Maybe the flag could have been a bit bigger, but a solid 8/10 for the staunch rejection of all things nationalistic in this picture and tweet.
Jamie Halcro Johnston, incidentally, secured a whopping 4.1% of the Orkney vote for the Tories in the 2016 election, losing his deposit in the party’s lowest vote share ever (the nadir of a long slide from 23% in 2003), so we’re not absolutely sure he’s qualified to speak on behalf of the whole constituency, but we’ll let that one go this time in the light of such an absolutely stunning rejection of nationalism. Trebles all round.
The Scottish media is in a total frenzy this morning over the long-delayed publication of the “Russia Report” into alleged interference by Vladimir Putin’s regime in UK politics.
The Herald, Scotsman, Mail, Express and the i all lead their front pages with the story today, and the Telegraph did it yesterday. So we thought you might like to see the entirety of the indyref coverage that’s actually in the 55-page report.
But don’t worry, readers. The SNP have a cunning plan to secure independence by 2050, maybe, if they can find time in between letting rapists into women’s changing rooms, criminalising almost any sort of speech and stopping you getting cheap pizzas. No rush. There’s still a lot of MP wages and Short money to be claimed.
The Huffington Post published a poll today, to the great delight of the likes of Stonewall Scotland, which seemed to fly in the face of every previous one on the idea of gender self-identification, a policy which appears to have been dumped by the UK government but is still very much in favour with the Scottish one.
That the poll had been commissioned by trans uber-fundamentalist website Pink News immediately set off alarm bells, especially as the site had previously asked a similar question, found dramatically different results and swiftly disappeared them.
We’ve just been out for our evening constitutional in the relatively cool night air (Bath sweltered at an oppressive 30C today and Bear Patrol was pretty gruelling), and we thought readers might be interested in what we saw.
The city has observed lockdown with great diligence, as we’ve previously documented, and to be honest we’re not sufficiently familiar with the latest rules to say it wasn’t still doing so tonight. But a nearby park, around 9.30pm, was a disconcerting scene.
Now, as we noted earlier this month, that might just be down to people getting weary of false dawns. But it might also indicate that a measure of realism is belatedly beginning to dawn on the Yes movement about the lack of connection between nice poll numbers and actually securing another referendum.
Angus on The End Of Law: ““Because our wee country has been stolen by arrogant gangsters and there appears to be nothing we can do about…” Jun 21, 01:10
Jay on The End Of Law: “Casper, the SNP are the rats on the ship. Alf Baird has been explaining the underpinnings of the rotten situation…” Jun 21, 00:40
Jay on The End Of Law: “Lorncal, can you add a link for seeing the 1960’s video, please?” Jun 21, 00:25
agentx on The End Of Law: “It looks like Murrell appearing for sentencing in tight pink leggings isn’t going to work now!” Jun 21, 00:19
Jay on The End Of Law: “049/26 from L. Pollock shows that she has no intention to comply with the findings of Lady Ross, an insolent…” Jun 20, 23:37
Lorncal on The End Of Law: “That was how the narrative was changed by Stonewall. Previously, these men – the autogynephiles and fetishists – who were…” Jun 20, 23:05
Phil on The End Of Law: “It’s the only way forward. https://capx.co/is-it-time-to-abolish-holyrood” Jun 20, 23:03
Lorncal on The End Of Law: “gm/Dave G: that is why it now has to be brought under the auspices of the criminal law. ALL biological…” Jun 20, 22:48
Lorncal on The End Of Law: “The judge left a loophole through which the ‘trans’ lobby will slither: that certain ‘trans’ identified men who are especially…” Jun 20, 22:42
willie on A Fishy Tale: “Ah, and supported by Brendan O’Hara a man who publicly declared that Nicola Sturgeon was the greatest ever Scots Woman…” Jun 20, 21:27
Red on The End Of Law: “The far-left position that trans individuals — particularly those who are biologically male — pose no statistical or situational risk…” Jun 20, 20:54
gm on The End Of Law: “Cheers Dave. I was thinking along the lines of a complaint being made against the SPS by relatives of a…” Jun 20, 20:53
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The End Of Law: “Worth a watch. Episode on trans issues from online channel of veteran club-bouncer, street-violence survival advisor, and mainstream defence sector…” Jun 20, 20:34
Dave G on The End Of Law: “Failing to comply with Lady Ross’s ruling is potentially contempt of a civil court but it is not a criminal…” Jun 20, 20:30
Hatey McHateface on The End Of Law: ““trigger some kind of intervention from the Westminster Parliament to shut the entire Scottish Parliament altogether” If you can access…” Jun 20, 20:27
gm on The End Of Law: “Someone complains to the police and they report to the Crown office who don’t do anything. Is there anything else?” Jun 20, 20:21
A2 on The End Of Law: “however they could face dicipline for saying otherwise and without a union that will support them they all (have to)…” Jun 20, 20:20
gm on The End Of Law: “If the SPS, any organisation, refuses or fails to comply with the law. What mechanism exists to make them comply?” Jun 20, 20:20
Red on The End Of Law: “Linda Pollock – who should be stacking shelves in a supermarket based on her CV – is paid over £125,000,…” Jun 20, 20:13
Hatey McHateface on The End Of Law: “Wasn’t it psychology earlier, Alf, around half past four? I’m sure it was psychology earlier, because I just went back…” Jun 20, 20:03
Hatey McHateface on A Fishy Tale: “Wear your tea towel with pride, Marie. Learn some Arabic chants too. Fat lot of good any of it will…” Jun 20, 19:54
Hatey McHateface on A Fishy Tale: “@Captain Caveman The warming melts the ice. The melted ice ends up in the sea. The sea level rises. It’s…” Jun 20, 19:48
Hatey McHateface on A Fishy Tale: “A perfectly valid viewpoint, CC. Perhaps you believe that poot will happily stop at the borders of his former colony,…” Jun 20, 19:39
Alasdair Roy on A Fishy Tale: “The carnal tendencies of SNP Westminster MPs had slipped my mind until Confused mentioned the current and fragrant spouse of…” Jun 20, 19:27
100%Yes on The End Of Law: “The Scottish prison Service has been given a golden opportunity to protect the women held under there care, from both…” Jun 20, 19:08
Heather McLean on The End Of Law: “What is the actual point of the Scottish Government? Under the SNP they’ve managed to f**k almost every area supposed…” Jun 20, 19:03
Red on The End Of Law: “If we had a Save Our Scotland party to vote for, we can put these people in jail where they…” Jun 20, 19:01
Marie on A Fishy Tale: “Tea Towels??? That wasn’t you out on manoeuvres the other night in Leith by any chance? What an irresponsible disgrace…” Jun 20, 18:06
Mark Beggan on The End Of Law: “Are we breaking the law if we consider Trans men as nothing more than dangerous mental health cases supported by…” Jun 20, 17:42
Alf Baird on The End Of Law: ““our wee country has been stolen by arrogant gangsters” That’s a useful alternative definition of colonialism, Rev, and you are…” Jun 20, 17:36
