Archive for the ‘world’
The Woke Party 178
These are the Democratic Socialists of America, a fringe-left grouping in the USA with around 60,000 members (or roughly 10 times as many as the Scottish Greens, though per capita closer to the SSP or RISE), at their conference a couple of days ago.
It’s our most fervent wish that one day the left will grasp the fact that this isn’t how you win a war.
It’s also our most abiding fear that this – with its stern admonitions against clapping, or banner-waving, or speaking to anyone who might disagree with you, or taking “fun shortcuts” or wearing “aggressive scents”, in case any of those things cause trauma to the sensitive – might as well be the SNP conference of 2022.
Let’s not blow independence in this Parliament, eh folks?
The irrefutable argument 140
We haven’t done a good old-fashioned Quoted For Truth in quite some time, but on occasion someone else makes a point in a way that just can’t be improved on.
We’ve always known/said that this is THE core case for independence, of course, but sometimes seeing it from another country’s perspective brings the message home.
Spilt black milk 393
Britain really is this stupid 136
And we’re sure these guys are at least partly to blame.
Theresa May’s Crack Team 242
…is what they’re calling Jack and James now, we hear.
Draw your own conclusions about the word “crack” there.
What we could be 52
…if only we could find the courage among ourselves.
Now featuring Scotland 142
Or so they say, at any rate. Near the end, we think.




















