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Inspection report 198

Posted on September 26, 2013 by

ASSESSOR: Rev. S. Campbell

DATE: 19-25 September 2013

LOCATION: Scotland, various

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We’ve got five minutes spare 123

Posted on September 23, 2013 by

Arch-Unionist and BBC-favoured pundit (hey, what a freakish coincidence! What are the odds?) Professor Adam Tomkins of Glasgow University has a blog post up today. A reader asked us to go and tackle it, but Prof. Tomkins has one of those infinitely irritating twatblogs that won’t let you post comments unless you hand over all your personal details and give permission for spambots to assail your Facebook and Twitter accounts with annoying gibberish, so we’ll have to do it here instead.

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It won’t make any sense unless you read the post first. It’s here.

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Colour separation 91

Posted on September 18, 2013 by

We couldn’t help but notice this new BBC referendum logo.

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We like how they’re thinking.

What if you were a party 108

Posted on September 14, 2013 by

…and nobody came?

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At Battle Mountain 66

Posted on September 13, 2013 by

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“Graeme Obree sets prone cycling speed record” – 13 September 2013

The public interest 159

Posted on September 12, 2013 by

One of the most encouraging aspects of the pro-independence movement is the strength of real grassroots activism compared to its Unionist opponents.

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So here are a couple of nice shots of a well-staffed Yes Scotland stand attracting lots of attention from students at the Glenrothes campus of Fife College recently.

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We’ve got it on tape 95

Posted on September 09, 2013 by

This is what we use to record episodes of “Call Kaye”.

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One man and his props 122

Posted on September 06, 2013 by

He’s got a fake paper!

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Rogue bloopers 100

Posted on September 04, 2013 by

Every single line a classic.

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At the end of the day 83

Posted on September 02, 2013 by

You can argue about the words. But it all comes down to this.

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The secret of comedy 146

Posted on September 01, 2013 by

Let’s end an ugly week on a fun note, shall we?

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Lonely hearts 43

Posted on August 31, 2013 by

A picture taken earlier today at Edinburgh’s Mela festival.

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In the upper half of the shot, a busy Yes Scotland tent buzzing with activists and interested members of the public. In the foreground, another forlorn “Better Together” campaigner looking around hopefully for someone – anyone – to talk to about how Scotland’s too pathetic and useless to be a country by itself.

We don’t even have the heart to mock. It must be sad.

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