Behind the magic 158
Posted on
December 20, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We thought you might like a wee glimpse into the machinery.
Archive for the ‘video’
Final destination 64
Posted on
December 13, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
In an alternative universe, Keir Hardie reacts to news of the election of Jim Murphy.
Why won’t he just die? 382
Posted on
December 09, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Alex Salmond as the Terminator. Any way you slice it it’s a remarkable mental image from the mind of a clearly distraught James Kirkup of the Telegraph.
Apparently death wouldn’t stop him anyway. We’ve actually cut this clip before the point where the woman from the Economist calls the former First Minister a “zombie who just keeps on powering through to the end of the horror movie”. Of course, if you think of the Union as the horror movie, it’s not the worst analogy we’ve ever heard.
MP For Vendetta 205
Posted on
December 07, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’ve noted on a number of occasions that the BBC is fond of using the late-night papers review show on the News channel as a sneaky little Nat-bashing section in which London-based broadsheet journalists (always, always Unionists) get to display the full depth of their arrogant cluelessness about Scottish politics.
Last night’s, however, was quite something even by the usual standards.
Eliminating uncertainty 244
Posted on
November 23, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
In the wake of the story carried by many newspapers today about Scottish Labour changing its position on the devolution of taxation for (by our count) the 15th time, we thought it only fair that we should let each of the three candidates for the branch office managership explain it in their own words.
We’re certain that it’ll all be clear once they’re finished.
A man telling a lie 46
Posted on
November 23, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Ed Miliband on the BBC 10 O’Clock News, 21 November 2014.
Did we miss a meeting? 254
Posted on
November 16, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Here’s Neil Findlay MSP on this morning’s Andrew Marr Show:
Wait, what?
Behind the mask 348
Posted on
November 11, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
On last night’s Scotland Tonight, prospective Scottish Labour deputy “leader” Katy Clark MP told the nation that “it could be Scotland that lets us down”.
It wasn’t a slip of the tongue. By “us” she meant the Labour Party, and she went on to elaborate, telling the old Labour story about how UK general elections are about an Old Firm-style showdown betweeen two parties and how it was in essence the duty of Scots to vote Labour to keep the Tories out at Westminster, seemingly unaware that just as with the Old Firm, most people despise both of them pretty much equally.
(And conveniently overlooking the fact that Scots voted overwhelmingly Labour in 2010 and got the Tories anyway, as Labour obstinately refused to consider a “rainbow coalition” because they hated the SNP too much. What Scots learned that year was that Labour would rather let Tories rule Scotland than be civil to left-wing nationalists.)
The comments followed just a couple of days after Holyrood Magazine editor Mandy Rhodes had penned an article about the Scottish branch’s current woes that had a very telling first paragraph.
Painted out of a corner 166
Posted on
October 29, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Jim Murphy has finally announced that he’ll stand for the leadership of the Scottish branch office of the UK Labour Party. Tonight he told the Daily Record that:
“I am not going to shout at or about the SNP, I am going to talk to and listen to Scotland.”
For any of you who might have forgotten, here’s some recent footage of how Jim listens to Scotland and avoids shouting about the SNP:
The parting shot 97
Posted on
October 25, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Our undercover agent inside Labour (whose identity we can’t reveal, other than their codename “Nasa Warsar”) just leaked us this internal security-camera footage from both the Scottish and UK party HQs at the time of Johann Lamont’s resignation.
We’re sure readers can work out who’s who.
Hearing a different question 219
Posted on
October 21, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Margaret Curran on last night’s Scotland 2014:
Well, we don’t think anyone can say she didn’t give a full and comprehensive answer on the subject of Scottish Labour’s membership figures there.
