philblackpool
gamelanstep
Yeah, I saw that upthread & was bemused until I read the explanation, not being a massive footy fan.
Glasgow council kills plan to prevent traffic cones on monument's head
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...lan-traffic-cones-wellington-statue?CMP=fb_gu
"Due to the cone-siderable outcry from the citizens of Glasgow, we organised a protest to save the cone this evening, but it will now be a celebration of the cone," he said.
The authors claim that there is a strong correlation between low intelligence both as a child and an adult, and right-wing politics.
The authors also claim that conservative politics is part of a complex relationship that leads people to become prejudices.
'Conservative ideology represents a critical pathway through which childhood intelligence predicts racism in adulthood,' says the paper.
'In psychological terms, the relation between intelligence and prejudice may stem from the propensity of individuals with lower cognitive ability to endorse more right wing conservative ideologies because such ideologies offer a psychological sense of stability and order.'