The news where you are 206
Posted on
June 07, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Archive for the ‘video’
Straight to the bottom 131
Posted on
May 31, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We don’t have the faintest idea what effect (if any) the Tory-millionaire-run “Vote No Borders” campaign might be having on the general public, but for those of us analysing the referendum campaign it’s the gift that keeps on giving.
Whether it’s the extremely suspicious nature of its funding, its employees airbrushing their CVs to remove any mention of ever working for it or the unashamedly blatant misinformation it’s been pumping out remorselessly over a wide range of subjects, it looks increasingly like a very expensive attempt to make “Better Together” appear moderate, reasonable and likeable by comparison.
Last night, in response to a media furore ignited by Wings Over Scotland’s revelation that it had pulled a cinema ad about the NHS after angry complaints from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, the group finally published an extraordinary, sour and petulant official statement about the incident. As far as apologies go, we think it’s fair to say it leaves something to be desired.
It’s well worth a breakdown.
People like us 89
Posted on
May 23, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Another UKIP voter. This one’s a bit more interesting.
Because the thing about UKIP is that – by their own admission – they don’t actually have any policies about anything other than cracking down on immigration and leaving the EU. Their official position is that the rest of their manifesto is blank paper, to be formulated on all other subjects at their summer conference.
Yet even in the complete absence of any other policies, voters are happy to tell TV cameras that the party “their political agenda suits my opinions”. What does that tell us? It tells us what the 2015 UK general election will be fought on, and it’s not Ed Miliband’s “cost of living crisis”.
Stay with us, Scotland 120
Posted on
May 23, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
And let’s make Britain great again.
(Labour only needed to gain three seats from 60 for control of Walsall. They failed.)
The Dishface Tapes 147
Posted on
May 15, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Watch (from 5m 50s) as David Cameron refuses to commit to having a bill for more powers for Holyrood in the first Queen’s Speech should he win the 2015 election.
Vote no, get nothing, and get it never.
The invisible army 154
Posted on
May 15, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’ve been wiping tears of laughter from our eyes most of this morning, after reading one of the most magnificently bare-faced and audacious pieces of black-is-white lying we think we might ever have seen printed with a straight face in a British newspaper.
It appears in the Telegraph, which seems to have positioned itself latterly as the Daily Sport for people with a reading age above seven, and makes the mindboggling claim that “Contrary to its media image, the campaign to save the United Kingdom says it has more boots on the ground than its nationalist opponents”.
In fairness, it doesn’t actually say whether these boots have any feet in them.
What you’re Better Together with 158
Posted on
May 13, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Some more people who want you to vote No so we can all be One Nation.
Although like Scottish Labour, they don’t seem to be very keen on foreigners.
The Brain Of North Britain 130
Posted on
May 13, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This morning’s Daily Mail reports that Alistair Darling has been “sidelined” by the No campaign, with Douglas Alexander drafted into his place. We’ve remarked previously on this site about our bemusement over the reverence with which Mr Alexander’s intellect is regarded by the Scottish media, and we’re none the wiser after this:
Metal, water, whatever 78
Posted on
May 12, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
For your licence fee today:
Say hello, wave goodbye 134
Posted on
May 09, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
David Cameron tells the nation on this morning’s BBC News that the Conservatives are the party for those who want Britain out of the EU.
Curiously, in England this statement is meant as a vote-winner. Each to their own.
You should watch this now 115
Posted on
May 08, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
If you’ve ever been ill, or might ever get ill, or know anyone who might ever get ill.
“In five years England will not have an NHS as you understand it, and if we vote No, in ten years neither will we.”
A tale of little interest 95
Posted on
May 07, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Update: the big pensions story of the day has now made it as far as the BBC. The Herald has also made its online version a bit more visible. No other media outlet, as far as we’ve spotted, has picked it up. It’ll be fascinating to see whether it gets covered on Reporting Scotland and Scotland Tonight in the next hour. [EDIT: No.]
Meanwhile, we thought you might like some more footage from the hearing.
