Readers, we’d like you to meet Steven MacGregor. He’s the chap on the right of this pic, taken last Monday while campaigning for the Tories in Ochil & South Perthshire with party leader Ruth Davidson, just a foot or so away from him.
Disclaimer first: as we always say in situations like this, BOOKMAKERS’ ODDS ARE NOT PREDICTIONS. They’re based in significant part on the level of wagers placed, which means that you could affect the odds simply by making a large bet, which of course wouldn’t actually change the likelihood of a particular candidate winning.
So with that proviso, we present the following information purely for interest.
…which we felt it important to preserve for posterity lest anything happen to it. We’d charitably blame it all on the Telegraph, who made it, were it not for the fact that the Scottish Conservatives have posted it on their own Facebook page.
This is how today’s BBC News summed up (fairly accurately) the two main themes of last night’s Question Time special with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn:
May managed to largely get away with her party’s abysmal track record of brutal cuts and austerity, while Corbyn was made very uncomfortable by a howling mob of angry, terrifyingly bloodthirsty old white men over Labour’s policy on Trident.
And while Corbyn’s position on the nuclear deterrent is idiotic and makes him an easy target for opponents, the main reason for the differing outcomes is language.
We’re being told that this Tory leaflet, where Stephanie Smith is described as “Ruth Davidson’s candidate” for Edinburgh South, is standard across the whole country.
…that will satisfy the Unionist parties. Last night Ruth Davidson told STV viewers that even getting more than 50% of the vote in a general election wouldn’t give the SNP a mandate to pursue their manifesto policies.
She was echoing the words of Kezia Dugdale just over a year ago:
So that’s clear. Davidson has reversed her previous view. There is now no peaceful democratic avenue by which the people of Scotland could express the wish for a second referendum which the two main Unionist parties would accept. They have EXPLICITLY said, in full public view, that they would reject any democratic mandate.
She’d insisted explicitly several times that a Jeremy Corbyn administration WOULD block a new indyref, even after being shown a video clip of Corbyn from earlier in the day saying he wouldn’t, and she repeatedly urged readers not to listen to the party’s leader and to instead go and look at the Labour manifesto.
Today’s Daily Record has a swipe at Jeremy Corbyn for, well, let’s call them “mixed messages” over a second independence referendum. It suggests his Scottish branch manager Kezia Dugdale would have “her head in her hands” over his latest comments, which is a bit rich considering Dugdale’s own history on the subject.
And since her headline boast when she took over as leader of the North British office was that people would know exactly what Labour stood for (and indeed she spent all of the weekend’s keynote Sunday Politics interview listing all the things she’d been very very clear about), we thought we’d have a recap and see how that was going.
Northcode on A matter of class: “Here, it’s braw on here the day. We indigenous Scots in this place are being treated tae a rare pre-Christmas…” Dec 23, 13:00
The Flying Iron of Doom on A matter of class: “Captain Caveman says: 23 December, 2025 at 12:35 pm Just have to laugh at trolls having the bare arsed cheek…” Dec 23, 13:00
Hatey McHateface on A matter of class: “Mind the “green shoots” you were wittering oan aboot yesterday, Northy. Some muckle-clogged cant might dance all ower them. What…” Dec 23, 12:58
James Cheyne on A matter of class: “Gethin Chamberlain. The world has a planned craziness to it, set out to confuse the people and break down communities…” Dec 23, 12:57
Northcode on A matter of class: “Here, Ellis… thon wis a guid wee dance – although a wee bit oan the lang side fir my likin’…” Dec 23, 12:52
Hatey McHateface on A matter of class: “Hey, I enjoyed your post, Twat H! Consider yourself promoted from Twat H to Twat A for the day.” Dec 23, 12:52
Hatey McHateface on A matter of class: “Awww, Northy, so now you’re stealing my jokes. Sincerely, I’m flattered. Still though, I have to point out. Christmas never…” Dec 23, 12:48
Northcode on A matter of class: “I must say, Ellis… your paragraph etiquette is very good – excellent, in fact. It certainly makes your dancing, if…” Dec 23, 12:43
Hatey McHateface on A matter of class: “China’s strides in espionage and Intellectual Property theft have got them where they are today. President John Donald Trump has…” Dec 23, 12:40
Captain Caveman on A matter of class: “Just have to laugh at trolls having the bare arsed cheek to complain about the quality of BTL, whilst simultaneously…” Dec 23, 12:35
Alf Baird on A matter of class: “600 MPs of other national identities and ethnicities in Westminster force their laws (and culture, institutions etc) on Scotland. Which…” Dec 23, 12:31
Andy Ellis on A matter of class: “@Northcode 11.38am The issue for you and other indigenes Northcode is that despite the reams of stuff posted by the…” Dec 23, 12:16
Northcode on A matter of class: “It’s not often I’m wrong, but after checking it seems there is a pish word in the braw Scots leid:…” Dec 23, 12:11
twathater on A matter of class: “Thanks for that link Fearghas it is reassuring that someone is exposing this lunacy in the supposed civil service it…” Dec 23, 12:04
Northcode on A matter of class: “My God… it’s hard work trying to translate this stuff from Pish to English an then tae Scots. It’s actually…” Dec 23, 12:03
James Cheyne on A matter of class: “Whoops, need to pay attention to what I am saying, doing to many things at once, The way forward for…” Dec 23, 11:59
TURABDIN on A matter of class: “INDIFFERENCE is the gift electorates may pass to politicians who in turn pass it to their paymasters. It is the…” Dec 23, 11:49
Northcode on A matter of class: “Technically, of course, they aren’t sex-slaves… they are Bene Gesserit sex-drive-imprinted post-bonded comment-slaves. Bound to unthinkingly respond to the comments…” Dec 23, 11:48
Northcode on A matter of class: ““Since our input isn’t welcome…” But your input IS welcome AI Dan. Without you colonialists, and colonists, (both artificial and…” Dec 23, 11:38
James Cheyne on A matter of class: “Morning North Code, hope you and keepin well.” Dec 23, 11:28
Northcode on A matter of class: “…and remember, folks – bonded sex-slaves aren’t just for Christmas.” Dec 23, 11:16
Northcode on A matter of class: “Guid mornyng aw… a howp ye aw hae a guid day afore Christmas Eve day the day.” Dec 23, 11:09
Aidan on A matter of class: “Quite Andy, it’s not like there is a overwhelming deluge of people constantly singing the praises of the union, it’s…” Dec 23, 11:07
James Cheyne on A matter of class: “Like all nations around the world are beginning to realise sorting their own problems out at home has become the…” Dec 23, 10:57
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on A matter of class: “LEGAL ACTION AGAINST PRIME MINISTER AND CIVIL SERVICE OVER PRIDE MARCHES COMMENCES The Christian Institute has now formally commenced legal…” Dec 23, 10:38
twathater on A matter of class: “My My wee John MacFuckwit is oot o his hammock early today whits the matter johnny have you pished the…” Dec 23, 10:34
Andy Ellis on A matter of class: “What has happened to this site? The decline of the level and quantity of engagement and of quality of BTL…” Dec 23, 10:33
willie on A matter of class: “It goes without saying that were there to be a glut of oil then the geo political economic impacts would…” Dec 23, 09:47
Hatey McHateface on A matter of class: “Jeezo, Dave. A mere 20 minutes from my post to you proving just what I’m on about and what this…” Dec 23, 08:59
Hatey McHateface on A matter of class: “Some background on the ongoing sabre rattling around Venezuela being orchestrated by our greatest living half-Scot, President Donald John Trump:…” Dec 23, 08:37
