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We have taken this out of context 61

Posted on August 11, 2015 by

But you have to admit it has a ring of truth about it.

(From tonight’s Scotland 2015.)

She lives by the river 147

Posted on August 01, 2015 by

Michelle Mone, the fake-tan-and-diet-pills tycoon who threatened to leave Scotland if the SNP won the 2007 Holyrood election (but didn’t when they did), then threatened to leave if Yes won the referendum (but did when it didn’t), now lives in a very expensive flat by the Thames in London with a lovely view of Tower Bridge.

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And boy, does she ever want you to know about it.

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Things people really said 185

Posted on July 21, 2015 by

#1 in a series.

A natural progression 215

Posted on July 16, 2015 by

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Come and get it 129

Posted on July 15, 2015 by

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They think we forget 56

Posted on July 12, 2015 by

The insulting thing is that they think it so soon.

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Just two things 167

Posted on July 09, 2015 by

Last year:

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The voice of tolerance 153

Posted on July 06, 2015 by

The website of the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland says:

“The Protestant ethic is one of tolerance of other faiths and ideals. It is this tolerance and liberty that the Orange Order promotes and defends.”

So who’d like to see the Order tolerating and defending other people’s ideals in a double-page spread from the latest edition of their house journal, The Orange Torch?

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Scotland’s Embarrassment 127

Posted on July 02, 2015 by

The Daily Record has a major editorial in today’s edition bleating piteously about the way David Mundell and the Conservative government have – to everyone’s complete and utter astonishment, except not so much – ignored the wishes of almost all the MPs elected by the Scottish people just two months ago and blocked every single amendment to the Scotland Bill.

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The picture above, by alert reader Neil Hepburn, seems to sum the situation up.

Are you now or have you ever been? 260

Posted on June 26, 2015 by

No hiding place.

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Sometimes it’s just a spade 189

Posted on June 13, 2015 by

On the day Jim Murphy stands down as leader of the Labour Party North Britain branch office, we’d like to take this opportunity to offer our humble, heartfelt tribute to both him and the insightful political commentariat of Scotland.

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Michael White’s Moustache 150

Posted on May 27, 2015 by

Hats off to the Daily Reckless:

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