We haven’t seen this published anywhere else, so we may as well do it. We dropped a brief line to the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust a few days ago querying their award of a £50,000 grant to disgraced lying MP Alistair Carmichael, specifically in the context of the fact that their own website expressly excludes grants for “legal fees”.
Kezia Dugdale gave an interview to Good Morning Scotland earlier today that viewed from above would probably look rather like the runway at Baghdad Airport in 1991.
If we tried to pick out all the individual bomb craters in one post, readers’ eyes would glaze over long before the end. So we’re going to have to do it in bits.
When we ran this story on Monday, some of the press got rather upset with us. Even though we’d linked to the full data tables published on the ComRes site, Scottish Daily Mail political editor Alan Roden, for example, huffily tweeted a link to a cropped table suggesting that the real sample size was higher.
STV’s Bernard Ponsonby asks Kezia Dugdale about the possibility of a future second referendum should the Scottish electorate express a clear democratic wish for one:
(Not taken out of context. To see the full clip, go to around 1h 43m here.)
Alert readers will have noticed that the Conservatives and most of the right-wing press have recently embarked on a hyperbolic campaign against the Scottish Government’s “named person” child-protection legislation. The latest assault is in today’s Daily Mail:
The shriekingly furious lead article thunders in outrage that “nearly two thirds of Scots have condemned the SNP’s state guardian scheme as an ‘unacceptable intrusion’ into family life”, which sounds like a pretty damning verdict.
It’s not until you look a little deeper that it all falls to pieces.
We had a little Twitter run-in last night with former Scottish Labour deputy leader and current unemployed halfwit Anas Sarwar, when he reported us to Police Scotland for making a joke about bank holiday mail deliveries, “people in England” and “especially” Scottish ones – which of course includes this site’s own editor, that being the gag.
We’d almost forgotten he existed. But the incident brought something back to mind.
To be fair to Mr Sarwar, he was at least partly right.
Republicofscotland on Bad Santa: “You’re very welcome Ian. Re my comment on keeping countries in a state of war and chaos – almost 200…” Dec 28, 16:54
James on Bad Santa: “On the subject of dumps, we shouldn’t forget this;” Dec 28, 16:42
Ian Brotherhood on Bad Santa: “Just a quick one to wish abody a belated Merry Christmas, and thanks to RoS for the comments. It’s appreciated.” Dec 28, 16:36
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Republicofscotland on Bad Santa: “The British oil firm BP, is being sued by a group of people in the UK, who want BP to…” Dec 28, 16:04
Republicofscotland on Bad Santa: “The United States plans to continue the occupation of Syria’s oil-rich regions – East of the Euphrates River, under the…” Dec 28, 15:50
willie on Bad Santa: “Interesting comments Dan, Especially the one about landfill costing about a £100.00 tonne ten years ago. What you refer to…” Dec 28, 15:49
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Marie on Bad Santa: “I worked the whole of yesterday and overnight. I am currently on shift but the human being I care for…” Dec 28, 14:11
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Hatey McHateface on Bad Santa: ““this secret society group has regular attendees from the likes of …” Sae … nae sae secret then? It’s party…” Dec 28, 13:06
Hatey McHateface on Bad Santa: “My cause is pragmatic, responsible, beneficial, mature, and above all democratic, Scottish Independence. That’s my cause, because I believe that…” Dec 28, 12:59
Republicofscotland on Bad Santa: “Ex-nNaat-o Lord Haw, Haw Jens Stoltenberg has a new job as the Chair of Bilderberg, this secret society group has…” Dec 28, 12:55
Republicofscotland on Bad Santa: “Thanks for the link Dan – like I said things are going to get worse.” Dec 28, 12:45
Marie on Bad Santa: “Every hatee-filled comment pushes me further and further away from his cause James. It’s hilarious that I used to think…” Dec 28, 12:22
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Hatey McHateface on Bad Santa: “Aye, Dan, that’s quite a litany of doom and gloom. Completely lacking in any ideas for making things better, as…” Dec 28, 11:49
James on Bad Santa: “Marie does something worthwhile with her life, unlike you; a jibbering fucking idiot typing shite 24/7 If you’re being paid…” Dec 28, 11:38
Geri on Bad Santa: “Your superpowers extend to the outcome of air crash investigations in record time now eh? Keep chewing yer imperial masters…” Dec 28, 11:37
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Willie on Bad Santa: “Don’t know how accurate the comment about one in four of every pound spent by councils going on pensions but…” Dec 28, 09:40
Hatey McHateface on Bad Santa: “I read a “story” just last week claiming that 1 in every 4 pounds collected in Council Tax now goes…” Dec 28, 08:21
Hatey McHateface on Bad Santa: ““shops have just had an orgy of festive selling” Have you inadvertently put your finger on the root cause of…” Dec 28, 07:56
Hatey McHateface on Bad Santa: ““drop in living standards” Aw, Marie, looks like you’re gonna have to up your daily working hours from 17 to…” Dec 28, 07:49
Hatey McHateface on Bad Santa: “Anybody able to wring sense out of this??? Naw, me neither. Defo the case, though, that some classic Westerns were…” Dec 28, 07:38
