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Murky Goings on in Glasgow

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    Murky Goings on in Glasgow

    On thursday Gordon Brown visited Scotland to meet Glasgow Labour councillor Steven Purcell, who suddenly resigned the very next day. It turns out he had a spiralling coke habit, and had been warned by the police he was the target of a blackmail plot.

    Then early today, no fewer than three people fall fifteen floors to their deaths from a Glasgow highrise. Could this be related? The timing seems a bit of a coincidence.

    All the while the Government is frantically trying to keep a lid on a potential scandal involving a Scottish paedophile ring in political circles, with D notices and gags raining down like confetti.

    Things could get interesting if it all comes out just before the election ...
    Last edited by OwlHoot; 7 March 2010, 19:25.
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    #2
    Interestingly, the Mirror blackmail plot (first link above) has been pulled.

    So here's a BBC version of the event...

    (and The Times)
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      #3
      Originally posted by cojak View Post

      Interestingly, the Mirror blackmail plot (first link above) has been pulled. ..
      That's weird, the URL changed! I always shift-click links in my posts to check them, and I'm pretty sure it worked when I posted.

      Anyway, I found the same article with a new URL (almost the same as before but an extra digit added) and edited my post. Dunno how long that link will last though.
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        #4
        The Police in that bbc link are talking about "no suspicious circumstances". Which strikes me as very odd.
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          #5
          There is also Guido's take on it.
          How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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            #6
            Gordon Brown digs up dead children for sexual purposes too. Well known fact that.


            PS And squids.
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              #7
              Pity brownstuff couldn't see fit to throw his own carcass from said highrise!

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                #8
                Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
                Gordon Brown digs up dead children for sexual purposes too. Well known fact that.


                PS And squids.
                Yeah, and he squeezes puppies!!
                The vegetarian option.

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                  #9
                  Guy was a cock and I am glad he has gone, he was in charge of licencing in the 90s and decided to close all the pubs and clubs at midnight.

                  He has got a bit too close to the wrong people and definitely using drugs and engaging in a risky life style, loads of rumours going round, it will come out soon I am sure.

                  THe problem with labour in glasgow is that everyone votes labour and the city stopped being a democracy years ago, internal power struggles are massive and it tends to create hard bastards in the mould of Brown. Of course the running of the city is a disaster.

                  Dont think the tower block suicides have anything to do with it other than it was a stupid decision to put all the asylum seekers in tower blocks in the middle of a really rough part of Glasgow, suicides are going to happen.

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