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    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““Nobody in Scotland can make the lord advocate ‘answerable to the Scottish people’ until such time as we are no…Aug 19, 22:18
    • Williams on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Re D: As Nothcode said earlier, it’s difficult to prosecute an individual for fraud when an institution did it, under…Aug 19, 22:02
    • Alf Baird on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““You’re not going to reply to my earlier question about why there’s no popular, democratic campaign to make the role…Aug 19, 21:49
    • Mark Beggan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Another interesting comment. It is not enough for legal action to compensate the victims. People must go to jail for…Aug 19, 21:46
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Show some respect, Mark. It’s an insult to a marathon runner to call him a jogger.Aug 19, 18:54
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““the ongoing United Nations decolonization initiative by the Scottish people” Gies a brek indeed, Alf. Somebody should ask 100 random…Aug 19, 18:38
    • Aidan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Of course here we go again, the actions of the 73 MSP’s, elected by the Scottish electorate, are all the…Aug 19, 18:30
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Check out Saffron Robe at 3:42 pm Anybody with an internet connection can type in: “Who appoints Scotland’s Lord Advocate”…Aug 19, 18:24
    • Alf Baird on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““The holder requires a recommendation from the FM, and ratification of that recommendation by the HR parliament.” Gies a brek…Aug 19, 18:08
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “I mind being absolutely horrified when, as a youngster, I read about what happens to the babies born into the…Aug 19, 18:03
    • Saffron Robe on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Excellent explanation, Alf. Thank you. You’ve provided a clear and well-reasoned analysis of the underlying mechanism behind the smoke and…Aug 19, 15:42
    • lothianlad on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “You have them scared Stu! you are making them accountable! SNP police Scotland know they are not to investigate further…Aug 19, 15:27
    • Mark Beggan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Is someone having a drought? Boo hoo, what a shame, nevermind. I recommend phoning Cambridge University. They do a water…Aug 19, 14:22
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “DETRANSITIONER ‘MISLED AND DISFIGURED BY GENDER-AFFIRMING MEDICS’ A man in the US has launched legal action against medics he believes…Aug 19, 13:36
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Aidan “there has been less of that recently” Confused has cornered that market. The competition has had to concede defeat.Aug 19, 13:23
    • Captain Caveman on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Yes indeed Aidan; this is bad enough in Jay’s case, let alone Twat’s. Like I said, beyond irony.Aug 19, 13:16
    • Southernbystander on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “It’s not exactly hitting the headlines James. Looking it up (as I had heard nothing about this), the first search…Aug 19, 13:15
    • Aidan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Of course Hatey, The script goes: – if there is any demonstrated link to England, blame the English. – if…Aug 19, 13:14
    • Aidan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Not to mention that TH is one of the worst offenders when it comes to bizarre rants posted in the…Aug 19, 13:10
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “I’ve just checked, Alf. Dundas was deid by 1811. No, not at tea time, but over 2 centuries ago. You…Aug 19, 12:46
    • TURABDIN on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Another Mackintosh building the philistine mob are embarrassed by. Student accom? I can hear the shrill tones of the fire…Aug 19, 12:19
    • Mark Beggan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““Scotland” That’s that third world Juniper republic or ‘the bent tomato’. Just below Angola for civic corruption and just above…Aug 19, 11:17
    • Captain Caveman on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “@Hatey Perhaps you could help me out, as I too must be suffering from “a pitiful excuse of an education”.…Aug 19, 11:17
    • Alf Baird on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““What if independence is the only way to bring about justice?” That would seem a reasonable assumption since a colonized…Aug 19, 10:30
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “On 29th August, the people of Iceland vote on whether accession talks with the EU should be re-opened. The previous…Aug 19, 08:49
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “A smarter poster would have placed that comment elsewhere, twathater. 🙂 But never mind that. Perhaps you could help me…Aug 19, 07:37
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “That’s enough about the drought and the water companies.Aug 19, 07:30
    • Mark Beggan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Schadenfreude. Watching the Academia of Woke ville frantically swim about in their own excrement has got to be up there…Aug 19, 06:38
    • twathater on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “So Jay you said “Too many of the comments made on ‘Wings’ appear as those of an in-fighting rabble who,…Aug 19, 03:54
    • Peter McAvoy on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “The Herald today mentions that more student accommodation is to be built on the site of the former Herald premises…Aug 19, 01:58
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