This was David Mundell on Sunday, guaranteeing that any extra money produced for Northern Ireland to secure DUP backing for the Tory government would be matched by more funding for Scotland (as much as £4.5bn under normal Barnett Formula rules, because Scotland has nearly three times the population of the province):
We’re still on holiday, because five years of stuff like this ruins your soul:
Let’s look at the logic of that closely for just one minute, and then we’re going to go back to smashing our head off a brick wall to try to make the stupid go away.
The media is aflame today with some rather woolly “news” to the effect that Theresa May might possibly, in some unspecified manner, have conceded a veto over Brexit to the Scottish Parliament.
We can see no evidence suggesting such a thing has happened or will happen, and would instead direct readers to a report published yesterday by Unlock Democracy. We strongly advise taking five minutes out of your day to read pages 26-33 of it, but if you’re really in a rush this paragraph will give you the basic conclusion:
Brexit is already a shambles. Everyone south of Manchester is unhappy because it’s too suffocatingly hot to move, and everyone north of Manchester is unhappy because they’ve not got the sunshine. We could all, for various reasons, do with a chuckle.
So without further ado, readers, enjoy the “clueless metropolitan hacksplaining” hit of the summer: Kezia Dugdale, Comeback Queen.
This map probably correlates quite closely with one of the strength of Leave vote.
It seems somehow appropriate that on the day negotiations begin (with the UK having no government, no mandate and no idea what it actually wants), large parts of the country are essentially already on fire.
There's nothing about Ramboat (Genera, free, iOS and Android) that isn't interesting. The game itself is a short, punchy and fun pure arcade shooter that most obviously channels Metal Slug and Irem's much-underrated In The Hunt. Indeed, it's basically a very clever adaptation of the latter game for one-thumb control, but presented with all the beautifully-detailed character of the former.
But this isn't the article I've been meaning to write for years about the fascinating and often incredibly elegant and even revolutionary ways that developers have rejigged every traditional game genre for touchscreen devices in order to avoid going down the horribly unsatisfactory route of the "virtual d-pad".
Because the other most intriguing aspect of modern gaming*, particularly on mobile formats, is the monetisation of it. And in the case of Ramboat, the opportunity for an experiment presented itself.
And remember, folks – those 12 Tory gains in Scotland were the difference between Theresa May being Prime Minister and Jeremy Corbyn leading a progressive alliance in Downing Street. That’s where Scottish Labour are at now.
TURABDIN on The Queer Parliament: “What next? Text books? The shelf life for politicians ought, for public health, to be short. Hallucination in the breed…” May 21, 17:02
Northcode on The Queer Parliament: “Here, I meant to add this, my final analysis bit, to the end of my last comment, but I forgot…” May 21, 16:42
agentx on The Queer Parliament: “Couldn’t you get a few more paragraphs in there?” May 21, 16:40
Northcode on The Queer Parliament: ““Speaking to the Press Association on Thursday, the First Minister said…” There’s some good rhetoric going on here… does Swinney…” May 21, 16:19
Marie Clark on Off-topic: “Hi Tinto, Geez oh, whit a sad place we live in now. I had absolutely no one to vote for…” May 21, 16:16
BigJay on The Queer Parliament: “Come on Rev., do a takedown on that howling success of an SNP politician, Angela Constance. I think she’s now…” May 21, 15:53
lothianlad on The Queer Parliament: “Lets not forget his so called friends in PIE. Harvey that is. Disgusting!!” May 21, 15:33
Geri on The Queer Parliament: “No reason that can’t happen again & forever more. Better to sail our own ship, & remove fools. Than someone…” May 21, 15:12
agentx on The Queer Parliament: “Speaking to the Press Association on Thursday, the First Minister said: “I intend to bring forward a motion to Parliament…” May 21, 15:04
Captain Caveman on The Queer Parliament: ““And the demonstrated possibility of such a condition existing is, I’d suggest, the period between 2007-2014 when with the deft…” May 21, 14:40
Sven on The Queer Parliament: “Lorncal @ 12.16. “I want a return to the norms by which society can thrive.” Exactly, LornC. And the demonstrated…” May 21, 14:22
sam on The Queer Parliament: “Having read the Tribunal Tweets transcript of much of the Employment Tribunal hearing of Ms Young v Manchester City Council…” May 21, 13:46
Stuart MacKay on The Queer Parliament: “Returning to norms does not benefit any of the existing political parties, or their positions. In fact quite the opposite.…” May 21, 13:42
Alf Baird on The Queer Parliament: ““decent unionists” Scotland was annexed by England in 1707, Scots made subject to colonial procedures ever since. There niver wis…” May 21, 13:28
Alf Baird on The Queer Parliament: ““Personally, I want a return to the norms by which society can thrive.” Return? Really? Has the hale o Scotland…” May 21, 13:20
Aidan on The Land Of No Laws: “Do you think Geri is enjoying a Pimm’s in the garden CC, or do you think she’s hanging around her…” May 21, 12:53
Aidan on The Land Of No Laws: “There are now a grand total of 70 mentions under the phrase ‘Northcode’ under this one post. All referring to…” May 21, 12:47
Northcode on The Land Of No Laws: ““I’d add extreme ideology, thought police, group think/hive mentality to accept without question the State amending laws for said ideology.”…” May 21, 12:39
Captain Caveman on The Queer Parliament: “I pretty much agree with all of that. I’m used to Reform being denigrated as “far right” (especially by “ultra…” May 21, 12:35
Geri on The Land Of No Laws: “Southerbystander We know that isn’t the reason for illegally attacking a Sovereign Nation. These clowns would have us believe they’re…” May 21, 12:25
Northcode on The Land Of No Laws: “” I do love the smell of burning Northcode in the morning.” Man, I really got into your head, didn’t…” May 21, 12:23
Captain Caveman on The Land Of No Laws: “Agreed, Southernbystander. As would any decent, sane, rational person with an IQ>80. 🙂 The facts speak for themselves.” May 21, 12:20
Lorncal on The Queer Parliament: “HMcH/CC: Ia absolutely agree that something drastic needs to be done now, but I am not sure the far right…” May 21, 12:16
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Queer Parliament: “EX-BBC DIRECTOR: ‘PRO-TRANS BIAS PERVADED CORPORATION’ A former BBC Director of News and Current Affairs has revealed how the trans…” May 21, 12:12
Geri on The Land Of No Laws: “Yer flying today, Northy..haha! Trust the dour, humourless, clypey eejits not to see any humour in anything. Also, absolutely spot…” May 21, 12:11
Northcode on The Land Of No Laws: “I never found any of the shite you pissed aboot this place amusing… or interesting. “boring the life out of…” May 21, 12:06
Northcode on The Land Of No Laws: “Look, Geri… atween the twa o us we really pissed off those thick Inglis colonialists. Mission accomplished, eh? I don’t…” May 21, 12:05
Southernbystander on The Land Of No Laws: “Isn’t this all dancing on the head of a pin? ‘Persia’ is a murderous and very oppressive regime, that has…” May 21, 12:00
