The Best trap
Both represent(ed) tiny countries which are/were never going to provide the opportunity to perform masterly acts on a planetary wide stage.
George Best was a world-class player, but sadly one who, due to an accident of place of birth, stood no chance of playing in a World Cup final.
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Hide AdOne can imagine the frustration he must have endured. He died early and a very sad man.
In a similar way, Ms Black has the option of becoming a big fish in a big pond only if Scotland never gains independence. What a choice!
That fact leaves the young lady suspended between the horns of a dilemma: “Should I sacrifice my potential and remain true to the only raison d’etre of the SNP, independence? Or should I abandon all that in furtherance of a brilliant career within the UK?”
Her solution will be nothing if not interesting!
Tim Flinn
Garvald
East Lothian