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…and Hell followed with him 20

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

(And finally… #26)

horsemen

If only someone would come and free us from the burden of these terrible riches.

And finally… #25 15

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

A creative reader writes in to notify us of these splendid-looking mugs, and to pledge that all profits (about 45% of the sale price) will be donated to our fundraiser.

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Frankly we’re taking them at their word on the second part, but either way they seem a rather excellent thing to have in your home.

A persuasive case 45

Posted on March 05, 2013 by

You’ve got to admit, this is pretty fast work.

Daily Record, 23rd February 2013:

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The Herald, 5th March 2013:

fastwork2

Who’s next?

Brain Of Britian 28

Posted on March 02, 2013 by

(And finally… #24)

A charming shot of a British nationalist from an EDL march in Manchester today.

brainofbritian

You might need to click the pic to get the joke.

And finally… #23 25

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Better Together leaked posters #11: a special message from Ian Davidson.

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(Mole at BT HQ: "Free Scotland".)

And finally… #22 25

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

It’s old news, but someone finally dug up the actual leaflet. Click for the reason!

onereason

If the YesScotland campaign had its wits about it, it’d be running off a million of these with this week’s news stories printed in bold on the back.

 

Darling warns blah blah something 39

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

(Yawn.)

chriscairnsdarling

We expect we’ll be running this most weeks.

Good morning, Unionists 46

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

This guy’s on your team. Congratulations on that.

farage1

(We’re particularly impressed by the attack on Nicola Sturgeon, just days after a poll found her to be the most popular politician in Scotland, and probably Britain. Genius.)

At the last Scottish Parliament election, UKIP secured 0.52% of the vote, a little over half the share achieved by the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party. We’re not sure why the press doesn’t give their leader, whoever it is, more front covers.

Better late than never 72

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

It might have taken three days, but we got there in the end. After:

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And before:

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And finally… #21 60

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

For those of you not on Twitter. Click for full-fat glory.

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(From here, via alert reader Paul Martin.)

Back-seat driver 26

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

We’ve been (rather childishly, we admit) suggesting that “deputy” Anas Sarwar was Scottish Labour’s real leader for longer than we care to remember now. It was nice of the Daily Record to finally confirm it for us today, though.

anasleader

And finally… #20 21

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

We haven’t had anything from the Scottish Political Archive for a wee while, so in the light of today’s doom-mongering about the dangers of aggressive separatists, we thought we’d share a few other warnings from through the ages. Click to size up.

dangerseparatists

And just to bring us right up to date, there’s a bonus leaflet below.

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