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Selected voices 536

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Are you being served? 223

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    • TURABDIN on The Nobodies: “according to stats the majority of not scottish born imigrants are white many of them elderly English. personally, without a…Aug 2, 19:48
    • Northcode on The Deaf Eyes: “You’re referring to a different case. The question here is whether a trust existed for the SNP ‘ring-fenced’ money. It…Aug 2, 19:44
    • Rev. Stuart Campbell on The Deaf Eyes: “On the contrary – in the case of embezzlement they absolutely do. That’s why Peter Murrell is currently in a…Aug 2, 19:06
    • Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “I agree, TURABDIN, it’s not all about what you say. It is all about the ongoing colonisation of my country.…Aug 2, 18:48
    • Hatey McHateface on The Nobodies: “Haud oan there, Alf. We’re still trying tae fathom fit yer “black skin, white masks” is aboot. Dae some o’…Aug 2, 18:36
    • Northcode on The Deaf Eyes: “The COPFS is correct. The police found no evidence of either fraud or embezzlement in relation to ‘ring-fenced’ donations to…Aug 2, 18:27
    • Chas on The Deaf Eyes: “It could be worse. At least I am not DaveL!Aug 2, 18:24
    • Knuckle_Heid on The Deaf Eyes: “Jeeezzo – that response was fairly dripping in condescension. Thanks a lot for that COPFS, much appreciated. 8Ace himself could…Aug 2, 18:01
    • Effijy on The Deaf Eyes: “Scarier and Scarier that what we have in place for justice cannot understand a simple question, need to consider how…Aug 2, 17:01
    • Frank Gillougley on The Deaf Eyes: “Fuckin’ ‘ell Guv, that’s a belter. Well worthy of a Kafka award. Love the cartoon!Aug 2, 16:53
    • Captain Caveman on The Nobodies: “Oh do be quiet with your “swear white is black” nonsense, lefty. That was the initial BBC headline. Deal with…Aug 2, 16:39
    • Willie on The Deaf Eyes: “The response is simply a reflection of a gangster state with no functioning rule of law. The jackboot, the batton,…Aug 2, 16:31
    • Southernbystander on The Nobodies: “Caveman, the BBC headline on 31 July was : ‘Spain’s PM blames traffickers after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta from Morocco’.…Aug 2, 16:24
    • DaveL on The Deaf Eyes: “FS! A token comment on the article above then straight into an attack on regular posters and small independence parties.…Aug 2, 15:39
    • Southernbystander on The Nobodies: “Wally Jumblatt says: ‘And even worse, it gives the power to useless, bitter, uninspired people who don’t like each other.’…Aug 2, 15:39
    • Roger Beaver on The Deaf Eyes: “Malfeasance/nonfeasance in public office? (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=malfeasance+in+public+office&t=ffab&ia=web)Aug 2, 15:38
    • Patsy Millar on The Deaf Eyes: “Probably a bot. The give away is the lack of a surname and given a response I had to a…Aug 2, 15:26
    • TURABDIN on The Deaf Eyes: “Burnham is making noises about a written constitution for the British state. He might take as a model that of…Aug 2, 14:50
    • Sean Duffy on The Deaf Eyes: “Is there a mechanism available to the lieges to compel the COPFS and the Chief Constable to carry out their…Aug 2, 13:59
    • I. Despair on The Deaf Eyes: “Yes. And in a short message that took 27 days to emerge and was no doubt reviewed by numerous people…Aug 2, 13:07
    • agentx on The Deaf Eyes: “AI overview: You can take action against a decision made by the Procurator Fiscal If You Are the Victim (A…Aug 2, 13:05
    • Sian Laidlaw on The Deaf Eyes: “It looks to me as though that reply has some copy, cut and paste text in it. Maybe the input…Aug 2, 12:59
    • Cuphook on The Deaf Eyes: “In The Twelve Tasks of Asterix the Roman bureaucrats who hinder the attempt to get form A38 are eventually foiled…Aug 2, 12:58
    • factchecker on The Deaf Eyes: “Stunning lack of understanding. Or more probably deliberate misunderstanding. And nothing to tell us “Veronica”s status within the “National Enquiry…Aug 2, 12:53
    • agentx on The Deaf Eyes: ““Firstly, let’s take a moment to note the weird font change halfway through that central paragraph, as though someone else…Aug 2, 12:49
    • Boolitz on The Deaf Eyes: “They’ve done a bit of copy & paste from another source, that’s why the text changes. Bizarre to think it’s…Aug 2, 12:45
    • Chas on The Deaf Eyes: “Sadly, you are banging your head against a brick wall Stu. There is no mechanism available to force the Crown…Aug 2, 12:37
    • sarah on The Deaf Eyes: “Rev, I suggest that your reply keeps it simple – just ask the embezzlement question. Then they can’t possibly get…Aug 2, 12:21
    • GeoffC on The Deaf Eyes: “Interesting that Veronica doesn’t share her surname in an official document.Aug 2, 12:16
    • TURABDIN on The Nobodies: “SHAFTED…..yet again. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xnq7qyr7ro Commonwealth Games…..the one nobody gives a ……..about. Oh dear Mr Swinney! pecking at the crumbs from your…Aug 2, 11:54
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