Boab The Builder 115
Posted on
July 29, 2023 by
Chris Cairns
Archive for the ‘comment’
Fears For Souvenirs 186
Posted on
July 26, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Allow us to present Exhibit C, if you know what we’re saying.
Won’t someone rid them of this turbulent priest once and for all?
Return Of The Fear 345
Posted on
July 24, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Wings readers are of course the last people in the country who need any reminding of what a ditch-slithering creature Scottish Labour activist Duncan Hothersall is. And in truth by his standards these tweets are only about averagely despicable.
But it’s what they don’t say that’s notable.
The Electric Chair 95
Posted on
July 21, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
At least, we assume there was a sizeable current being passed through it, as little else could explain the visibly uncomfortable half-hour experienced by hapless Stonewall chair Iain Anderson with Beth Rigby last night, or the seemingly random changes every few seconds in his facial expressions, body language and accent.
(Just about the only constant, other than his sweating top lip, was the deeply irritating modern phenomenon of stupid people starting every sentence with the word “So…”.)
If you’re a connoisseur of vacuous, nervous awkwardness you’re in for a real treat. If you want to see a human being actually answering any questions with even the tiniest shred of coherence, pertinence or honesty, maybe give it a miss.
A fuse is lit 387
Posted on
July 12, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Those first three paragraphs. Ooft.
And the rest of it doesn’t pull many punches either. Let’s hope it’s just the first crack in the dam. The opportunity for the others in the party to find their courage is fast ebbing away, and history will be unmerciful if they don’t seize it.
Fun with words 61
Posted on
June 30, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This is, strictly speaking, semantically, true:
It is, however, as the famous phrase goes, not the whole truth.
Unserious People 189
Posted on
June 29, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
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.
The Burning House 503
Posted on
June 26, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This one goes out to all the “rebel” MSPs at the SNP desks in Holyrood.
Because it’s nearly time for you to choose whether you want to fight, or die meekly.
