Alright Guys

[Strawman]

Alright guys,

''Strawman'' here, stumbled across here by accident, but thought I'd join.

I'm a scotsman, born and bred. Love going to see comedy and music gigs and generally drinking

Looking forward to getting stuck into some interesting debate and sharing thoughts and ideas with like minded individuals.

Cheers,

Strawman

(Just don't ask me if I'm from Fife)

[Organic Revolution]

Are you from Fife?

Anyways, welcome.

[Strawman]

No, but people always think I am (Fife had the UK's first Communist Member of Parliament)


Cheers.

Any other fellow Jocks?

[Dr Mindbender]

I'm 1/2 Jock.

[bolshevik butcher]

Hi,

I'm also from Scotland, from just south of you actually, Edinburgh. Are you politically active at all? Do you still stay in Fife?

[Strawman]

I'm not from Fife.

Naw, I'm from up in Peterhead mate..

What part of Edinburgh you from? Got family there and take any chance I can to visit.

PS. Not heavily active. Used to help organising events like gigs in Aberdeen and that, but only in background roles. That and a Trade Union membership is about as far as I go.

[bolshevik butcher]

Top of Leith/Easter Road. Edinburgh's alright, hopefully be in Glasgow by this time next year though.

[Dr Mindbender]

...East Scotland is the petit-beourgioise side. :rolleyes:

[bolshevik butcher]

Originally posted by Ulster [email protected] 29, 2007 12:39 am
...East Scotland is the petit-beourgioise side. :rolleyes:
True, although west of Edinburgh is far snobbier than the east.

[Strawman]

Originally posted by Ulster [email protected] 29, 2007 12:39 am
...East Scotland is the petit-beourgioise side. :rolleyes:
See my comment ref Fife.

Peterhead area's an SNP safe seat.

[bolshevik butcher]

Originally posted by Strawman+November 29, 2007 12:43 am--> (Strawman @ November 29, 2007 12:43 am)
Ulster [email protected] 29, 2007 12:39 am
...East Scotland is the petit-beourgioise side. :rolleyes:
See my comment ref Fife.

Peterhead area's an SNP safe seat. [/b]
The SNP are hardly a traditional left wing party. Their support has come from middle class rural areas historically.

[Dr Mindbender]

have you ever noticed the way people from Edinburgh and Cork talk very similarly? I once knew a guy from Cork and when i first heard him I couldnt tell he was Irish at all.
:blink:

[Strawman]

Originally posted by bolshevik butcher+November 29, 2007 12:44 am--> (bolshevik butcher @ November 29, 2007 12:44 am)
Originally posted by [email protected] 29, 2007 12:43 am

Ulster [email protected] 29, 2007 12:39 am
...East Scotland is the petit-beourgioise side. :rolleyes:
See my comment ref Fife.

Peterhead area's an SNP safe seat.
The SNP are hardly a traditional left wing party. Their support has come from middle class rural areas historically. [/b]
Granted, but their actions are prob further to the left than Labour at the moment. Freeezing the right to buy, trying to bring in and impove industry in Scotland and binning the council tax to replace it (eventually) with a much fairer proportional income tax.