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Through all the bluff and bluster, messy hair, jokey appearance and stupid stunts he pulls off to make himself seem like the "normal" guy next door come good, or a loveable rogue, last night just confirmed what most non Tories (ie intelligent people) believed; that Johnson is a downright nasty piece of fucking work. An absolute scumbag of a man.

I'm sure I posted this before but Rab could be caught fucking a dead dogs corpse and he'd be back on here the next day claiming he did for the bites.

Several weeks ago, not long after he’d taken office, I scribbled down a few thoughts on Boris Johnson. I didn’t post them at the time, as they were likely to succumb to instant obsolescence: even the most negative assessment of current political events invariably looks like incurable optimism a few days later. After watching his belligerent performance in Parliament last night (and that of his Attorney General earlier), I’m lost for words, so I’ll post what I wrote then.... “Watching Boris Johnson in action as PM is an utterly depressing experience. A hollow man promoted several orders of magnitude beyond the level of his own competence. Fuelled by a potent mix of entitlement, ambition, hubris and privilege, he resembles a joke candidate auditioning for a role patently unsuited to his meagre talents. If this was a reality TV show, we’d assume he was a fame-hungry stooge, drunk on self-delusion, set up by the producers for a fall. Us Brits are addicted to schadenfreude: half the fun of rooting for the plucky underdog lies in the expectation of the inevitable crash and burn. But this isn’t the X Factor. This smirking fool, high on hubris and devoid of all talent, is actually our PM. The scary bit isn’t that this charlatan has been selected to appeal to our basest instincts; it’s that some people (the confederacy of dunces that comprise the Conservative membership) have actually voted for him, and the expectation is that many more will do so in a general election. Unfitness for office isn’t a drawback here, it’s a selling point. But as we stand on the edge of a precipice, BoJo doesn’t strike me as a talentless X Factor wannabe so much as something much more sinister. He is the personification of The Man Without Qualities. An amoral opportunist, he thrives in chaos. His lack of moral compass allows him to bend whichever way the wind is blowing. His racism isn’t for real - it’s an affectation designed to appeal to the xenophobes, a strategy considered a vote-winner by Cummings and the Vote Leave cabal that have taken the government hostage. Compared to Johnson, Trump looks like a conviction politician, a man with an investment in his own prejudices. Trump takes his venality seriously. Johnson wears it lightly, smirking as he spins his web of deceit. Populism as a postmodern conceit, perpetrated by Old Etonians purporting to be men of the people pitted against ‘the elite.’ The culling of the moderates within the Conservative Party, the dismantling of parliamentary democracy, the trashing of the Union, the wanton vandalism of the economy - all playing out as a prank, a wheeze, a joke. Who knows where it could go next? Unfettered by anything so cumbersome as principles, driven by greed, right-wing opportunists forging a faux alliance with the disaffected, united by a desire to watch Britain burn.” Any lingering doubts that Boris (referring to him as ‘BoJo’ seems unsuitable now - it’s the epithet of a clown, but no-one’s laughing any more) is just some hapless schmuck have evaporated. He’s a disgrace. He’s deranged, and he’s dangerous.

All these high scores, I miss the days of our Aussie quiz and the expectancy of getting a nine only to get a five. A ten in those days was a thing to treasure, a victoria cross of quizzing, not now though they're ten a penny, as common as muck. Damn, where are you Japanese Island questions, aussie politicians, netball etc etc? Progress they say, give me back the good old days. I mind when I was a lad, going to quiz, no phones in those days, relying on your wits and acumen, today's lads surreptitiously checking answers under a table on phone, lack of morale fibre those lads, wouldn't want them in a trench with me. The quiz is representative of society today, kids expect big rewards for less effort. It leaves me empty and ready to move on, this is no longer my quiz, my time, my era. Has anyone seen my funeral plan? Time for my meds. Carry on.

Being a royalist. There's just something very odd about being in awe of the royal family.

Nah, it would be more something like: "Today we are at the AGM of Partick, a club who's promotion campaign from the Tunnock's Irn Bru Division One has got off to a great start, spearheaded by ex-Rangers man Kenny Miller. The Jags are still reeling from the shock resignation of ex-Celtic man Gary Caldwell last week, especially after last night's 6-0 hammering in the Scottish Cup 3rd round match against defending champions, Celtic, under the guidance of ex-Gers player Ian McCall. And we are about to get underway here at Fir Park, over to Partick Thistle chairman, ex-Celtic striker Gerry Britton."

The incorrect use of 'just about'. It's particularly common in sports commentary, and especially in football (with MOTD commentators being the worst offenders). 'Just about' means that someone nearly did something, that they got close to it, but didn't do it. It does not mean that someone only just did something. 'Only just' is what they should be saying.

1990s - The internet will revolutionise the world and make everyone's lives better, eliminating poverty and ignorance! 2019 -

Wow!! Crazy report on Channel 4 News from Fishguard, Wales concerning a lady, Nerys Edwards who exports truckloads of shellfish direct to Spain. If there is a No Deal Brexit the obstacles placed in her way could virtually ruin her business. What's crazy about this report is that Nerys Edwards voted Leave and would do so again. It's not just her business - she voted for "The greater good of the country" How stupid are the Welsh? Try watching this on Channel 4 + 1 from 8.30 to 8.40pm

Be serious, how much of your life is governed by Brussels compared to London? This is square banana levels of delusion.

They think rugby is a proper sport.

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Gotta love the term remoaner. It's a term thrown about by people who are too stupid to realise how much long term damage leaving the EU will cause us as a country. Usually preceded or followed by the phrase "why don't they just get on with it? Or "leave means leave" absolute fucking roasters

Anyone that’s been in the armed forces.

Beautiful 10, those questions fell nicely for me. Kept getting to the next one and knowing it thinking i would be stumped soon, for once I knew them all with 0 guesses.

Shouldn’t of...

Time for Hearts to step up. If they want our crown of losing to Celtic in cup finals every year then they need to do it on a consistent basis. Otherwise, they run the risk of giving it to Rangers.

10 for Thursday, educated guess on the 1984 question. What, there are rules!

10 for Thursday

It includes spending that is allocated across the UK but actually is either only in England or in London itself. It also understates income because incomes are not allocated where they are generated but where they are registered - no surprise then that London's income will be over-stated. GERS doesn't just hide Scotland's wealth, it hides the wealth of the English Regions because it hides how much London leeches off the rest of the UK.

How many more sleeps to go? Levenmouth will be empty on Saturday afternoon. In years to come, people will be telling their kids and grandkids where they were they day East Fife played a run of the mill League One game against a Falkirk side that got beat by Clyde and contained a handful of players that played for that famous bang average Morton side of the mid-late 2010s.

They must have been good ones then.

Absolutely. So is wearing them on your feet to be fair.

Probably like many others I thought these lads were some of the soundest in the league, good community club etc. After reading this car crash I cannot wait to body them about 3-0 and finish 20 points ahead of them

Baby on Board signs in the back window of cars. What exactly are the drivers hoping to achieve? Do they imagine that some other driver is going to think, "Well, I was going to ram you at high speed but as you have a kiddie in the car I won't bother." I once saw somebody claiming it was a warning to the emergency services that they should look for the baby if the car was in an accident and the driver was unable to tell them. In which case it should be an offence to display the sign if the sprog isn't in the car to avoid the fire brigade hunting for a non-existent kid.

You've already did this, you bushy pubed beast.

f**k that, I'll be signing up for the invasion of England.

Wattoo has went full Morton. You never want to go full Morton.

Something, something Sevco, something, something.

Shama Bako up top please

Bloody millennials wanting everything given to them on a plate, wasn't like that in my day, we had to earn our knowledge of the rules the hard way .... 10/10 for Thursday, so no excuse for being a moany git, it's just my nature

10/10 for Thursday. First time I have ever managed 2 of those in a week.

Really? I can't be bothered searching for numerous examples but given that he started the band called Niggers With Attitude, it's not hard to believe.

10! Second full house this week! I’m expecting a tough one tomorrow and a 1/10.

Could everyone just settle down a bit? Honestly some of the chat it's like we're 4th in the league. Yes we've not played great under Neilson, but our form with him in charge is league winning form. Honestly I really want us to get promoted just so or fanbase doesn't take every poor result as a national fucking crisis.

Old firm fans. Tories. Royalists.

Folk who call men blokes

Another day another discussion about oral sex with a dead dog.

Limahl - Never Ending Story

On the flip side of that, the parties responsible who really SHOULD know how long it should take were telling us in late July that it would be done in time to sign players in the window. Then it was close. Then almost three weeks ago, in an act of whatis now typical smalltimeness, told someone I know in Behind the Goals over a lukewarm can of lager that it would be done in 2 weeks. Then just last week it was "a few weeks" away. What's a few weeks? Well to a man with a grasp of time so muddy that it wouldn't look out of place in the fucking Marvel Universe, who can possibly say..... What I can say for certain is that at all points of buying the two houses I have bought in my time, all parties were aware of what was going on. Dont think we can say that for the bonkersest beard from Bexley.

I don’t think Rab is racist, but seems quite happy to gloss over other racists as long as they’re one of the few people who white knight him on here. Should be surprised but we’ve seen plenty of examples of that attitude with regards to Liverpool fans’ actions, like blaming the father of the child who was hit with a missile for antagonising fully grown Liverpool supporters into throwing a missile at a child.

Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air

10 for Thursday

10. That was the easiest one for me in a long time.

I think it would take a bottom six finish to even get the board considering his future. I'm not particularly happy with him at the moment, and some of the football is eye-bleeding, but, as said in a previous post, he's not really committed any 'sacking offences' yet. We should absolutely be the third best team in the country, with some breathing space. It's fine to moan about the budgets Celtic and Rangers have, but then it's us with the advantage over the rest. It's time to start playing like it.

Things you love to see: Intravenous that directly into my circulation.

Interesting comment from Lachlan on Twitter. He doesn’t rule out hiring a manager from another team but says if we do so, “it will be respectful and we won't be contacting the manager to arrange a deal before even speaking to the club. We will also not go public about it.” Dig at Thistle?

Why not split it on sex rather than gender? As an aside I would welcome a doping Olympics with folk doing the high jump and jumping 100ft in the air after pumping themselves full of drugs

People who walk side by side on a narrow pavement, as if they're expecting me either to step out into the road and get hit from behind by a bus, or else climb the wall like fucking Spider-Man.

People who have weak handshakes.