http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/ Opinion en-gb The Sunday Mail no Opinion Opinion http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/30/forget-tv-gordon-brown-should-be-worrying-about-jobs-78057-20934878/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/30/forget-tv-gordon-brown-should-be-worrying-about-jobs-78057-20934878/ IS THERE nothing Gordon Brown won't do to curry favour with the public? This time he has written fan mail to X Factor finalists. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/billy-sloan/2008/11/30/ultravox-reunite-to-celebrate-30th-anniversary-of-single-vienna-78057-20935088/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/billy-sloan/2008/11/30/ultravox-reunite-to-celebrate-30th-anniversary-of-single-vienna-78057-20935088/ MIDGE URE made pop history when he led Ultravox on to the Wembley stage at Live Aid in 1985. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/gordon-waddell/2008/11/30/sanity-goes-out-the-window-78057-20935843/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/gordon-waddell/2008/11/30/sanity-goes-out-the-window-78057-20935843/ HALF MEASURES - something we Scots never do. In a week calling for reason and sanity we've thrown ourselves over the edge of a cliff. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/you-say/2007/06/24/tony-just-stopped-listening-78057-19349079/ Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/you-say/2007/06/24/tony-just-stopped-listening-78057-19349079/ WE don't like to say we told you so, Tony, but... http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/30/column-turns-200-today-78057-20934877/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/30/column-turns-200-today-78057-20934877/ I CAN'T believe this is my 200th column. When I started I thought I'd have enough to say for maybe six months (pals who know how much I gab might disagree). http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/billy-sloan/2008/11/30/fans-won-t-stand-for-it-78057-20935089/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/billy-sloan/2008/11/30/fans-won-t-stand-for-it-78057-20935089/ LAST Sunday, I had a pop at promoters who ditched the seats for Paul Weller's show at the SECC, forcing the 10,000 strong audience to stand. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/30/timmy-mallett-s-tumble-in-the-jungle-78057-20934871/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/30/timmy-mallett-s-tumble-in-the-jungle-78057-20934871/ TIMMY MALLETT was put in I'm A Celebrity... as a fall guy to annoy everyone and no doubt he'll be there to the end because he's great viewing. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/30/rich-twits-in-the-doghouse-78057-20934873/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/30/rich-twits-in-the-doghouse-78057-20934873/ THE multi-millionaires who spent £750,000 on a house for their two Great Danes make my stomach churn. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/30/pubs-pour-us-a-heavy-78057-20934874/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/30/pubs-pour-us-a-heavy-78057-20934874/ THE powers-that-be think telling people how many calories are in booze will stop us drinking so much. Fat chance. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/30/be-bold-to-stop-beasts-and-save-next-baby-p-78057-20934880/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/30/be-bold-to-stop-beasts-and-save-next-baby-p-78057-20934880/ WE are all rightly horrified by the monster who made his daughters pregnant 19 times by raping them. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/we-say/2008/11/30/shame-the-bank-bullies-78057-20934863/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/we-say/2008/11/30/shame-the-bank-bullies-78057-20934863/ IT makes perfect sense for the Government to step in to stop major employers from going bust. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/we-say/2008/11/30/nhs-mistake-78057-20934864/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/we-say/2008/11/30/nhs-mistake-78057-20934864/ SURGEON Ian Mackay should know better than to post a four-letter rant about medical chief Dame Carol Black online. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/we-say/2008/11/30/a-special-gift-78057-20934867/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/we-say/2008/11/30/a-special-gift-78057-20934867/ AGED 13, Hannah Gormley has lived through mum Barbara's battle with breast cancer. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/Andy Bollen/2008/11/30/the-sunday-session-november-30-78057-20934996/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/Andy Bollen/2008/11/30/the-sunday-session-november-30-78057-20934996/ MICHAEL JACKSON is looking for a publisher for his memoirs. What a read it will be, especially the chapter on his most influential book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/you-say/2008/11/30/letter-mail-box-that-s-blunder-of-woolies-gordon-78057-20935192/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/you-say/2008/11/30/letter-mail-box-that-s-blunder-of-woolies-gordon-78057-20935192/ FULL marks to the Inverness pub landlady who is dishing up meals for just £1. That will help her cash strapped customers in the current crisis - and her boozer is a far more attractive prospect than a soup kitchen. - John Donaldson, Falkirk. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/you-say/2008/11/30/letter-mail-box-get-your-titians-out-78057-20935251/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/you-say/2008/11/30/letter-mail-box-get-your-titians-out-78057-20935251/ I can't be bothered when celebs get involved in good causes - often to promote themselves. But I'll to make an exception in Kim Cattrall's case. It was good of the Sex And The City star to pose naked in a bid to keep a Titian masterpiece in Scotland. We mustn't neglect our cultural side. - R. Walters, Glasgow. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/john-hillcoat/2008/11/30/training-regime-was-like-the-nine-circles-of-hell-78057-20935649/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/john-hillcoat/2008/11/30/training-regime-was-like-the-nine-circles-of-hell-78057-20935649/ IT took me a few years to come to terms with being known as one of football's lower-league nomads but evidence shows there is no other word to describe my wandering career. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/john-hillcoat/2008/11/30/new-dome-from-home-78057-20935651/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/john-hillcoat/2008/11/30/new-dome-from-home-78057-20935651/ I CAN'T wait to see St Mirren's new stadium up and running as the ground looks better with every passing day. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/gordon-waddell/2008/11/30/cursed-andy-webster-deserves-sympathy-78057-20935846/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/gordon-waddell/2008/11/30/cursed-andy-webster-deserves-sympathy-78057-20935846/ A FEW deranged Hearts fans will call it poetic justice. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/gordon-waddell/2008/11/30/hoops-ace-is-a-dream-team-star-78057-20935848/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/gordon-waddell/2008/11/30/hoops-ace-is-a-dream-team-star-78057-20935848/ NO story impressed me more last week than that of American basketball star Stephen Curry. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/gordon-waddell/2008/11/30/boozy-bruiser-78057-20935850/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/gordon-waddell/2008/11/30/boozy-bruiser-78057-20935850/ INTERESTING end to the Scott MacLeod doping scandal with the news that large amounts of alcohol apparently produce an excess of testosterone in the system? http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/gordon-waddell/2008/11/30/brass-neck-for-kiev-s-oleksandr-aliiev-78057-20935852/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/gordon-waddell/2008/11/30/brass-neck-for-kiev-s-oleksandr-aliiev-78057-20935852/ LAZARUS of the Week award goes to Dinamo Kiev's Oleksandr Aliiev against Arsenal. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/andy-walker/2008/11/30/show-a-red-card-to-plans-for-extra-officials-78057-20935936/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/andy-walker/2008/11/30/show-a-red-card-to-plans-for-extra-officials-78057-20935936/ I HOPE UEFA president Michel Platini sees sense and scraps his plans to introduce more match officials. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/andy-walker/2008/11/30/and-another-thing-78057-20935937/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/andy-walker/2008/11/30/and-another-thing-78057-20935937/ IT was embarrassing for Celtic to lose to such a limited side as Aalborg but their Champions League exit was no disaster. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/gordon-waddell/2008/11/30/it-dozen-get-better-than-this-78057-20936037/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/gordon-waddell/2008/11/30/it-dozen-get-better-than-this-78057-20936037/ Celts Notch 12 In A Row As Gers Flop http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/alison-craig/2008/11/30/alison-s-diary-78057-20936525/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/alison-craig/2008/11/30/alison-s-diary-78057-20936525/ My social life is over for the duration of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here. I know it's wrong but the daily dose of horror is like squeezing a spot - you know you shouldn't but you can't help it. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/alison-craig/2008/11/30/alison-s-diary-78057-20936712/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/alison-craig/2008/11/30/alison-s-diary-78057-20936712/ A week in the life of Sunday Mail columnist Alison Craig http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/we-say/2008/11/23/gamble-of-their-lives-78057-20916940/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/we-say/2008/11/23/gamble-of-their-lives-78057-20916940/ GORDON Brown and Alistair Darling are taking the gamble of their careers by putting a £100billion chip down on our futures. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/we-say/2008/11/23/taking-credit-78057-20916942/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/we-say/2008/11/23/taking-credit-78057-20916942/ A FREEZE by the Royal Bank of Scotland on overdraft charges will give small businesses breathing space. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/23/bittersweet-for-woolworths-78057-20916997/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/opinion/columnists/elaine-c-smith/2008/11/23/bittersweet-for-woolworths-78057-20916997/ Woolworths