The final meltdown 338
Posted on
April 08, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Archive for the ‘wtf’
A failure to communicate 75
Posted on
March 22, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
From the Scotsman tonight:
As previously, we’re having quite a lot of trouble understanding the difference between “independence” (39%), and “the Scottish Parliament should make all the decisions for Scotland” (51%). We’re going to drop the SSAS a line and see if they’ll ask for us.
The other kind of soaring 167
Posted on
March 21, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Even by the low, low normal arithmetical standards of the Scottish media, yesterday’s Scottish Sunday Express humiliated itself with the most stupendously factually wrong articles we’ve seen in a newspaper for some time.
James Kelly on Scot Goes Pop! has already eviscerated its comically inept bumbling in detail, but we thought we’d just quickly give you a visual version.
With a straight face 296
Posted on
March 17, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Here’s a tweet from Fraser Nelson of the Spectator this morning:
Now, we already know that’s complete drivel for at least five reasons. But it’s not the maddest thing about the point Nelson’s trying to make.
The murder of words 140
Posted on
March 16, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This headline appears in The Times today:
It’s an absolute lie. But that’s not the interesting thing.
That escalated quickly 103
Posted on
March 09, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
(The GERS figures actually showed Scotland’s revenues in 2014/15 dropping by ONE PERCENT as a result of the oil price collapse. Non-oil revenues were UP by 3.2%.)
Toadies Of Toad Hall 243
Posted on
February 18, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Last night, MP Natalie McGarry made another heavily-qualified semi-apology to the popular abusive-tweeter enthusiast JK Rowling, because that’s how bullying works. (As far as we know McGarry has still refused Rowling’s demand that she make a sizeable donation to Rowling’s charity under threat of legal action.)
One of George Orwell’s most-quoted lines is “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.”
We wonder who was trying to silence the torrent of drivel below, then.
Making numbers dance 86
Posted on
February 18, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Without a doubt our new favourite Unionist website is this one:
And it’s not just for the snazzy badges.
A bold interpretation 333
Posted on
February 11, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
There’s nothing unusual about reading something in the Scottish media that makes your eyes widen. But a piece we saw in the Courier earlier today stretched ours out to Clockwork Orange-like proportions.
Now that’s a pretty intriguing opening (as the bishop said to the actress). At first we took it to mean that an independent Scotland could effectively take over Britain’s EU membership in the event of a Leave vote, ending any debate about whether and when it would be admitted on its own.
But then the punchline arrived.
The Living End 171
Posted on
January 31, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Something kept nagging at the back of our minds as we read today’s front-page lead story in Scotland On Sunday about a battle between finance secretary John Swinney and a number of Scottish councils.
And then we remembered what it was.
The Hammer Of The Fakehearts 214
Posted on
January 18, 2016 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Thanks to the Scottish Daily Mail, we’ve just spotted a piece by the Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin for City AM a few days ago. We had an inordinate amount of trouble getting the full article to display past the site’s incredibly over-zealous advert enforcer, so we’ve preserved it for posterity here.
There’s a gem in every paragraph. You’re going to like this one.
