Standing on quicksand 143
Posted on
April 11, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
So let’s just recap where we are with this.
Because it really doesn’t look very good.
From the mouths of idiots 113
Posted on
April 11, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Readers with any modest working knowledge of Scottish politics in recent years would naturally assume at first sight that the illiterate, corrupt, self-serving, gravy-hoovering drama student with whom the SNP hilariously replaced experienced KC Joanna Cherry as shadow justice secretary simply couldn’t spell “final straight”, a term meaning the easy last stretch of a horse race where there are no jumps or turns.
(We are, after all, talking here about someone who can’t spell her own name.)
But they might be wrong.
The Party’s Over 399
Posted on
April 09, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
On a day like today, all an honest person can really do with the Scottish National Party is make like Pontius Pilate and wash their hands of it.
Because there ain’t no resurrection from this.
Stranger Things 364
Posted on
April 05, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Well, what an odd day that’s been.
Because for a start, if you’re the one person in Scotland who believes the above, please drop us a line. We’d love to have a chat with you.
Lipstick On Your Collar 338
Posted on
April 05, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Until a few weeks ago Calum Steele was the chief of the Scottish Police Federation, so as due-credits go we particularly appreciate this one.
So let’s remind ourselves of a few things.
Two separate facts 114
Posted on
April 05, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Presented without comment.
And a bonus one, from two years and one day ago:
At the edge of the deep blue sea 76
Posted on
April 04, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
So a week and a bit after the deadline, this arrived.
And it’s not quite what you were told before.
Inside The Cult 161
Posted on
April 03, 2023 by
Kenny McBride
In June of last year, I started work at Transport Scotland. It wasn’t the best job I’ve ever had. It was pretty much an entry-level post and it was only a temp gig through an agency, but after spending almost six years out of the workforce following a bout with cancer, two frozen shoulders, and chronic knee and hip pain, it was a huge relief just to be earning my keep again.
Of course, June is Pride Month, and Saltire (the Scottish Government’s intranet) was full of news and blogs about “LGBTI+” issues.
Also on the Saltire front page was a prominent invitation to two training sessions to understand the issues facing these groups: “LGBT+ Awareness 101” and “Trans 101”.
These were both run by the LGBTI+ Network, one of several “affinity networks” for civil servants belonging to different groups. With the GRR Bill on the horizon, and having heard stories about how difficult it had been for gender critical groups to get a hearing from the Government in relation to it, I was very curious to hear what this training involved, and I signed up to attend via Teams.
The first session was “LGBT+ Awareness 101”. This session was fairly inoffensive. The content regarding gay people was about what you would expect, and the T+ stuff was clearly biased, but not terrible.
However, the tone of the event suggested quite strongly that you weren’t meant to disagree with anything that was said. Towards the end, when questions were invited, I typed my question into the chat:
“How does the Scottish Government handle conflicts between TERFs and trans people?”
And there my troubles began.
Whatever else may change 161
Posted on
April 01, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Scottish politics might be a binfire floating down an overflowing sewer, but it’s nice to know there are at least a few things that are reliable constants, and one of them is that George Foulkes is an idiot.
But while his tweet is wrong, it’s not VERY wrong.
Minority Report 131
Posted on
March 31, 2023 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
It’s not often we have to correct the figures of an esteemed KC like Joanna Cherry, but she’s made a straight-up mistake in her column for The National today.
Because of course Ash Regan and Kate Forbes did rather better than that.
