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.
100%Yes on Step One: “What’s happening with the Alba party fraud?” Jul 12, 16:58
Aidan on It just takes a beat: “In that vein have you seen what “friend” of the site “Heather” Herbert has got herself into hot water for?” Jul 12, 16:56
100%Yes on Step One: “I was listening to Robin McAlpine video below, He was saying a lot. We’ve had 12yrs of the SNP dismantling…” Jul 12, 16:20
Steve A on Step One: “The “Hillsborough Law” might just be one of the straws that breaks the camels back… Just hope it can be…” Jul 12, 15:57
Rev. Stuart Campbell on It just takes a beat: “Did you contact me and alert me to it? No? Then shush, and thank the person who got off their…” Jul 12, 15:55
sarah on Step One: ““And on we’ll limp, year after year, in ever shrinking circles, going nowhere.” BUT, Rev, political parties are not essential…” Jul 12, 15:38
mg on Step One: “Good wee article, I particularly appreciated the link to Paul Sinclair’s article. It was balanced and accurate.” Jul 12, 15:29
sam on It just takes a beat: “Silly question. With a fierce dose of the Cultural Cringe thrown in. There are lots of prominent Scots at home…” Jul 12, 15:25
Eric on Step One: “The article is excellent. Is there hope our supine press are finally waking up ? Also, the last point that…” Jul 12, 15:24
Northcode on It just takes a beat: ““Where are they now?” They wait, silently, patiently, hidden in the shadows for the time of the great awakening when…” Jul 12, 14:12
Northcode on It just takes a beat: “I can’t bring myself to watch any football at all… a side-effect from being asked as a wean which team…” Jul 12, 13:54
Alf Baird on It just takes a beat: “Having rid themselves of “the colonialist delusion…what the colonized do with their freedom is a matter for them only” (Memmi).” Jul 12, 13:36
Southernbystander on It just takes a beat: “Yes, good post, it is something I have always thought – luck is part of it and always will be…” Jul 12, 13:23
100%Yes on It just takes a beat: “I couldn’t bring myself to watch England but if no other choice I’d rather run of a cliff head first…” Jul 12, 12:59
Northcode on It just takes a beat: “I’m not a big fan of football, nor any sport, but it seems to me that skill can only take…” Jul 12, 12:30
Confused on It just takes a beat: “while I like to make the strongly positive economic case for indy, on a personal level I would take indy,…” Jul 12, 12:25
Bilbo on It just takes a beat: “@ Hatey This isn’t a back handed compliant but there are times where you take the time to be articulate…” Jul 12, 12:19
James Jones on It just takes a beat: “Indeed, if it’s not better than Westminster then what would be the point? We are supposed to believe there is…” Jul 12, 12:16
James on It just takes a beat: “Should we get the super-competent westminster operators in to show us how to do it, Inglis? Give us some names?” Jul 12, 11:45
Captain Caveman on It just takes a beat: “Despite our (wildly) differing politics and beliefs, Confused, I’ve often quite genuinely enjoyed some of your rants, Confused, and have…” Jul 12, 11:41
Captain Caveman on It just takes a beat: “I agree, we were lucky as fook. I’ll take it though! 🙂” Jul 12, 11:33
100%Yes on It just takes a beat: “When the SNP offered to pay back the donors for Independence referendum fund, as one of them I can honestly…” Jul 12, 11:27
TURABDIN on It just takes a beat: “It was suggested to me that the US has been at war in some form with the rest of the…” Jul 12, 11:22
100%Yes on It just takes a beat: “Burnham says he wouldn’t grant new independence powers for Scotland, who’s going to step up and say out right Scotland…” Jul 12, 10:58
Chas on It just takes a beat: “I will ask again Alf. If Scotland ceases to be a colony and somehow votes for Independence, who do you…” Jul 12, 10:47
Chas on It just takes a beat: “I am not a supporter of the Tories or any right wing political Party, but, if any individual had any…” Jul 12, 10:43
Alf Baird on It just takes a beat: “As per usual you conveniently ignore a few fundamentals of colonial rule, Hatey. Lat’s mind oorsels, shall we, that: -…” Jul 12, 10:00
Hatey McHateface on It just takes a beat: “I find Tuchel agreeing with me, CC. England were lucky. Still though, Napolean used to value luck above everything else.” Jul 12, 09:56
