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The whole tribunals system continues to be a bit of a mess. It's not terribly accessible and the attempts to restructure the non-devolved ones has been (with scarce few qualifications) a complete disaster. The devolved ones are even worse and they're becoming the complete antithesis of what they were set-up to be. The whole point of the tribunals was to provide more proportionate and more accessible dispute resolution that wasn't like the courts. I don't buy into the idea that this is an overtly political anti-worker change but it does sound like they're doing nothing to improve the situation. You can bash on about it being anti-worker all you like, but you should also bear in mind that for small-medium sized businesses the Employment Tribunal process is very expensive and often a completely disproportionate way of dealing with the substantive dispute. I would be more concerned about the cuts in legal aid and the sporadic availability in the tribunals compared with the courts. On the statutory instrument point, this isn't the Coalition's fault either. It's completely normal for the detail of administrative operations (for example, the Prison Rules) to be contained in and amended by Statutory Instruments. Whether that should be the case is a legitimate point of dispute, but it's not something that's new and it's not something that Labour are exactly opposing. There is actually a huge advantage of it being delegated legislation as it means any breach under the European Convention on Human Rights would render offending provisions bad law and void. If it were covered by primary statute it would be unchallengeable in the courts.

I thought that when a noun ended in an s, irrespective of whether or not it were plural, the apostrophe for the possessive simply fell after the noun itself and no further s was added? Edit: all of which is academic, as it's the Partick Thistle Supporters(') Association!

No idea if he's any good but... If we want a decent side and to balance the book we could go further wrong than to move towards a hybrid system like Raith Rovers did last season. It would mean we'd get the pick of the players who wanted to stay part-time for other reasons, making us probably no more uncompetitive among the full-time players. If anything it would mean we'd be stuck with less dead-weight if signings go wrong...

You're thinking of the Mini Cooper he had seized by Lothian's finest.

He's probably also a better comic.

Fox between the sticks and Rowson in the engine room. That's the difference.

I didn't think Buchanan was especially poor for them. He had some neat turns and sent it nicely into the channels but he wasn't getting great service. He must have been used to aimless high balls in his direction by now...

Erskine, particularly first half, as class. No player was particularly poor, but we were made to look so much better by the sheer confidence of Scott Fox. The way he deals with crosses is just so confident that other teams just don't get chances where they used to. We're really good on the counter now. Both goals today were the result of getting the ball moving quickly after winning the ball back. 9 games unbeaten now and life is good. Erskine for Scotland!

I'd have given him MOTM, but to be honest, the whole team did well today. He's just so comfortable dealing with crosses it takes the sting out of the threat of most teams.

The Glaswegian's article on Scott Fox has as a suffix that Erskine has also signed up. I think it's a case of an out-of-date article or he's ended up putting pen to paper this morning after assessing his options.

Excellent bit of business. Doolan is a good player. With proper support around him I have more faith in him getting 15-20 goals a season than I did Buchanan.

One game at a time. Just now we should be watching our backs to ensure we don't get dragged back down into the relegation dogfight once the games in hand have been played out.

If he's signing for Dunfermline I hope Archie keeps him in his back pocket at Firhill a week on Saturday...

Not for long.

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Perhaps an exaggeration. I just don't think he played very well. Not his worst game by any measure but if there was a weak link today, I think he was it.

Was Tuffey-esque and pinpoint!

1. The pitch 2. Those nasty defensive Partick Thistle players for most of the game 3. It's not fair, Thistle have had more games than us in the last couple of months 4. The Firhill away dressing room has the wrong colour of shoe polish

Oh should probably say I thought Hodge was a waste of a jersey and I was more than a little concerned that Archie would get pulled up for excessive arm use. Honestly, save the manlove for the post-match pint!

Scott was good, Rowson was a machine, Erskine was legend and the pass through from Doolan was first class. First 30 minutes we absolutely murdered them then we seemed to pull the foot from the gas pedal and they got back into it. They had no cutting edge though. GIRUY Pressley and GIRUY Twaddle.

I know Mark Roberts

Is this the actual definition of the word 'fact' or the internet one, because unless something has changed in the last 11 days I'm going to stick with a direct quote from McCall to The Glaswegian...

Is this the same rumour that McCall flatly denied in the papers a few days ago?

Is this your Lib Dem instincts kicking in Allan?

I heard it's a carrier love rat and sends messages to and from a P. Mandelson in Notting Hill. They first met on some boat near Greece... and Osborne was there too.