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Grant Munro has been appointed as the new Brora Manager : http://brorarangers.football/2016/06/26/grant-munro-takes-the-reins.html.

I think the reporting following the appalling murder of Jo Cox brought home to a lot of people just how hard many MPs work and the kind of motivation and dedication they have. Of course there are bad eggs amongst them and often they are less than honest in the way they argue their case, but the vast majority enter politics because they want to make the world, or just their local community, a better place. Most make huge sacrifices in terms of jobs they give up and in time with family and friends. And, as Ms Cox's murder has highlighted, many MPs get bombarded with hate mail and threats. To carry on with serving the people the way they do in these circumstances demonstrates the strength of their motivation. This is true right across the political divide. At a very local level, the chair of our local community council must spend hours every day in engaging in discussions with all sorts of official bodies in trying to make life better for local residents. This might be in trying to improve Broadband provision, getting potholes repaired in the roads, completing applications to get improvements in a community hall, responding to consultation papers, phoning round to get helpers for a pensioners lunch etc. All very unglamorous and with the sole reward being the feeling that he making life a little bit better for local people. And yet there are people who will complain to him that the Community Council has not done this or that despite those who complain not doing a single thing to help in anything themselves. These people deserve our respect regardless of political persuasion. If they abuse their position of public trust then by all means take them to task, but to compare the lot of them to evil despots like the Ceaucescus is simply sick. If our politicians were remotely like the Ceaucescus you, Charles, would have disappeared long ago.

The good news - the new design will be unveiled by being body-painted onto a model. The bad news - the model is CaleyD!

It's. Not. Even. July. Yet.

Ahh cheers never noticed that until now

There is! Just click on "Home" in the Forum menu bar and all the different categories will be displayed. You can then give your views on the referendum result! (That's not in the General Nonsense section by the way although some of the comments probably should be.)

Well said. This site needs a major shakeup. Too many guys who, when their opinion is disagreed with launch their dummy's out Also needs a general nonsense type category as unless im missing it there is nowhere for different topics away from sport could be discussed like most forums. Theres even a whole segment of this board dedicated to nfl or something, surely as most on here are adults there can be a section made for non football/sport related chat. Crash helmet is well and truly on as a burst of reds are aimed at my head

Always been an all ages event so wouldnt have thought so? However Im no longer involved with CJT so youd have to ask them to be sure

I'm in the 55-64 age bracket but voted to remain. It seems that social media is alive with youngsters having a go at us oldies for ruining their future. But before folk get too carried away with criticising us oldies, I think there are a few points to bear in mind. Firstly, if the young want to have a pop at anyone, how about starting with those in their own age group who couldn't be bothered to vote. They could also have a pop at the Government for not allowing 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote in a referendum which so clearly affects their futures. Secondly, whilst a referendum on such a big constitutional issue clearly does have more implications for the future of younger people, older people are likely to have children and grandchildren and will be well aware of the implications for them when deciding how to vote. Thirdly, older people obviously have more experience of life and will look at issues in the light of that experience. If you have lived through all our 40 years in Europe as an adult, you have a bit more experience of the project to know how it has delivered on expectations over the years. Fourthly, the kind of angry reaction there has been displays a real arrogance. There is almost an assumption that remaining in Europe was the correct choice and all the 17 million who voted to leave are either selfish or stupid. The fact is, there is no right or wrong about this. Nobody can possibly know whether we will be better or worse off in 20 years time by leaving the EU. Finally, and linked to the last point, everyone is entitled to their opinions and rather than vilify people for having different views, the constructive thing to do is to engage in civilised debate. Rather than having a pop at the pensioner leavers, it would be better to criticise the Remain campaign for failing to appreciate and to address the extent and depth of the concerns people have regarding the EU (and immigration in particular). Recriminations won't help. We are where we are and the road ahead is not going to be easy. What we need now is for folk on both sides of the debate to work constructively together to make the future work.

You really think I'm going round looking for things to be negative about? Behave.

Those 15 include. 1 goalie who won the Scottish cup,1 goalie at the Euros, our strongest back 4 with Tansey and Drapes in front, a winger on each side, 2 strikers with Polworth and Vigurs behind and a back up winger/ defender. Looks like an effective 15 instead of an ineffective 25, with the promise of more and youngsters stepping up to the plate. Glad I renewed my season ticket.

This chart from BBC, based on Ashcroft's poll of over 12,000 voters is quite revealing and explains why we've ended up with this outcome. Old people are more likely to vote Leave (and let's face it, are more likely to be racist as well!). Crucially, old people are more likely to vote. The areas with the oldest population had higher turnouts than the younger areas. What's somewhat galling is that the vote was swung by pensioners, who basically don't have to face the same consequences that the rest of us do. They don't need to worry about redundancy or their future job prospects. They have a guaranteed income that is also guaranteed to increase every year whatever happens. They pay little income tax so don't need to worry about the fiscal consequences of an economic downturn. They don't have mortgages, so don't need to worry about possible increases caused by our worse credit rating. They are, however, the heaviest users of the NHS, and would no doubt have been tempted by the claim that leaving the EU will free up £350m a week for the NHS, which Farage admitted mere hours after the polls closed was a false claim. What a mess.

Our clever and artistic IHE could also be quite a spender Especially if he's on a bender when, methinks, he may like a drink or two "Well," he'd say. "Isn't it true - that's really up to you. I get my inspiration from my friends right up there in the bright blue sky. And the rest comes from pleasing you, foreby." Oops,gotta go! The pipes are calling and it's getting late and my wife is tellin' me that my porridge is on the plate. Nae fish for me the nicht, the Ness is in full spate......Och!

DD - I'm really not worried at all about what anybody who is seriously interested in politics thinks about what I think about politics. As far as I am concerned, politicians are almost universally beyond contempt (except that the SNP are further beyond contempt than the rest) and deserve any and every source of ridicule that comes their way. Most of them only differ from the Ceaucescus in that the Ceaucescus got put up against a wall and shot. These self seeking chancers deserve to a man and woman every opprobrium we can confer on them. Politics in its current form really has no right to be taken seriously at all. That is partly why we have political sketch writers (aka p!ss takers) in our newspapers. The seekers after sexual self gratification who con their way into being elected need to be held to account by way of ridicule. It goes right down to local level where, for instance, local councillors, faced with almost unprecedented austerity and Inverness degenerating into a slum city, seem to occupy their time with a proposed diving board for drunks at Eden Court.