A HOME FROM HOME FOR THE PEEPPUL

What is it with the paranoia of everybody with any connection to Ibrox these days? We've now got the ned's ned, Barry Ferguson, bleating how he's a hypocrite (no argument there!) and, like the baby balloon in the old joke, he's let himself down. But here's the clincher - he says, "I understand there are a lot of people out there who really don’t like me and who are desperate to see me fall flat on my face as a manager." Really? To be honest, Barry, I don't think anyone really gives a toss. That Bisto FC paranoia is certainly contagious!

I see Merlin and his disciples, meanwhile, are getting a bit over-excited about the future. PZJ is back from his Accountancy-for-Beginners course and poring over the Celtic paperwork again. Could somebody tell this moron that the very fact that these accounts are readily available precludes the possibility of anything untoward being concealed therein? A more impressive feat would be to get a hold of Rangers and Bisto accounts! But, then, everything is changing at Ibrox. Mike Ashley is going to bring up some superstars from Newcastle, Bisto is going to trounce Celtic in the League Cup, win a treble and then take their 'rightful place' at the top of the Premiership. And then the sponsorship money is going to flood in and they'll be dominating Europe before you know it. Maybe it's just me but it seems like we've heard all this before.

Another thing that got the Merlinites in a tizzy was the Sussex town of Lewes. Like many of us, they'd probably never heard of the place before; now, it's an honorary member of the Bigots-R-Us Club. The news that they were going to burn an effigy of Alex Salmond was everywhere the other day. I don't think it was the idea of burning Salmond that annoyed folk so much as him being dressed in tartan and accompanied by the Loch Ness Monster; there was something a bit racist about the whole business. Of course, The Peeppul saw it differently; especially when they got onto Google and discovered the nature of the Lewes Bonfire Night celebrations.

Of course, Guido Fawkes gets a roasting. But so too does the Pope.

But there's nothing sectarian or bigoted about it, you understand. And it's not meant to represent the actual Pope; it's symbolic. Symbolic of what? Anti-Catholic bigotry? There can be nothing else that it can possibly stand for. Meanwhile, one group involved in the Bonfire Night festivities carries the following banner. Again, though, there's nothing sectarian or bigoted intended.

It looks like The Peeppul have found their new home if Scottish independence ever comes! The excuse for all this shite is the so-called 'Marian Persecutions'. Around 280 Protestants were put to death; 17 of them in Lewes. Of course, nothing at all is said about the many thousands, both Catholic and Protestant, who were killed by Henry VIII. I suppose you can't be counted a Protestant martyr if it's one of the modern-day Protestant heroes that executed you!

And what does this picture remind you of? Somehow I don't think I'll be in any hurry to visit the town of Lewes, where, it seems, racism and sectarian bigotry are perfectly acceptable!

Meanwhile, it's that time of year again. Rather than remember the fallen it's all about support for 'heroes' and re-writing history so that all those useless deaths in WWI were all about 'preserving democracy.' One old soldier, who was there, summed it up succinctly:

"Armistice Day, you remember the thousands of others who died. For what? For nothing."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/last_tommy_gallery_03.shtml