The Next Government Of Scotland 115
Posted on
June 09, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Archive for the ‘analysis’
Surrender when you’re winning 161
Posted on
June 08, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Let’s start with what we know.
The SNP tell us that independence support is currently at 53%.
They tell us that most Scots want a referendum within the next year:
And we know that it’s absolutely unequivocally possible for the SNP and Greens to trigger a Holyrood election which would serve as a de facto referendum not only within a year, but within weeks. Scots could entirely realistically go to the polls this August or September, or even on the date Nicola Sturgeon promised less than a year ago.
So why are the SNP choosing this of all moments to give up?
Far beyond the pale horizon 81
Posted on
June 07, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
In fairness, on one level it’s really funny.
Assuming you’ve already resigned yourself to independence never happening, that is.
The Cod-father 141
Posted on
May 28, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
It’s a bit disappointing to see an Italian-born man play into Mafia stereotypes.
“Nice indy movement you’ve got there. Be a shame if anything… happened to it.”
The Battered Can 121
Posted on
May 26, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
When I was a boy at Balbardie Primary School in Bathgate in the mid-70s, football was banned in the playground. Of course we were all fitba-daft laddies, so we sought ways around the prohibition. Occasionally someone would bring in a tennis ball, but those were difficult to control in school shoes and also apt to fly over the wall of the outdoor toilet block if somebody caught one sweetly on the volley.
So most playtimes somebody would produce a tin of Pepsi or Irn-Bru or Cresta, chug the contents, stand the empty container on its end and stomp sharply on it, producing something more akin to an ice-hockey puck that would serve for our kickabout.
But even after being skelped and scudded around a concrete playground into stone walls for 20 minutes, that can was still in better shape at the end of our game than the one the SNP have been kicking down the road since 2016.
The Infinite Idiot 291
Posted on
May 24, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 459
Posted on
May 21, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
If you’re still falling for this idiot-fodder after seven years, give yourself a shake.
Because for the love of Christ, an orangutan would have twigged by now. And we’re not talking about the long-suffering fans of Dundee United.
Well Ye Huv Noo 75
Posted on
May 19, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Just over a year ago, Shona Robison – then the Cabinet Secretary For Social Justice, now the Deputy First Minister – told the Scottish Parliament this:
There now follow some quotes from the media regarding the case of Andrew Miller, aka Amy George, who yesterday admitted the kidnap and repeated sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl at his home in Galashiels earlier this year.
Walking with zombies 274
Posted on
May 09, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’ll be honest with you, folks, we’re still pretty amused at Pete Wishart being all over the papers saying the exact same stuff we’ve been saying for the last three years, and for which Pete Wishart has called us all the names under the sun.
But jeez, guys, at least get your story straight.
The race is on 261
Posted on
May 03, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This morning’s news is that the SNP have finally found a company desperate enough for business to take the gamble of associating itself with the party’s finances.
But while the stakes are high, all bets are off.
The perfection of the moment 224
Posted on
April 22, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Oily SNP MP John Nicolson – a man who was pompous and condescending even as a teenager presenting Open To Question in the 1980s – this week posted an extended and theatrical Twitter rant at the fine Herald and National columnist Kevin McKenna.
It was quite the performance.
Fashion And Crisis Hits New York 83
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April 16, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
As the SNP burns down around their ears, nothing stops the gravy bus. But even as they gallivant gaily around another “Tartan Week” junket in the USA, one might have thought the Constitution Minister would have shied away from this particular photo-op.
Let’s find out why.
