Friends like ours 295
Posted on
October 20, 2018 by
Chris Cairns
Archive for the ‘uk politics’
The good, the bad and the other one 672
Posted on
October 13, 2018 by
Chris Cairns
(We apologise for the late arrival of this week’s toon, due to MI5 on the line, probably.)
One tired eyebrow 536
Posted on
October 01, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We honestly don’t think they even see it, folks.
We truly don’t.
Where’s Richey? 224
Posted on
September 24, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’ve been watching the Labour Party annual conference today, at which North British Branch Office manager Richard Leonard apparently gave a speech.
Unfortunately the BBC News coverage wasn’t very helpful with its captioning, so we have no idea which of the people below is him. Can anyone help?
Lord Of The Fruit Flies 340
Posted on
September 23, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Everybody but you 256
Posted on
September 17, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
There’s a fascinating piece in the Guardian this morning.
It reveals that in attempting to solve the unsolvable Irish border problem, the EU’s Brexit negotiators are – at the UK’s behest – trying to come up with a plan which would preclude its use for Scotland in the event of independence.
That’s an entirely legitimate course of action. Having lacked the courage to establish itself as a nation, Scotland shouldn’t expect to be treated as one by either the EU or the UK (which has demonstrated its contempt by flatly refusing Scotland any voice in negotiations). The EU is quite properly, and admirably stoutly, defending the interests of its member state, Ireland. Would that Scotland had such clout.
But it’s worth taking a second to ponder what it all means.
The scissored isles 137
Posted on
September 02, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
New polling out tonight from British Polling Council members Deltapoll.
Excluding don’t-knows, both of those sets of figures come out at 52-48 margins: for Yes if Brexit goes ahead, for No if it doesn’t. If Brexit isn’t mentioned in the question at all, the results are 49% Yes 51% No.
Excluding don’t knows, the figures for Northern Ireland are 57-43 in favour of a united Ireland in the event of Brexit, and 60-40 against if Brexit is averted.
Fair bit at stake in the next few months, then.
