Revised figures released 86
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July 15, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
David Cameron, 16 September 2014 and 8 May 2015 respectively:
You get how it works now, right?
Archive for the ‘uk politics’
One nation united 125
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July 15, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Last night we highlighted the reaction from various right-wing columnists to the SNP’s torpedoing yesterday of Tory attempts to relax the laws on foxhunting in England and Wales. Today the same commentariat has turned its rage to thoughts of revenge, in the form of “English votes for English laws”.
And we’re confused, because we don’t know what this “England” they speak of is.
The filth and the fury 167
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July 14, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
It seems safe to say that the SNP’s de facto defeat of the fox-torturing lobby today has riled the right-wing commentariat beyond their endurance. Unable to get their way and inflict a prolonged, agonising death on small animals for “sport”, Tory columnists have instead descended howling and bloodthirsty at pack strength on their readers.
Here’s just a small sample.
What a champion of Scotland looks like 204
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July 14, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Friendly help for the Daily Mail 119
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July 14, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
As part of their tireless campaign against abuse and threats on the internet, the Mail’s ever-alert reporters will doubtless be wanting to run a major piece on the deputy leader of UKIP calling today on a widely-read website for Nicola Sturgeon to be killed.
No need to thank us for the tip-off, guys. All part of the service.
Fox Force 56 248
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July 13, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
There’s little to gladden the heart of a left-wing Scot like a Tory squealing in outrage that he won’t be allowed to torture woodland creatures to death for “sport” any more.
So this site is thrilled by the announcement from the SNP that they will, after much speculation in the media, vote against (and therefore likely condemn to defeat) the UK government’s plans to relax England’s fox-hunting ban to a point at which it would be de facto repealed entirely.
And not just because foxes are a lot cuter than Tories.
There goes another one 116
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July 13, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Yesterday we listed some of the nastier items from George Osborne’s horrifying 2015 budget that Labour had said they wouldn’t be opposing, including the public-sector payrise freeze, the reduction in the benefit cap and the slashing of child tax credit for families with more than two children.
On a BBC hustings debate today, Yvette Cooper extended the list.
They think we forget 56
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July 12, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The insulting thing is that they think it so soon.
Her Majesty’s Opposition 107
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July 12, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Meanwhile, in an alternative universe 42
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July 12, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The Economist:
“George Osborne’s political vision is brave, bold – and on many counts wrong.
Cutting benefits to the very poor while reducing inheritance tax for the wealthy is indefensible.”
The acting leader of the Labour Party:
Of course, it’s entirely natural that the Labour Party and The Economist should be on opposite sides. But somehow everything seems to be the wrong way round.
The Death Cult Of Tony Blair 205
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July 11, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
One of the worst things about running this website is that eventually it causes you to doubt the existence of reason. Things happen that – even putting all partisanship to one side, in so far as is humanly possible – it’s impossible to believe any remotely rational being or organisation would ever think, say or do.
A recent obvious case in point was the election of Jim Murphy as Scottish Labour leader. SNP supporters rubbed their eyes in disbelief as Labour and the media rushed, with apparent sincerity, to proclaim one of Labour’s most right-wing and divisive MPs the party’s saviour.
So unable was the nationalist side to contain its glee and amusement at what was a plainly suicidal move to anyone sane, the Unionist establishment persuaded itself a bluff was afoot and that the laughter masked fear. We all know how that turned out.
But what we want to talk about in this article is how, no matter how often that same tragi-comic farce is played out – in 2007, 2011 and now 2015 – the astonishing fact is that it never seems to make any difference. In defiance of the most famous quote attributed (apocryphally or otherwise) to Albert Einstein, Labour and its cheerleaders keep right on repeating the same actions over and over, expecting different results.
For those of us who cling to reason as the hope of mankind, increasingly despite all the evidence, it can cause outbreaks of incredulous despair. “They just CAN’T be this stupid!”, we exclaim, only for Labour to prove us wrong by offering their long-suffering Scottish members a prospective dream team of Kezia Dugdale and Gordon Matheson.
But we may have had a modest epiphany.
