A matter of competence 809
Posted on
October 25, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Back in May we wrote this:
The prediction duly came true, as most of ours do. Sometimes we hate being right.
Archive for the ‘video’
The Simple Ruth 391
Posted on
October 20, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
On the contentious and topical subject of what constitutes a mandate for a second independence referendum, we’re grateful to the super-alert reader who unearthed this clip from BBC Scotland’s election night coverage of 2011, in which Ruth Davidson gives a candid and blunt explanation of the criteria required:
We’re just going to write that one down for the record.
Bowled out by the softballs 497
Posted on
October 16, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Here’s David Mundell on Sunday Politics earlier today:
It’s a pretty uncomfortable time. But it could have been a lot worse.
Strange times 370
Posted on
October 05, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We fully endorse this message from LBC’s James O’Brien.
Just your imagination 396
Posted on
September 28, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
From a ridiculous piece by Hadley Freeman in today’s Guardian:
Actually, we’re pretty sure it isn’t and we can.
The voice of unity 384
Posted on
September 25, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
You can see the full unedited Kezia Dugdale interview with Gordon Brewer on today’s Sunday Politics Scotland at this link, so you can verify that the shortened edit below isn’t misrepresenting anything. But if you don’t have time or attention span for the full 20 minutes, this’ll give you the gist without all the desperate waffling.
We think readers will agree that there can no longer be so much as a scintilla of doubt over whether Kezia believes Jeremy Corbyn can lead Labour to victory.
20 Minutes In Hell 81
Posted on
September 25, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This is the longest piece of continuous TV exposure Kezia Dugdale will get between now and next year’s crucial council elections. Judge for yourself whether she seized the opportunity, readers.
A Sunday Times/Panelbase poll released today put Scottish Labour’s support at 16%, with the SNP on 50% and the Tories on 21%.
Have you ever seen the rain? 227
Posted on
September 06, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The BBC lunchtime weather forecast of 15 October 1987 is now fondly looked back on as a moment of shared national doh-what-are-we-like? comedy, in the same vein as a Morecambe and Wise Christmas show or something.
But the reality was very dramatically different.
Not a dry seat in the house 140
Posted on
August 25, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This can’t be a good sign.
Our Friends In Europa 181
Posted on
July 11, 2016 by
Al Harron
If your only source of news was the mainstream media, you could be forgiven for thinking that the consensus in the EU regarding an independent Scotland was bleak. Spain would, we’re told endlessly, veto Scotland’s place in the EU out of hand, and so, allegedly, would France.
And when Scotland’s First Minister went to Brussels after the referendum vote to meet with EU officials in regards to Scotland’s membership, we were told that this bold act of outreach fell on deaf ears.
The language of the press was hostile bordering on sadistic. The First Minister, acting to secure the democratic will of the people of Scotland, was apparently “running out of friends” and had to “beg” Ireland to help us out.
The reality, readers will be astonished to hear, is somewhat different.
Dirty old pot attacks non-kettle 437
Posted on
July 11, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Some of you will have missed this over the weekend:
Yes – Michelle Mone, of all the people on Earth, really did just go on TV and accuse Nicola Sturgeon of being all about ego. We’ll leave you to absorb that for a bit.
So happy together 205
Posted on
July 04, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
If it was up to Vince from Hull, a fence should divide England from Scotland following the EU result #BrexitBritainhttps://t.co/Rq5VExlUCj
— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 4, 2016
