# 2016 UK Conservative Party Leadership Election Discussion

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-uk-conservative-party-leadership-election-discussion/758667>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 29, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-uk-conservative-party-leadership-election-discussion/758667 "2016-06-29T02:27:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-uk-conservative-party-leadership-election-discussion/758667/181 "2016-07-14T18:58:22Z")

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He’s talking about kilts… and Celtic’s recent CL loss.

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-uk-conservative-party-leadership-election-discussion/758667/182 "2016-07-14T19:10:16Z")

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> [@ISiddiqui](#):
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> He’s talking about kilts… and Celtic’s recent CL loss.

Well yes, just not seeing the relevance of that to me posting that Britain can be a strange country. 😕

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**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-uk-conservative-party-leadership-election-discussion/758667/183 "2016-07-14T19:13:28Z")

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> [@Baron\_Greenback](#):
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> Sorry, you’ve lost me?

It was a football reference. You remember that sport that Scotland used to think they were good at? Self-proclaimed World Champions in 1967? And kilts as well. Which are skirts.

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**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-uk-conservative-party-leadership-election-discussion/758667/184 "2016-07-14T19:16:19Z")

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> [@Baron\_Greenback](#):
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> Well yes, just not seeing the relevance of that to me posting that Britain can be a strange country. 😕

I don’t need any relevance to have a toe poke at Scotland.

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-uk-conservative-party-leadership-election-discussion/758667/185 "2016-07-14T19:17:28Z")

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> [@mascaroni](#):
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> I don’t need any relevance to have a toe poke at Scotland.

Oh right, you are reacting to my location field rather than anything relevant to thread. Well done you.

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