Caught between 516
Posted on
September 27, 2014 by
Chris Cairns
Archive for the ‘uk politics’
We told you so #2 955
Posted on
September 23, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Even we’re surprised how fast these are coming true.
Stay tuned for more. They’re on the way.
A lie won’t fly 860
Posted on
September 21, 2014 by
Eric Joyce
Scots voted No, in the end, on a ‘vow’ of greater devolution. Every Scot I have spoken to understands that the promised transfer of power can only take place if the books are balanced and Scots no longer legislate on England-only matters; this is manifestly part of the deal. If the UK government, Tory or Labour, reneges on it then the referendum result will have been fraudulent and founded upon a lie that won’t fly.
Number 1 in a long series 416
Posted on
September 20, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Of posts subtitled “We told you so”.
Coming soon: Iraq War III, Tory victory in 2015, UK out of Europe in 2017. Hold tight.
Enough is enough 399
Posted on
September 20, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
If we hadn’t already been sure, this would have sealed it.
Because we all know what really happened in George Square last night.
Keep ’em peeled 326
Posted on
September 19, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Now, technically there are still around 20 minutes of the 19th left as we write this, but we’re reasonably sure that Parliament is now closed for the night and as far as we can tell this doesn’t seem to have happened.
You’ll let us know if you spot it, won’t you, readers?
Fooled you twice, suckers 568
Posted on
September 19, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The Daily Record, 15 September 2014:
Our emphases. But you’ll never guess what, readers.
If you love someone, keep them prisoner 164
Posted on
September 13, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
An interesting piece in the Herald today:
Right there, in just two sentences, the spirit of the Union: English people think they should have been allowed to force the Scots to remain in the UK against their will.
If 70% of English people voted against independence (or even in fact, if just 70% of the 56% who think they should have had a vote did), it would have vastly outweighed even 100% of Scots voting Yes. That, readers, is the respect the people of England have for Scottish self-determination and democracy. Every single Scot could have voted for independence, and England’s view is that they should have been able to, and would, force Scotland to stay in the UK.
We’re just going to leave it at that.
In sickness and in health 351
Posted on
September 12, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We couldn’t help but notice Labour peer, Stalin-moustache enthusiast and celebrity Bobby Ball lookalike Lord/Baron Robert Winston standing at the front of the party’s boorish stag-party gathering of MPs and MSPs in Glasgow yesterday, as Ed Miliband railed against the dastardly SNP and insisted that the NHS wasn’t under threat.
(We didn’t see Andy Burnham among the MPs in the footage, so we assume he was still down in London telling anyone who’ll listen that the NHS is under threat.)
And we couldn’t help wondering whether the peer’s presence was a tacit endorsement by Miliband of his proposal to charge people £120 a year to visit their GP.
A distinction without a difference 273
Posted on
September 11, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Earlier today we showed you a clip from a press conference in which Alex Salmond schooled the BBC’s Nick Robinson in some basic financial facts about Corporation Tax, and went on to make a serious allegation about wrongdoing between the BBC and the UK Treasury, in which he claimed that the latter had broken Parliamentary rules by leaking market-sensitive information about RBS.
The BBC dutifully reported the story later in the day.
And as far as we can gather, the First Minister has everyone bang to rights.
Handed back on a plate 288
Posted on
September 11, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
From a press conference a few minutes ago:
We must admit, this is our favoured mode for the First Minister.
