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Moodievision: The Queen And I 155

Posted on May 20, 2015 by

Falling out with Auntie 406

Posted on May 14, 2015 by

Many pundits are of the opinion that the new Tory Max government will be actively hostile to the BBC, which the party has long believed is an expensive public-sector hotbed of right-on lefties. So when we did our latest poll, it seemed worth finding out how much the people of Scotland valued the state broadcaster.

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There were, let’s say, some interesting quirks.

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Moodievision: The Fall And Fall… 150

Posted on May 13, 2015 by

…Of Ed Miliband.

How the north was lost 557

Posted on May 11, 2015 by

The reasons for Scottish Labour’s obliteration at the hands of the electorate last week are manifold, and most of them were very thoroughly explored in the weekend’s press, for example by Kevin McKenna here and here.

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But as is our wont here on Wings, we wanted something a little more empirical to get our teeth into, so a few days before the election we commissioned a poll of 1,013 Scottish voters from Panelbase covering some of the subjects the regional office had campaigned on under its branch manager Jim Murphy.

The results were fascinating.

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No (“Kidding” – Ed), Sherlock 190

Posted on May 06, 2015 by

From our latest Panelbase poll.

uktone

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Moodievision: The MurphyBot 900 50

Posted on May 06, 2015 by

Greg Moodie’s Election Dissection, a compilation of splendid cartoon strips from The National, Bella Caledonia and elsewhere, is available to order now.

Moodievision: Briefs Encounter 39

Posted on April 29, 2015 by

Greg Moodie’s Election Dissection, a compilation of splendid cartoon strips from The National, Bella Caledonia and elsewhere, is available to order now.

Moodievision: Turning Jockanese 154

Posted on April 22, 2015 by

A new Wings Over Scotland exclusive, coming to you every Wednesday at noon.

You lucky, lucky people.

History Tomorrow 228

Posted on April 09, 2015 by

Jim Murphy Debate Drinking Bingo! 573

Posted on April 07, 2015 by

murphybingo3RULES:

One box: take a drink

Horizontal line: finish drink

Vertical line: finish bottle

Complete card: sing sectarian songs until arrested

Planet of the twin Suns 87

Posted on March 25, 2015 by

We’re still not tired of these.

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Although we can’t help thinking that maybe internal email is the more appropriate medium for resolving this particular workplace dispute.

Nozin’ Aroun’ 127

Posted on March 03, 2015 by

We love it when the UK government tries to get down with the kids.

morrissey

The Smiths broke up in 1987.

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