Quoted for truth #49 136
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April 15, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Matthew Norman in the Independent, 15 April 2014:
We could hardly have put it better. Long may it continue.
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All of your guns at once 141
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April 15, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
It’s one of the more striking aspects of the No campaign that no matter how many panicky editorials appear in right-wing papers bemoaning the fact that their neverending litany of negativity and scaremongering is proving counter-productive (we don’t even bother linking to them any more, there are so many), and no matter how many kickings “Better Together” takes from its own side (the firmly anti-independence Independent columnist Katie Grant was especially scathing on “Headlines” last weekend), the negativity just keeps pouring out.
So of necessity, we try to keep things brief in order to keep up. With that in mind, let’s see how quickly we can deal with today’s media orgy on the subject of defence.
For their eyes only 257
Posted on
April 14, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Alert readers can’t have failed to notice a certain reticence on the part of Scottish Labour to clarify key aspects of their shambolic proposals for further devolution in the event of a No vote.
(In response to our latest enquiries, genetically-programmed Central Scotland list MSP Siobhan McMahon sent a Wings reader a letter at the weekend directing them to the “Devo Nano” report – which doesn’t address any of the issues that were actually raised by her constituent – and saying “I believe that I have now adequately responded to your queries and have nothing further to add.”)
But it turns out there ARE people they’re prepared to tell the truth to.
Idiot shortage averted 129
Posted on
April 14, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Readers who may have been alarmed that the Scotsman hadn’t run any Michael Kelly columns for a while can breathe a sigh of relief this morning, as the role of “clueless idiot blithely spouting inflammatory and wrong-headed drivel about sectarianism and independence” is clearly in safe hands.
Stories of the week, 13/4/2014 31
Posted on
April 13, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The top five most-read stories on Wings Over Scotland in the last seven days.
1. Playing with fire
The No campaign turns ugly. Okay, more ugly.
2. Neither national nor collective
Some particularly audacious “Better Together” lies about the NHS.
3. People are strange
The most curious results from our third Panelbase poll.
4. Fine-tuning the news
The Scotsman edits itself into a bit of a pickle.
5. The mushroom farm
The story of the Queen’s Scottish coronation that never was.
This week’s theme: rewriting history.
No jocks please, we’re British 222
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April 13, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
One of the great things about this site’s sky-high viewing figures is that on the rare occasions when we might be, for example, out having a walk in the park to get over the crushing disappointment of somehow losing yet another Scottish Cup semi-final, our ever-vigilant readers will remain alert.
Otherwise, we might have missed this.
Misleading advertising 52
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April 13, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
No That’s What I Call Music 56
Posted on
April 13, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’re off to watch the Scottish Cup semi-final now, so to keep you all entertained for the next couple of hours here’s a little something we put together at the request of columnist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch, and for anyone who was listening to Radio Scotland’s “Headlines” this morning.
Hopefully we won’t need it ourselves by 3.30pm. #COYR
Keep ’em coming 189
Posted on
April 11, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We didn’t do a stats post at the start of April (still just under 4m pageviews a month, if you’re curious) but when someone tweeted these figures this morning we thought they were worth a wee toot, because they’re more than just nice news for us.
They’re from the independent web-traffic analysis site Alexa.com, and they detail the relative rankings for the seven biggest dedicated Scottish politics sites on the web.
A new society 86
Posted on
April 11, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The last batch of data from our Panelbase poll concerns social attitudes, away from directly party-political issues. We did a whole bunch of these last time, with a mixture of predictable and unexpected results, and Scots had a surprise or two for us again.
Neither national nor collective 114
Posted on
April 10, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
It’s late, but we couldn’t let this one pass.
Heavens, where do we start?
Voices of nationalism 171
Posted on
April 10, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’ve had these sitting around for a few days without getting round to posting them, but as we’re currently knee-deep in the last tranche of data from our Panelbase poll, it seemed as good a time as any to clear the decks.
First up in the ambiguously-named Posterotron is the “respectable” face of British nationalism, in the form of UKIP European-election candidate David Coburn.
Easy, ladies.
