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Reluctant Hero · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject: Top Trumps

Top Trumps

When I was younger, I used to have a couple of sets of Top Trumps. I can remember having a few sets of the popular cards, but I vividly remember having the set that had sports cars in it. However, at Our Scotland we have seen some Top Trumps played out with football, politics and golf cards.

For a start we had the unveiling of the new Scotland manager who will take us into the World Cup qualifying campaign. George Burley trumped Mark McGhee, Graeme Souness and Tommy Burns to get the job.

Burley said during a press conference, "Now the dream is to qualify for the World Cup in 2010. The country has belief, I'm certainly up for the challenge and we'll go for it."

If he continues the progress that we have made during the last couple of years, then we could just make the World Cup.

Secondly we had the resignation of Peter Hain as Work and Pensions Secretary and Secretary of State for Wales. The Electoral Commission well and truly trumped him by referring the matter of an undisclosed £103,000 to the Metropolitan Police.

After Hain has set a precedent, Wendy Alexander must be sweating on the decision of the Electoral Commission over her suspect dealings. Mind you, she has been waiting that long, that she may have run out of sweat. Will she be the next to be trumped?

We also had the clearance of the first hurdle for the Scottish Budget. The £30bn budget was passed by just 2 votes with the Tories voting with the government. Is this a sign of things to come? The Tories snuggling up with the Scottish Government?

Finally we come to the man himself, Donald Trump and his plans to invest a zillion pounds into Scotland. Well, Scotland has been totally Trumped over this one. Trump is calling all the shots and if his deal doesn’t go ahead, I will be truly and utterly amazed.

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