As alert readers will recall, this week we commissioned Panelbase to poll the good people of England, and we got some answers that we think will blow your minds. But we’re going to start with one we suspect people will find sad, but all too predictable.
Many will remember bitterly the short-lived “lovebombing” campaign from the indyref, in which a list of semi-celebrities from the rest of the UK was assembled to assure Scots of how much they were valued and cherished by their UK partners.
(NB These rules do not apply to Andrew Neil, Nick Robinson, etc etc. Like, duh. In a properly democratic country we’d be able to use FOI to actually see the blacklist, but this is the BBC we’re talking about.)
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The political broadcasts at election time are a time-worn tradition in the UK (as is our reaction to them) but not too many people really understand why political campaign broadcasts take this form, nor why it’s actually quite important that they do.
Previous episodes in the series are here. If you’ve got a story like this to tell, or you know anyone who does, Phantom Power want to hear from you – drop them a line.
We’ll be honest, readers – if this doesn’t make you want to leave the UK all by itself, it may be that there’s nothing that ever will and we should just give up.
(Alternative titles considered for this piece included Live And Please Let Die, Doctor Oh God No, The Barely-Living Daylights and Quantum Of Bollocks.)
This documentary starts a little slowly, but becomes an eye-opening case study of how Labour steamrollered through crippling PFI contracts to build public infrastructure on the never-never when they ran the Scottish Executive from 1999-2007.
Heather McLean on What Went On: “The Scottish Government have turned Scotland into a laughing stock itâs embarrassing But even worse this is our money they…” Nov 28, 16:31
Campbell Clansman on What Went On: “If you voted SNP, Labour, LibDem or Green, you voted for the people who enacted this craziness. Only the Conservatives…” Nov 28, 16:22
Mark Beggan on What Went On: “” What have they done to the earth? What have they done to our fair sister? Ravaged, plundered, ripped and…” Nov 28, 15:58
panda paws on What Went On: ““Thus leaving their unfortunate counsel to have to present a case which is complete gibberish that even they canât understand…” Nov 28, 15:56
Republicofscotland on What Went On: “More taxpayers cash wasted by the the Vichy SNP government – the SNP government and their degenerate sidekicks the Greens…” Nov 28, 15:51
Stephen on What Went On: “What a farce! Meanwhile what do the Scottish Government have to say on independence?” Nov 28, 15:41
Astonished on What Went On: “Do we have to wait months because it will take that long for the judges to stop laughing at Sturgeon…” Nov 28, 15:36
Mark Beggan on What Went On: ““Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman.” Especially when there’s a sweaty rapist in the next cubicle.” Nov 28, 15:32
Mark Beggan on What Went On: “The only thing that’s on trial here is the Scottish Legal system.” Nov 28, 15:20
gregor on What Went On: “re. “And to think that Scotland was once the land of the enlightenment” It still is (Scot Gov freak has…” Nov 28, 15:11
desimond on What Went On: “A Trans- Men WITH a GRC wont be entitled to IVF or Maternity Pay due to being male. Was this…” Nov 28, 15:11
Mark Beggan on What Went On: “And the whole world stops, The human race cannot continue until the Legal gerbils get their flow charts sorted. Yes…” Nov 28, 15:10
gregor on What Went On: “Woman: “An adult female human being.”: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/woman” Nov 28, 15:02
Sven on What Went On: “âWhom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.â The madness is surely apparent and in full view Lorna, this…” Nov 28, 14:54
Lorna Campbell on What Went On: “It was also the land of the witch hunter. More ‘witches’ killed here per capita than almost everywhere else, barring…” Nov 28, 14:45
Lorna Campbell on What Went On: “Everything is being affected, Fearghas. Apparently, sex crimes by women have risen 400% in the past couple of years.” Nov 28, 14:38
Ian McCubbin on What Went On: “Seems the waste of taxpayers money will not pay off for the woke SNP. Even their own 1st Minister says…” Nov 28, 14:34
Lorna Campbell on What Went On: “I truly wish that I could put a different spin on your first-rate analysis, Rev, but I can’t. Too many…” Nov 28, 14:33
Campbell Clansman on What Went On: “Only the Conservative Party voted against this in Holyrood. Every other party (SNP, LibDem, Labour, Green) supported it. Your suggestion…” Nov 28, 14:24
Dek on What Went On: “Everyone who had a hand in concocting and supporting this travesty must make a full confession ,apologise, and disappear forever…” Nov 28, 14:18
Nemisis Benn on What Went On: “@Sven: If only someone would place your comment on the (not Daily!) record in the Supreme Court, there would be…” Nov 28, 14:07
Stranger on What Went On: “The parliament is fine, it’s the media who don’t scrutinise it, the SNP that allowed itself to be infiltrated, its…” Nov 28, 13:59
Sven on What Went On: “And yet, nature always wins. Put 50 biological men and 50 biological women on a desert island: come back in…” Nov 28, 13:45
Zander Tait on What Went On: “Once upon a time, a company called Big Bucks Pharma discovered via its head scientist Fester Bester Tester drugs he…” Nov 28, 13:39
Patsy Millar on What Went On: “My head hurts!” Nov 28, 13:37
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on What Went On: “Supreme Court told to uphold âordinaryâ definition of woman « The Supreme Court should defend âthe facts of biological reality rather…” Nov 28, 13:34
100%Yes on What Went On: “I for one have always stated the parliament was a huge mistake which was designed to get us to shut…” Nov 28, 13:29
Anton Decadent on What Went On: “The SNP were born into the wrong movement.” Nov 28, 13:26
100%Yes on What Went On: “Its another fine mess the SNP got us into, thank you very much you’ve caused me ten years of my…” Nov 28, 13:25
Confused on What Went On: “are the scots lawyers and judges decided yet whether a pee-pee is a hoo-hoo? – shall the new law be…” Nov 28, 13:23
