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Well United's management have come to a verdict as he's just been released by the club!

I'm probably late on this. Just finished watching The Americans on Channel 4 catch up. We'd watched the first two series when it came out then, iirc, it was no longer shown on the usual channel. I was delighted to see the remaining four series. It's obviously not a documentary about Soviet spies, it's entertainment, it has it's 'jumping the shark' situations but it's very well crafted, excellent acting and good scripts. Also it has a degree of nuance, and empathy with Russian characters, that would have been unthinkable when I was growing up in the 80s. The added poignancy, looking back at the end of the Cold War is thinking about the wasted opportunity and how it's been squandered.

That's no way to talk about John Swinney. He's the FM, show some respect!!!!

Good move

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I'm glad that you acknowledge that this is a UK wide problem and not just limited to Scotland as the media often seems to suggest. I think it's a combination of both societal attitudes as well as economic decline. We came back from Riga a few weeks back and were struck by how clean it was, very little rubbish in the streets, no chewing gum stained pavements, no discarded cigarette butts, little graffiti. You get the sense of national pride (understandable after decades of Soviet oppression), perhaps that would be a positive side effect of Scotland being independent!

That's another thread, 'Companies you're currently boycotting'.

Think you're being optimistic with Tierney given his history of injuries. If he's no longer involved then presumably we'd set up differently. You're right though someone needs to be thinking 5 years ahead. I'd love to think Archie Gray might be part of that set up but suspect that won't happen. I think midfield and defence aren't too bad. Forwards as usual looks the most worrying area, maybe Wilson at Villa, maybe Mellon. Next to that who'll be back up keepers, Slicker? Craig Gordon?

Anyone heard from Kirk recently. I just hope he's not gone down with something reheating rice.

Given the chain smoking of that era, that's probably not a bad run.

It has been put to the party members. I could have stood, I could have nominated someone, nothing stopped me. Seems that everyone is happy with this as the way forward for now.

I go for Graham's. Supporting local producers.

Doesn't look good for a pro-independence MSP to be voting to bring down a pro-independence Government. You do have to question the thinking behind her decision, it will just reinforce the idea that Alba are more anti-SNP than anything else. And that's a shame as all pro-independence parties need to be looking for common ground and working together.

Some good stuff there, particularly with regards to women. Obviously with GRR there's been a lot of criticism of the SNP on women's issues. Other parties have taken that as an opportunity to present themselves as championing women. As WGD makes clear that's not the case for Labour and it's not really the case for the Tories either (think WASPI women, rape clause etc.)

I guess there's a case for letting existing Alba MPs have a free run e.g. Hanvey, McAskill and also MacNeill but otherwise it's cloud cuckoo land from Alba. They simply don't have enough credibility at present. Regan's actions voting with Tories and Labour in the VONC hardly helps their cause.