The Daily Telegraph just released a video called “100 Reasons Why Brexit Was A Good Thing”. It listed them to a soundtrack of “Jerusalem”, the same song that closed the Labour Party conference earlier this week with its stirring ode to just one of the four nations of the United Kingdom.
We’ve saved a few of the highlights below, just in case the Telegraph should delete the video in a fit of sanity. We’ve also added one fake one. See if you can spot it.
The dogged determination of Scottish Labour to insult the Scottish electorate is a source of constant slack-jawed astonishment to us. Over the years we’ve lost count of the number of times the party’s politicians have effectively said “People are just too stupid to vote for us”, in the apparent belief that abuse is the way to win back support.
But it’s not always so overt. The subtler ways in which the party treats voters like morons include the assumption that people’s memories only go back to yesterday’s newspapers, and there can surely be no more stark illustration than its recent adoption of the attack line that the SNP are standing “shoulder to shoulder with the Tories”.
We’re big fans of socialism ourselves, so when a number of delegates at the Scottish Labour conference today, including UK leader Jeremy Corbyn, revived an old Keir Hardie line we were quite excited.
Michelle Mone, the fake-tan-and-diet-pills tycoon who threatened to leave Scotland if the SNP won the 2007 Holyrood election (but didn’t when they did), then threatened to leave if Yes won the referendum (but did when it didn’t), now lives in a very expensive flat by the Thames in London with a lovely view of Tower Bridge.
Robert Hughes on The Way Forward: “I had the exact same thought ; though , he does say he canvassed WITH the Dems , not FOR…” Nov 17, 13:43
Cath on The Way Forward: “The last sentence presumes the SNP are going to try for independence.” Nov 17, 13:42
Eddie Munster on The Way Forward: “Very truthfully spoken and an excellent observation based in fact. Trump didn’t need to win, he just needed the Democrats…” Nov 17, 13:42
Al Harron on The Way Forward: “Alba got 8.7% in Inverclyde West.” Nov 17, 13:42
Ian Brotherhood on The Way Forward: “If Alba is such an insignificant microbe, why do you keep going on about it?” Nov 17, 13:41
Al Harron on The Way Forward: “I have to ask: if you expected & wanted Trump to win, why did you campaign with the Democrats for…” Nov 17, 13:41
Wee Jock Poo-Pong McPlop on The Way Forward: “Much to agree with there, and some very interesting information that hasn’t been widely publicised. Got to ask though -…” Nov 17, 13:36
Ted on The Way Forward: “Whereas Reform UK on the other hand, is showing a real possibility of uniting the Unionist centre right. Time will…” Nov 17, 13:33
Itsagoinwrang on The Way Forward: “A massive vote for ALBA and ISP in the Holyrood election, even if it’s only on the list vote, would…” Nov 17, 13:32
Ian Caldwell on The Way Forward: “Voters are refusing to support the SNP but for reasons that are by no means obvious, these same voters are…” Nov 17, 13:31
dearieme on The Way Forward: “A friend of mine is married to a Latin-American girl. At the time of the Referendum she was subjected to…” Nov 17, 13:30
James on The Way Forward: “And you’re a Tory.” Nov 17, 13:27
David Beveridge on The Way Forward: “One of the problems in 2014 was that any time Sturgeon was near a microphone she’d start proclaiming, “No more…” Nov 17, 13:24
KOF on The People You Most Suspected: “The spirit of 1640 absolutely doesn’t live on at Holyrood, nor at Westminster, but the spirit of Satan certainly does.…” Nov 17, 13:24
Campbell Clansman on The Way Forward: “The only “true” Indy Party is said (by many here) to be Alba, which got 1.7% of the vote in…” Nov 17, 13:17
Lorna Campbell on The People You Most Suspected: “‘Evil’ is the only word that sums up what is happening, in my opinion. As for the very powerful, when…” Nov 17, 12:54
Hatey McHateface on The People You Most Suspected: “Have you considered standing for office on an “end colonialism” policy platform, Alf? Obvs you could have some other policies…” Nov 17, 12:54
Hatey McHateface on The People You Most Suspected: “You’re making the assumption that posters using male handles are guys, and posters using female handles are gals. Yet most…” Nov 17, 12:41
Alf Baird on The People You Most Suspected: “An oppressed people first need to address their colonial reality where ideologies of left and right or anything else are…” Nov 17, 12:20
Dan on The People You Most Suspected: ““I noticed quite a few months ago that men BTL on Wings didn’t get it. Do they get it now…” Nov 17, 11:04
Hatey McHateface on The People You Most Suspected: “I was unaware the old Scottish Parliament had once made aspects of the celebration of Christmas criminal acts! Somebody should…” Nov 17, 09:40
Hatey McHateface on The People You Most Suspected: “Great isn’t it? You only have to be a half-educated smart-arse to run rings around most of Wings BTL finest!…” Nov 17, 08:41
twathater on The People You Most Suspected: “What would be KARMA is for one of the disgruntled staff being made redundant to become a whistleblower to EXPOSE…” Nov 17, 04:00
KOF on The People You Most Suspected: “I would say you are both right and wrong at the same time. Two generations ago Christmas was mainly a…” Nov 17, 00:09
sarah on The People You Most Suspected: “What drivel, piffle, spiel by Kerr. If he can’t tell the truth i.e. that they can’t afford this number of…” Nov 16, 22:12
Hatey McHateface on The People You Most Suspected: “There’s a nasty war on TURABDIN. Most Scots will be glad to see our defences being bolstered. If that means…” Nov 16, 19:54
sarah on The People You Most Suspected: “Jazz festival, someone reported yesterday. He’s got no sense of responsibility, has he? 🙂” Nov 16, 19:10
