Even not-very-alert readers will have noticed that we’re taking a little summer holiday in the complete absence of any political events. Rest assured that we’re using the time to patrol Bath diligently for bears. But we couldn’t help noticing this on Twitter today.
Someone tweeted it to show that as late as summer 2020 the SNP was still soliciting money for what it called its “ring fenced Independence Referendum Campaign Fund”.
Hannah Graf MBE (below, right, receiving the decoration from Prince William in 2019 for his “work updating LGBTQ policy in the British Army”) is a very strange fella.
Tuesday’s front page headline in The National was roughly the political equivalent of introducing yourself to your new next-door neighbour by saying “Hi, nice to meet you, I’m Jimmy from No.22 and it definitely wasn’t me who killed your cat last night”.
Humza Yousaf’s great masterplan of an independence strategy is imploding faster than the OceanGate Titan, and scarcely any less disastrously. And unless you’re one of the colleagues, family or friends of the tragic victims on board the doomed vessel, it’s even more painful to watch.
24 hours on, pretty much everyone seems to have come to the same conclusion (with the assistance of briefings from the FM himself) about Humza Yousaf’s “independence strategy” as the one Wings saw immediately yesterday, namely that he’s taken Nicola Sturgeon’s flawed version of a de-facto referendum and made it even less credible.
In as far as they’re talking about it at all, anyway.
Still wondering what Humza Yousaf’s going to say to the SNP’s pretend “conference” on independence strategy this coming Saturday? Well, wonder no longer, because this morning he told Sky News.
In other words, he’s waving the white flag and praying for a miracle.
Lorna Campbell on What Went On: “Everything is being affected, Fearghas. Apparently, sex crimes by women have risen 400% in the past couple of years.” Nov 28, 14:38
Ian McCubbin on What Went On: “Seems the waste of taxpayers money will not pay off for the woke SNP. Even their own 1st Minister says…” Nov 28, 14:34
Lorna Campbell on What Went On: “I truly wish that I could put a different spin on your first-rate analysis, Rev, but I can’t. Too many…” Nov 28, 14:33
Campbell Clansman on What Went On: “Only the Conservative Party voted against this in Holyrood. Every other party (SNP, LibDem, Labour, Green) supported it. Your suggestion…” Nov 28, 14:24
Dek on What Went On: “Everyone who had a hand in concocting and supporting this travesty must make a full confession ,apologise, and disappear forever…” Nov 28, 14:18
Nemisis Benn on What Went On: “@Sven: If only someone would place your comment on the (not Daily!) record in the Supreme Court, there would be…” Nov 28, 14:07
Stranger on What Went On: “The parliament is fine, it’s the media who don’t scrutinise it, the SNP that allowed itself to be infiltrated, its…” Nov 28, 13:59
Sven on What Went On: “And yet, nature always wins. Put 50 biological men and 50 biological women on a desert island: come back in…” Nov 28, 13:45
Zander Tait on What Went On: “Once upon a time, a company called Big Bucks Pharma discovered via its head scientist Fester Bester Tester drugs he…” Nov 28, 13:39
Patsy Millar on What Went On: “My head hurts!” Nov 28, 13:37
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on What Went On: “Supreme Court told to uphold ‘ordinary’ definition of woman « The Supreme Court should defend “the facts of biological reality rather…” Nov 28, 13:34
100%Yes on What Went On: “I for one have always stated the parliament was a huge mistake which was designed to get us to shut…” Nov 28, 13:29
Anton Decadent on What Went On: “The SNP were born into the wrong movement.” Nov 28, 13:26
100%Yes on What Went On: “Its another fine mess the SNP got us into, thank you very much you’ve caused me ten years of my…” Nov 28, 13:25
Confused on What Went On: “are the scots lawyers and judges decided yet whether a pee-pee is a hoo-hoo? – shall the new law be…” Nov 28, 13:23
Ruby on What Went On: “Surely all these problems date back to 2004 when the Gender Recognition Act was passed by the UK Parliament. What…” Nov 28, 13:11
Broughty Boy on What Went On: “‘Cut Through’ is the major issue here- if the Scottish public understood just what Scot Gov have been wasting taxpayers…” Nov 28, 13:11
Andy Anderson on What Went On: “As a young person living in Berwickshire when you acted stupid adults used to say that the white van would…” Nov 28, 13:04
Simone on What Went On: “I can’t work out whether I’m more embarrassed for or angry at ScotGov. If this were written as a farce…” Nov 28, 13:04
Republicofscotland on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Roooshhias new hypersonic missile is a game changer it is virtually unstoppable – but its not nuclear – however it…” Nov 28, 12:37
Jay on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Robert, would a rally at Olympia be even more to your taste?” Nov 28, 12:23
gregor on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Correction: May the road not rise for the regressive negative ones (total fu**wits) #MayScotlandRise” Nov 28, 12:21
gregor on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Some people cannot handle reality. All they can offer is negativity.” Nov 28, 12:20
Campbell Clansman on A Personal Best For Kezia: “The “Monster Raving Looney Party,” the “Alba Party,” the “ISP” and other fringe political parties couldn’t even find a candidate…” Nov 28, 12:17
Alf Baird on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Postcolonial theory helps explain the neo-imperial approach we see, where: fascism lies at the root of colonialism, and; colonialism has…” Nov 28, 10:30
Mac on A Personal Best For Kezia: “I think when you start using terms like ‘sub-human’ it is more than just garbage. Every post is wall to…” Nov 28, 09:13
Dan on A Personal Best For Kezia: “Due to the seemingly dogged unwillingness for some to coalesce and present a united cohesive political entity that would be…” Nov 28, 09:09
Robert Hughes on A Personal Best For Kezia: “” What does Scotland do? Show backbone and integrity? Or fall silent behind a feckless non-entity like John Swinney, the…” Nov 28, 08:58
