He popped up on Talk TV last night, explaining how a middle-aged man twerking at a number of very young children – some of whom seemed visibly distressed – during a recent Pride march was fine because maybe the children had asked him to (which they manifestly hadn’t), and anyway it was their parents’ fault that it happened.
And, y’know, readers can make their own judgements about that.
Hannah Graf MBE (below, right, receiving the decoration from Prince William in 2019 for his “work updating LGBTQ policy in the British Army”) is a very strange fella.
When I was a boy at Balbardie Primary School in Bathgate in the mid-70s, football was banned in the playground. Of course we were all fitba-daft laddies, so we sought ways around the prohibition. Occasionally someone would bring in a tennis ball, but those were difficult to control in school shoes and also apt to fly over the wall of the outdoor toilet block if somebody caught one sweetly on the volley.
So most playtimes somebody would produce a tin of Pepsi or Irn-Bru or Cresta, chug the contents, stand the empty container on its end and stomp sharply on it, producing something more akin to an ice-hockey puck that would serve for our kickabout.
But even after being skelped and scudded around a concrete playground into stone walls for 20 minutes, that can was still in better shape at the end of our game than the one the SNP have been kicking down the road since 2016.
Just over a year ago, Shona Robison – then the Cabinet Secretary For Social Justice, now the Deputy First Minister – told the Scottish Parliament this:
There now follow some quotes from the media regarding the case of Andrew Miller, aka Amy George, who yesterday admitted the kidnap and repeated sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl at his home in Galashiels earlier this year.
Northcode on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “I doubt Donald would settle for being king of a mere territory. There can’t be the slightest doubt that President…” Jan 10, 22:11
william G Walker on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Alf Baird writes a lot of sense, though tongue-in-cheek! Or is it? Better a peripheral “territory” of the USA than…” Jan 10, 21:14
Alf Baird on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Aye Northcode, that’s the dilemma with a national tradition whereby oor leeberator aye gets tae be crouned Keeng! The Scottish…” Jan 10, 20:37
Northcode on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““Scotland a poodle rather than another poodles bitch” It’s a step up from where we are now for sure… the…” Jan 10, 19:44
Alf Baird on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““A very unhelpful comment, TURABDIN” I think what you mean, Fearghas, is that such a view is ‘unhelpful’ to the…” Jan 10, 19:35
Northcode on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““…an argument that presents negative consequences is not inherently fallacious…” There goes “Dances Without Facts” dancing without facts again. All…” Jan 10, 19:30
Alf Baird on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “As a son of Scotland there is no doubt Scotland is on President Trump’s radar. What does he have in…” Jan 10, 19:00
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “A very unhelpful comment, TURABDIN. Unsound in various ways already very well aired on Wings. It would be wearisome to…” Jan 10, 18:51
TURABDIN on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “SCOTLAND was invaded and settled «colonized» by three cultures, Irish aka Scotti, Anglian aka Inglis and Norsemen. The indigenous locals…” Jan 10, 18:08
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““Young women” can well speak for themselves, but I particularly deplore your anti-Jewish pitch. I would draw people’s attention to…” Jan 10, 17:45
Hatey McHateface on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Aye, Confused, the towel heids just like being oppressed. Their women can’t get enough of being beaten to death if…” Jan 10, 17:18
James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “I don’t think Scots, germans or Americans are welcome to invade Englands Britain, only the old crusading Countries are made…” Jan 10, 16:15
James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Willie, Thought provoking post, He did indeed fly the flag of Scotland from his limousine when in the Country of…” Jan 10, 15:48
James on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “I gave up on your post after a few lines…. Did Confused upset your Anglo sensibilities?” Jan 10, 15:42
Sven on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “willie @ 14.55. Gosh, even though I can’t quite believe a word of that imaginitive scenario, you didn’t half bring…” Jan 10, 15:37
willie on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “when Trump came for his trip to Scotland and his motorcade went to Turnberry the Beast limousine bore not the…” Jan 10, 14:55
Chas on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Isn’t it remarkable the breadth of knowledge that the regular nutters on here possess when it comes to world affairs.…” Jan 10, 14:54
Confused on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Anyone who doesn’t think the iran situation has the CIA/Mossad all over it … I have a high yield investment…” Jan 10, 13:39
factchecker on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “NC quotes a definition of ‘Argument ad baculum”; namely that “This fallacy is often used to intimidate or coerce agreement…” Jan 10, 13:36
Confused on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “rumour has it, trump saw 2001 : A Space Odyssey the other day, thought it was an intelligence briefing from…” Jan 10, 13:34
James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Aye, a few more might help Scotland shake on the dumbing down effect of minds controlled. I For one are…” Jan 10, 13:29
Insider on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Blimey ! Alf Baird, “James” Cheyne, Willie and Northcode have all come out to play together ! The four Nutters…” Jan 10, 13:05
James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Just acknowledging that Scotland does not hold and never did make a treaty with the Great Britain parliament in 1707…” Jan 10, 11:47
Hatey McHateface on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “What an odd post, sarah. It’s like CM’s defection to Your Party in October last year has completely passed you…” Jan 10, 11:37
James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “How can the Great Britain parliament even challenge a 1707 Scottish parliament that no longer exist and that never made…” Jan 10, 11:27
Hatey McHateface on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “A Setterday sermon, Northy! Fit are ye angling at noo? Ye’ll be claiming the Picts were the Lost Tribe next!” Jan 10, 11:15
Hatey McHateface on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “My Great Brutish Empire and my British Labour? Like many Scots of a certain age, I worry about creeping cognitive…” Jan 10, 11:10
James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Alf Baird, I agree with you regards Colonialism, However I do come to that conclusion from a slightly different angle…” Jan 10, 11:08
Hatey McHateface on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Should be a slam dunk. 319 years of documented real world history rendered, what? Imaginary? Overnight! An absolute bummer for…” Jan 10, 11:03