Boab The Builder 115
Posted on
July 29, 2023 by
Chris Cairns
Archive for the ‘scottish politics’
Never learned to shovel 195
Posted on
July 27, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Me talking about debanking on TalkTV earlier today.
Fears For Souvenirs 186
Posted on
July 26, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Allow us to present Exhibit C, if you know what we’re saying.
Won’t someone rid them of this turbulent priest once and for all?
Return Of The Fear 345
Posted on
July 24, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Wings readers are of course the last people in the country who need any reminding of what a ditch-slithering creature Scottish Labour activist Duncan Hothersall is. And in truth by his standards these tweets are only about averagely despicable.
But it’s what they don’t say that’s notable.
The Electric Chair 95
Posted on
July 21, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
At least, we assume there was a sizeable current being passed through it, as little else could explain the visibly uncomfortable half-hour experienced by hapless Stonewall chair Iain Anderson with Beth Rigby last night, or the seemingly random changes every few seconds in his facial expressions, body language and accent.
(Just about the only constant, other than his sweating top lip, was the deeply irritating modern phenomenon of stupid people starting every sentence with the word “So…”.)
If you’re a connoisseur of vacuous, nervous awkwardness you’re in for a real treat. If you want to see a human being actually answering any questions with even the tiniest shred of coherence, pertinence or honesty, maybe give it a miss.
The murmur of the cottonwood trees 89
Posted on
July 20, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Even not-very-alert readers will have noticed that we’re taking a little summer holiday in the complete absence of any political events. Rest assured that we’re using the time to patrol Bath diligently for bears. But we couldn’t help noticing this on Twitter today.
Someone tweeted it to show that as late as summer 2020 the SNP was still soliciting money for what it called its “ring fenced Independence Referendum Campaign Fund”.
A fuse is lit 387
Posted on
July 12, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Those first three paragraphs. Ooft.
And the rest of it doesn’t pull many punches either. Let’s hope it’s just the first crack in the dam. The opportunity for the others in the party to find their courage is fast ebbing away, and history will be unmerciful if they don’t seize it.
The Spare Wheels 207
Posted on
July 11, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
There’s not much to be cheerful about in Scottish politics at the moment, so let’s take a moment to be uncharacteristically positive about the future.
Because you’d need a heart of stone not to laugh at this.
Advertisement Feature 148
Posted on
July 07, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Just for a change, let’s have a Friday-night competition!
Sharp-eyed readers will have noticed that former First Minister Alex Salmond is staging a show in the Spiegeltent at the Edinburgh Fringe next month, from 4-13 August.
You may even have seen a bit of online criticism from certain po-faced pseudonats about the fact that Salmond is sharing a platform with – gasp! – a Yoon, in the shape of the “last of the traditional Tories”, David Davis MP.
Almost like a debate or something.
