Dear Scottish Fetchies

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HappyG(rrr) Aug 2022 1:32pm, 17 Aug 2022 43,338 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) A link in case anyone thinks Zorba is making it up. bbc.co.uk I agree with Nicola Sturgeon, disgraceful. Unacceptable and I'd be astonished if it's anything other than horrible cabal of extremists and not representative in any way of the majority of SNP supporters. Though I don't have evidence or a link for that. G
HappyG(rrr) Aug 2022 1:36pm, 17 Aug 2022 43,339 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Ah, so reading that, there were eggs and not spitting. Spitting was described by the victim herself as "The protesters were leaning right over the railing and one of them grabbed my coat. "They were screaming abuse right in my face to the point that they were spitting in my face." So not actually being spat at. I think an egg is usually laughed off, isn't it? However, I find any aggression and threatening words or behaviour unacceptable and hope the police will follow it up approrpiately.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Aug 2022 1:50pm, 17 Aug 2022 9,554 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Throwing eggs at Tories is hardly a recent phenomenon in Scotland. And any effort to implement the nonsensical tax cut bidding war that passes for policy discussion in this 'election' will hurt a large swathe of the population of the entire UK far more than a few eggs. But leave the journalists alone.
HappyG(rrr) Aug 2022 1:53pm, 17 Aug 2022 43,345 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Quote above that I gave from BBC article wasn't the journalist, it was "Holly Moscrop, the national chair of the Scottish Young Conservatives". G
Surelynot Aug 2022 4:24pm, 17 Aug 2022 2,586 posts	0 Surelynot A mate of mine hit Margaret Thatcher with an egg back in the 1980s. A legend.
fetcheveryone Aug 2022 4:43pm, 17 Aug 2022 28,049 posts	0 fetcheveryone Hello Scottish Fetchies Have a look at the racing league, now filter-able to show who is the fastest Scot: fetcheveryone.com/league?distance=5&unit=km&year=2022&age=45&people=m&mindate=&page=0&location=S
JRitchie Aug 2022 7:14pm, 17 Aug 2022 3,303 posts	0 JRitchie Is there really only 41 of us Scots (Who’ve done a 5k this year).
K5 Gus Aug 2022 7:30pm, 17 Aug 2022 5,302 posts	0 K5 Gus I've not done one this year Will depend how many people have actually set their location.
mrs shanksi Aug 2022 7:45pm, 17 Aug 2022 14,128 posts	0 mrs shanksi 3 out of 8? Lol
PK Aug 2022 7:55pm, 17 Aug 2022 1,188 posts	0 PK Think it has to be a race too, as I'm not on the list yet (til I edit some parkruns which are logged as general runs)