WELCOME

A warm welcome to those of you referred here by those on Bill McMurdo's website. Thank you very much for the hits. Oh, and to the person telling me that "Once a beadrattler always a beadrattler," I'm afraid my reply to you was moderated out of existence. I was merely pointing out that Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Melanchthon and even John Knox were all 'beadrattlers' so I suppose the Reformation was just a sham!

I never thought I'd see the day when I get mentioned on other blogs. Maybe I'll be afforded the ultimate accolade and get slagged off on Auld Pishy's website!

I see that the SFA has thrown out the complaint about Peter Lawell's joke. Did anyone expect any different? After all, nobody ever censured David Murray for wanting to 'wipe Celtic FC' out of existence. To compare it to the way Green was punished is a bit disingenuous; after all, he was going round calling everybody bigots, including the SFA. I think Joan Burnie was right and that the whole thing was blown out of proportion.

Now that The Laxative has decided to support the current board at Bisto FC, will the Requisitioners bother having their 'supporters' conference' at the Hilton Grosvenor? After all, what is the point? Mind you, they might need to do something to stop The Laxative in his tracks. All those praising him to the hilt should really do a bit of research on hedge funds and the past record of The Laxative; it doesn't make for pretty reading.

There were a couple of Bisto Kids on Phil Mac Whatsit's blog going on about how the situation at Ibrox in 2012 was exactly the same as that at Celtic in 1994. The old 'Celtic and Athletic Club' shares are now worthless, they say. Of course, they fail to point out that all these shares were actually bought by McCann and that ordinary Celtic fans were, for the first time, able to buy a part of their club. This is a perfectly normal and legitimate way to take over a business; buying all the shares so that you own it. Fast forward to 2012. How many shares did Hughie Green buy? Not one. Instead, he bought the assets, illegally as it so happens, and the previous shareholders got not a bean.

And now there is a story going about that there has been a massive investment in Sevco 5088, the company that Barney Google was involved with and with whom Duff and Phelps had their sale agreement. The only possible reason for this investment is that a big legal case is being prepared. The Bisto Kids had better hope that signature is deemed to be a forgery!

Meanwhile Sooperally, as expected, has declared his support for the new CEO, even though he has hardly spoken to him so far. Now that Jonah McCoist has provided the kiss of death maybe things won't be as cut-and-dried at the AGM as everyone expects!

Lastly, Merlin mentions the situation in Northern Ireland in his blog, commenting on the proposals for an amnesty. Of course, all the usual suspects were pouring out their calls for vengeance. I, however, see Northern Ireland as one of the biggest reasons to vote in favour of Scottish independence. Can you imagine being well out of that sectarian cess-pit and being able to breathe easy, knowing that it has nothing at all to do with us? I bet there are millions of English folk that wish they could cut all ties to that backward-looking place! Well, we have the opportunity.

Of course, there are plenty of folk in Scotland that see themselves as being somehow involved in the tortuous arguments on both sides of the Northern Irish divide. Equally, there are many in Northern Ireland who just want a normal life and would welcome an escape from it all. If Scotland becomes independent, perhaps we could organise some kind of exchange. All the ordinary folk that want to live in peace could come and live here, while all those that want to fight ancient battles and settle imaginary scores can fuck off over there and do it!

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