Sometimes

God denies us his grace. 
Other times he just goes "Fuck it, the weather's shite, here's a laugh for everyone." Thank you Jesus.
Thank you James...

"England fail" etc

Work with me on this one people. 
According to the BBC news website, Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has withdrawn the offer of a free hotel room to Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
Apparently, the offer of a free room at The Dorchester during the London Olympics, was  now felt inappropriate because England (Boris was part of the bid team) failed to win the World Cup bid.  


See what Boris did there? Apparently its perfectly  OK to offer a freebie to a man who is already  multi-millionaire as long as you make the offer before the WC bid is settled.
 After England lose to a "corrupt process" (according to the mood music coming out of Wembley) Boris withdraws the offer of  a freebie, thus confirming to world and its mother that the offer was originally part of an implied quid pro quo. I know there's an element of situational context when it comes to defining ethics, but surely the logic of Boris here is that the offer of a room would've been perfectly OK had England won.
I wonder, did Boris sleep through the ethics classes at Cambridge?

England fail in World Cup bid

and  English fans express disappointment,

  while reactions elsewhere are no less emotional.   

                                

Inside: This how it works.  48 hours before the bid  was settled, England's  bid team were complaining about the BBC's expose of corruption inside Fifa.  Hours after the hosting went to Russia, the English bid team  have begun to hint darkly about corruption within Fifa.                                                                                                         

This just in, the noo like, ken...

Mark McGhee has been sacked as manager of Aberdeen with the 53-year-old's side sitting second bottom of the Scottish Premier League table.

But speaking exclusively to The JT, Mr McGhee insisted that he was still manager and it was"business as usual." 
McGhee, whose time at Pittodrie was marked by an extreme disconnect between subjective perception and external reality, said:"there's a big job to be done at the club, and I aim to set about that task just as soon as I get back from holiday." 
It is understood that Mr McGhee is currently  in Egypt, in de Nile.


Club officials are thought to be getting estimates for changing the locks at the Aberdeen's stadium although it is rumoured that costs are thought to be "aafy dear like, ken".

As we scientists know...

there is an argument that if you increase the price of a item that's bad for people, then consumption of said item falls. A message, already taken to heart, by an outfit called www.scottishfood.com if this ad for Irn-Bru is anything to go by.
Fuckin' hell...

Inside: Thanks to Highland Pete for the heid's up...

" No chance of a blow job then?"

With a new report urging organisational change to the party in Scotland, it would be so easy for the Tories to lose so much of value. Take the effortless sexual chemistry between Annabel Goldie and sole Scottish MP David Mundell. Just look at the light, flirtatious ease of their close bond and evident deeply held mutual affection.


OK, OK, I'm lying.


Have a look at the photo below. Is it actually possible for two people to sit so far apart in a contingent physical space? Apparently the answer to that question is "yes".

And with...

controversy continuing to rage over that Hugh Dallas email, concern is growing over the possible leaking of a photo of Hugh enjoying a recent  referee away-day.