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Nozin’ Aroun’ 127

Posted on March 03, 2015 by

We love it when the UK government tries to get down with the kids.

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The Smiths broke up in 1987.

The waste monster 201

Posted on March 03, 2015 by

We thought we’d just leave these here for the record.

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Don’t ask, don’t tell 183

Posted on March 03, 2015 by

The Scottish media’s daily MurphyGram this morning (which is dutifully reported by the Scotsman, Herald, Courier and doubtless more) is that a vote for Labour in next year’s Holyrood election won’t mean a return to tuition fees for university students.

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We’re not absolutely sure why a Holyrood election pledge is news just weeks out from a Westminster one, but we’ll let that slide, because we’re more interested – as ever – in what the reports DON’T say.

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Asking for it 573

Posted on March 01, 2015 by

Because this is an actual thing that’s happening.

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The sharpest bulb in the packet 213

Posted on March 01, 2015 by

Scottish Labour’s mustard-keen Kezia “Deputy” Dugdale bravely tried a tweet all on her own on Friday without running it past Labour central office in London first.

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It didn’t go too well.

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Underhand service 171

Posted on March 01, 2015 by

The categorical support of Andy Murray for Scottish independence, though only finally unambiguously revealed in today’s Sunday Times (the tennis star’s day-of-poll tweet backing Yes could by a strict semantic interpretation have been said to be somewhat equivocal), isn’t much of a surprise.

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So it’s perhaps worth reminding ourselves what the media told us.

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Labour reaches out to voters again 135

Posted on February 28, 2015 by

Scottish Labour MEP David Martin chats to the audience about TTIP.

Toys found some distance from pram 253

Posted on February 28, 2015 by

Perhaps we’re just being over-sensitive, readers, but we think the Daily Record might be a little bit upset with us.

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That’s the editor of the semi-popular Scottish Labour fanzine, Murray Foote, pictured above this afternoon apparently issuing his own very special honours list, but it’s not the crankiest thing the Record’s published in the last 24 hours.

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Soaring ever higher 312

Posted on February 28, 2015 by

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Keep talking until you’re right 71

Posted on February 28, 2015 by

Alert readers may recall that five weeks ago we pointed out a whole bunch of Scottish media outlets reporting as fact that Jim Murphy would definitely stand for the East Renfrewshire seat at May’s general election – despite Murphy having actually made no such announcement, just repeating his weeks-old fudge that he was currently the selected candidate.

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Guess what’s happened today, folks?

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It’s what he would have wanted 137

Posted on February 27, 2015 by

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All the high times 104

Posted on February 27, 2015 by

We’ve posted this video before, but right now it’s all we’ve got to say.

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