The right to be heard 105
Posted on
April 24, 2021 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
From 1964:
How the times change, eh?
Archive for the ‘history’
Red flags and klaxons 319
Posted on
April 05, 2021 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Hindsight is 20/20, readers, but perhaps we ought to have paid a little more attention to the article below back in 2015.
Because as the old saying goes: when people tell you who they are, believe them.
The Switch 418
Posted on
March 23, 2021 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We were reminded this week of the amount of stick we got when we wrote these words almost five years ago, right after the 2016 Holyrood election:
(The rest of our post-match analysis wasn’t too shabby either.)
But readers, we have to grudgingly admit: we’re only NEARLY always right.
Not-So-New Dawn Fades 65
Posted on
March 16, 2021 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you back once again to the only event in politics that’s more frequent than a Scottish Labour leadership election.
Seems to come round sooner every year, doesn’t it?
Some things stay the same 232
Posted on
March 07, 2021 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
An extraordinary find by alert reader Ian Brotherhood in the archives.
(Click to enlarge.)
The paragraph at top right is a particular eye-catcher.
Heavy Is The Crown 123
Posted on
February 25, 2021 by
Kenny MacAskill MP
Is the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service of Scotland institutionally corrupt? I don’t believe so, but it’s certainly a troubled organisation.
The cost and reputational damage to it from the Rangers FC case are of a magnitude never seen before, and the actions in the Alex Salmond case and related actions by the Lord Advocate and Crown Agent have called its independence into question.
There must be structural change and individuals must be held to account.
The importance of kindness 189
Posted on
January 29, 2021 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
When we saw this a few days ago, we wondered what they wanted to hide.
And now we know.
The dead carrot sketch 346
Posted on
January 17, 2021 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
There’s literally nothing about this that isn’t toe-curlingly embarrassing:
The only challenge is knowing where to start.
The empty omelette 198
Posted on
December 11, 2020 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
For much of last year, this site advocated a rational but unpopular position – namely that the SNP, which at the time held the balance of power in the UK parliament, should offer to support Theresa May’s soft-Brexit deal in exchange for the transfer of powers to hold a second independence referendum.
The logic was clear – nothing was ever going to stop Brexit from happening, but passing May’s deal would save the UK from the catastrophe of a no-deal. Everyone would be a winner – England and Wales would get what they voted for, Remain-voting Northern Ireland would get special terms that kept it in the EU in all but name, and Scotland would get the chance to stay in the EU as an independent nation.
“But no!”, everyone screamed at us. “We can’t possibly do any sort of deal with the Tories or we’d be electorally crucified and lose the referendum, you idiots!”
Record scratch, jump-cut to the present day.
[Pause for long, weary sigh.]
Any minute now 129
Posted on
November 22, 2020 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
From 2016 (and another classic in the “missing words” category).
We were keen to read the article, obviously.
An Auld Sang 70
Posted on
August 13, 2020 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Chilling indeed, 1992 Sunday Times. Chilling indeed.
