) Reply |
| 19. Author: wee eck Date: Sat 30th Nov 2024. 19:10 I wonder what would happen to support for independence if entry to tournaments like the football and rugby World Cups was restricted to countries which, say, qualify for membership of the United Nations? Reply |
| 20. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Sat 30th Nov 2024. 19:34 Well, international football and rugby were invented by Scotland and England 70 odd years before the United Nations was founded. So clearly you don’t have to be a UN member to be a football/rugby nation. See also West Indies cricket. I love the idea of Red Star checking punters’ political allegiances at the turnstiles though. Not sinister at all. Reply |