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An unsettling development 110

Posted on January 30, 2015 by

Since we’ve been talking about mad letters from Scottish Labour MPs today, we’re sharing this one with you too. We’ve been trying to make sense of it all evening.

darlingletter

We haven’t made any progress. It’s not just a simple accidental transposition of words, because if you switch “increased” and “decreased” around it’s still gibberish – why would the threat have decreased because of proliferation? If anyone can explain it, do drop us a line.

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Category comment, scottish politics, wtf

You’re kidding, right? 83

Posted on January 27, 2015 by

We’re pretty sure the Daily Record is just trolling us on purpose at this point.

recordfrack

Wait, Labour pushed for a what now?

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Category comment, media, scottish politics, uk politics

Spot the deliberate mistake 123

Posted on January 19, 2015 by

Honestly, they should put ribbons and a bow on this stuff.

danjarvis

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Category idiots, uk politics

Professional jealousy 111

Posted on January 16, 2015 by

Alert readers may recall this baffling story from last month, in which we discovered that Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie hadn’t been able to think of any more pressing issues to occupy himself with than finding out how many times Scottish Government civil servants had accessed Wings Over Scotland in the six months leading up to the referendum.

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So we were intrigued when we got an email from a viewer who just for fun had sent a Freedom of Information request to Holyrood and asked them the same question for the official Scottish and UK Liberal Democrats websites. The results are below.

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Category navel-gazing, scottish politics, stats

The Nurse Event Horizon 243

Posted on January 14, 2015 by

Alert readers will know that we very often like to bring to your attention both Scottish Labour’s fondness for radically rewriting history and its frequent struggles with basic counting. Today, though, the North British branch office has spectacularly outdone itself and managed to pull off both at once. This is going to be hard to beat.

rhodagrant

Above is an extract from the official record of today’s proceedings in the Scottish Parliament. And we can only applaud Rhoda Grant’s ambition.

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An open goal 108

Posted on January 10, 2015 by

It’s like they’re actually setting these up for us.

murphylaw1

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They just can’t help it 115

Posted on January 08, 2015 by

“Wait, this story’s entirely true. Do something, Torcuil.”

fivedogs

“Sorted, boss.”

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Category media, world

A minor detail 192

Posted on January 05, 2015 by

From today’s Telegraph:

telegraphsturgeon

Actual number of children belonging to Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell: 0.

You literally can’t make this stuff up.

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Category comment, idiots, scottish politics, wtf

Not keeping up with the news 156

Posted on December 04, 2014 by

A real letter sent out by the shadow Secretary of State for Scotland this week.

magritblah

Someone do us a favour and explain to her in language she’ll understand that as the Scottish Parliament isn’t trusted by her Westminster pals to control its own resources, the price of oil doesn’t actually impact on “the SNP’s economic plan” in any way whatsoever, would you? We’re not very good with crayons.

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Let’s play Jocko Bingo! 161

Posted on November 30, 2014 by

This really happened today:

Bagpipes! Haggis! Tartan! Whisky! Pretty sure we just got trolled, folks.

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Monkey disowns organ-grinder 185

Posted on November 27, 2014 by

We mentioned this story (about David Cameron pushing ahead with “English votes for English laws” legislation that would exclude Labour MPs from budget votes, despite the Smith Commission report categorically saying he wouldn’t) earlier today, but one particular line from it deserves a post of its own.

“In a briefing to journalists afterwards, [Alistair] Carmichael who described the commission proposals as ‘a modern blueprint for home rule’ insisted that the view did not reflect government policy.

He said: ‘This is the Prime Minister’s view, it is not government policy.’”

You heard it right, readers: a never-seen dimwit in a job so pointless he himself stood in the last election on a policy of abolishing it altogether really just said “Don’t listen to anything this idiot says about government policy, he’s only the Prime Minister.”

It’s been that sort of day, folks.

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Priorities ordered 211

Posted on November 25, 2014 by

Scottish Labour-style.

katyclarktrident

Good stuff. We’re just not sure that’s, y’know, the main reason for doing it.

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