jmothecat

Not after 5 more years of Hunt in charge of the NHS anyway.

Is independence about living in a social democratic country though? It's something I always found slightly odd about the yes movement. I lived in Glasgow during the referendum and was interested by how left-wing the campaign seemed to be positioning itself. Being from the North East and a family of 'traditional' SNP supporters I always found that at odds with the conservative nationalism of the north east. I could see the appeal as the central belt is considerably more left-wing than Banffshire and Kincardineshire where I grew up, and to win independence it seemed obvious they needed to attract the left. What impressed me was their ability to hang on to the conservative pro-Indy group as well as the left. They seemed to manage to get both groups vote for them in 2015. What now though? They need a referendum to keep everyone in line, but it seems as though a referendum now would be as unsuccessful as the last one. The Corbyn phenomenon seems to be the latest flavour of the month for the 'right-on' left, as much in Scotland as the rest of the U.K. How do the SNP get them back? What I think is crucial is that whilst the SNP are getting less popular I don't think independence is.

Yes.

Is the free fruit not just for kids?

Black coffee. Lovely.

10 years to the day since the great man departed and politics became steadily more miserable.

Master of Reality for me, I like the slightly slower sound on it and Children of the Grave is an often overlooked masterpiece.

The day McInnes announced he was not fucking leaving. f**k Hayes, thanks for the memories but he plays for them now so we move on and humiliate him in front of his friends next time the two sides meet.

Most popular doesn't necessarily mean best, I agree, but quite often it is, hence why it's most popular. With the examples you've listed Silver Machine is Hawkwind's best song, likewise with Paranoid for Sabbath. Smoke on the water I agree isn't Deep Purple's best song (Child in Time for me) but it's a good song, very catchy and the first Deep Purple song I ever heard and the reason I got interested in the band in the first place. Though there are some bands whose most popular song I wouldn't necessarily say is the best, with most I think they usually are. And with Nirvana it seems to be a special sort of hatred reserved for that song, which I don't really understand. To me it is not only Nirvana's best song, it's their best by a long, long way. But it almost seems like to be a member of the Nirvana club you have to dislike that one song. The only comparison I can think of is Metallica fans with Enter Sandman.

There's a reason those songs get played so much, they are the best ones.

The kits not bad either.

http://www.afc.co.uk/mobile/news/9729.php Interesting history of then the Reds have gone blue.

The band Nirvana could have been.

Nirvana have one really really good song, a couple of pretty good songs and a lot of dross. It always irritates me that Nirvana fans seem to dislike 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' which is one of the greatest rock songs ever written. Why would you dislike your favourite band's best song? You don't hear Nickelback fans going 'nah, leave that "How you remind me" stuff off the playlist' or Abba fans going 'y'know, I've never liked "Waterloo".' Or chumbawumba fans going 'pfft, Tubthumping? What was that all about?'

You'd have to have issues to go to St Johnstone amirite?

What's wrong with these people? I'd love it if Aberdeen decided to build their new stadium on my doorstep.

I see McNaughton has left Inverness.

Did he hire the guy from The National?

The two bits of Dons news I've been happiest with this summer is announcements that people are staying.

Joe Lewis has signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until 2020!

Aye, it's Labour's fault the SNP couldn't defend their heartlands from the Tories.

£1 billion to secure the services of the DUP. But austerity isn't ideological. For fucks sake. Absolute c***s.

I was having a conversation with my dad last night about the best players I've ever seen playing for the Dons, and that Hayes would be up there, definitely in my top five. It was interesting but slightly depressing hearing my dad list off Aberdeen players who he would rank ahead of Hayes, only two being ones I've been old enough to watch (one who was long past his best when I watched him).

I should probably rephrase that. I just think this is a disingenuous policy and that Labour are using this to try to attack the SNP than because its actually a good idea. Fine under normal circumstances but not when it adds fuel to the fire in turning the public against something that we may have to put forward when we are next in government.