Today’s Daily Record has a “shock” poll revealing what this site told you a week and a half ago – namely that just under half of Scots want a second referendum on Brexit. (Our Panelbase poll said 46%, the Record’s YouGov one says 48%.)
Amusingly, the paper describes this minority as “overwhelming support” for another vote, and runs an editorial leader demanding that Labour and the SNP unite to back such a proposal.
And, y’know, we may as well make the obvious point.
It’s probably overdue that we start collecting these together. So here’s Sir John Major on the Andrew Marr show yesterday, explaining why a “once in a lifetime” referendum should in fact be held again because its outcome was determined by something that turned out to be untrue.
Which is, of course, totally different to Scotland being told to vote No in 2014 in order to stay in the European Union, because [REASONS TO FOLLOW AT SOME POINT]
Labour MP Stella Creasy, explaining to Sarah Smith on today’s Sunday Politics why she backs a so-called “People’s Vote” on Brexit because voters should have the right to change their mind about a referendum if circumstances change.
And to be absolutely fair to the Scottish Lib Dem leader, he’s always been consistent in his beliefs, such as the view that elected members should be given a second chance when they’ve committed a minor misdemeanour, and NOT have to (for example) stand down and face re-election.
A large and imposing statue built in 1974 still stands today on Clyde Street in Glasgow. It depicts a woman called Dolores Ibarruri, known as “La Pasionaria”, who was one of the heroes of the anti-fascist resistance in Spain in the 1930s.
The statue was funded by “the British Labour Movement”, but Conservative councillors in the city protested angrily when it was erected and vowed to tear it down if they ever controlled the council (which cynical readers might consider an empty threat).
The gigantic-clown-shoed bunglemuppet that is Scottish Tory MP Ross Thomson was galumphing around social media yesterday, quoting a notoriously dim-witted Yoon troll to the effect that the Scottish Government could (and therefore presumably should) use its own money to compensate the “WASPI women” – a group who’ve been robbed of years of rightful pension payments by the UK government changing the rules after they’d already qualified for their pensions.
This is the well-known hardcore Corbynite commentator John McTernan on the radio yesterday, detailing how outrageous it would be for politicians to attempt to block a second referendum on a divisive but important issue.
Cash is tight in Scotland’s Unionist-run councils.
If only there was something they could do to bring more money in, something they’ve been demanding the Scottish Government do for at least the last seven years and which the councils now have the power to do for themselves.
Since David Torrance shows no sign of being willing to retract the falsehood below that he tweeted earlier today despite our requests, we’ll have to address it here. Apologies for the indulgence.
We can find nowhere that we made any allegation of Torrance being “paid” by RT. We tweeted that he’d “worked for”them, and said he’d “simply appeared on” the channel. Neither of those statements claims that any money changed hands. If Torrance says that he worked for RT for nothing purely in order to get some free publicity for his book, we’re happy to accept that at face value.
(Although we’re not sure if that makes it better or worse, to be honest.)
Mainstream and social media alike are now well into their second day of an absolutely epic meltdown at the news that Alex Salmond is to broadcast a chat show on RT, the Russian equivalent of the BBC.
It really is almost impossible to overstate the magnitude of the shrieking fit the decision has produced. Addled old Lords with criminal convictions for violently and drunkenly assaulting Her Majesty’s police have with an audacious lack of self-awareness decried the immorality of one of HM’s advisors going on TV to talk about stuff, and one Lib Dem MSP has even gone so far as to raise a Holyrood motion demanding that the state interferes with the lawful employment choices of a private citizen.
We imagine that RT will be beside itself with joy at the avalanche of publicity the UK press and political sphere is giving it. We’d be amazed if the hysterical brouhaha didn’t double or treble the audience figures that Salmond could otherwise have expected.
100%Yes on The Con Merchant: “InsiderSpammer.. FFS turn off your bot ! It’s SO obvious !” Jun 28, 20:06
duncanio on The Con Merchant: “I think you’re right Alf. He’s certainly talking pish.” Jun 28, 19:36
Hatey McHateface on The Art Of Noise: “Or somebody a bit like The Donald. Farage, perhaps.” Jun 28, 18:22
Hatey McHateface on The Art Of Noise: “Are you telling us that in April/May next year, the UN will still be dicking about trying to work out…” Jun 28, 18:18
Andrew scott on The Con Merchant: “Jon Dont hold back!!” Jun 28, 18:03
agent x on The Con Merchant: “I notice that the last SNP accounts were signed on 30 Jun 2024 – I wonder when the next accounts…” Jun 28, 18:03
Frank Gillougley on The Con Merchant: “‘Offer’ – that’s an interesting word choice. Well, I suppose he is a bit of an Estate Agent.” Jun 28, 17:47
Jon Drummond on The Con Merchant: “That’s a great 5 minutes of fun in that video which indeed tragically highlights the fucking state that Scotland is…” Jun 28, 17:40
George Ferguson on The Con Merchant: “John Swinney is an ex Insurance Salesman. He has done well out of Holyrood in salary and pension terms. But…” Jun 28, 17:06
Insider on The Con Merchant: “Alf… The irony ! Oh, the irony ! Mirror, mirror on the wall……” Jun 28, 17:00
Insider on The Con Merchant: “100%Spammer.. FFS turn off your bot ! It’s SO obvious !” Jun 28, 16:57
agent x on The Con Merchant: “The UK Labour party (unintentionally) are doing more for Independence than the SNP have ever done.” Jun 28, 16:52
Alf Baird on The Con Merchant: “Does John Swinney not sound and look a wee bit pished in this video?” Jun 28, 16:50
SilentMajority on The Con Merchant: “Swinney. Nope. No thank you. The mealy-mouthed platitudes that are constantly being emitted from you that lead nowhere. To ‘steady-the-ship’…” Jun 28, 16:36
Andy Ellis on And it’s goodnight from he/him: “You clearly don’t understand how armaments procurement works nor do you appear to know anything about recent defence spending patters.…” Jun 28, 16:25
100%Yes on The Con Merchant: “I’d rather have a bum full of hemroids than John Swinney as FM.” Jun 28, 16:18
100%Yes on The Con Merchant: “John Swinney going to go into next years election making the election all about John Swinney, will someone please tell…” Jun 28, 16:16
100%Yes on The Con Merchant: “Why didn’t the interviewer simple reply saying “isn’t it because your not a Independence supporter anymore and you never were”.…” Jun 28, 16:07
100%Yes on The Con Merchant: “For fuck sake when the SNP stated loud and clear that the section 30 was the gold standard, at the…” Jun 28, 16:04
100%Yes on The Con Merchant: “John Swinney is weak but the guy who’s asking the questions again is even worse. Is he the FM of…” Jun 28, 15:55
twathater on The Con Merchant: “The biggest PROBLEM indy has is that the ELECTORATE are not subject to this (WOS) real exposure of the TRUTH…” Jun 28, 15:52
100%Yes on The Con Merchant: “What a tosser. I’m naw telling you, why not comes to mind and whats the big secret, I know there…” Jun 28, 15:52
Mark Beggan on The Con Merchant: “” presenting our Independence offer in 2026 ” These clowns are serious.” Jun 28, 15:31
Victor Clements on The Con Merchant: “The problem with the SNP is there is not a carrot in either of the boxes. If there is, it…” Jun 28, 15:12
A2 on And it’s goodnight from he/him: “Missed a trick there! this wee vid has “Legal battles, theft, back biting, progress, marketing campaigns, money, greed & metaphor.”” Jun 28, 14:00
TURABDIN on The Art Of Noise: “THE SNP indie radicals, assuming such actually exist, ought to have disposed of Swinney last year, now it’s strategically too…” Jun 28, 12:55
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Holiday Relief: “Alf, thanks for posting. I have just sent you a reply which frustratingly has gone into moderation. That fate also…” Jun 28, 12:44
Alf Baird on Holiday Relief: “I see you have attracted a dubious ‘friend’ there Fearghas, which would tend to suggest, as I believe, that I…” Jun 28, 12:04
Alf Baird on The Art Of Noise: “Scotland’s strategic geographic location on the Great Circle Route has not changed, so we continue to hold that advantage for…” Jun 28, 11:43
