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Call off the dogs 266

Posted on April 05, 2015 by

Okay, it was a serious breach of the rules, but the culprit’s been punished enough.

acf

Dear God above, we’re not monsters.

A revealing turn of phrase 79

Posted on March 25, 2015 by

From an editorial leader in this week’s London Evening Standard:

“The man likely to lead the SNP in Westminster, former party leader Alex Salmond, has made it clear that he is contemplating keeping a minority Labour government in power on a case by case basis. ‘If you hold the balance, then you hold the power,’ he said yesterday.

His price: an end to austerity and to Trident.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has come out fighting against the threat.

Seems to sum it up pretty well.

Woman buys thing with own money 259

Posted on March 24, 2015 by

(Or not. It might have been a present.)

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The MONSTER!

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Well, you should know, we suppose 125

Posted on March 22, 2015 by

…having just spent the last three years in bed with them.

destroyed

Zounds, the irony.

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To break your walls 257

Posted on March 10, 2015 by

We’ve only just recently begun checking out the English edition of the Sun to see what appears in it that’s mysteriously excised from the Scottish one, readers.

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Perhaps we should have started sooner.

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Scotland’s Changing 191

Posted on March 09, 2015 by

New leaflet dropping through letterboxes all over Scotland this week.

scotlandschanging4

Bit harsh.

Here, kitty kitty kitty 121

Posted on March 07, 2015 by

We were trying to think what this picture from today reminded us of.

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Nozin’ Aroun’ 127

Posted on March 03, 2015 by

We love it when the UK government tries to get down with the kids.

morrissey

The Smiths broke up in 1987.

Asking for it 573

Posted on March 01, 2015 by

Because this is an actual thing that’s happening.

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Labour reaches out to voters again 135

Posted on February 28, 2015 by

Scottish Labour MEP David Martin chats to the audience about TTIP.

It’s what he would have wanted 137

Posted on February 27, 2015 by

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Daily Record Spot The Truth Competition 123

Posted on February 26, 2015 by

Can you find the Daily Record’s prominent Smith Commission correction on the front page of its website today, readers? Take your time – it’s on there, we promise you.

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    • Luigi on Haven’t had a dream in a long time: “How we miss Alex Salmond at this time. He would be running rings round the unionists, fearty nationalists and devolutionists…Sep 1, 10:47
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    • Alf Baird on Haven’t had a dream in a long time: ““it is the parliament for England … that continues a refusal for Scotland to leave the voluntary treaty of union”…Sep 1, 10:32
    • Frank Gillougley on Haven’t had a dream in a long time: “NC has it. Lo and behold! There’s the straw man for all, right there! A commission. (The sound of nails…Sep 1, 10:32
    • James Che on Haven’t had a dream in a long time: “Scotland and Englands voluntary 1707 treaty of union created the parliament of Great Britain so they say, However the Parliament…Sep 1, 10:16
    • Alf Baird on Haven’t had a dream in a long time: ““So you want to get rid of the party of government that’s actually doing what you want.” The SNP ‘Scottish…Sep 1, 09:58
    • James Che on Haven’t had a dream in a long time: “I was researching which article in the 1707 treaty of Union states that Scotland cannot hold a referendum in Scotland.…Sep 1, 09:55
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    • Hatey McHateface on Haven’t had a dream in a long time: “That’s odd, Mark. My reparations award confirmation came in a blue envelope, marked “THIS IS NOT A CIRCULAR”, and stamped…Sep 1, 09:13
    • James Che on The Shortest Day: “The Westminster parliament are stating that the Crown of Scotland along with the parliament of Scotland were a separate entity…Sep 1, 09:08
    • Hatey McHateface on Haven’t had a dream in a long time: “Fair enough. It’s a trap. Still, though, I’m confused. All those years of demanding a second referendum. Was all that…Sep 1, 09:01
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    • James Che on The Shortest Day: “The Two separate Constitutions and differences of Law of England and Scotland in sixteen and Seventeen hundreds after the Act…Sep 1, 08:57
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    • Peter A Bell on Haven’t had a dream in a long time: “You seem to be saying any old referendum will do. As if all referendums are the same. I really hope…Sep 1, 08:38
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    • Hatey McHateface on Haven’t had a dream in a long time: “And if the UN tells you to have a referendum, Alf, to demonstrate there’s some substance behind your claims that…Sep 1, 08:27
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