The human shield 66
Posted on
June 03, 2017 by
Chris Cairns
Archive for the ‘comment’
The personality crisis 453
Posted on
June 01, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’re being told that this Tory leaflet, where Stephanie Smith is described as “Ruth Davidson’s candidate” for Edinburgh South, is standard across the whole country.
Which is unfortunate timing.
Not too shabby 103
Posted on
June 01, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
…for one idiot and an occasional cartoonist talking to a country of only 4m adults.
And one of us DOESN’T EVEN LIVE THERE!!!!!
There is nothing you can do 294
Posted on
May 31, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
…that will satisfy the Unionist parties. Last night Ruth Davidson told STV viewers that even getting more than 50% of the vote in a general election wouldn’t give the SNP a mandate to pursue their manifesto policies.
She was echoing the words of Kezia Dugdale just over a year ago:
So that’s clear. Davidson has reversed her previous view. There is now no peaceful democratic avenue by which the people of Scotland could express the wish for a second referendum which the two main Unionist parties would accept. They have EXPLICITLY said, in full public view, that they would reject any democratic mandate.
And that’s frightening.
Scottish Labour indyref clarity grows 90
Posted on
May 30, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Today’s Daily Record has a swipe at Jeremy Corbyn for, well, let’s call them “mixed messages” over a second independence referendum. It suggests his Scottish branch manager Kezia Dugdale would have “her head in her hands” over his latest comments, which is a bit rich considering Dugdale’s own history on the subject.
And since her headline boast when she took over as leader of the North British office was that people would know exactly what Labour stood for (and indeed she spent all of the weekend’s keynote Sunday Politics interview listing all the things she’d been very very clear about), we thought we’d have a recap and see how that was going.
Fleeing England for their lives 196
Posted on
May 29, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
From the Victoria Derbyshire show today in Dunstable.
“This election is life or death for us.”
The Oxford University research she’s talking about, and the Napier and Heriot-Watt Universities research into the mental health impact of Work Capability Assessments.
Once in a lifetime 205
Posted on
May 28, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Tremendous news for the rest of Scotland’s football clubs as Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers promises never to win the treble unbeaten again, even if his side score more goals than the other team in all their matches.
That’s how it works, right?
The right way to go for Scotland 91
Posted on
May 27, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
No.13: James, Aberdeenshire.
A throw of the dice 127
Posted on
May 25, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The spanking new issue of Viz, which is totally still a thing, is out today at all good newsagents. The cover promises a “FANTASTIC FREE VOTING AID” inside, and we thought you’d be at least mildly and fleetingly amused by the Scottish aspect. Of it.
Pop out to the shops and buy a Viz*, readers. (Or subscribe to try three issues for a mere £1.) It’s just as funny as it used to be but much less popular, so it’s cool again.
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*Wings Over Scotland has no connection to Viz or Dennis Publishing Ltd and has received no inducement for this endorsement. Although we’re open to offers.
Nursing a grievance 559
Posted on
May 23, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
(NB The media is understandably mostly occupied today with the horrific events in Manchester. But life goes on – music websites are still talking about music, football websites are still talking about football, videogames websites are still talking about videogames. Any rational observations about terrorism made here would be screamed down as making political capital from tragedy. So let’s get on with the day job.)
If you apply to go on a televised political debate and then submit a question to ask a national leader, it seems a reasonable deduction that you want that issue to be raised and discussed. If you also make it personal by describing your own circumstances, it seems logical that you’d want those circumstances to be widely publicised, and to be asked about them so you could say more and tell your story to the country.
So it’s a bit odd that Edinburgh nurse Claire Austin has suddenly gone off the radar.
A way of protecting people 66
Posted on
May 21, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
No.12: Sophie, Dundee.
