Woman buys thing with own money 259
Posted on
March 24, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The devil in the details 161
Posted on
March 24, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’ve had to illustrate this piece with a tweet from our old chum Duncan Hothersall, because at the time of writing the Scottish Labour account on Twitter has no mention of Labour’s “five point plan”, and nor does the branch office’s website.
And the reason for the absence of any more information is probably that the “plan” is another example of a Labour policy that looks like a tasty boiled egg until you crack its shell and discover that there’s nothing inside.
A decent start 118
Posted on
March 24, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Respect to John MacKay of STV, who on last night’s Scotland Tonight asked Labour MSP James Kelly the question this site has called for about whether Labour would stand aside and let the Tories rule if the latter were the largest party after May’s election, but Labour had enough seats to win a confidence vote and form the government with backing from the SNP and/or other parties.
Kelly, unsurprisingly, flapped and blustered and totally evaded it. But then we doubt he has the authority to make the tea in Scottish Labour, let alone speak for the party on key policy issues. If the question isn’t put repeatedly by all of the media to more senior Labour figures until an answer is produced, we’ll be wanting to know why.
More free help for the UK press 387
Posted on
March 23, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Here’s Ed Miliband, giving a speech this morning to literally at least 20 Labour MPs, Labour MSPs, journalists and possibly a stray member of the public who accidentally walked through the wrong door in Clydebank, a place where Labour leaders used to address gatherings of thousands.
Unusually, Miliband took a few questions from the hacks, all of whom promptly wasted the opportunity by lobbing completely pointless softballs about coalitions and deals, all of which (a) have been asked a hundred times already, (b) were rendered moot by Alex Salmond on the Marr show yesterday, and (c) were only ever going to be batted away non-committally.
So here’s an actually worthwhile one they can ask instead next time.
Well, you should know, we suppose 125
Posted on
March 22, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
…having just spent the last three years in bed with them.
Zounds, the irony.
Under pressure 145
Posted on
March 22, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We have to give Jim Murphy credit – on this week’s Sunday Politics he started off with the subtle, misleading but technically-accurate version of Labour’s line about the “biggest party forming the government”, which involves making the true but irrelevant observation that in the past it’s usually been the case. (Mainly because UK elections almost always give the biggest party a comfortable majority.)
But it only took a couple of minutes of questioning for the Scottish branch manager to lose his cool and resort to the comprehensively debunked flat-out lie again.
Paddington sequel announced 193
Posted on
March 22, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Featuring Scotland’s own very special bear.
Wow, Tories. Just wow.
Buyer’s remorse 174
Posted on
March 22, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We thought you’d enjoy this clip from this morning’s Andrew Marr Show, readers. It came after a very sensible interview, in which Salmond had calmly and reasonably laid out the SNP’s view on events should there be a hung parliament this May with the former First Minister’s party holding the balance of power.
Tory minister Anna Soubry seems to be experiencing a degree of regret about having begged Scots to stay in the UK. The body language says as much as the words.
The black armbams 136
Posted on
March 22, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Scotland on Sunday on Labour’s latest Scottish election strategy:
We’re not making that up. Go and check for yourself. And when you’ve prised your jaw off the floor, acquaint yourself with the truth, as told by Jim Callaghan himself.
Is there a doctor in the house? 266
Posted on
March 21, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Our dear old pal Blair McDougall tweeted this at a minute past midnight today:
Maybe someone can explain it to us.
Heartless, clueless, reckless, voteless 272
Posted on
March 20, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Because we know you love a conference gallery.
Here’s the Scottish Lib Dems in Aberdeen.
