Let’s start with a nice simple flat-out lie, from the Daily Record:
The imaginary figures for future UK oil revenues released yesterday by the Office for Budget Responsibility (which is amusingly pretending it has some sort of idea what the proceeds from the world’s most infamously volatile industry will be 25 years from now when it can’t get anywhere close to accurate three-MONTH predictions) saw the OBR downgrade its OWN previous figure of £37bn – not the SNP’s – to just £2bn.
Let’s just say that again – despite the lie in the Record’s headline that the SNP had been predicting a figure of £37bn, that number was actually a projection by the OBR.
A reasonable person might at this point wonder why anyone would still bother listening to a body that had just slashed its own previous guess by an eye-watering 94% in the space of a year, when you could simply buy a dartboard and a blindfold, get drunk and produce your own “projections” that were every bit as likely to be accurate, but that’s not even the half of it.
We’ve already noted that today is a confusing news day. But when we were listening to the radio this morning we thought we maybe hadn’t woken up properly.
The segment concerned a report by the Tory-leaning think tank Reform Scotland, and saw both the organisation and Labour MSP Hugh Henry trying doggedly to find a bad spin on the news in the fact that crime in Scotland is at a 40-year low. So desperate were they to do so that they ended up denying the existence of arithmetic.
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We’ve already brought you the First Minister’s appearance on last night’s The Daily Show in the US, but in addition to the seven minutes that were shown on TV there were a further seven minutes of interview which didn’t go out on air, but were shown on the Comedy Central website, region-blocked so only US residents could see them.
When the FM goes abroad to represent Scotland in the outside world, though, we think it’s only fair that Scots get to see what she’s saying and doing on their behalf, so we didn’t let such trifling obstacles get in our way.
The Daily Record’s conscience is evidently still bothering it.
Having sold Scotland a pup back in September, the paper has spent much of the time since then frantically trying to present itself as the doughty and fearless champion of home rule. But it’s hard to see what it’s getting itself so worked up about.
The Daily Mail, having unaccountably failed to notice the slew of Unionists who tried to blame the SNP for Charles Kennedy’s death before the body was cold on Tuesday, suddenly remembered to look at its Twitter timeline again today.
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Knuckle_Heid on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: ““What we have here is Police Scotland and the Crown Office both failing to act in the public interest” Absolutely…” Jun 28, 10:34
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Bilbo on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “I don’t follow football and have never been interested in Scotland football games but I had watched the antics of…” Jun 28, 09:56
Captain Caveman on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Wow. Just wow! Surely the finest, absolute textbook example of self projection, Northy; indeed, as good as you’ll ever see…” Jun 28, 09:53
Bilbo on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Thanks for the link Sam. Even the media are calling out the absurdity of it when the admit in the…” Jun 28, 09:52
Graham Macready on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Reading the above it is almost incomprehensible to see the level of incompetence and buck-passing from these organisations. If this…” Jun 28, 09:49
Captain Caveman on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Heh! Well, 8:30am is just a *tad* early, even for me. Mind you, there’s always a Bloody Mary, with plenty…” Jun 28, 09:01
Bilbo on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “You really do need to be keeping off the drink CC.” Jun 28, 08:43
sam on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Is this what you mean? https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2026/06/10/penicuik-dcnn-1644-why-should-i-make-the-data-available-to-you-when-your-aim-is-to-try-to-find-something-wrong-with-it/#more-85669” Jun 28, 08:31
Hatey McHateface on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “I’ve always seen climate change, in the UK at least, as being nature’s way of preparing the country to better…” Jun 28, 08:30
Captain Caveman on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: ““Climate change hysteria” you say? “Net zero”…? Well, that’s lefties for you. The sentiments behind your post are akin to…” Jun 28, 08:19
Hatey McHateface on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “But not those who write about it on a public forum accessed by millions? That seems to be the gamble…” Jun 28, 08:17
Hatey McHateface on The Promise: “@ Lorncal says: 27 June, 2026 at 12:17 pm “there is no cut-and-dried answer” Precisely. The forced juxtaposition of Highlands…” Jun 28, 08:04
Bilbo on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “I see that we’re getting some good weather for a change and the climate based hysteria has started up again…” Jun 28, 07:56
Hatey McHateface on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Loving your use of hyphens there, Northy. You could never have equaled that writing in Scots. Plus, of course, nae…” Jun 28, 07:43
Hatey McHateface on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Man, Northy, but your recent trip to Alpha Centauri hasn’t improved your mood any. Any word on what punishment is…” Jun 28, 07:38
Graham Fordyce on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “I wonder if a Complaint to the Law Society of Scotland might move matters forward: Rule B1.2: You must be…” Jun 28, 07:37
Young Lochinvar on The Promise: “HMcH So your logic is that it’s only the good ol’ UK that’s is keeping Scotland from fragmenting into parts.…” Jun 28, 06:06
Willie on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Could not concur more with your comments Achnababan. The British state insidiously controls the police, Crown Office,major quango and civil…” Jun 28, 05:43
Achnababan on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “One thing should be clear from this situation and others (Alex Salmond) is that the British State is controlling Scotland…” Jun 28, 04:14
Young Lochinvar on The Guilty Party: “Alf The projects you cite highlight slightly different issues but the same underlying problem: client driven contractual risk transfer. It…” Jun 28, 03:51
Young Lochinvar on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “C Very true. However I don’t think even Swinney went on the election campaign trail with family in tow saying…” Jun 28, 03:07
Cynicus on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Scotland’s team manager,Steve Clarke, has just resigned. It takes an honourable man to act honourably. So, don’t expect the resignation…” Jun 28, 01:07
Angus on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: ““But we promise you this, readers: the questions are never going to stop. And unlike the SNP, we keep our…” Jun 28, 00:14
Red on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Stuart, I don’t mean to embarrass you or be a sook but I’ve been a reader of yours since the…” Jun 27, 22:25
