An extract from First Minister’s Questions earlier today:
That was Kezia Dugdale’s opening question. Despite the Presiding Officer making it absolutely clear that the question was improper and outwith Holyrood’s remit, the Scottish Labour leader went on to use her entire allotted time on the issue. She was then followed by Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson doing the same.
The people of Scotland are being done a grave disservice.
It appeared on any possible interpretation to be complete nonsense, but Ms Dugdale – who’s pledged to make education the issue at the heart of her leadership – has been somewhat reluctant to clarify the statement.
Several queries from her Lothian constituents have gone unanswered, but one Wings viewer did manage to get a single tweet of response.
This is shadow Chancellor John McDonnell speaking to the Labour Party conference in Brighton just a few minutes ago (immediately prior to rather presumptuously inviting the Scottish electorate to “come home to Labour”):
We don’t recall those things happening. We feel sure that if they had, they would have been mentioned in the papers. Can any readers help us out?
You’d put this down as a slip of the tongue, but when it came in the middle of an extended bout of bodyswerving John Mackay’s straightforward question about a referendum on Trident, maybe Kezia Dugdale really was just saying what she meant.
This debate between John “Mental Mad” McTernan and Owen Jones from the BBC News channel this morning doesn’t need a lot of commentary from us, to be honest.
It’s like watching someone try to reason with voicemail.
When presenter Matt Frei sympathetically puts to her that she left Scotland because she was being “given a very very hard time” by Yes/SNP supporters, Mone denies it, saying “I didn’t actually leave, that wasn’t the main reason to have left Scotland”.
So where could Frei have come by such a misapprehension?
Alert readers will recall that this site has expended some energy on debunking the lazy myth – which suits the media and Labour alike – that a significant factor in the unexpected Conservative majority in May’s general election was voters being scared back to the Tories by a fear campaign about the prospect of the SNP influencing a minority Labour government.
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““Nobody in Scotland can make the lord advocate ‘answerable to the Scottish people’ until such time as we are no…” Aug 19, 22:18
Williams on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Re D: As Nothcode said earlier, it’s difficult to prosecute an individual for fraud when an institution did it, under…” Aug 19, 22:02
Alf Baird on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““You’re not going to reply to my earlier question about why there’s no popular, democratic campaign to make the role…” Aug 19, 21:49
Mark Beggan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Another interesting comment. It is not enough for legal action to compensate the victims. People must go to jail for…” Aug 19, 21:46
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Show some respect, Mark. It’s an insult to a marathon runner to call him a jogger.” Aug 19, 18:54
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““the ongoing United Nations decolonization initiative by the Scottish people” Gies a brek indeed, Alf. Somebody should ask 100 random…” Aug 19, 18:38
Aidan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Of course here we go again, the actions of the 73 MSP’s, elected by the Scottish electorate, are all the…” Aug 19, 18:30
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Check out Saffron Robe at 3:42 pm Anybody with an internet connection can type in: “Who appoints Scotland’s Lord Advocate”…” Aug 19, 18:24
Alf Baird on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““The holder requires a recommendation from the FM, and ratification of that recommendation by the HR parliament.” Gies a brek…” Aug 19, 18:08
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “I mind being absolutely horrified when, as a youngster, I read about what happens to the babies born into the…” Aug 19, 18:03
Saffron Robe on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Excellent explanation, Alf. Thank you. You’ve provided a clear and well-reasoned analysis of the underlying mechanism behind the smoke and…” Aug 19, 15:42
lothianlad on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “You have them scared Stu! you are making them accountable! SNP police Scotland know they are not to investigate further…” Aug 19, 15:27
Mark Beggan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Is someone having a drought? Boo hoo, what a shame, nevermind. I recommend phoning Cambridge University. They do a water…” Aug 19, 14:22
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “DETRANSITIONER ‘MISLED AND DISFIGURED BY GENDER-AFFIRMING MEDICS’ A man in the US has launched legal action against medics he believes…” Aug 19, 13:36
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Aidan “there has been less of that recently” Confused has cornered that market. The competition has had to concede defeat.” Aug 19, 13:23
Captain Caveman on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Yes indeed Aidan; this is bad enough in Jay’s case, let alone Twat’s. Like I said, beyond irony.” Aug 19, 13:16
Southernbystander on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “It’s not exactly hitting the headlines James. Looking it up (as I had heard nothing about this), the first search…” Aug 19, 13:15
Aidan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Of course Hatey, The script goes: – if there is any demonstrated link to England, blame the English. – if…” Aug 19, 13:14
Aidan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Not to mention that TH is one of the worst offenders when it comes to bizarre rants posted in the…” Aug 19, 13:10
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “I’ve just checked, Alf. Dundas was deid by 1811. No, not at tea time, but over 2 centuries ago. You…” Aug 19, 12:46
TURABDIN on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Another Mackintosh building the philistine mob are embarrassed by. Student accom? I can hear the shrill tones of the fire…” Aug 19, 12:19
Mark Beggan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““Scotland” That’s that third world Juniper republic or ‘the bent tomato’. Just below Angola for civic corruption and just above…” Aug 19, 11:17
Captain Caveman on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “@Hatey Perhaps you could help me out, as I too must be suffering from “a pitiful excuse of an education”.…” Aug 19, 11:17
Alf Baird on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““What if independence is the only way to bring about justice?” That would seem a reasonable assumption since a colonized…” Aug 19, 10:30
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “On 29th August, the people of Iceland vote on whether accession talks with the EU should be re-opened. The previous…” Aug 19, 08:49
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “A smarter poster would have placed that comment elsewhere, twathater. 🙂 But never mind that. Perhaps you could help me…” Aug 19, 07:37
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “That’s enough about the drought and the water companies.” Aug 19, 07:30
Mark Beggan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Schadenfreude. Watching the Academia of Woke ville frantically swim about in their own excrement has got to be up there…” Aug 19, 06:38
twathater on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “So Jay you said “Too many of the comments made on ‘Wings’ appear as those of an in-fighting rabble who,…” Aug 19, 03:54
Peter McAvoy on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “The Herald today mentions that more student accommodation is to be built on the site of the former Herald premises…” Aug 19, 01:58
