MacDonald Jardine

Not raging at all. Just enjoying the angst from you lot.

It's nice you still have a comfort blanket. 7-0 next?

I'm sure your new investors will expect more of their wee team on the side. Onwards and upwards.

Righto then.

If only.

Really? MK Don's are still unpopular in England. There's no difference.

So one game in Greenock and he isn't good enough. Okay.

I'm not sure how anyone's takeaway from that game could be Shankland isn't good enough.

There was similar in the Manchester Derby. A possible handball cleared up in a matter of seconds. I thought yesterday if he can't tell if it's a handball after what seemed like 5 minutes at the screen it isn't a penalty. Then again he did the same for the sending off which was blatant.

Fuckin classless twat. You wouldn't know Celtic were streets ahead financially.

This is woeful.

It's a Levein team. What did you expect?

Oh I will.

No we couldn't. Continually chanting the name of a player who did nothing to their positive benefit. The missing e-mail. Generally being one of the moaniest supports in Scotland. GIRU them.

Talking of changing perspectives the current Paddy Power ad looks like it's based on Hibs.

I think it's fairly clear who's the bitter one.

Yes, on the basis it's a devolved matter.

Not impossible no. Highly unlikely almost to the point of it though.

Yes. How would that differ from no tuition fees, no prescription charges or baby boxes? You're right: the Westminster government could repeal the Scotland Act if they chose. In theory. How likely do you think that is?

You're right as far as it goes, but the Crown Office retains overall responsibility for the prosecution. If there are legitimate doubts about the solidity of the case, and it sounds like there were it's in their gift to stop the prosecution. They didn't. I'm not especially criticising that, just pointing out the hypocrisy of the First Minister blaming the Westminster government for being slow to sort it. And I know the Crown Office is independent of the Scottish Government, or should be. That was a bit of a facetious point in response to our Leith friend's horror at this being politicised.

You're completely missing the point. The Post Office presented no evidence on their own behalf to any court in Scotland. The evidence went to the Crown Office, who are supposedly independent. They take a view on evidence and equally should reconsider if further evidence comes to light. Similarly the decision not to consider whether the convictions were unsafe is and always has been a decision to be taken in Scotland. For our First Minister to effectively blame the UK government for not acting quickly enough is a stunning example of SNP buck passing.

It's not as simple as that though. Yes the evidence did pass the initial test, but the same doubts were known to the Crown Office in 2012/13 as were known in England. They carried on regardless.

I'm sure they're not. They're pointing out the flagrant hypocrisy of criticising the Westminster government for the scandal when the Crown Office decided to prosecute the same thing in Scotland while having the same information. Under an SNP government by the way.

Of course you do. You benefit from a good chunk of these errors.

Yes I believe so but that was on the basis they were trying to be ambitious and wanted to grow. Livi was seen as the way of doing that for some reason. I don't see how anyone can agree with the move.