Total Crap, The National, 'Indy' and the SNP

Will the SNP's close association with The National prove to be damaging to the 'Indy' brand after the newspaper's ill-judged, ugly, racist front page on the Euro 2024 football final?

Follow the link below to a hilarious featuring Gerald Ratner on his epic 'Total Crap' speech to the Institute of Directors in 1991.



Epic Mistakes (February 04, 2014)


I'll say one thing about Gerald Ratner - at least he can laugh at himself.

The man who is credited with destroying his long standing family jewellers chain - Ratners - in an ill-judged speech back in 1991 or thereabouts is featured in this great You Tube video - which compares his 'epic fail' to one or two others down the years.

And the good news is that it's genuinely funny.






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