On public record 550
Posted on
May 23, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Alistair Carmichael on Channel 4 News a few weeks ago:
Now at least we know why he was struggling to keep a straight face.
Archive for the ‘scottish politics’
The naked liar 145
Posted on
May 23, 2015 by
Eric Joyce
I was driving along under a lovely London sky yesterday and heard Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s interview on BBC Radio 4’s PM (package starts at 33.26).
As it progressed, it became clear that Sturgeon was turning in one of the best political performances on a radio programme ever. I say that as a Labour supporter, albeit one who’s belatedly grasping just how good she and her party folk are.
(PM, BBC Radio 4, 22 May 2015)
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It’s for you, and then the pundits, to reflect on her words and style. But what I heard moved me across a line of argument in a way I can’t remember being moved by anyone on the radio or telly before.
In case you’ve been napping 341
Posted on
May 22, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
…or, like us, out buying Eurovision party snacks:
This is a non-trivial matter. The (at the time) Secretary of State for Scotland seems to have just admitted deliberately and knowingly undermining the democratically-elected First Minister. The report may have been sneakily published on the eve of a Bank Holiday weekend, but we suspect this one won’t have gone away by Tuesday.
On their way 145
Posted on
May 21, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Sorry for the wait, readers, but having fancy custom stuff made simply takes time.
However, we’re delighted to report that all of the donor perks for our 2015 fundraiser are now in our possession, and will be winging their way out to generous contributors over the next few days.
McTernan Predicts (slight return) 279
Posted on
May 18, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The outsider 329
Posted on
May 17, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Note: we haven’t mocked this up.
But jings, readers, it’s hardly any dafter than most of the others.
Covering all bases 229
Posted on
May 16, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
For your licence fee this afternoon.
A new guess every 30 seconds. Keep tuning in!
Talking points 332
Posted on
May 15, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’re still on semi-holiday and the sun’s out, so rather than do any actual work by analysing and commenting on the last few questions we asked people in our most recent poll, we thought we’d just stick the tables up, let you have a nose through them and discuss them amongst yourselves. Click the image to enlarge.
Moodievision: The Fall And Fall… 150
Posted on
May 13, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
…Of Ed Miliband.
How the north was lost 557
Posted on
May 11, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The reasons for Scottish Labour’s obliteration at the hands of the electorate last week are manifold, and most of them were very thoroughly explored in the weekend’s press, for example by Kevin McKenna here and here.
But as is our wont here on Wings, we wanted something a little more empirical to get our teeth into, so a few days before the election we commissioned a poll of 1,013 Scottish voters from Panelbase covering some of the subjects the regional office had campaigned on under its branch manager Jim Murphy.
The results were fascinating.
