Leggat goes on to say that respected financial figures predict that Bisto FC will run out of money some time next year. Strangely, Bill McMurdo cites respected financial figures saying that everything in the garden is rosy. That's the thing about respected financial figures, they'll say anything to justify their status. The thing in their favour is that they are bound to be right fifty percent of the time!
Bill McMurdo goes further; according to him there are all manner of 'big hitters' out there, ready to invest in Bisto FC and act like the sugar daddy they have all been looking for. That sounds a bit familiar and harks back to when Duff and Phelps were in charge! Anyway, he demands some bragging rights now that it looks like Dave King might be coming back. Fresh from his deal to escape imprisonment in South Africa, King is being invited back, it seems, by Craig Mather. Does this mean a battle between King and the Easdales? The Ibrox farce might soon turn out like an episode of Boardwalk Empire! There is also the little matter, which the Daily Record reported the other day, of the Scottish Government looking to clamp down on gangsters in Scotland. I wonder how long it will take for them to start poking about at Ibrox.
Of course, there is also the small matter of whether or not King will pass the 'fit and proper person' test. I think we all know the answer to that one; when was the last time the SFA stood against a regime at Ibrox? To the Bisto Kids, however, the SFA is full of 'Rainjurz-haters.' You've got to laugh at the way they go on. Apparently King was in trouble with a 'corrupt' South African government and will be knocked back by a 'corrupt' SFA! Isn't it strange how everybody's corrupt but them?
Speaking of corruption, the guy that posts on Bill McMurdo's blog, calling himself 'pharez, zarah and judah,' is still continuing with his vindictive crusade to somehow prove that Celtic has been receiving financial help from Glasgow City Council. His latest obsession is with the old primary school outside Celtic Park, London Road School. The ground has apparently been sold to Celtic for £1 and the building is to be demolished. This PZJ tries to make out that this is some sort of scandal and cites Historic Scotland as a reason for leaving the old school intact. So now they're concerned about architectural heritage!
I used to work at London Road School and I can assure you that there is nothing remotely remarkable about the place. Unlike Scotland Street School, which was designed by Rennie Mackintosh, London Road School is just like dozens of other Victorian schools in Glasgow. Historic Scotland, like other such organisations, tends to exaggerate the importance of buildings, hoping that councils will at least save some of them. This was certainly the case when I used to work for the old Nature Conservancy Council. There were areas called Sites of Specific Scientific Interest, which were protected because of their scientific importance. Some of these areas were, in fact, very important, being the only places were certain brutes lived, but many were completely unremarkable and hardly justified their inclusion. The philosophy seemed to be 'better safe than sorry' and this appears to be the same line followed by Historic Scotland. The philosophy of PZJ is probably best left unpublished.
As for the sale of the site for £1, this is standard practice when there is the chance of a derelict site being developed. To the obsessed PZJ, however, it is a sign of collusion and corruption. Apparently he is contacting the EU, hoping to stir up some kind of trouble. He demands transparency and wants to know why the site or the building were not put out on the the open market. The question has to be asked: what the hell would anyone do with it? It's not exactly ideal for any kind of business, being right in front of Celtic Park as it is. Maybe while he's demanding all these answers he could ask why Duff and Phelps didn't put Rangers' assets up for sale to the highest bidder.
So why all this obsession with Glasgow City Council? One guy posting on McMurdo's blog sums it up: "can anyone remember when the lord provost of glasgow was protestant im going on in yrs and im dammed if i can time we took our city back and kick out the filth." And there you have it. As usual, the whole thing is inspired by bigotry and whatabootery!
Speaking of bigotry and whatobootery, I see the Bisto Kids are still banging on about Scott Brown's mother's supposed assault. It's amazing how desperate they are to believe anything like this and then susequently claim it as a proven fact. It's like the story of Neil Lennon spitting on a Rangers scarf. Even though there is no proof this ever happened, they still point to it as a pathetic rationalisation of their hatred for Neil Lennon. The same goes for the story about the guy holding a knife to a picture of Neil Lennon on the television. They all claimed that the image had been photoshopped or that the guy was a Celtic supporter. Now it turns out that they were wrong, but there is no sign of any apology. Instead, they have just forgotten all about it. No doubt, however, they will, sometime in the future, make these claims again in order to 'prove' that Celtic supporters are the bigots and not they!
Among the bigotry and conspiracy theories of McMurdo's blog are his usual plugs for his books. He's going on now about Jesus visiting Britain. This is a favourite theme of many adherents of fantasy histories like British Israelism. Of course, there is no mention of Jesus in any ancient sources whatsoever, outside of the Gospels, so these stories can neither be proven or disproven. With no evidence, however, that's all they are: stories. No doubt Jesus came riding over to ancient Britain on the back of a plesiosaur!
If anyone wants to read stories about Jesus they can find them among The Apocrypha, where there are tales of Jesus as a child fighting and vanquishing dragons. (The Gospel according to JK Rowling). These fantastic tales no doubt influenced the decision not to include these books in the Bible. And yet, here we are in the Twenty-First Century and folk are still peddling such stories!
Seemingly, Joseph of Arimathea ran a chain of supermarkets in Judaea. He and Jesus used to travel to Calais to stock up on cheap booze and fags. While they were there they would nip over to Britain, where they would get an express chariot (pulled by dinosaurs, of course) up to Scotland to take in a match at Ibrox. Jesus also performed a few miracles, like the time he raised Rangers from the dead.
Belief in such ridiculous pseudo-histories obviously explains how the Bisto Kids can so easily accept the Big Lie about the club at Ibrox still being Rangers. As I have said before: if that is the case, then let us all see the two sets of books! And if they do, then I'll stand up and testify that I believe that Jesus did a sponsored ride around Britain on a tyrannosaurus!
Like McMurdo, I always try to plug my books at every opportunity. William Carson has expressed an interest. To him, and to anyone else that might be interested, go to my other blog and you can see which books I have written. The first five books are for children. I'm sorry the books are a bit dear, but I don't set the price! If anybody fancies a free Kindle version of any of my books, or even a Word version or whatever, then get in touch and I'll send you one. All I ask is that, if you like the book then please write a review on Amazon!
Jesus does his bit to raise money for the Rangers Fighting Fund
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