The entire Scottish media has today leapt like starving dogs at a tin of Chappie on a new “study” by right-wing flag-crazed imperialist nutjobs T***e I*****s, which claims to prove that an independent Scotland would have a BLACK HOLE!!! of infinity squillion pounds and all the crops would wither in the fields and stamps would be £5000 each and we’d be invaded by space monsters and all the usual stuff you’d expect.
(In all seriousness for a moment, it genuinely tries to flog the “fiscal transfer” myth and the “Scotland would have to join the Euro” myth and a bunch of other Better Together Greatest Hits that were utterly debunked old hat half a decade ago, and in order to make its economic case work it basically pretends that Brexit isn’t happening.)
But at the bottom of its article the New Statesman offers to link its readers to the full extent of the author’s professional economic expertise and well-argued case, and in fairness if you click the link they do exactly that.
Credit where due, it’s an uncanny likeness of the gloomy wee fella.
Labour MP Stella Creasy, explaining to Sarah Smith on today’s Sunday Politics why she backs a so-called “People’s Vote” on Brexit because voters should have the right to change their mind about a referendum if circumstances change.
The Daily Record’s politics lead story today is a slightly underwhelming poll that shows 41% of Scots believe the Tories are carrying out a power grab against the Scottish Parliament, against 34% who think they aren’t (and 25% who have no idea).
Which seems a good time to round up the last results of our own most recent poll, and some slightly disturbing revelations about the Scottish public’s grasp of devolution.
Especially your later stuff. You are the obvious natural successor to those other great leaders, Richard Nixon and George W. Bush – the perfect combination of dodgy and thick. You’ve got it all.
Since the first day of your tangeroid slithering into Barack’s old gaff, you’ve gone from strength to strength. I thought building a thousand mile wall to stop people escaping would be your greatest triumph. But putting kids in cages? Genius.
Most of Scottish Twitter has been enjoying itself greatly for the last few hours after England’s exit from the World Cup, but scattered in amongst the amusing memes has been a fair amount of angst about victors Croatia – a nation of 4 million people – being in the final when Scotland once again failed to qualify.
And while we’ll more than happily listen to any amount of criticism of the unbelievably incompetent, hapless clowns who’ve been in charge of the SFA/SPL/SPFL for the last several decades, that judgement is a bit harsh on the players and coaches and the nation as a whole. Because there really hasn’t been much in it.
Scotland’s qualification for World Cup 2018 hinged and ultimately faltered on a split second and a single badly-chosen pass in stoppage time.
Aidan on The Invisible Rabbit: ““Heather” Herbert (friend of the site) has been arrested and charged.” Jul 16, 15:55
Alf Baird on A Matter Of Declinature: ““Roddy Dunlop has also given his view” Professor Robert Black believed for almost 60 years that there was a ‘union’…” Jul 16, 15:52
Northcode on A Matter Of Declinature: “You express a fundamental truism by quoting Cesaire’s observation, Alf. An observation similarly described, though fictionalised, by George Orwell. Colonial…” Jul 16, 15:42
Dan on A Matter Of Declinature: “@Aidan Be braw if you could have provided a link (preferably to an alternative archived page link of said thread…” Jul 16, 15:38
Andy Wiltshire on A Matter Of Declinature: “He only does it in order to get off.” Jul 16, 15:00
Tinto Chiel on Off-topic: “Think it’s warm enough for some swamp rock from these Glasgow Bad Boys: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlrUzAmKO1Y BTW, in the chorus, it’s not…” Jul 16, 14:40
McDuff on A Matter Of Declinature: “Excellent stuff rev. Let right be done. I suspect this letter may produce a brown stain in certain quarters.” Jul 16, 14:14
Andrew scott on A Matter Of Declinature: “I see that “heather” the aberdeen uni employee has been charged by the police over HIS disgusting post about widdecombe…” Jul 16, 14:09
Aidan on A Matter Of Declinature: “Of course all of these issues have been determined, at length, by the English and Scottish courts and as everyone…” Jul 16, 13:32
SilentMajority on A Matter Of Declinature: “What I am looking forward to is how the media will describe ‘him’…will ‘he’ be described as:- a/ she/her b/…” Jul 16, 13:30
Mark Beggan on A Matter Of Declinature: “Cesaire!!? Grow up. Why do you never mention Transvestites? Not once in all your rhetoric do you even touch on…” Jul 16, 12:53
Mark Beggan on A Matter Of Declinature: ““structural prostitutes” Do tell Northy. So that’s what you get up to when your not saving Scotland with your in…” Jul 16, 12:49
Willie on A Matter Of Declinature: “The Police are institutionally corrupt No one, and zi mean no one can have any confidence in them. From people…” Jul 16, 12:37
Mark Beggan on A Matter Of Declinature: “Aberdeen university disgraced itself by encouraging his fantasy and giving him a job in the first place. Reap what you…” Jul 16, 12:28
Alf Baird on A Matter Of Declinature: ““‘United Kingdom’ is a calculated double misnomer” Yes indeed, the ‘United Kingdom’ is a constitutional impossibility given the Claim of…” Jul 16, 12:06
Alf Baird on A Matter Of Declinature: ““in a civilised state” And that’s a rather big assumption given Scotland’s longstanding and ongoing ‘colonial condition’. As Cesaire reminds…” Jul 16, 11:30
Oneliner on A Matter Of Declinature: “‘United Kingdom’ is a calculated double misnomer. Tell a lie often enough …….” Jul 16, 11:29
ABruce on The Invisible Rabbit: “Great to see you back Breeks. You have been missed!” Jul 16, 11:06
Northcode on A Matter Of Declinature: “These requests in the form of legal letters for information surrounding the SNP’s ring-fenced monies will most likely be answered…” Jul 16, 10:08
Black Joan on A Matter Of Declinature: “It’s great to see it spelled out in an exemplary legal letter: “We are instructed by the REVEREND Stuart Campbell”…” Jul 16, 10:08
Alf Baird on A Matter Of Declinature: “There are two Crowns and Kingdoms here. The important question, which has remained for over three hundred years is which…” Jul 16, 09:51
100%Yes on A Matter Of Declinature: “I believe the turn of events is now proceeding faster than the SNP and its organizations can cope with!!! Two…” Jul 16, 09:08
Angus on A Matter Of Declinature: “Police refusing to investigate a massive known crime in a civilised state can be because of one of the following…” Jul 16, 04:03
Cynicus on A Matter Of Declinature: “I know what “qwerty” means, and I know what “captured” means. But the phrase “qwerty captured “ baffles me. AND…” Jul 16, 01:22
Cynicus on The Invisible Rabbit: “Amen to that. Don’t stay away too long again, Breeks.” Jul 16, 01:08
Young Lochinvar on The Invisible Rabbit: “HMcH Errrrrrrr.. That’s a No. Please accept my explanation that it no way infers respect or conviviality! PS: anyways remember…” Jul 16, 00:11
Hatey McHateface on Blue In The Face: “Scottish voters were denied their right to an Independent Scotland because not enough Scottish voters turned out to vote for…” Jul 16, 00:01
