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Was there some kind of sporting competition at half time in the Kendrick Lemar conference?

RT @ewangibbs: It’s unacceptable for Scottish Office minister Kirsty McNeill to claim the UK government has done ‘everything we can’ to sav…

@WolfmanRamirez I also think the less monumental style of architecture and the seeming temporariness of buildings doesn't help either.

@WolfmanRamirez Mid twentieth century Scotland had a public spirited imagination we should celebrate more often imo

Philippe Clement will likely lose his job as Rangers manager following Rangers suffering defeat to Queen’s Park. That’s a result which hasn’t been repeated in the Scottish Cup since before Clement Attlee was born in 1883.

Queen's Park are re-establishing their historical Scottish Cup and southside Glasgow derby dominance.

@LiamMcLaughlan No. Combined areas the BNP and UKIP have done well in the past and then some. As you say, a national challenge across England, Wales and Scotland.

@LiamMcLaughlan Expect that’ll be right. Labour under Corbyn wasn’t quite the same but not so different.

@docleeworthy Quite! Agree that the online point is massive, and highly resistant to traditional forms of disruption and counter protest.

@elliot__ross More people going to Tynecastle

@overlandertheb1 Well aye. Looks an effective vehicle for now whatever it is

The momentum behind Reform looks much larger and broader based than any of those parties achieved before. One factor it appears to still have in common is a strong dependency on a single figurehead in Farage.

@elliot__ross I dunno I reckon these sporting activities might be necessary releases for those layers of society. God knows what this might unleash.

@elliot__ross it gives some of us something to laugh at

@CatrionaGrant I think there are good reasons to be sceptical on CCS but on the other hand we should actually invest heavily in renewables research. In the past, Britain blew the potential to lead the way in wind energy.