Small lunatic fringe forms splinter group 99
Posted on
December 04, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
About 1,000 more and LFI will be bigger than Scottish Labour’s actual membership.
Clutching at straws 94
Posted on
December 04, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Surely that must be Project Fear at the bottom of the barrel now?
The lead story in today’s Herald, folks. If “story” isn’t putting it much too strongly.
Partial freedom 147
Posted on
December 03, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The talent pool 64
Posted on
December 03, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Well done to everyone who correctly guessed that our Mystery Guest last night was indeed Ruth Davidson. If you’d like to listen to Ruth’s 2009 demo reel for voiceover work which accompanied the letter, click the image below.
From that to the leader of a major Scottish political party in just two years. Hats off.
Who am I? 149
Posted on
December 02, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
An alert reader sends in this letter received by their company in 2009:
“Hello,
[identifying paragraph removed]
I’ve now taken the plunge to set myself up as a freelancer and am looking for voiceover work in commercials, documentaries and corporate films as well as scripting and media training.
I’m [redacted] years old with a warm, rich voice which has both light and shade. A long history of factual programming means I can convey information with authority, combined with an openness and accessibility which encourages interest; the unexpected world of live broadcasting means I’ve learned to be equally adept at putting across humour. My accent is a neutral blend of central Scotland tones.
One way of putting it 52
Posted on
December 02, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
If we’re being honest, Irish Times, it’s not the phrase we’d have chosen:
One of these statements must be wrong 101
Posted on
December 02, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
From today’s Express:
The economy’s transformed! Everything’s fine again!
Quoted for truth #37 93
Posted on
December 02, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Professor James Mitchell of Edinburgh University, 2 December 2013:
“Under what circumstances would a UK Government (or Scottish for that matter) incline towards cooperation or conflict in its relations with its neighbour? The key is motivations.
Juxtaposed with EU 52
Posted on
December 02, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
A bad day’s night 101
Posted on
December 01, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Sorry, readers. Something horrible happened today. No cause for alarm, but you might have to be on your own tomorrow. Normal service will be resumed as soon as etc.
The most interesting election in history 179
Posted on
December 01, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Today’s Sunday Herald has a rather low-key piece (it’s just the 7th-placed story in their “Referendum News” section) on the ramifications for a Yes vote of the 2015 UK general election. It comes the day after several papers carried vitriolic attacks from Unionist politicians on the SNP’s Angus Robertson for suggesting that the UK government ought to consider delaying the vote for a year to enable independence negotiations to be completed.
“This is yet another brazen stunt by the SNP to drive a wedge with Westminster”, raged the Scottish Conservatives’ Jackson Carlaw. “It is highly presumptuous of Angus Robertson, a man with clear delusions of grandeur, to be talking about postponing the next general election”, he continued, while Labour’s shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran bleated about an extra year of Tories.
But it’s rationally almost impossible to make any other argument.
