{"id":11989,"date":"2017-09-22T11:04:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T10:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=11989"},"modified":"2017-09-22T11:04:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T10:04:39","slug":"celtic-diary-friday-september-22-andrew-dickson-a-good-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=11989","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Friday September 22: Andrew Dickson; A Good Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know, I have been known to despair at the brotherly love endemic at the SFA, the guys who seem hell bent on destroying the reputation of our game.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I&#8217;ve been a little concerned, as you may have noticed, that not only were they working in their own interests, they were operating what military historians call a scorched earth policy to make sure no one ever found out what they had been doing.<\/p>\n<p>I can now, with a sense of relief, declare that this isn&#8217;t true, and I must apologise for using the same brush to paint all of them with.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Dickson, whilst admitting to being a little short on the minute detail of what happened-but hey, we can help out there-has agreed to join us in a podcast that will hopefully set the record straight on what really happened back in those murky days when secretaries forgot how to take minutes of meetings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\" data-user-id=\"77753767\"><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Richard McGinley<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>Richiestoke<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" title=\"1:39 AM - 22 Sep 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\/status\/911147924503003136\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-time=\"1506069568\" data-time-ms=\"1506069568000\" data-long-form=\"true\">49m<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"last\">49 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>I&#8217;d like to ask you a few questions. Sensibly. Any chance of you joining us at <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/etims.net\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e52OZMh82X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-expanded-url=\"https:\/\/etims.net\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">etims.net<\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a> for a podcast?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\">He&#8217;d been having a moan at europcar,<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\" data-user-id=\"220729427\"><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Andrew Dickson<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserBadges\"><span class=\"Icon Icon--verified\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Verified account<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>mrandrewdickson<\/b><\/span><\/a><small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" title=\"11:33 AM - 20 Sep 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\/status\/910572672903389185\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp \" data-aria-label-part=\"last\" data-time=\"1505932417\" data-time-ms=\"1505932417000\" data-long-form=\"true\">Sep 20<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>I&#8217;ve already been in email contact with you and you have no interest in resolving the issue sensibly. Happy to rip me off instead.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\">with whom he&#8217;d recently done business, and felt they had not been entirely truthful about their end of the bargain. Which, on seeing this, led me to think he&#8217;s a man who respects the truth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\">And it seems he is&#8230;here&#8217;s what happened next&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\" data-user-id=\"220729427\"><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Andrew Dickson<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserBadges\"><span class=\"Icon Icon--verified\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Verified account<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>mrandrewdickson<\/b><\/span><\/a><small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\/status\/911149411371069440\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\" data-original-title=\"1:45 AM - 22 Sep 2017\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-time=\"1506069922\" data-time-ms=\"1506069922000\" data-long-form=\"true\">43m<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"last\">43 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>What makes you think your target audience has any interest in my opinions?!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"permalink-in-reply-tos\" data-component-term=\"in_reply_to\">\n<div class=\"permalink-inner in-reply-to\" data-replied-tweet-id=\"911154001151918080\" data-component-context=\"conversation\">\n<div class=\"tweets-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"ancestors\" class=\"ThreadedConversation ThreadedConversation--ancestors\">\n<div class=\"stream-container  \" data-min-position=\"\">\n<div class=\"stream\">\n<div class=\"ThreadedConversation-tweet\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"stream-item-tweet-911150629388787712\" class=\"js-stream-item stream-item stream-item\n\" data-item-id=\"911150629388787712\" data-item-type=\"tweet\">\n<div class=\"tweet js-stream-tweet js-actionable-tweet js-profile-popup-actionable dismissible-content\n\n       my-tweet ancestor hidden-ancestor permalink-ancestor-tweet\n\" data-tweet-id=\"911150629388787712\" data-item-id=\"911150629388787712\" data-permalink-path=\"\/Richiestoke\/status\/911150629388787712\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\" data-has-parent-tweet=\"true\" data-tweet-nonce=\"911150629388787712-322777a7-44ce-46da-96cc-c03ccb76f04c\" data-tweet-stat-initialized=\"true\" data-screen-name=\"Richiestoke\" data-name=\"Richard McGinley\" data-user-id=\"77753767\" data-you-follow=\"false\" data-follows-you=\"false\" data-you-block=\"false\" data-mentions=\"mrandrewdickson Europcar\" data-reply-to-users-json=\"[{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;77753767&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Richiestoke&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;220729427&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;mrandrewdickson&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;114048864&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;}}]\" data-disclosure-type=\"\" data-component-context=\"conversation\" data-tfb-view=\"\/i\/tfb\/v1\/quick_promote\/911150629388787712\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\" data-user-id=\"77753767\"><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Richard McGinley<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>Richiestoke<\/b><\/span><\/a><small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" title=\"1:50 AM - 22 Sep 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\/status\/911150629388787712\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-time=\"1506070213\" data-time-ms=\"1506070213000\" data-long-form=\"true\">42m<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"last\">42 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>I am sure that they are interested in the opinions of a man who was central to events during a period of significant change in our game.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ThreadedConversation-tweet\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"stream-item-tweet-911150967503982592\" class=\"js-stream-item stream-item stream-item\n\" data-item-id=\"911150967503982592\" data-item-type=\"tweet\">\n<div class=\"tweet js-stream-tweet js-actionable-tweet js-profile-popup-actionable dismissible-content\n\n       ancestor hidden-ancestor permalink-ancestor-tweet\n\" data-tweet-id=\"911150967503982592\" data-item-id=\"911150967503982592\" data-permalink-path=\"\/mrandrewdickson\/status\/911150967503982592\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\" data-has-parent-tweet=\"true\" data-tweet-nonce=\"911150967503982592-00fe26c1-a1ea-4548-b05a-d54e7becc2c5\" data-tweet-stat-initialized=\"true\" data-screen-name=\"mrandrewdickson\" data-name=\"Andrew Dickson\" data-user-id=\"220729427\" data-you-follow=\"true\" data-follows-you=\"false\" data-you-block=\"false\" data-mentions=\"Richiestoke Europcar\" data-reply-to-users-json=\"[{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;220729427&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;mrandrewdickson&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;114048864&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;}}]\" data-disclosure-type=\"\" data-component-context=\"conversation\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"context\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\" data-user-id=\"220729427\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar js-action-profile-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/892753834468159489\/v2ihMUm2_bigger.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Andrew Dickson<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserBadges\"><span class=\"Icon Icon--verified\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Verified account<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>mrandrewdickson<\/b><\/span><\/a><small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" title=\"1:51 AM - 22 Sep 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\/status\/911150967503982592\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-time=\"1506070293\" data-time-ms=\"1506070293000\" data-long-form=\"true\">41m<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"last\">41 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>I think that&#8217;s perhaps overstating my role in the whole thing a touch. Thanks for the invite but I&#8217;ll politely, understandably, decline.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ThreadedConversation-tweet\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"stream-item-tweet-911151202498433025\" class=\"js-stream-item stream-item stream-item\n\" data-item-id=\"911151202498433025\" data-item-type=\"tweet\">\n<div class=\"tweet js-stream-tweet js-actionable-tweet js-profile-popup-actionable dismissible-content\n\n       my-tweet ancestor hidden-ancestor permalink-ancestor-tweet\n\" data-tweet-id=\"911151202498433025\" data-item-id=\"911151202498433025\" data-permalink-path=\"\/Richiestoke\/status\/911151202498433025\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\" data-has-parent-tweet=\"true\" data-tweet-nonce=\"911151202498433025-eef2a3bd-7453-4146-b776-19a3fb80702c\" data-tweet-stat-initialized=\"true\" data-screen-name=\"Richiestoke\" data-name=\"Richard McGinley\" data-user-id=\"77753767\" data-you-follow=\"false\" data-follows-you=\"false\" data-you-block=\"false\" data-mentions=\"mrandrewdickson Europcar\" data-reply-to-users-json=\"[{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;77753767&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Richiestoke&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;220729427&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;mrandrewdickson&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;114048864&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;}}]\" data-disclosure-type=\"\" data-component-context=\"conversation\" data-tfb-view=\"\/i\/tfb\/v1\/quick_promote\/911151202498433025\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\" data-user-id=\"77753767\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar js-action-profile-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/739911141724459008\/O9Qo9Y6i_bigger.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Richard McGinley<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>Richiestoke<\/b><\/span><\/a><small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" title=\"1:52 AM - 22 Sep 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\/status\/911151202498433025\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-time=\"1506070349\" data-time-ms=\"1506070349000\" data-long-form=\"true\">40m<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"last\">40 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>It&#8217;s a marvellous chance for you to state your case. Especially as I am working on an article which adkd questions of your role.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item-footer\">\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-actionCountList u-hiddenVisually\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-actionList js-actions\">\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--favorite js-toggleState\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"Like\">\n<div class=\"HeartAnimation\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--analytics\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ThreadedConversation-tweet\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"stream-item-tweet-911151570816868352\" class=\"js-stream-item stream-item stream-item\n\" data-item-id=\"911151570816868352\" data-item-type=\"tweet\">\n<div class=\"tweet js-stream-tweet js-actionable-tweet js-profile-popup-actionable dismissible-content\n\n       ancestor hidden-ancestor permalink-ancestor-tweet\n\" data-tweet-id=\"911151570816868352\" data-item-id=\"911151570816868352\" data-permalink-path=\"\/mrandrewdickson\/status\/911151570816868352\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\" data-has-parent-tweet=\"true\" data-tweet-nonce=\"911151570816868352-3f2628a7-06bd-4d29-b8e8-5e9ee2640d60\" data-tweet-stat-initialized=\"true\" data-screen-name=\"mrandrewdickson\" data-name=\"Andrew Dickson\" data-user-id=\"220729427\" data-you-follow=\"true\" data-follows-you=\"false\" data-you-block=\"false\" data-mentions=\"Richiestoke Europcar\" data-reply-to-users-json=\"[{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;220729427&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;mrandrewdickson&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;114048864&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;}}]\" data-disclosure-type=\"\" data-component-context=\"conversation\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\" data-user-id=\"220729427\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar js-action-profile-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/892753834468159489\/v2ihMUm2_bigger.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Andrew Dickson<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserBadges\"><span class=\"Icon Icon--verified\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Verified account<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>mrandrewdickson<\/b><\/span><\/a><small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" title=\"1:53 AM - 22 Sep 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\/status\/911151570816868352\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-time=\"1506070437\" data-time-ms=\"1506070437000\" data-long-form=\"true\">38m<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"last\">38 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>State my case? It&#8217;s stuff from five years ago, I&#8217;m not sure what questions need asked if my role &#8211; I worked for the media team, that&#8217;s all.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ThreadedConversation-tweet\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"stream-item-tweet-911151735036694528\" class=\"js-stream-item stream-item stream-item\n\" data-item-id=\"911151735036694528\" data-item-type=\"tweet\">\n<div class=\"tweet js-stream-tweet js-actionable-tweet js-profile-popup-actionable dismissible-content\n\n       my-tweet ancestor hidden-ancestor permalink-ancestor-tweet\n\" data-tweet-id=\"911151735036694528\" data-item-id=\"911151735036694528\" data-permalink-path=\"\/Richiestoke\/status\/911151735036694528\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\" data-has-parent-tweet=\"true\" data-tweet-nonce=\"911151735036694528-856a0609-a006-47d6-b766-bd436731ee38\" data-tweet-stat-initialized=\"true\" data-screen-name=\"Richiestoke\" data-name=\"Richard McGinley\" data-user-id=\"77753767\" data-you-follow=\"false\" data-follows-you=\"false\" data-you-block=\"false\" data-mentions=\"mrandrewdickson Europcar\" data-reply-to-users-json=\"[{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;77753767&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Richiestoke&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;220729427&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;mrandrewdickson&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;114048864&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;}}]\" data-disclosure-type=\"\" data-component-context=\"conversation\" data-tfb-view=\"\/i\/tfb\/v1\/quick_promote\/911151735036694528\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\" data-user-id=\"77753767\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar js-action-profile-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/739911141724459008\/O9Qo9Y6i_bigger.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Richard McGinley<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>Richiestoke<\/b><\/span><\/a><small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" title=\"1:54 AM - 22 Sep 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\/status\/911151735036694528\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-time=\"1506070476\" data-time-ms=\"1506070476000\" data-long-form=\"true\">37m<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"last\">37 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>Don&#8217;t worry. We can remind you.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item-footer\">\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-actionCountList u-hiddenVisually\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-actionList js-actions\">\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--analytics\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ThreadedConversation-tweet\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"stream-item-tweet-911152477751275521\" class=\"js-stream-item stream-item stream-item\n\" data-item-id=\"911152477751275521\" data-item-type=\"tweet\">\n<div class=\"tweet js-stream-tweet js-actionable-tweet js-profile-popup-actionable dismissible-content\n\n       ancestor hidden-ancestor permalink-ancestor-tweet\n\" data-tweet-id=\"911152477751275521\" data-item-id=\"911152477751275521\" data-permalink-path=\"\/mrandrewdickson\/status\/911152477751275521\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\" data-has-parent-tweet=\"true\" data-tweet-nonce=\"911152477751275521-cde3319f-e053-43c7-acd9-c11e3df35c69\" data-tweet-stat-initialized=\"true\" data-screen-name=\"mrandrewdickson\" data-name=\"Andrew Dickson\" data-user-id=\"220729427\" data-you-follow=\"true\" data-follows-you=\"false\" data-you-block=\"false\" data-mentions=\"Richiestoke Europcar\" data-reply-to-users-json=\"[{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;220729427&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;mrandrewdickson&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;114048864&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;}}]\" data-disclosure-type=\"\" data-component-context=\"conversation\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\" data-user-id=\"220729427\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar js-action-profile-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/892753834468159489\/v2ihMUm2_bigger.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Andrew Dickson<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserBadges\"><span class=\"Icon Icon--verified\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Verified account<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>mrandrewdickson<\/b><\/span><\/a><small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" title=\"1:57 AM - 22 Sep 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\/status\/911152477751275521\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-time=\"1506070653\" data-time-ms=\"1506070653000\" data-long-form=\"true\">35m<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"last\">35 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><strong><em>Go on then&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ThreadedConversation-tweet\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"stream-item-tweet-911153204636930048\" class=\"js-stream-item stream-item stream-item\n\" data-item-id=\"911153204636930048\" data-item-type=\"tweet\">\n<div class=\"tweet js-stream-tweet js-actionable-tweet js-profile-popup-actionable dismissible-content\n\n       my-tweet ancestor hidden-ancestor permalink-ancestor-tweet\n\" data-tweet-id=\"911153204636930048\" data-item-id=\"911153204636930048\" data-permalink-path=\"\/Richiestoke\/status\/911153204636930048\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\" data-has-parent-tweet=\"true\" data-tweet-nonce=\"911153204636930048-f89b3835-69be-4284-9658-498ab30e2c0b\" data-tweet-stat-initialized=\"true\" data-screen-name=\"Richiestoke\" data-name=\"Richard McGinley\" data-user-id=\"77753767\" data-you-follow=\"false\" data-follows-you=\"false\" data-you-block=\"false\" data-mentions=\"mrandrewdickson Europcar\" data-reply-to-users-json=\"[{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;77753767&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Richiestoke&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;220729427&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;mrandrewdickson&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;114048864&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;}}]\" data-disclosure-type=\"\" data-component-context=\"conversation\" data-tfb-view=\"\/i\/tfb\/v1\/quick_promote\/911153204636930048\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\" data-user-id=\"77753767\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar js-action-profile-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/739911141724459008\/O9Qo9Y6i_bigger.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Richard McGinley<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>Richiestoke<\/b><\/span><\/a><small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" title=\"2:00 AM - 22 Sep 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\/status\/911153204636930048\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-time=\"1506070827\" data-time-ms=\"1506070827000\" data-long-form=\"true\">32m<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"last\">32 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>Good man. We&#8217;ll need your Skype address and will aim for an evening next week. Finally we have a man with integrity at the sfa in those days<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ThreadedConversation-tweet\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"stream-item-tweet-911153422287593472\" class=\"js-stream-item stream-item stream-item\n\" data-item-id=\"911153422287593472\" data-item-type=\"tweet\">\n<div class=\"tweet js-stream-tweet js-actionable-tweet js-profile-popup-actionable dismissible-content\n\n       ancestor hidden-ancestor last-hidden-ancestor permalink-ancestor-tweet\n\" data-tweet-id=\"911153422287593472\" data-item-id=\"911153422287593472\" data-permalink-path=\"\/mrandrewdickson\/status\/911153422287593472\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\" data-has-parent-tweet=\"true\" data-tweet-nonce=\"911153422287593472-f1217b55-8a4f-424b-acca-d7d95b028b27\" data-tweet-stat-initialized=\"true\" data-screen-name=\"mrandrewdickson\" data-name=\"Andrew Dickson\" data-user-id=\"220729427\" data-you-follow=\"true\" data-follows-you=\"false\" data-you-block=\"false\" data-mentions=\"Richiestoke Europcar\" data-reply-to-users-json=\"[{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;220729427&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;mrandrewdickson&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;114048864&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;}}]\" data-disclosure-type=\"\" data-component-context=\"conversation\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\" data-user-id=\"220729427\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar js-action-profile-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/892753834468159489\/v2ihMUm2_bigger.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Andrew Dickson<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserBadges\"><span class=\"Icon Icon--verified\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Verified account<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>mrandrewdickson<\/b><\/span><\/a><small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" title=\"2:01 AM - 22 Sep 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\/status\/911153422287593472\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-time=\"1506070878\" data-time-ms=\"1506070878000\" data-long-form=\"true\">31m<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"last\">31 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>No, I mean remind me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ThreadedConversation-tweet\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"stream-item-tweet-911154001151918080\" class=\"js-stream-item stream-item stream-item\n\" data-item-id=\"911154001151918080\" data-item-type=\"tweet\">\n<div class=\"tweet js-stream-tweet js-actionable-tweet js-profile-popup-actionable dismissible-content\n\n       my-tweet ancestor permalink-ancestor-tweet\n\" data-tweet-id=\"911154001151918080\" data-item-id=\"911154001151918080\" data-permalink-path=\"\/Richiestoke\/status\/911154001151918080\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\" data-has-parent-tweet=\"true\" data-tweet-nonce=\"911154001151918080-ea19724a-5080-4567-80dd-537de5aaff0e\" data-tweet-stat-initialized=\"true\" data-screen-name=\"Richiestoke\" data-name=\"Richard McGinley\" data-user-id=\"77753767\" data-you-follow=\"false\" data-follows-you=\"false\" data-you-block=\"false\" data-mentions=\"mrandrewdickson Europcar\" data-reply-to-users-json=\"[{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;77753767&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Richiestoke&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Richard McGinley&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;220729427&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;mrandrewdickson&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;114048864&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;}}]\" data-disclosure-type=\"\" data-component-context=\"conversation\" data-tfb-view=\"\/i\/tfb\/v1\/quick_promote\/911154001151918080\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\" data-user-id=\"77753767\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar js-action-profile-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/739911141724459008\/O9Qo9Y6i_bigger.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Richard McGinley<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>Richiestoke<\/b><\/span><\/a><small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" title=\"2:03 AM - 22 Sep 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\/status\/911154001151918080\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-time=\"1506071016\" data-time-ms=\"1506071016000\" data-long-form=\"true\">28m<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"last\">28 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>I&#8217;ll send you a link to the article when it&#8217;s published and give you a chance to reply. Thank you for being the only one who wants to talk.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"permalink-inner permalink-tweet-container ThreadedConversation ThreadedConversation--permalinkTweetWithAncestors\">\n<div class=\"tweet permalink-tweet js-actionable-user js-actionable-tweet js-original-tweet logged-in js-initial-focus\" tabindex=\"0\" data-associated-tweet-id=\"911154199668318208\" data-tweet-id=\"911154199668318208\" data-item-id=\"911154199668318208\" data-permalink-path=\"\/mrandrewdickson\/status\/911154199668318208\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\" data-is-reply-to=\"true\" data-has-parent-tweet=\"true\" data-tweet-nonce=\"911154199668318208-bb597c71-d0db-45e9-b8e4-29a805e2c0be\" data-tweet-stat-initialized=\"true\" data-screen-name=\"mrandrewdickson\" data-name=\"Andrew Dickson\" data-user-id=\"220729427\" data-you-follow=\"true\" data-follows-you=\"false\" data-you-block=\"false\" data-mentions=\"Richiestoke Europcar\" data-reply-to-users-json=\"[{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;220729427&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;mrandrewdickson&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Andrew Dickson&quot;}},{&quot;id_str&quot;:&quot;114048864&quot;,&quot;screen_name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_name&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;,&quot;emojified_text_as_html&quot;:&quot;Europcar&quot;}}]\" data-disclosure-type=\"\">\n<div class=\"content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"permalink-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrandrewdickson\" data-user-id=\"220729427\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar js-action-profile-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/892753834468159489\/v2ihMUm2_bigger.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Andrew Dickson<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserBadges\"><span class=\"Icon Icon--verified\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Verified account<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>mrandrewdickson<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"follow-bar\">\n<div class=\"user-actions btn-group following not-muting including  \" data-user-id=\"220729427\" data-screen-name=\"mrandrewdickson\" data-name=\"Andrew Dickson\" data-protected=\"false\"><span class=\"user-actions-follow-button js-follow-btn follow-button\"><button class=\"\n    EdgeButton\n    EdgeButton--primary\n\n    EdgeButton--medium \n    button-text\n    following-text\" type=\"button\">Following<\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ReplyingToContextBelowAuthor\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Replying to\u00a0<a class=\"pretty-link js-user-profile-link\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\" data-user-id=\"77753767\"><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\">@<b>Richiestoke<\/b><\/span><\/a><a class=\"pretty-link js-user-profile-link\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Europcar\" data-user-id=\"114048864\"><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\">@<b>Europcar<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>I don&#8217;t.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>\u00a0And don&#8217;t worry. There seems to have been a collective bout of amnesia at Hampden around that time. But I&#8217;ll help where I can. Thanks again\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\" data-user-id=\"77753767\"><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Richard McGinley<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>Richiestoke<\/b><\/span><\/a><small class=\"time\">\u00a0<a class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip\" title=\"2:05 AM - 22 Sep 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richiestoke\/status\/911154545593667584\" data-conversation-id=\"910221315411296256\"><span class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-time=\"1506071146\" data-time-ms=\"1506071146000\" data-long-form=\"true\">31m<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"last\">31 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>Top man.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\">You know something, Scottish football needs a guy like this at the top.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\">To paraphrase Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, Andrew is an honourable man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\">I feel quite good about this .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\">Back at the ranch, and Celtic will warm up for next weeks crucial UCL match with anderlecht with a game at Scotlands new kids on the block, &#8220;rangers &#8220;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize  js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\">We hear that the Ibrox legal team are working with another major global corporation in a bid to help each other understand the way in which company law really works&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"story-body__h1\">Toys &#8216;R&#8217; Us files for bankruptcy protection in US<\/h1>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\"><em>Toys &#8216;R&#8217; Us has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US and Canada as it attempts to restructure its debts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The firm was once a dominant player in the US toy market, but has struggled against larger rivals such as Amazon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The move casts a shadow over the future of the company&#8217;s nearly 1,600 stores and 64,000 employees.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>However, a US bankruptcy judge approved a loan of more than $2bn to help stabilise the toy chain.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The aim is to give Toys &#8216;R&#8217; Us money and time to prepare for the upcoming Christmas shopping season.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The firm&#8217;s European operations are not part of the bankruptcy proceedings and Toys R Us says it does not expect any immediate impact on its UK stores.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Toys &#8216;R&#8217; Us&#8217;s operations in Australia, about 255 licensed stores and a joint venture partnership in Asia are also not included in the bankruptcy move.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\"><em>Increased competition<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>The bankruptcy filing is more evidence that traditional retailers are struggling in the US, as online retailers continue to capture market share.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Toys &#8216;R&#8217; Us said the majority of its stores around the world remained profitable, and would continue to operate as normal through the holiday period, which is when they do most of their business.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But the company is also looking to online sales to secure its future, with recently launched web stores for its products.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>GlobalData Retail estimates that in 2016 about 13.7% of all toy sales were made online, up from 6.5% five years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The past decade has seen a dramatic change in the domestic toy market with new channels, increased competition, and new technology all having a deleterious impact on the sector and traditional toy stores. Unfortunately, Toys &#8216;R&#8217; Us has not responded effectively to these challenges,&#8221; said Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gary Grant, founder of UK toy shop chain The Entertainer, said people&#8217;s buying habits were changing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We&#8217;re seeing it even in the supermarkets, where the big sheds aren&#8217;t being visited as frequently as more convenient in-town locations,&#8221; he told the BBC.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;So we&#8217;re seeing in grocery the convenience stores are much more successful now than some of the over-spaced units that the grocers have.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-body__line\" \/>\n<p>Silly sods.<\/p>\n<p>Had they filed in an Edinburgh court they could simply have placed their stores in a holding company, told everyone to<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imgc.allpostersimages.com\/img\/print\/posters\/fuck-off_a-G-14353605-0.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for fuck off\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and carried on as normal.<\/p>\n<p>Sure a few quid would need to be spent on<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/image.wikifoundry.com\/image\/1\/2lp5JmwRhdMtWwzSJ0XKaw170731\/GW253H253\" alt=\"Image result for succulent lamb\" \/><\/p>\n<p>but I can assure them its worth every penny.<\/p>\n<p>They can then issue a share offer, under a newish name, and everything will be just dandy and grandy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/is3.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Purple69\/v4\/f4\/54\/00\/f4540090-d40b-d15c-ccc9-190327fc225a\/source\/1200x630bb.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for keep calm and carry on\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You see, everything is doable, you just have to want it enough.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Friday, and of course that means its time to announce<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Etims Knob of the Week\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>And I must stress that its not Andrew Dickson.<\/p>\n<p>And it never will be.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew is an honourable man.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This week, we have decided that it goes to a former player, who doesn;t work in the mainstream media, but for some reason he felt thats where he should be.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DKUVHryXoAA_uwG.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ah, wait. Thats not him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i3.dailyrecord.co.uk\/incoming\/article1928477.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/Craig-Bellamy.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for craig bellamy celtic\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bellamy, a decent enough player, has been in the papers talking about how Brendan Rodgers would not improve his cv by being at Celtic.<\/p>\n<p>Although Rodgers does seem to be dealing with the big time better than Bellamy did.<\/p>\n<p><em>THE spotlight was intense. About a week after I arrived I made my debut in an Old Firm match.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I had heard all about the atmosphere in those Glasgow derbies and the build-up and the atmosphere in the ground.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I thought I\u2019d take it in my stride. I was used to big games, I had played in other derbies. But everything people had told me was true.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The atmosphere got to me. I felt like I couldn\u2019t breathe. I was being watched everywhere.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oops.<\/p>\n<p>Just because you can&#8217;t handle something, it doesn&#8217;t mean you should criticise and demean those who can.<\/p>\n<p>Roddy Forsyth of the Telegraph, a man not noted for any leanings toward Celtic, summed it up quite well.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged\">A<\/span>s surely as the trees have begun to shed their autumnal foliage, the calendar also includes provision for the repetitive claim that no one outside the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2017\/09\/20\/dundee-0-celtic-4-holders-cruise-semi-final-comfortable-win\/\">Celtic<\/a>\u00a0and Rangers bubble cares about the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2017\/09\/19\/rangers-must-clever-against-celtic-warns-john-bomber-brown\/\">Old Firm rivalry<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Apart from that bit, about the Old Firm. If he believes in that, then no doubt he and others will get the money back on their &#8220;seats for life &#8221; at Ibrox<\/p>\n<p><em>Sure enough, just ahead of the season\u2019s first instalment of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2017\/09\/16\/celtics-brendan-rogers-declares-rangers-title-contenders-build\/\">Glasgow schism<\/a>, along came Craig Bellamy to state that when he spent six months as a Hoops employee \u201cnobody in England gave a damn\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The former Wales forward added that Brendan Rodgers will find it tough to get a Premier League job of the standard with which he was entrusted at Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Naturally, as Celtic prepare for the short trip to Ibrox, the matter was raised with the Parkhead manager.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Equally naturally, Rodgers totally\u00a0dismissed Bellamy\u2019s jibe. \u201cI am not here to boost a CV \u2013 I am here\u00a0because of Celtic,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, a clear and distinct winner this week.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Bellamy&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Etims Knob of the Week\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Yesterday, it appears the standard of entries in the caption competition stepped up a notch<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DKNj_TXVwAAaWkA.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-meta\"><span class=\"comment-author vcard\"><cite class=\"fn\">Arsene Parcelie<\/cite><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"published\"><abbr class=\"comment-date\" title=\"Thursday, September 21st, 2017, 9:38 am\">September 21, 2017<\/abbr>\u00a0at\u00a0<abbr class=\"comment-time\" title=\"Thursday, September 21st, 2017, 9:38 am\">9:38 am<\/abbr><\/span>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<a class=\"comment-edit-link\" title=\"Edit comment\" href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-admin\/comment.php?action=editcomment&amp;c=889416\"><span class=\"edit\">Edit<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<a class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=11981&amp;replytocom=889416#respond\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reply<\/a>\u00a0\u2192<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-content comment-text\">\n<p>Caption:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/lmBrhSI.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.static.press.net\/v2\/image\/preview\/7583fa05f2944763ee38ddfed0ec618d\/2.32116376.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for stewart regan scottish fa\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You may have noticed I haven;t mentioned the SPFL decision not to proceed with their inquiry into dodgy dealings.<\/p>\n<p>Thats because I simply cannot find enough swear words to keep my opinion novel and refreshing.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I will leave you with a picture of Peter, who I am sure is equally as angry as I.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/originals\/80\/46\/98\/804698589055a40e91e517a329f1dc0d.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for peter lawwell gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, I have been known to despair at the brotherly love endemic at the SFA, the guys who seem hell bent on destroying 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