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Conflicting reports 444

Posted on June 29, 2014 by

It seems somehow fitting that there was a political battle in Stirling yesterday. The city was host to two sets of military-themed festivities, with the UK government having decided to hold Armed Forces Day there in a move transparently aimed at wrecking the commemorations of the 700th anniversary of the Battle Of Bannockburn.

The anniversary was obviously on an immovable date and location, but the Labour-Tory coalition that runs Stirling Council, and which last year attempted to replace a Saltire which flies over the statues of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce with a Union Jack – a plan it abandoned after it was highlighted by this site – agreed to host the competing festival on the same weekend.

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Armed Forces Day had free admission to undermine the relatively pricey Bannockburn event. Labour even went so far as to actively try to put people off attending the latter, with Glasgow MP Ian Davidson suggesting that the commemoration was nothing more than a glorification of “the murder of hundreds of thousands of English people”. (These particular “people” being an invading army, actual English casualties around 10,000.)

The press covered the subsequent downsizing of the historical recreation with glee, with numerous articles reporting low ticket sales and other problems right up to the eve of the show, which appeared about to be a major flop.

But then something odd happened.

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The double standards 207

Posted on June 28, 2014 by

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The short walk to democracy 109

Posted on June 21, 2014 by

hamishconst

(Story, just in case you missed it in this week’s media “cybernat” horror orgy.)

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The Jim Murphy Fan Club 373

Posted on June 19, 2014 by

Labour MP and nuclear weapon enthusiast Jim Murphy is out and about this week, flitting bat-like across Scotland as part of his “100 Corners” tour where he stands on a box and tells wide-eyed Ordinary Members Of The Public ™ about the splendour of the union. Some of Jim’s pals have been proudly tweeting shots of the packed crowds.

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But our eagle-eyed viewers couldn’t help spotting something.

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Chinese PM speaks out for Union 148

Posted on June 18, 2014 by

bttianenmen

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Category leaks, pictures, scottish politics, world

Let’s get this started 244

Posted on June 17, 2014 by

stayuk

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The growing consensus 141

Posted on June 14, 2014 by

promises

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The higher ground 285

Posted on June 11, 2014 by

It’s been a pretty bad-tempered day in the independence debate, as the No campaign drags everything down into the mud yet again in an attempt to hide their latest shame. Let’s end it on something beautiful.

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Send three and fourpence 143

Posted on June 04, 2014 by

We’re going to the IndepenDance.

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An alert reader at a scanning shop in Falkirk found this today, left behind by the previous customer. Click the thumbnail above for the full majesty, as it were.

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The company you keep 108

Posted on May 30, 2014 by

We’re not sure if these are Scottish Labour’s 3rd-floor office-mates at John Smith House, or just some of the party’s alternative trading names.

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Their master’s voice 126

Posted on May 17, 2014 by

puppets

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Automatic pilot 74

Posted on May 15, 2014 by

Judging by the latest leak from our “Better Together” mole, we’re not sure anyone’s actually driving the No campaign any more. It seems to be set on an infinite loop.

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