After the Old Firm game where Sammy missed the penalty, he goes on about English viewers loving "The Last Night of the Proms feel" about Ibrox and would doubt the lies fed to them by the news that some guys with green flags with "foreign writing" were the victims. I'm sure I read one before where he had an extended go at De Valera but he never spelt his name right and managed to squeeze in about 3 variations of it - DeValear, Devaleara etc
Here's Leggo's, in no way completely deluded, view of his own importance: David Leggat - giving it to you straight Thursday, 23 December 2010 MERRY CHRISTMAS I know there will be those out there who won't be wishing LeggoLand the compliments of the season. But here it is, the LeggoLand blog's first Christmas, and as good a time as any to reflect on the reach, scope and impact of what is read here since it was launched on the eve of this season. For a start, let's look at the range. And can I tell you, I've been stunned at just how far and wide the blog is read. It's reach is staggering. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology - a mystery to me how it all works - I can tell the countries where it is being read. And, if you include this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the tally is a mind boggling 30 countries throughout the world. Let me in on the secret and give you the list - in no particular order - of the parts of the world only LeggoLand reaches. Cyprus Peru Russia Malaysia Moldova Isle of Man Kuwait New Zealand Slovenia South Africa Hong Kong France Italy Spain Holland Finland Republic of Ireland Australia America Canada Germany Bahrain Tunisia Mexico Honduras Thailand Algeria United Arab Emirates Switzerland That's a pretty impressive list. And, as well as the usual suspects, contains many a surprise. Peru particularly tickled my fancy, and a pal gave me a chuckle when he speculated on the readership there being made up of the Lima Loyal. Now I know there are some out there who would prefer this blog never to have been born, and who seek to look down their nose at it. But believe me, it is a powerful and potent voice, and the enemies of the truth - some of them journalists to whom fair play are two bad words - know how dangerous the revelations as to how they go about their work, can be. Their infamy, already current coinage within that part of Her Majesty's Realm known as Scotland, has now been spread far and wide.
You know, if he had a comment page we would know exactly how popular he was Maybe there is no need for one
A barely literate buffoon - 9 out of 10 of this posts are about Celtic. A poor man's Phil MacGiollabhain, and that's saying something.
He claims that he influenced the voting in the last election The comments from the slavvering masses underneath it are even better - claiming that the Labour Party in Scotland are run by Opus Dei I think, since he never mentioned Godman by name, he forgot to delete this *****rant.
Friday, 3 September 2010 ARCHIBALD GERARD KANE, LLOYDS AND RANGERS WHEN even such a clever man as Alistair Darling admits to being hoodwinked by them, then you know just what they are. Bankers! But there is something about one particular banker which perplexes me. Why is the man responsible at board level for the activites of Lloyds Bank in Scotland so seemingly reticent? And why is the nation's media so shy about telling us the life story of Archibald Gerard Kane, the banker who can call the shots over the debt owed to his bank by Rangers? After all Archie, as he's known in that ''bible'' of the famous, Who's Who, or Archibald on the Lloyds website, is a classic rags to riches story. The sort of' '' lad of pairts'' tale usually so beloved by our newspapers and broadcasting organizations. And, given his relationship with that other great Scottish institution, Rangers, I find it hard to comprehend just what is going on. On numerous occasions I have mentioned this to a number of senior people in journalism, and none of them has been able to give me an answer for the silence. So, for their benefit, and for the information of those interested in such stories, here is what I know about Archie Gerard Kane, as his entry in Who's Who calls him. Kane, it tells us, was born in the 16th June, 1952, and his parents were Archie and Rose . He was, by his own admission, from a poor background. In an interview with Alasdair Northrop in the serious and respected Insider Magazine on June 11th this year, Kane reveals how, for the first six years of his life he and his parents shared one room in an aunt's house in Hamilton. Clearly he still feels an affinity with Lanarkshire as his public address is listed as being Bellshill. Those humble origins were nothing out of the ordinary in those days, as I grew up with my mum and dad in a room and kitchen in a Maryhill tenement in the 50s and 60s until I was 12 and we moved next door to a two room and kitchen. Therefore I understand his comment about those years of: ''When you are young you don't think much about it.'' Quite right! In the interview he went on to praise mother, Rose, as the driving force in his life, adding:''My mother encouraged me school-wise, and to go to university. My dad did everything from being a bus driver, to a wages clerk on a construction site and was well read and knowledgeable about politics and history. For the rest, the interview , as you would expect given the nature of the Insider Magazine, is as dry as dust, concentrating on the world of high finance and banking. Certainly Kane is a man well qualified to talk about such subjects, despite having no banking qualifications, having studied accountancy at Glasgow University, emerging with a BAacc.For, as well as being the executive director on the Lloyds Board, responsible for Scotland, Kane has 41 different relationships with his fellow board members in nine different organizations across six different industries. Who could possibly argue against such a busy bee being worth the few quid short of £1.5M he trousered last year from a bank which was rescued by the taxpayers? As I said, a classic rags to riches story, the sort usually documented in minute detail in newspapers and on radio and television in Scotland. Yet, despite extensive research, there appears to be nothing known about Kane since he and his mum and dad moved out his aunt's house when he was six in 1958, until he graduated from Glasgow University, probably some time around 1972-ish. Maybe some of his old school pals or fellow undergraduates, who sunk of a few pints with him in the Men's Union can fill us in. Somebody must remember him. Strangely there are no newspaper reports of this local boy made good returning to his primary school in Hamilton as the guest of honour on prizegiving day. Nor the hint of him addressing the present day pupils at whatever secondary school where he studied so hard, encouraged by mother, Rose, to win a place at Glasgow University. In fact Who's Who is as much in the dark about this period in the life of the man who holds sway over Rangers, and who works for a taxpayers' funded organization, as I am. Prime minister David Cameron lists his school as we all know, as Eton, and Gordon Brown tell us he went to Kirkcaldy High School. Tony Blair even goes so far as to list Durham Choisters School before he went to Fettes, while Nick Clegg is a product of Westminster School. Good grief, even shamed Fred the Shred - Sir Fred Goodwin, - owns up to having gone to Paisley Grammar School. Of course perhaps Kane is ashamed of his humble origins. After all, Edinburgh is Scotland's banking centre, and when the folk there ask what school you went to, they are trying to uncover your social status, revealed by whether or not you attended a fee paying school. If that's the case then shame on you Archie Gerard Kane ,though I find that hard to believe of a man who, despite having come a long way has still admirably kept his Lanarkshire roots. I know a wee bit about Lanarkshire, as my dad, Andrew was born and bred in Coatbridge, before having the great good sense to marry a Maryhill lassie and move there. So I know only too well the obsession of Lanarkshire's young men with sport in general and football in particular. Which is why I find it strange that in Who's Who, Kane lists his hobbies as golf, tennis and ski-ing. Hardly tastes he would have cultivated growing up in Lanarkshire in the 1950s and 60s. But then again, as former Chancellor Alistair Darling has admitted, they are slippery customers. Bankers! ------------------------------------------------------ This is classic Leggo, all this spiel is merely a precursor to asking "What school did you go to?" A kafflik one no doubt.
Some of them are still there - he took it off but some old pages still have comments - check these ****ing idiots At 6 May 2011 07:33 , Anonymous said... Joan Mcalpine slipped through the net last, she won't do it again. She will be targeted like MacAveety, McCabe and the other hate mongers were last night. Be assured, the days of Protestant haters getting into power and attacking us are at an end. The most Liberal of majority Scots have finally realised we have an enemy within and they must be taken on. My old god fearing aunt hit the nail on the head this week. A woman who has Asian in laws and not a grudge against anyone, asked the local Labour rep, if he supported Apartheid schooling. He said he did and she told him bluntly, she would vote for someone who was opposed to the apartheid regime and who wouldn't back discriminating against the majority. Every single one of us will do likewise at every election from this day forward. We will gain strength in numbers and we will ensure you lot are not ever in a position of power to demonise our people again. This country is about to change and change by sheer weight of numbers. You have been warned and you were warned previously that your actions would come back and haunt every last one of you. We will take back our country. At 6 May 2011 08:26 , Anonymous said... It doesn't please me to see the Labour Party lose in this way, but they deserted the people of Scotland, and labelled them bigots. What the Labour Party forgot, was that Rangers FC are more than just the biggest club in the country, they are one of the central pillars of Scottish society. Rangers FC are a long standing institution of great sporting integrity. They have, for too long, stood back and watched, while the papal chattering classes in the media, set in motion an agenda to discredit, marginalise and attempt to destroy Rangers FC. The good people of Scotland, have had enough. They have sent Labour a clear message; that they won't elect them again, while they act like the political wing of Celtic FC. If Labour continue to act and behave as they currently are, then they will become a footnote in Scottish politics. The party was built on the solid Presbyterian principles of social justice, honesty and equality - yet they treat their roots with disdain, and the electorate with arrogance. The trade unionists who fought for a decent living wage, and the protection of health and safety regulations, are the same ones who stood on the terraces of Ibrox every Saturday, yet the current Labour Party treat rangers as lepers. It's perhaps time for Labour to return home to their roots, before the people of Scotland "come home" to Labour. I say all this as a Labour voter and Rangers man, who has simply had enough. At 6 May 2011 08:51 , Anonymous said... Yesterday i had the chance to redeem the balance and i took it, never again will this man will vote for Irish Republicanism by Scottish Labour proxy. I want Irish Republicanism left in Ireland where it belongs, not in our streets nor in our football grounds. Salmond was quick to jump on the anti sectarian bandwagon now i want him and his party to tell Celtic FC to leave their Irish Republicanism in THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY, then when he's finished with that i want him to turn his parties attention to the religious apartheid schooling in this country. When and only when he and the SNP have achieved this will i feel my vote last night has not been thrown away. Over to you Alex Salmond and the SNP. At 6 May 2011 09:32 , Anonymous said... Big Fat Frank McAveety asked me 4 weeks ago for my vote , on my doorstep.... i smiled and winked.....he toddled off thinking "in the bag" ....unfortunately for Frankie Boy he mistook "your numbers up pal" for "sure , you've got my vote"...... it was so so so pleasurable to see the bigots in Red being ousted ...and the ones that hung on look on in awesome shock at the events last night...... roll on May 2012 as we kick out the GCC CFC Mafia and we can erradicate bigotry in the corridors of power..... Our Day Has Come..... long live the revolution..... "let the eat cake" last night was the start ....bring it on ....... democracy ...dont you love it At 6 May 2011 10:03 , Anonymous said... Oh i see the mhanky mob have returned after their 2 day exile following their capitulation up in the highlands the other night.Anyways back to other matters..........who is this magobblegiver character?Surely tis not the same phil mcgillivan(child abuser and pensioner neglector) who was described by his social worker colleagues as a weirdo and creepy?Is it?surely not.it cant be?can it?p.s. who got buried in a pencil case? At 6 May 2011 10:40 , Anonymous said... We can wipe out the Republican Labour bigots at the next couple of elections, we have time on our hands. We will also deal with the Nats in good time, who gained many protest votes, but have no chnce of independence. One by one, party by party, the Protestant majority will take action. Never will we allow the cabal of hate mongers in the Labour party, to treat our people in such a fashion ever again. Revolution is coming in Scotland - the People have finally realised there are fifth columnists in our midst. Scottish Protestants have had enough, we will take our country back and ensure not one green bigot is in power. Scotland is our country, our land and our destiny.
^^These are just random samples. You get a Celtic fan saying "I'm Scottish - I don't want any of you to have to think you're Irish - why would I do that?" Followed by "You're just bitter cos you got fiddled by a priest - keep up the good work exposing the bheasts, Leggo"
I have tears streaming down my face reading some of thaty The worst ones must be Tims on the wind up.
Dev Advocate. A very fine article I am sure many people would agree. I have just one problem with your article. THERE IS NO SUCH RADIO IN iRELAND CALLED RADIO HIGHLAND. Just in case you repeat his article or someone wants to copy it. I would hate to think that you are using a radio station that doesn't exist. With no such radio, I wonder if ther are other parts of the story also don't exist.
Can you actually read Hoops? That was of course a rhetorical question but I suggest that perhaps you may be suffering from some form of dementia or mental illness. Go back to the start and read it again then make your point
Read the ex ref jeff Winters blog , rangers site claims the site has been hacked !! The daily mail the man is a bigot and don't miss him
