Newspaper sales in Scotland

[lordbarneth]

tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooshi, the ned boy.

[Gypsum_Fantastic]

Originally Posted by NovaBritannia

On the shambolic causes front, I love the Daily Express and their "EXPRESS CRUSADES!!!" First time I saw them I almost started rolling about on the floor of the newsagent's.

I have to confess to trying the Express a few months ago. I think it was a cover price promotion - 10p or something. That might still be the case. Nothing of substance in it but in the fortnight trial I gave it, there must have been at least four days when Princess Diana stories were on the front page.

Apparently, it was the paper of choice in Scotland many years ago when it was published in Scotland and before the rise of the Record.

Originally Posted by teashoci

The best paper in scotland is probably the metro its free and has no political attachments, i only hate that stupid letters and emails page with people trying to be zany and crazy , it was funny for two or three days , but its been going on for years now.

Metro has a small left-wing bias. For some reason, it also accepts and publishes, without question, the political viewpoints of various charities, such as Oxfam, Christian Aid and Greenpeace. I get the impression it's written by, and aimed at, people in their early to mid 20's. Those are the kind of folk you see stopping for the charity muggers in the street - whilst the rest of us walk past them saying 'c'mon the nuclear power'.

[teashoci]

i call them charity muggers, some of them have tried to physically stop me in my route by blocking my paths.
they are all unwashed dreadlocked crusties who spend half the cash on acid.

[Five-Finger Man]

Originally Posted by teashoci

i call them charity muggers, some of them have tried to physically stop me in my route by blocking my paths.
they are all unwashed dreadlocked crusties who spend half the cash on acid.

This is funny yet ridiculously false.

[NovaBritannia]

Originally Posted by teashoci

i call them charity muggers, some of them have tried to physically stop me in my route by blocking my paths.
they are all unwashed dreadlocked crusties who spend half the cash on acid.

Don't be ridiculous...

Acid isn't anywhere near that expensive.

Originally Posted by Gypsum_Fantastic

Metro has a small left-wing bias. For some reason, it also accepts and publishes, without question, the political viewpoints of various charities, such as Oxfam, Christian Aid and Greenpeace. I get the impression it's written by, and aimed at, people in their early to mid 20's. Those are the kind of folk you see stopping for the charity muggers in the street - whilst the rest of us walk past them saying 'c'mon the nuclear power'.

I can't say I've had much opportunity to read the Metro. I go on the Underground occasionally when I'm in Glasgow, but aside from that I never use buses after a certain incident a few years back where I was threatened for money or something by a few drunk neds... anyway, they started causing a hoo-hah and the police happened to drive by and the bus stopped and pulled over. I went out and talked to the county's finest and they basically said 'oh, there's three of them and one of you... chances are if you pursue it they'll place a complaint against you saying that you attacked them and you'll end up in the district court on an assault charge'. The bus company and driver were no use either.

So there goes my airy-fairy environmentalism.

[teashoci]

i think its fair enough to say police are neds with authority, did anyone see secret policman last night?

[NovaBritannia]

Originally Posted by teashoci

i think its fair enough to say police are neds with authority, did anyone see secret policman last night?

Nope. Interesting?