One tired eyebrow 536
Posted on
October 01, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We honestly don’t think they even see it, folks.
We truly don’t.
Cutting your losses 123
Posted on
September 30, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’d hoped not to have to write any more about this for a while, but a story broke this evening on left-wing Labour website Skwawkbox that we thought those of you not on Twitter would want to see.
Following a previous piece casting huge doubt on Dugdale and the Scottish media’s version of events, the site got hold of a letter (dated yesterday) from Labour’s general secretary Jennie Formby to Mary Fee MSP, who’d sent a complaint about the party’s decision to stop funding Dugdale’s legal costs.
And it’s quite the read.
The So Solid Crew 73
Posted on
September 30, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Three days ago, the Daily Record’s political editor and Kezia Dugdale’s chief media cheerleader Davie Clegg tweeted that Scottish Labour had “expressed full support and solidarity” for their former branch manager in her court battle with this website.
It seems fair to say that the tweet hasn’t aged well.
My resignation from the Labour Party 185
Posted on
September 30, 2018 by
Allan T Moore
This article originally appeared on Allan’s blog. Reproduced with permission.
Dear Richard Leonard,
You can accept this letter as my formal resignation from membership of the Labour Party. And you may not like to hear that you are the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Against all the odds 49
Posted on
September 29, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Politics in 2018 is almost impossible to satirise, and nowhere more so than in Scotland, where at least two of the main parties are currently campaigning on the principled policy of “any referendum we lose should be re-run, and any we win must never ever be held again because the decision was final”.
So it’s quite understandable that the Dateline 2018 team – Scotland’s only currently operating satirists of any kind (which is, madly, true) – opted not to bother with any Scottish content in their last series. But they’ve totally promised that they’ll absolutely definitely do some this time, honest, if you fund them for another one.
Yeah, we’d be sceptical too. But they only need £7,500 by tomorrow to carry on, and if they don’t reach the target you get your money back, so if you just got paid and can spare a couple of quid then fire it their way by clicking on the pic, because frankly we don’t like to think about what they’d get up to if we don’t keep them occupied.
Learning to speak Kezia 160
Posted on
September 28, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We hadn’t been intending to talk about this again today, but the John Beattie show on Radio Scotland just ran a segment that we really can’t let go unremarked.
Here’s the whole thing. Some of that’s going to need interpreting for the sane.
Before the truth has its boots on 70
Posted on
September 28, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’ve been keeping coverage of our ongoing court battle with former Scottish Labour branch manager Kezia Dugdale to a minimum on the site, partly because little of any material impact has actually happened yet.
However, there was a mildly interesting development last night, which was scooped and accurately reported by the Scottish Sun.
Reactions to the party’s statement have already seen serious amounts of what we’re generously going to call “misinformation” generated and circulating around social media, so we’re going to have to clear some of it up. Apologies.
Quick perspective check 208
Posted on
September 27, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
From today’s Scottish Daily Mail:
Sounds terrible. Let’s take a look in more depth at this rising tide.
Geese and ganders 379
Posted on
September 25, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Tory MSP Miles Briggs was yesterday cleared of sexual harassment claims by an internal Conservative Party inquiry process. We haven’t the slightest idea of what the facts of his specific case may or may not be, and as such express no view on it, but the nature of the process has been severely criticised by Rape Crisis Scotland, and with what in this instance appears to be extremely good reason.
An obvious question does rather leap to mind, though.
Where’s Richey? 224
Posted on
September 24, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’ve been watching the Labour Party annual conference today, at which North British Branch Office manager Richard Leonard apparently gave a speech.
Unfortunately the BBC News coverage wasn’t very helpful with its captioning, so we have no idea which of the people below is him. Can anyone help?
Lord Of The Fruit Flies 340
Posted on
September 23, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
