The comfort of lies 197
Posted on
June 09, 2020 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Archive for the ‘debunks’
The Failure 173
Posted on
December 23, 2019 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We got blocked by LBC’s James O’Brien today for very gently and politely challenging him over this tweet:
And while this site most assuredly carries no torch for Jeremy Corbyn, it’s a reframing of reality that merits a bit of investigation for what it tells us about the UK media.
Nine Minutes Later 134
Posted on
December 10, 2019 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Two stories from yesterday’s Scottish papers, published at 11.19am and 11.28am:
But it’s even weirder than it looks.
The Ringer 167
Posted on
December 09, 2019 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Scottish Labour would like you to meet Rory.
They want you to believe that he was an SNP member and independence voter who’s recently changed his mind and become a devolutionist Labour supporter.
But that’s not quite true.
Flying with Wings 619
Posted on
September 18, 2019 by
Gavin Barrie
As the mandate for a second independence referendum currently sits gathering dust in the SNP vaults, discussion has started on ways to generate some movement. One of these has been the possibility of a Wings political party being set up to campaign for Holyrood list seats, which has generated rather a lot of attention.
Various pundits have been loudly vocal about the perceived pros and cons, but I’ve been extremely dissatisfied – in particular with those dismissing the value of a Wings party – with the quality of evidence and analysis that they’ve produced to justify their negative opinion. So I thought I’d use my day-job skills in commercial data science to analyse and understand the benefits, or otherwise, of the idea.
We Are Not Your Hostage 207
Posted on
August 17, 2019 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Oh dear God in Heaven, not THIS again.
Helen Thompson is apparently the “Professor of Political Economy” at Cambridge University. No wonder the country is being run by imbeciles.
Let’s speak really slowly and see if the idiots can get it into their thick heads this time.
Running the numbers 452
Posted on
August 10, 2019 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
So, there’s been quite a response to our interview in today’s Times.
The interview was an interesting one in itself that we might talk more about later this weekend, but let’s leave that aside for now and talk about the headline take, because as usual the Scottish media is presenting it in a remarkably dishonest manner.
Lying to the death 86
Posted on
May 28, 2019 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The Daily Record today carries a piece by Scottish Labour MPs Ian Murray and Martin Whitfield (no, us either) bitterly attacking their leadership over the Euro election results.
The two men complain that Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Leonard won’t listen to them, and insist that the party must “heed the people” if it ever wants to wield power again.
So it’s a bit ironic that they won’t take their own advice.
The Delusionists 221
Posted on
May 27, 2019 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’ve watched in growing amazement this morning as some Remain supporters have tried to spin last night’s election results as somehow representing a Remain victory. Much of it has been based on this batshit-mad graphic from the BBC website:
We’ll give you a moment to digest that one.
How to be goodest at numberology 128
Posted on
May 16, 2019 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Ruth Davidson led on numeracy (or as Tories call it, “numberacy”) at FMQs today.
And we can see why she’s concerned.
The meaning of power 519
Posted on
May 09, 2019 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
David Mundell is a liar 372
Posted on
May 04, 2019 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This was the Secretary of State for Scotland on the BBC’s coverage of the Scottish Conservative conference earlier today.
The broadcaster’s political editor Brian Taylor gets uncharacteristically indignant with Mundell’s response, and well he might.
