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.
Colin Alexander on How To Succeed In Scotland: “Three adults in a room. The abuser (a health professional), the victim, and a witness. Complaint of abuse made to…” Nov 11, 22:27
James on How To Succeed In Scotland: “Ah. all oor ain fault again, eh? “Hell will freeze over before we let somebody from a different tribe win…”…” Nov 11, 22:25
Hatey McHateface on How To Succeed In Scotland: ““A few Scots used to run the largest empire in history” But then according to the Post Colonial Boys, they’ll…” Nov 11, 21:22
Hatey McHateface on How To Succeed In Scotland: ““do you think the situation is worse in Scotland” A little. For the reasons outlined by President Donald Trump when…” Nov 11, 21:08
Hatey McHateface on How To Succeed In Scotland: ““At least with indy you can get rid of the bastards” Check out the result of the last Hollyrood election,…” Nov 11, 20:58
Southernbystander on How To Succeed In Scotland: “Genuine question – do you think the situation is worse in Scotland than, well, anywhere? Where I work in England,…” Nov 11, 20:49
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Hatey McHateface on How To Succeed In Scotland: ““the top jobs in Scotland primarily advertised in the London press” You make it sound like English printed newspapers, the…” Nov 11, 19:58
Scot Finlayson on How To Succeed In Scotland: “A few Scots used to run the largest empire in history, on behalf of an Anglo/Norman German/French elite in Englandshire,…” Nov 11, 19:56
sarah on How To Succeed In Scotland: “Yogurt has its good points. Kez? – none that I know of.” Nov 11, 19:30
Alf Baird on How To Succeed In Scotland: “Quite so, and this of course means our institutions are also a determinant of independence: https://yoursforscotlandcom.wordpress.com/2021/08/01/the-determinants-of-independence-institutions/” Nov 11, 19:02
shiregirl on How To Succeed In Scotland: “Not been on for a a few years so good to be back. Been reading, though. And lurking. Kez. Blessed…” Nov 11, 18:50
Aidan on Stand By Your Posts: “It is a state however, and only states can be the administering power of colonial territories for obvious reasons.” Nov 11, 18:46
Aunty Flo on How To Succeed In Scotland: “Well said, Professor. So, we can no longer realistically characterise our political ‘system’ either as democracy, or indeed as a…” Nov 11, 18:38
Dan on How To Succeed In Scotland: ““Almost every public office is filled by a proven failure, because failures are all we make any more.” Interesting use…” Nov 11, 18:12
Alf Baird on How To Succeed In Scotland: “Politicians are only a minor part of the establishment elites running a country. The Elitist Scotland report a few years…” Nov 11, 17:51
sarah on How To Succeed In Scotland: “Emma Roddick was selected on the basis of qualifying as disabled. The members gave her 2% of the vote but…” Nov 11, 17:31
Aidan on Stand By Your Posts: “The United Kingdom of course. But obviously London is not a colony, just as Scotland is also not a colony.…” Nov 11, 17:30
Forbes Johnstone on How To Succeed In Scotland: “It would be well received if any of these over paid abject failures who have mastered incompetence could respond and…” Nov 11, 17:13
gordon on How To Succeed In Scotland: “It’s more insidious than that, since 2015 selection has been determined by whether the candidates would just be happy with…” Nov 11, 16:48
James on Stand By Your Posts: “What country is London a colony of, Adrian? Tell us, tell us.” Nov 11, 16:34
panda paws on How To Succeed In Scotland: ““Almost every public office is filled by a proven failure, because failures are all we make any more.” Plenty of…” Nov 11, 16:31
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Spartan 117 on How To Succeed In Scotland: “To say I’m triggered is an understatement. On a day when I was messaged to say I had to pick…” Nov 11, 15:04
Aidan on Stand By Your Posts: “Actually – a walled Roman settlement existed in London until around 450AD until it was likely sacked by the Anglo…” Nov 11, 14:49
