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  1. Looking forward to attending next year, i've already got ma kilt sorted.
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  2. In case you haven't seen it, Super Ally at his best.
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  3. would rather let her sniff Novichok than go anywhere near that desperate failed hack.
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  4. There was a time when the British were known for their stoicism, their ability to battle through hardship, no matter the odds. The so called 'blitz spirit' of eighty years ago, that saw the nation 'pull together and carry on', regardless of the Nazi bombardment of our cities, characterised a generation that had suffered two world wars yet could not be bowed. During the Covid pandemic, however, this 'blitz spirit' has been noticeably absent. There has been certainly very little in the way of a nation pulling together; in its place, there has been just a lot of bickering, mud-slinging and name calling-among politicians, activists, and the increasingly fragmented populace. Predictably, Covid-19 was quickly turned into a divisive political issue by many in the oppositional media. The assertion now -- that anyone against face coverings, vaccines, or testing is assumed to be on the extreme right, while those obeying the safety rules, are on the left -- is as simplistic as it is loopy. One might have imagined that a deadly pandemic would act as a great uniter, finally bringing an end to the squabbling that has characterised UK (and US) politics for the last few years. Instead, we have been baked in identity politicking, making an already turbulent time more turbulent than ever. Some malcontents have taken their vitriol to new levels of malice, publicly hoping, for instance, that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would not recover from the coronavirus. No pulling together there. No blitz spirit. No compassion. Just bitterness, feuding and ever-deepening separation. The fertile, if airy, 'soil' of cyberspace has become the perfect breeding ground for radicals of every stripe to spread their doctrines of division amongst the young, politically ripe millennials during lockdown. Pitching everyone against everyone -- left against right, young against old, black against white, women against men, trans (seemingly) against everyone -- appears to be the aim. All of that successfully seems to be driving a wedge of seething resentment between communities. It has become an almost daily occurrence to find news stories of parents being 'called out' by their newly politicised children for expressing on social media 'wrong', 'unwoke' views, or of people being fired for something they may or may not have said years ago. Anyone who openly dares to emphasise the 'Great' in 'Great Britain' is simply asking to be labelled a 'racist'. For those naïve enough to believe in basic biology -- that the anatomy of women and men are different – the gulag awaits you. If you dare to utter the unthinkable, that 'all lives matter', prepare to leave town. Many agitators --- unconcerned by either civility or tolerance -- continue perpetuating the notion, developed by precocious two-year-olds, that if you shout for long enough, your wishes might be served up. This sense of entitlement has come to characterise a group whose younger demographic seem to have no comprehension of the horrors of a war -- or indeed, of many authentic hardships -- in their own relatively comfortable lives. This lack of respect for, or understanding of, history, along with an apparent need to invent, import, or re-animate grievances from the past, then lead them to advocate inflicting what they decide is the appropriate revenge for a grievance on people who have had no part in causing it. Tolerance is to be expected only from others. For many 'progressives', there is no such thing as a two-way street. Agitators now seem to put their energy and focus into prioritising pet causes to which they feel everyone else ought to acquiesce. These might include men who have changed gender competing in female sports; defunding the police so that the most disadvantaged communities will be even further unable to protect themselves; expanding censorship in academia and Big Tech, or paying billions in taxpayer funds to other countries for promises to stop using fossil fuels at some far-off date and with no means of enforcement. Oh, and by the way, there is no debating anything. Just do what you are told. While the Remainer-disruptors dragged out their opposition to Brexit as long as they could, seeing off two different prime ministers in the process, they may have relished their power. It was only after the Tories' landslide victory in December 2019, that they finally let go of their dream of overturning Brexit – but not before having branded all those in favour of leaving the EU as bigoted xenophobes. That slur is a particular slap in the face to the people of this patient nation. For decades, they have done their best to move in step with the creeping, 'progressive' times in which we live. The acceptance of a variety of often controversial societal changes, such as the ever encroaching desires of various sexual lobbies, ushered in under the banner of 'human rights', seems lost on the liberals, so intent are they on pushing their identity politics agenda. If this is how appreciation is shown for the British public's quiet, respectful acceptance of often controversial, 'tipping point' changes within society, then no wonder much of the public may have decided that they have had enough of this new orthodoxy. Although the coronavirus outbreak, with its restrictions of movement, briefly muted woke activism for a short time, it was not long before the extreme, activist milieu became restless. Until the death of George Floyd, a black American seemingly killed by a white policeman, these individuals had been busy berating figures on the right for not taking Covid-19 seriously enough. Suddenly, none of that mattered anymore. A frenzy of orchestrated Black Lives Matter protests erupted across Britain, despite the incident bearing absolutely no similarity to anything happening on Britain's streets, and despite the relative anonymity of the BLM movement in Britain until that point. Many in the media, nevertheless, made sure that the message was loud and clear: protesting against perceived racism -- even if on another continent -- was more important than any pandemic. Thus, after months of being told we would be prosecuted for breaching the Covid rules, we then had to observe on television thousands of protestors, not just flouting the safety rules, but tearing down historical monuments -- all off the back of a grievance that felt largely imported. Even as the protests turned violent, no one was arrested. Up until this point, the government had made clear that any breach of lockdown rules would be met by the full force of the law -- no caveats, no exceptions. Probably no one was happy about it, but still we complied -- for the greater good. Then, all of a sudden, chaos was erupting in towns and cities across the UK. There on the news, amidst the violence of civil unrest, not only were the lockdown rules being flouted, but, under the banner of Black Lives Matter, a raft of widespread anti-social behaviour was being tolerated. When the statue of Winston Churchill in Trafalgar Square was vandalised, the police, evidently held hostage to political correctness, stood by and watched as their role was publicly undermined by open disregard for the law. The protestors' dismissal of British heritage, a bid to 'cancel' history, appears a threat to the nation. We supposedly have nothing to be proud of. Our achievements have presumably been little more than the spoils of an evil, bigoted patriarchal system. These malcontents, by pledging allegiance to the Marxist architects of that narrative, not only insult the memory of those who have fought and died for the freedoms we now take for granted; they are also two-stepping towards totalitarianism. While the rights of sexual and ethnic minorities appear to be immovably written in stone, the freedom to visit our families, the pub, or the library can be withdrawn by the state at a moment's notice. Thousands of protestors marching through cities on the same day: no problem. Crowds flocking to the seaside on a summer day: the risk of arrest. One man's freedom, it seems, has become another man's cause for resentment. So what will we be left with, as we try to reclaim our post-Covid lives in a not yet post-woke world? An increasing atmosphere of distrust and walking on eggshells. People are increasingly afraid to speak their minds. Even law enforcement is in a state of politically correct paralysis (here, here, here and here) . While the UK was busy promoting multiculturalism and demoting choices such as Christianity, the nuclear family and a cultural heritage caringly assembled by people frequently written off as white and dead, we seem have failed to notice the societal divisions it has caused. According to reports, for example, about 19,000 of our children have been groomed and gang raped. The coronavirus pandemic, rather than bringing us together, has served to highlight divisions that are transforming the United Kingdom into something regressive, unevolved, and unrecognisable. Sadly, the United Kingdom is anything but united at this time. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16762/britain-totalitarianism
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  5. Blue lab actually very rare but staunch as fck.
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  7. Although I pranced about in a kilt many times myself when younger, I eventually reached a stage when it dawned on me how fatuous it was to wear a clown's outfit invented by a Lancastrian and popularised by a royal German fantasist and pretend it somehow made me look "Scottish". Skean dhu, silver sporran, brogues laced up your legs, frilly shirt, daft jacket - pure numptiness. No wonder we struggle with identity in Scotland. That said, I do like a bit of tartan on the stairs. Just not in-your-face blue.
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  8. I did a PDF Rangers Songbook in 2008 (Manchester, you know) with 41 songs, pure football songs. Actually contacted our new fans liason officer about it soon after he was appointed - no reply. Maybe I should try to make money with it too ... Songs and the first line ... 3 Blue is the colour - Well I wear a little gold on my finger 3 Every other Saturday - Every other Saturday’s my half day off 4 Every Saturday - When I was just a little boy 5 Flesher’s Haugh - We stand side by side, way down by the Clyde 6 Follow Follow - Though the straits be broad or narrow 7 Follow the Boys in Blue - We are the to conquer them all 8 Glasgow Rangers - Dream Team - Here we go, here we go, go Glasgow Rangers go 8 Glasgow Rangers – Nine in a row - One magical moment, when the whole world … 9 Have you seen the Glasgow Rangers - Have you seen the Glasgow Rangers 9 La Reve Passé - The Rangers Story - See them march on, marching on through the … 10 How can you buy Willie Woodburn - An Englishman landed in Edmiston Drive 10 It’s Rangers for me - The English have Charlton, the Irish … 11 Jim Baxter – The King - From the pits of Fife they brought him 12 King Kai - I’ll sing you a song, so glorious and true 12 Light Blue Heroes - We marched along and sang our songs 13 Men of Ibrox - Men of Ibrox fit and proud 14 Paisley Road West - Ever since I recall I have followed football 15 Proud Legions - Proud Legions of Rangers, on us you can rely 15 R.A.N.G.E.R.S. - They come from all of Glasgow 16 Recollections - From the tender age of 8 years old 17 Rangers over here - Now many years ago my boys 18 Sam English - There was a proud young Protestant 18 The Blue Flag - Hello, Hello, how do you do? 19 The Blue Sea of Ibrox - I have sailed the wild Atlantic 20 The Boys in Royal Blue - There is a team down Ibrox way 20 (The Boys of the) Ibrox Brigade - Once I dreamt of Glasgow Rangers 21 The Famous Glasgow Rangers - As I was walking doon the Copland Road 21 The Glasgow Rangers Boys - We are the Glasgow Rangers Boys 22 The Legend of Alan Morton - He was a proud young Airdrie lad 22 The Loyal Rangers Fan - Oh I’m a loyal Rangers fan and I come from … 23 The Rangers Song - Follow Glasgow Rangers, Follow them true! 23 Top of the Table - From the start of the season, they wrote … 24 Underneath the Floodlights - Underneath the floodlights, last Thursday … 25 We are Rangers We are Rangers, we are Rangers, no-one … 25 We are the People - We are the people, who sing of victory 25 We shall not be moved - We’re on our way to Ibrox 25 We went to Wolverhampton - We went to Wolverhampton not so very long 26 We’ll be with you - Oh Rangers, we’ll be with you 27 Who’s that team? - Who’s that team they call the Rangers? 27 Willie Woodburn - His name was Willie Woodburn 28 Wolverhampton Town - I’ve been in exile for some years
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  9. An absolute legend as a player. I'll just leave it at that
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  10. OK I'm fascinated to see what I must have missed. Tell me when we ever made it out of the group stages. Did I imaging Peru and Iran. Or Costa Rica and Morocco? Eight WC finals and failed at the first hurdle each time. The odd creditable match changes nothing - in a results business we long since passed the stage where qualification for a tournament should be celebrated as an achievement. Wales, and Northern Ireland have achieved what we still haven't been able to. When we do, that will be the time to dance in the streets.
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  11. He was a great Rangers player but so much about him since he left in 1998 has tarnished that status. All in all, since in all good faith I can no longer see him as a credit to our club, I prefer just to ignore him.
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  12. You need to rip that hall carpet up, way too much going on there ?
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  13. Probably scared of being hounded out of their jobs, I'd have thought. I had a conversation with a feminist a few days ago and her usage of terms like 'toxic masculinity' and 'patriarchy' were easily dismantled, in relation to what was actually being discussed. It's much the same with other branches of identity politics but even a level headed, rational stance will see you labelled racist/sexist etc. which is why I refrain from entering such discussions in the workplace.
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  14. I wonder if Scott Brown will come out of retirement for the finals. Bound to be a mhedia campaign.
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  15. He preferred a karaoke to live instrumentation. ?
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  16. Aye, he was on the fiddle right enough
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  17. No, sorry can't be gersnet mascot, she's already got that role for VB Pays better and she likes the anonymity
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  18. Robertson was Member of Parliament for Moray before the electorate came to its senses and as such, linear successor to the carpet bagger godmother, Mrs Ewing. After an early election defeat she sneered that the Conservatives had won because they were carrying invalids into the polls and they wouldn’t be there next time. Seems that Robertson absorbed the Hamilton reject’s words and has developed them into policy.
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  19. Own up. You use bootblack on the snout and pads. Erra ‘feeshel gersnet mascot. Unless compo nominates his cat.
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  20. The way this tourney has been re-jigged it would have been a travesty it we didnt reach the group stages. If still the old format then we would not have qualified....so agree with Bill, we have not achieved nothing unless we reach the knockout stages. Way OTT with the celebrations.
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  21. Borderers never wore kilts. It's Highland dress, not Scottish national dress. I got married in a suit in South Africa and the Sith Ifrikans kept asking me why I wasn't wearing a kilt. When I got sick of telling them the truth, I started asking them why they weren't wearing clogs or indigenous bushmen outfits.
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  22. I’m Golden Retriever loyal but that Black Lab’s a cracker.
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  23. My Sweepie prefers the original tartan.
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  24. No one wants to pour cold water on an achievement, however minor but it's hard not to comment on the general reaction to this qualification. Much of it is so far over the top as to be cringeworthy. I don't think I've seen a news bulletin since the game that would be out of place if we'd actually won the tournament. It simply confirms the neediness of a country that long ago swapped self-confidence for whining victimhood. For me, the first sign of something worthy of celebration will be when we attend one of these finals and get beyond the group stages, instead of the usual cannon-fodder failure we've thankfully been excused from for 22 years. Maybe this time. Maybe it would be better to keep our powder dryish.
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  25. My first game was September'63, a 0-5 victory at Cathkin Park against Third Lanarkshire Volunteers. My first visit to Ibrox was early December'63, we defeated Dundee United 3-2. My first European game was at Ibrox, September'64 we defeated Red Star Belgrade 3-1. My first Cup final was the '66 Scottish Cup final replay, we won 1-0 against ra Sellik. King Kai scored a raker. My first Euro' campaign was 66-67, I attended all four European Cup Winners Cup games at Ibrox. Glentoran, Borussia Dortmund(the then holders), Real Zaragoza, and Slavia Sofia. The strip change came at the start of '68-'69 season. The first home game was a pre-season friendly against Arsenal, a 2-2 draw. Scot Symon had been sacked, Davie Whyte appointed and the perceived wisdom was the change was part of the on-going modernisation of Rangers. In those days, it was the home side that changed in the event of a clash of colours. When Dundee and St Johnstone arrived, we were replete in red jerseys and blue socks with white tops. The game I remember most in the 60s was a pre-season game at Ibrox in '67, Eintracht Frankfurt had battered us in the '61 European Cup semi-final, they lost 7-2 in turn to Real Madrid in the Hampden final. My grandfather and old man thought our 5-3 victory over the Germans was to be a harbinger of the season coming. I was ten and believed them. Still, over 80,000 squeezed into Ibrox to witness our bit of revenge.
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  26. Fortunately, I'm only aware of one club. So long as Rangers weather the storm in one piece.
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  27. They got married in the Mens' Union, G12.
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  28. Don Revie a deep lying centre forward there's nothing new in football it's just fancy dan names from coaches trying to justify their pay packet.
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  29. Yep, though her name is not known as it was deemed somewhat illegitimate, her father Ptolemaios XII had a second wife, probably a high-standing Egyptian lady or priestess, whom he a few children with, including Cleopatra VII, i.e. the Cleopatra. Did a bit on Egyptian history while at university.
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