Janey Godley

[Morgan]

Christ!

 

This thread got classy. 😳

[Gundermann]

15 hours ago, FWJ said:

…. and a thread about a divisive comedienne dying of cancer has turned into a thread about James.

 

There aren’t enough facepalms.

 

I know...

 

I never found her very funny tbh but this is sad news.

 

Some anonymous men on a fitba forum gurning that she's (apparently) made jokes about men may just actually cheer her up and maybe prove the point she was making.

[Joey J J Jr Shabadoo]

1 hour ago, Gundermann said:

 

I know...

 

I never found her very funny tbh but this is sad news.

 

Some anonymous men on a fitba forum gurning that she's (apparently) made jokes about men may just actually cheer her up and maybe prove the point she was making.

The only time I ever hear about her is from people on here, who apparently hate her.

[Morgan]

5 minutes ago, Joey J J Jr Shabadoo said:

The only time I ever hear about her is from people on here, who apparently hate her.

Same goes for me, Joey.  👍

[Joey J J Jr Shabadoo]

19 minutes ago, Morgan said:

Same goes for me, Joey.  👍

👍

[The Real Maroonblood]

1 hour ago, Joey J J Jr Shabadoo said:

The only time I ever hear about her is from people on here, who apparently hate her.

Good point.

[hughesie27]

Passed away now.

[hughesie27]

https://x.com/JaneyGodley/status/1852647580041175202?t=xjMSYuGxkYqZlO3H_vmCDw&s=19

[XB52]

Sad to hear but expected. As per posts on here she wasn't everybody's cup of tea but I usually had a wee laugh at her covid voice overs. And of course her 'Trump is a *****' banner, something surely everyone on here can agree with.

[lou]

Definitely not everyone's cup of tea and made some silly mistakes, but a very brave woman who put up with some unbelievably toxic shit on social media, rest in  peace Janey 

[SE16 3LN]

She spent her life making racist jokes of the worst kind, and then made herself out to be the victim. This wasn't a stupid teenage mistake, this is what she was doing until 2017. The fact that she has been elevated to the status of icon in Scotland says more about racism in Scotland and the SNP than it does about her.

 

Nobody should celebrate someone's death, but give me a break on the victim and inspirational shite.

[SectionDJambo]

I can’t say I ever liked her as a comedian, but I feel sorry for anyone who has to go through the torrid treatments for cancer only to die from that horrible disease.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

25 minutes ago, SE16 3LN said:

The fact that she has been elevated to the status of icon in Scotland says more about racism in Scotland and the SNP than it does about her.

 

Has she? I've barely any idea who she is.

[Australis]

40 minutes ago, SE16 3LN said:

She spent her life making racist jokes of the worst kind, and then made herself out to be the victim. This wasn't a stupid teenage mistake, this is what she was doing until 2017. The fact that she has been elevated to the status of icon in Scotland says more about racism in Scotland and the SNP than it does about her.

 

Nobody should celebrate someone's death, but give me a break on the victim and inspirational shite.

She was marmite and not my cup of tea.

 

If you had a different point of view she could be so evil and nasty.

 

And never forget the uproar when she was given the COVID adds to do when everyone knew of her racist comments and points of view.

 

A very troubled woman who hopefully is at peace now from her troubled thoughts.

 

 

 

[the posh bit]

A wee wifey dies before the age of retirement, after a horrific illness, and blokes on the internet still want to remind everyone that she may have done things in her life that weren't great and that she wasn't their cup of tea. Really. 😊

 

RIP Janey.

[Ray Gin]

38 minutes ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

 

Has she? I've barely any idea who she is.

 

She made a few racist tweets in the early 2010s when nobody had heard of her and SNP cut all ties to her as soon as they found out about them.

 

Twisting this to imply that means Scotland and SNP are inherently  racist is absurd. 

[milky_26]

6 minutes ago, Ray Gin said:

 

She made a few racist tweets in the early 2010s when nobody had heard of her and SNP cut all ties to her as soon as they found out about them.

 

Twisting this to imply that means Scotland and SNP are inherently  racist is absurd. 

2017 is not the early 2010s

 

Spoiler

 

[Ray Gin]

Just now, milky_26 said:

2017 is not the early 2010s

 

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Still, before anyone had heard of her

[Australis]

7 minutes ago, milky_26 said:

2017 is not the early 2010s

 

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Most think of Donald Trump as evil.

 

What are the chances of him stooping as low as her with her comments to him.

Doubt he will give her an ounce of thought or hate back.

 

She was one troubled nasty woman.

[Gundermann]

46 minutes ago, Australis said:

Most think of Donald Trump as evil.

 

What are the chances of him stooping as low as her with her comments to him.

Doubt he will give her an ounce of thought or hate back.

 

She was one troubled nasty woman.

 

Trump won't know who she was.

 

Trump though has comments and behaviour enough that would see Godley like a saint in comparison.

 

Didn't find her very funny but it's a sair yin for her family. She seemed to wind up all the usual suspects though so must have done something right.

[Costanza]

3 hours ago, Australis said:

Most think of Donald Trump as evil.

 

What are the chances of him stooping as low as her with her comments to him.

Doubt he will give her an ounce of thought or hate back.

 

She was one troubled nasty woman.

Sorry, what?

This guy you are considering a more upstanding bastion of decency?

 

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[Cranston]

Saddened to hear of her death. Cancer is a wicked disease. RIP Janey. 

[TheGorgieMaroon]

On 02/11/2024 at 13:29, Ray Gin said:

 

She made a few racist tweets in the early 2010s when nobody had heard of her and SNP cut all ties to her as soon as they found out about them.

 

Twisting this to imply that means Scotland and SNP are inherently  racist is absurd. 

 

Not just a few sadly, and some were much later than 2010. It wasn't just tweets, her on stage material was shockingly racist when she and society knew that stuff was no longer acceptable. 

 

The Scottish Government chose her to do those Covid ads despite warnings about her past and some of the tweets yet chose to ignore them. As is standard, it was only once the papers made a big thing if it that they finally did the right thing and binned her.

 

That nonsense procession on the Royal Mile yesterday sums her and her family up. Attention seeking until the end and her actual funeral is taking place today in Glasgow. Trying to get her the sort of send off usually reserved for heads of state and the like. What a joke.

[doctor jambo]

Godley is what the SNP want us all to be as archetypal Scot’s .

Glaswegian

Foul mouthed

supeficially amusing 

thick

obese

a bigot

 

[Martin B]

9 minutes ago, doctor jambo said:

Godley is what the SNP want us all to be as archetypal Scot’s .

Glaswegian

Foul mouthed

supeficially amusing 

thick

obese

a bigot

 

What are you basing that on doc?

Baby boxes, best start foods, scottish child payment, free school meals, free prescriptions and free tuition fees would appear to be policies designed to have the opposite effect of much of the things you list.

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Edited November 30 by Martin B

[Lord Montpelier]

5 minutes ago, Martin B said:

What are you basing that on doc?

Baby boxes, best start foods, scottish child payment, free school meals, free prescriptions and free tuition fees would appear to be policies designed to have the opposite effect of much if the things you list.

That's a lot of free stuff. 

[Lord Montpelier]

59 minutes ago, TheGorgieMaroon said:

 

Not just a few sadly, and some were much later than 2010. It wasn't just tweets, her on stage material was shockingly racist when she and society knew that stuff was no longer acceptable. 

 

The Scottish Government chose her to do those Covid ads despite warnings about her past and some of the tweets yet chose to ignore them. As is standard, it was only once the papers made a big thing if it that they finally did the right thing and binned her.

 

That nonsense procession on the Royal Mile yesterday sums her and her family up. Attention seeking until the end and her actual funeral is taking place today in Glasgow. Trying to get her the sort of send off usually reserved for heads of state and the like. What a joke.

Sturgeons SNP Court Jester. Something Sturgeon lapped up and attempted to make political gain on. She loved it.

 

Until they chucked Godley to the gulags

[Martin B]

7 minutes ago, Lord Montpelier said:

That's a lot of free stuff. 

It is. Almost all of it focused on giving children the best possible start in life. There’s plenty of things to (rightly imo) criticise the SNP on but this sort of focus I think they’ve got right. Some of it they’ve pioneered and other countries have followed.

 

The upcoming Bairn’s Hoose approach is another aspect that’s on the way which is going to make a huge difference for some of the most vulnerable and at risk children in the country.

[Lord Montpelier]

10 minutes ago, Martin B said:

It is. Almost all of it focused on giving children the best possible start in life. There’s plenty of things to (rightly imo) criticise the SNP on but this sort of focus I think they’ve got right. Some of it they’ve pioneered and other countries have followed.

 

The upcoming Bairn’s Hoose approach is another aspect that’s on the way which is going to make a huge difference for some of the most vulnerable and at risk children in the country.

And there was me thinking parents should be focused on giving children a good start in life. 

[Martin B]

11 minutes ago, Lord Montpelier said:

And there was me thinking parents should be focused on giving children a good start in life. 

Sadly, some won’t and some can’t. 

[Australis]

41 minutes ago, Martin B said:

What are you basing that on doc?

Baby boxes, best start foods, scottish child payment, free school meals, free prescriptions and free tuition fees would appear to be policies designed to have the opposite effect of much of the things you list.

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As Alex Salmond once said, it's in the GERS figures.

 

Scotland last year raised £88 million in taxe receipts, but spent £111 million on public spending.

That's some deficit, each year.

 

Looks like the rest of the UK pay for all that free stuff.

 

 

2023-24, £88.5 billion in tax receipts was raised in Scotland through devolved and reserved taxation, with £111 billion in public spending for Scotland. That works out to 8.1 per cent of UK revenue and 9.1 per cent of spending.

 

 

[Martin B]

5 minutes ago, Australis said:

As Alex Salmond once said, it's in the GERS figures.

 

Scotland last year raised £88 million in taxe receipts, but spent £111 million on public spending.

That's some deficit, each year.

 

Looks like the rest of the UK pay for all that free stuff.

 

 

2023-24, £88.5 billion in tax receipts was raised in Scotland through devolved and reserved taxation, with £111 billion in public spending for Scotland. That works out to 8.1 per cent of UK revenue and 9.1 per cent of spending.

 

 

Where it comes from is irrelevant to this particular argument. The money could be spent on multiple things. It’s being spent on policies to reduce child poverty, give children the best start in life and make further education accessible. Those wouldn’t suggest a government whose priority is making people “thick, obese and foul mouthed”.

Edited November 30 by Martin B

[Lord Montpelier]

2 minutes ago, Martin B said:

Where it comes from is irrelevant to this particular argument. The money could be spent on multiple things. It’s being spent on policies to reduce child poverty, give children the best start in life and make further education accessible. Those wouldn’t suggest a government whose priority is making people “thick, obese and foul mouthed”.

You assume the snp policies are working 

When it's obvious they aren't 

[TheGorgieMaroon]

42 minutes ago, Lord Montpelier said:

Sturgeons SNP Court Jester. Something Sturgeon lapped up and attempted to make political gain on. She loved it.

 

Until they chucked Godley to the gulags

 

Spot on, she was their useful idiot. Surprisingly Sturgeon seems to regard her fondly despite that whole episode helping to bring about her own downfall. It showed a government that wasn't on top of the detail and massively overestimated how popular Janey and her "comedy" were with the public.

[cazzyy]

11 minutes ago, Australis said:

As Alex Salmond once said, it's in the GERS figures.

 

Scotland last year raised £88 million in taxe receipts, but spent £111 million on public spending.

That's some deficit, each year.

 

Looks like the rest of the UK pay for all that free stuff.

 

 

2023-24, £88.5 billion in tax receipts was raised in Scotland through devolved and reserved taxation, with £111 billion in public spending for Scotland. That works out to 8.1 per cent of UK revenue and 9.1 per cent of spending.

 

 

 

Do we not also pay into the money the UK government has available to it?

 

Edit: just thought about the "reserved" bit, carry on.

Edited November 30 by cazzyy

[Martin B]

Just now, Lord Montpelier said:

You assume the snp policies are working 

When it's obvious they aren't 

I’ve seen plenty real life examples of those policies in practice making a positive difference for children and their families.
 

I’m not sure what the national stats are but even if they’re not having as much impact as desired surely the fact they’ve been put in place would suggest the SNP govt doesn’t want us all to be “thick, obese and foul mouthed” which is what was alleged?

[cazzyy]

15 minutes ago, Australis said:

As Alex Salmond once said, it's in the GERS figures.

 

Scotland last year raised £88 million in taxe receipts, but spent £111 million on public spending.

That's some deficit, each year.

 

Looks like the rest of the UK pay for all that free stuff.

 

 

2023-24, £88.5 billion in tax receipts was raised in Scotland through devolved and reserved taxation, with £111 billion in public spending for Scotland. That works out to 8.1 per cent of UK revenue and 9.1 per cent of spending.

 

 

 

Can we get a similar calculation for the rest of the UK because at first glance it's not too clever.

 

 

[OTT]

54 minutes ago, Australis said:

As Alex Salmond once said, it's in the GERS figures.

 

Scotland last year raised £88 million in taxe receipts, but spent £111 million on public spending.

That's some deficit, each year.

 

Looks like the rest of the UK pay for all that free stuff.

 

 

2023-24, £88.5 billion in tax receipts was raised in Scotland through devolved and reserved taxation, with £111 billion in public spending for Scotland. That works out to 8.1 per cent of UK revenue and 9.1 per cent of spending.

 

 

 

GERS is rubbish. It understates revenue and overstates expenses. It also fails to take into consideration the decisions an Independent Scotland would make, which makes it fairly limited for arguing for/against the Union/Independence, if anything it demonstrates the constraints of being part of the UK since we appear to be some sort of unique financial basket case relative to other similar sized European countres. There are a lot of assumptions built into the data which apportion revenue, which isn't an accurate way to measure this - certainly not so with the importance the media and both sides of the Indpendence debate put on it.

 

Even taking how the national debt is being apportioned to us, I look around the country (Scotland) and see minimal investment, certainly not the sort which would justify the proportion of debt being "assigned" to us. Meanwhile costly schemes like HS2 rack up billions in public spending and provide no benefit to Scotland. 

 

Something I'm always taken by is how the discovery of Oil in the North Sea seemed to coincide with London seeing its landscape radically modernised whilst Aberdeen remains a grey depressing wasteland. We must be on of the few countries in the world to discover oil and see minimal (if any) tangible benefit. Outside of the Queensferry Crossing (which was delivered on time, and under budget) I can't think of many largescale infrastructure projects which might create the sort of debt we're being told we're responsible for. 

 

As with most issues on Independence, the SNP haven't done the job right. Derek McKay was supposed to be working on an alternative to GERS but after getting outed as a bit of a nonce it seemed to just fall off the agenda. But then with Sturgeon and her sucessors lukewarm attitudes to Independence, its no wonder that crucial work has just been ignored whilst they cock up the day job on an almost weekly basis. 

[Lord Montpelier]

1 hour ago, Martin B said:

I’ve seen plenty real life examples of those policies in practice making a positive difference for children and their families.
 

I’m not sure what the national stats are but even if they’re not having as much impact as desired surely the fact they’ve been put in place would suggest the SNP govt doesn’t want us all to be “thick, obese and foul mouthed” which is what was alleged?

Personal view is the snp are perfectly happy having people dependent on the state as it feeds their voting numbers. And this doesn't encourage people to stretch their intellect or stay fit and nimble.

[Martin B]

29 minutes ago, Lord Montpelier said:

Personal view is the snp are perfectly happy having people dependent on the state as it feeds their voting numbers. And this doesn't encourage people to stretch their intellect or stay fit and nimble.

I respect your view but their policies don’t support it in my opinion.

[PortyJambo]

2 hours ago, Australis said:

As Alex Salmond once said, it's in the GERS figures.

 

Scotland last year raised £88 million in taxe receipts, but spent £111 million on public spending.

That's some deficit, each year.

 

Looks like the rest of the UK pay for all that free stuff.

 

 

2023-24, £88.5 billion in tax receipts was raised in Scotland through devolved and reserved taxation, with £111 billion in public spending for Scotland. That works out to 8.1 per cent of UK revenue and 9.1 per cent of spending.

 

 

Whether you believe the GERS calculations are correct or fair, that would only make Scotland one of many (most) countries that run at a deficit. I mean, the UK as a whole has a debt in the trillions, not millions or even billions...

[Australis]

Just now, PortyJambo said:

Whether you believe the GERS calculations are correct or fair, that would only make Scotland one of many (most) countries that run at a deficit. I mean, the UK as a whole has a debt in the trillions, not millions or even billions...

Alex Salmond believed them, but only once.

 

[Mikey1874]

Funeral today. Instead of attending the Alex Salmond memorial Nicola Sturgeon is at that.

[TheGorgieMaroon]

39 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

Funeral today. Instead of attending the Alex Salmond memorial Nicola Sturgeon is at that.

 

Surrounded by sycophants who refuse to acknowledge what a woman is.

[Shanks said no]

41 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

Funeral today. Instead of attending the Alex Salmond memorial Nicola Sturgeon is at that.

 

If there was any justice in the world she would be lifted as she left the service.

[indianajones]

How's a thread about a (lucky) rich, braindead, hibs skank devolved into political chat?

[Sooperstar]

2 hours ago, indianajones said:

How's a thread about a (lucky) rich, braindead, hibs skank devolved into political chat?

Janey Godley isn't Jane Park!

[Tazio]

3 minutes ago, Sooperstar said:

Janey Godley isn't Jane Park!

Thank Christ someone worked out what that post was about. I was baffled. 

[indianajones]

26 minutes ago, Sooperstar said:

Janey Godley isn't Jane Park!

 

22 minutes ago, Tazio said:

Thank Christ someone worked out what that post was about. I was baffled. 

 

 

My bad. 

[TheGorgieMaroon]

7 hours ago, Tazio said:

Thank Christ someone worked out what that post was about. I was baffled. 

 

Same here. If I'd thought Janey Godawful was a Hibs fan I'd have disliked her even more.