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The song remains the same 135

Posted on November 02, 2014 by

Wendy Alexander, 2007:

“It is a journey that I am determined will end with Scottish Labour back in power at Holyrood.

To get there we must win back the trust of the Scottish people. And to win that trust we must listen to them and show that we have listened to them by reforming our party.

We will not stand by and let the SNP fail the people of Scotland by ducking their real responsibilities of government because of their obsession with independence.

That is our job and we will do it to the best of our ability. But we will not be aggressive for the sake of it. We will be constructive in opposition, and we will give credit where it is due.”

So: listen, reform, don’t just bash the Nats. Got it. How hard can it be?

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You have to laugh, or… 341

Posted on September 30, 2014 by

There’s only one possible sane response to this story. It’s below:

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Click the pic to sign. Let’s see who gets the most, shall we?

No regrets 334

Posted on September 24, 2014 by

Or some regrets. It’s so hard to tell.

murraygrets

The UK media, ladies and gentlemen.

Nick Clegg Signs Another Pledge 502

Posted on September 15, 2014 by

Yeah, again.

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Do we even need to bother?

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We’re the fire in the sky 188

Posted on September 11, 2014 by

I had a night off this evening, readers. Poker and banter and laughs (and a Chinese takeaway) with some chums, a quick stop-off to chat a bit of strategy with the Wings Fulfilment Department and then home. I was just a few yards away when a song came on the stereo and I had to change my mind. I stomped on the accelerator, turned the volume up so loud it was distorting my sense of smell and gunned it out to the hills on the edge of town at full tilt just to feel the cool night breeze and release the pressure.

This one’s for all of us.

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Too easy 231

Posted on September 08, 2014 by

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Ein Yolk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer 198

Posted on September 05, 2014 by

Because throwing an egg is EXACTLY HOW HITLER STARTED.

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A thousand-word metaphor 237

Posted on September 02, 2014 by

landfillno

It’s England’s Oil 381

Posted on August 28, 2014 by

This is Polly Toynbee of the Guardian and Eddie Bone of the Campaign for an English Parliament in a remarkable nine minutes of “Good Morning Scotland” this morning.

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It’s the nearest to sounding like a Yes voter you’ll ever hear James Naughtie. Enjoy.

A decisive choice 264

Posted on August 26, 2014 by

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Results just in 308

Posted on August 25, 2014 by

totcarn

The other one’s got bells on 216

Posted on August 20, 2014 by

An alert reader drew our attention to a piece in the Telegraph on Monday.

“The pro-UK Better Together campaign said it plans to “turn majority support into a majority vote” by contacting every household at least three times over the next month and every undecided voter at least four times.

Up to a million postal voters will be contacted and more than 25,000 activists will be working to mobilise support for No ahead of polling day. The campaign will also be using advertising on websites such as Facebook to reach 500,000 undecided women.”

Lordy, where to start?

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