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Top 10 posts, 17th-23rd June 2012

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In case you’re joining us late, the most-read WingsLand posts of the last seven days.

URGENT: HELP NEEDED
Labour savages opposition for not speaking out against Labour government.

Storm weathered, minor damage
Opinion poll surprises no-one.

(Don’t) stand by me
Labour MSP Michael McMahon backs hastily away from a lie at FMQs.

No-one here gets out alive
Why Rangers really are doomed this time.

The time machine
The Herald bizarrely repeats a six-month-old story as a new “exclusive”.

Let’s just get this straight
Is everyone in the SPL going to boycott everyone else next season?

A quick quiz
The Unionists’ latest attempt to rig the referendum.

The SPL’s real suicide pact
How Rangers fans might be the ones who kill their own club.

The difference between words and talking
Guest piece by Sue Lyons on the need for honest debate.

Lamont uncertain about uncertainty
Labour “leader” fails to follow her script.

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