An Auld Sang 70
Posted on
August 13, 2020 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Chilling indeed, 1992 Sunday Times. Chilling indeed.
From the archives #14 675
Posted on
June 29, 2020 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We were rummaging around semi-aimlessly in the vaults last night, readers, and we were rather startled to come across this:
Shows what YOU lot know, eh?
From the archives #13 657
Posted on
June 14, 2020 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’ve noticed a fair few Unionists this week proudly claiming that an independent Scotland would have been too broke to survive the coronavirus pandemic. They might not listen to our many and comprehensive rebuttals, but maybe they’d heed the words of Tony Blair, from way back in October 1987:
The sliding doors of history, there, readers. When Unionists tell you Scotland is feeble, remember who made it that way, and never forget how it could have been.
From the archives #12 410
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January 07, 2020 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Over the last few days, for want of anything more interesting happening in Scottish politics, we’ve been reviewing some of the entertainingly fluid criteria by which Unionist politicians used to assert that Scotland could supposedly achieve independence. But we hadn’t seen this one before:
A view apparently “almost universally shared among English Tory backbenchers” back in the late 1980s was that independence could be won by the SNP securing a majority of Scottish MPs at not one but two successive UK general elections.
Given that that line has now been crossed in THREE Westminster elections in a row, we’re all agog to find where Boris Johnson will move the goalposts to in his keenly-awaited response to the Scottish Government’s second Section 30 request, which he’s due to deliver any minute now.
From the archives #9 88
Posted on
June 17, 2019 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The Times, 30 June 1998.
Wait, Michael who? Well, this should be good.
An uncertain future 185
Posted on
February 12, 2019 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Another slow news day, so here’s one from the archives:
Don’t worry, we’re not going to make you try to read it that size.
To better days 224
Posted on
August 14, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
In the wake of this morning’s news that the Herald and Sunday Herald are to merge, we thought it’d be nice to remember the times – not SO long ago – when the paper used to do some proper journalism and there was some modest semblance of balance and professional integrity in the Scottish media.
Click the pics to enlarge as usual.
The corpse of independence 114
Posted on
August 13, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
In the continuing absence of any interesting current Scottish politics, we thought you might enjoy this Sunday Mail piece from exactly 11 years ago yesterday, confidently asserting that a quick chat would disabuse Scots of any notion of leaving the UK.
(Click the pic to enlarge.)
The clanging chimes of doom 193
Posted on
March 29, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
There’s an interesting article on the Holyrood Magazine website today with some fascinating background details about how Scottish (and Welsh) devolution came into being almost 20 years ago, so we thought you might like to see this piece from the time, not least because we suspect it might also be the first recorded citation of the nonsensical concept of the “UK single market”.
(Click for readable size.)
It’s remarkable how seamlessly much of it, especially the last section (from the giant “D”) would still work today with the word “devolution” replaced with the word “independence”. But we find it hard to disagree with Sir John’s conclusion:
“Nor would devolution truly give more powers to the Scottish people. Only independence would do that.”
Preach, brother.
The winds of change 533
Posted on
March 25, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Remember that time, barely over a decade ago, when the readers of the Scottish Daily Express came out for independence despite national polls only showing support in the 20s, the paper sold over 80,000 copies a day (now just 38,000) and Severin Carrell of the Guardian reported that it was about to adopt independence as its official position?
(Which we don’t think ever actually happened.)
Because nothing is weirder than Scottish politics.
The same as it ever was 44
Posted on
March 15, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Particularly alert readers may have experienced a pang of deja vu at yesterday’s story highlighting media misrepresentation of polling figures.
We can’t imagine why.
The tunes of glory 227
Posted on
February 25, 2018 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
After Scotland’s rugby team sent proud Edward (Jones)’s army homeward with some well-skelped erses from Murrayfield yesterday, it seemed like an opportune moment to reflect on this from just 12 years ago.
The full story is below.
