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.
Aidan on Faces In Sand: “I would also add that the circumstances around the formation of a treaty 300 years ago is an issue that…” Oct 22, 16:10
Alf Baird on Faces In Sand: ““Scotland currently has full civil rights” A colonized people are a subordinated people subject to cultural erasure and economic extraction,…” Oct 22, 16:05
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “James — whatever people believe about 1606, 1707, treaties, petitions, parliaments, monarchs, or historical grievances, none of that changes how…” Oct 22, 16:04
factchecker on Faces In Sand: “Thanks for all the rational analysis, NC. Democratic legitimacy is indeed the key. Apart from anything else, the Claim of…” Oct 22, 15:43
James Che on Faces In Sand: “North code. If the Scots are not a Colonised people, and the monarch of England withdrew the parliament of Scotland…” Oct 22, 15:38
sam on Faces In Sand: “It is true that legally Scotland will not be recognised as a colony. It is also true that it was…” Oct 22, 15:25
James Che on Faces In Sand: “North code, I like the phrasing you used, So what would or could Westminster actually do or achieve if it…” Oct 22, 15:21
sarah on Faces In Sand: “Rev, will the gathering that you attended in London last night that included Maya Forstater and other like-minded people, be…” Oct 22, 14:24
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “The point you’re making would apply in situations where a people are actually colonised. But Scotland isn’t a colony, and…” Oct 22, 14:22
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “The borders between England, Scotland, and Wales mark historic countries within a single sovereign state. England, Scotland, and Wales are…” Oct 22, 14:13
Aidan on Faces In Sand: “If you’re upset with the company Geri – you could always post the same stuff under your own name on…” Oct 22, 13:55
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “Alf – I wrote that Scotland currently has full civil rights. I didn’t mention human rights at all. You shifted…” Oct 22, 13:53
James on Faces In Sand: “Here we go again. *sigh* Today’s crossword clue A country which has no control over its own borders, resources, broadcast…” Oct 22, 13:48
James on Faces In Sand: ““…I haven’t used AI in any of what I wrote above…” LOLZ.” Oct 22, 13:45
James on Faces In Sand: “3 in a row. Bingo!” Oct 22, 13:37
Geri on Faces In Sand: “Aye Dan.. You’ve just reminded me why I gave up on here. It’s a mystery why so many fucking fuds…” Oct 22, 13:04
Alf Baird on Faces In Sand: “Democracy can only exist once a colonized people are outside the firm grip of the oppressor and his colonial administrators…” Oct 22, 13:04
Aidan on Faces In Sand: ““Liberation Scotland has been visiting the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to present violations to our human rights,…” Oct 22, 12:14
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “Historical treaty grievances don’t change how sovereignty works today. Modern international bodies don’t adjudicate 18th-century constitutional arrangements. They respond to…” Oct 22, 12:12
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “Alf — human rights concerns can and should be raised wherever people feel they’re not being heard. But even when…” Oct 22, 12:05
James Che on Faces In Sand: “North Code, The UN and the law on treaties would have to consider Scotlands claim that there is no such…” Oct 22, 11:41
Geri on Faces In Sand: “Just a few suggestions of why .. 24/7 pumped propaganda. CIA NGOs littering the place pretending to be charitee. CIA…” Oct 22, 11:36
Aidan on Faces In Sand: “Except I haven’t used AI in any of what I wrote above, I’ve simply used the autotrader app to do…” Oct 22, 11:26
Alf Baird on Faces In Sand: ““Scotland currently has: – full civil rights” Dinna be daft. Liberation Scotland has been visiting the United Nations Human Rights…” Oct 22, 11:19
James Che on Faces In Sand: “North Code, The UN cannot declare Scotland is a Colony, It may be outside their remit, But nor can they…” Oct 22, 11:14
Dan on Faces In Sand: “Test. There’s a post for you waiting in moderation…” Oct 22, 11:10
Captain Caveman on Faces In Sand: “My 03 plate Mondeo 2.0D Ghia X was easily the worst car I have ever owned. Absolute piece of shit.…” Oct 22, 11:08
Captain Caveman on Faces In Sand: “” There is no democracy possible for a people whose territory has been alienated” World history is littered with clear…” Oct 22, 10:48
Dan on Faces In Sand: “You can call bollocks all you want, but the reality is I have worked in and around the automotive industry…” Oct 22, 10:44
Northcode on Faces In Sand: “Alf — I understand the argument you’re making, but the point I’m raising sits at a different level. Territorial alienation,…” Oct 22, 10:42
