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    • Mark Beggan on The Flip: “Just think. Farage will make the 69rs great again.Jun 1, 14:02
    • Mark Beggan on The Flip: “The biggest looser from this by-election is SarwarLtd. Farage has chosen his battle ground well. It’s a win win.Jun 1, 13:46
    • James on The Flip: “Ah, welcome back, Tory Clansman! Or is it just another name swap on the rota?Jun 1, 13:42
    • Alf Baird on The Flip: ““the SNP has no current policy for translating independence support into actual independence” Liberate Scotland has such a policy and…Jun 1, 13:42
    • sarah on The Outsiders: “We can make a difference. We have 11 months to get the message out that we must have 2 different…Jun 1, 13:36
    • Rev. Stuart Campbell on The Flip: “Who said it was?Jun 1, 13:36
    • Dickie Tea on The Flip: “More and more I believe that Sturgeon was a Westminster plant and the GRR the tactic to destroy SNP support…Jun 1, 13:32
    • Northcode on The Outsiders: “Robert Harris’s novel ‘Conclave’ is about the death of a Pope and the ensuing search for a new one by…Jun 1, 13:30
    • Rev. Stuart Campbell on The Flip: “Whoever is best placed to beat them where you are.Jun 1, 13:29
    • Northcode on The Outsiders: “A couple of excellent posts there, Robert.Jun 1, 13:22
    • Campbell Clansman on The Flip: “The last 50 polls shows an average 3% lead for “No.” Not exactly an overwhelming endorsement for “Indy”–or any endorsement…Jun 1, 13:20
    • Northcode on The Outsiders: “Another good one from Stu H.Jun 1, 13:18
    • Shug on The Flip: “So should i vote Reform to get rid of the SNPJun 1, 13:03
    • James on The Outsiders: “Excellent post.Jun 1, 12:56
    • James on The Outsiders: “Robert, I think you’ve hit a nerve at 77th Hq! lol Not one, not two, not three, not four but…Jun 1, 12:53
    • Stu H on The Outsiders: “What exactly will we be stockpiling this ammunition for. Is it for the defence and security of Scotland and its…Jun 1, 12:40
    • sarah on The Outsiders: “The next 11 months is vital for Scotland. The simple arithmetic message must be got across that the Holyrood votes…Jun 1, 12:28
    • Andy Ellis on The Outsiders: “@Captian Caveman I don’t see why an independent Scotland would be any less able to produce the kind of ships…Jun 1, 12:01
    • Andy Ellis on The Outsiders: “@Robert Hughes 10.21am So is your position that it’s bad for anyone to work for a company that does defence…Jun 1, 11:41
    • Hatey McHateface on The Outsiders: ““folk really need to comprehend what highly motivated folks with an agenda get up to. They put aside their differences…Jun 1, 11:38
    • Alf Baird on The Outsiders: “For any colonised group ‘the most urgent matter is freeing the people’ (Memmi) and removing an oppressor. Political ideologies of…Jun 1, 11:36
    • Captain Caveman on The Outsiders: “@Andy Ellis I find myself in almost complete agreement with your post. The only thing I’d take slight issue with…Jun 1, 11:09
    • Aidan on The Outsiders: “@Robert – it’s an amusing pattern on here that those railing against “warmongers” or the “death industry” are normally doing…Jun 1, 11:00
    • Hatey McHateface on The Outsiders: “Aye, Alf. If Indy comes, it has to be the right kind of ideologically sound Indy. If it’s the wrong…Jun 1, 10:34
    • Hatey McHateface on The Outsiders: “Bob says: What our ever generous host describes as “wanking on and on”.Jun 1, 10:31
    • Hatey McHateface on The Outsiders: “@Andy Ellis says: 1 June, 2025 at 10:11 am “industries providing taxes, innovation and opportunities which help fund spending” I’d…Jun 1, 10:29
    • Robert Hughes on The Outsiders: “No surprise , in fact , totally predictable that an Arms Industry employee like you would leap to the ,…Jun 1, 10:21
    • Andy Ellis on The Outsiders: “@Captain Caveman 9.49am I take your point about the quality of the wet-behind-the-ears politics of the devolved administration, but the…Jun 1, 10:11
    • Alf Baird on The Outsiders: ““The saddest thing” is that independence is more likely with Farage than Swinney: https://www.thenational.scot/news/25205732.independence-support-58-per-cent-nigel-farage-becomes-pm/ Better the deil ye ken…..Jun 1, 10:10
    • Hatey McHateface on The Outsiders: ““Everybody and ther dug has more say on what happens in Scotland than the Scots themselves…even those folk from other…Jun 1, 10:10
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