Duncan Robertson

Wrong United! #minter

Hmmm, slightly telling that the Sponsor's MoM, Fatah, came on to the park as subby in the 77th minute. I felt sorry for Luca who took a bit of a kicking today. ☹️

Private equity has wrecked the high street, says Iceland boss Richard Walker says private buyers take out costs and fail to invest then sell to the highest bidder in a cycle that makes retailers steadily worse

Private equity wrecked UK high street, says Iceland Foods boss

PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.

PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.

Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
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Looks like Michelle Mone is going to have to sell that yacht

(from Feb 23)

Careful now lads, your plane home to Europe might get mysterious rerouted to Portland! 😱

Is a party with just four MPs getting too much coverage on the BBC? With me in the studio to discuss this are Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson and Sarah Pochin.

It is extraordinary, but grimly inevitable, that the people most responsible for hobbling the UK have become the loudest & whiniest critics of the consequences of their own actions. A big part of the process lies in people like ‘Lord’ Hannan actually being *rewarded* for their ignorant delinquency.

Released 45 YEARS AGO

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George Benson

How are the school kids from Birkie & surrounds going to get to Monifeith HS now?

It's been nuts tonight!

Thanks, I'll hopefully get across there later this year to see them. They're never stuck for work, there is almost full employment there. It's accommodation for folk that want to live & work there that is the big issue.

Agreed, I'll need to look up which local authorities have implemented it. They actually got the house at a reduced price as the owner was in a hurry to sell. They were surprised at this having been outbid on previous attempts to buy.

at a reduced price due to the owner being in a hurry to sell. The imposition of the new tax certainly seems to have detered prospective second home owners. Their new home is on the west side of Lewis so is perhaps not a hot spot for second homes. They get on fine with the locals.

They originally fancied living on Skye but due to Air bnbs etc it was just impossible to get anything they could afford. They did get a rental on Lewis for about 20 months before having a bid on accepted on a holiday home, it lay empty when the owner wasn't there. They actually got it at a ....

I was thinking about an each-way bet on Aberg as well but the bookies in Monifieth insisted that I placed the bet via some sort of puggy machine I couldn't understand. Nope, not going to do that sh*t. 😒

I put an each-way bet on the Teuchter from Oban, Bob McIntyre to get placed in the US Masters this week, that went on it is erse after he got binned after round 2. The covering bet was Rory McIlroy to win, quite enjoying the viewing now.....

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Just don't go, the best us Europeans can do is vote with our feet & don't visit the USA in these turbulent times. I am not confident that the upcoming mid-terms can stop Donald John's mission to wreck democracy in the good 'ole US of A. 😒

We Arabs will have you telt before the end of the season! 😁

My niece moved to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides 3 years ago. She had to rent because she couldn't afford to buy due to cash rich Southerners buying up houses that came to market. The Scottish Government bought in a 200% increase on Council Tax on 2nd homes. They now own an ex-holiday home!

Another serious contender for the 'I'm never right' crown. Frost v Hannan; it's a close battle.

Britain's wrongest man rides again.

I follow @ballotbox.scot and the one big thing I notice is how the Scots Tories support has totally collapsed in recent times. Their "Staunch" support have all jumped ship to Reform. We live in interesting times. Hopefully, Turdo no more after the Scottish Parliamentary Elections next year!🙂

Elbows up, Canada.

I've started to realize that Anne Frank and her family wouldn't have been safe around a lot of people I know and loved and once respected.

That's not something you get over.

MY WARNING TO CANADIANS: DO NOT TRAVEL TO TRUMP LAND A Chilling New Reality at the Border

Here is my latest on the threats facing travellers going into the United States.
This is no longer a nation under the rule of law. The United States has been taken over by political ideology abusing power to carry out political vendettas.
This is fascism.

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People are losing their jobs. Prices keep climbing. Measles continues to spread. Bird flu is raging. Veterans are getting fired. The stock market is a roller coaster. Our alliances are being shattered. Ukrainian civilians are getting bombed by Russia.

Donald Trump is golfing.

US support to maintain UK’s nuclear arsenal is in doubt, experts say Malcolm Rifkind joins diplomats and analysts urging focus on European cooperation to replace Trident

Congratulations to the senior Tories who, having been told this for a mere 60 years, and staunchly denied it throughout, have finally twigged that it might not be a brilliant idea to have a nuclear deterrent which can be switched off by another state.
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I'll never understand how ANY veteran could support him