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terry

10th February 2015, 19:32
11a Politician, second in government,
surrounded by crazy fools in Edinburgh (7)
???pot?
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chrise

10th February 2015, 19:36
bampots?

bats around MP and second in gOvernment. Seems to be a Glasgow expression rather than Edinburgh, though.
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trevor

10th February 2015, 19:36
bampots? i like that word.
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terry

10th February 2015, 19:38
Thanks Chris
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trevor

10th February 2015, 19:38
yes, i remember it from a book about a murderer who comes from glasgow.
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mamya

10th February 2015, 19:40
In Lancashire we say 'Barmpots' - same origin though , the froth on top of fermenting ale.
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chrise

10th February 2015, 19:41
Yes, I know the Lancashire version too well!

Whereabouts in Lancashire, mamya? - I'm in the east (have I asked you before?)
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mamya

10th February 2015, 20:04
Bolton
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mamya

10th February 2015, 20:05
I refuse to say 'Greater Manchester' ;-)
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elle

10th February 2015, 20:08
Mamya, are you saying that you live or were brought up in Bolton?
I was born there and lived there until my early twenties.
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