Wings Over Scotland

The war of words

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Rev. Stuart Campbell

The backlash against Iain Gray's ill-judged and mendacious valedictory speech to the Scottish Labour conference continues today, as Sue Varley over on Newsnet Scotland presents what's billed as an impartial outsider's take on the supposedly mutual loathing between Labour and the SNP. While NNS itself is far from neutral, she finds what I suspect most neutral observers would – that the much-maligned army of "cybernats" is on the whole far more civilly behaved, and more committed to at least attempting reasoned and evidence-based debate, than Labour's own online activist battalions. A measured and worthwhile read.

Category media
Trackback: trackback from your own site.

0 Comments

Inline Feedbacks

View all comments

About

Wings Over Scotland is a (mainly) Scottish political media digest and monitor, which also offers its own commentary. (More)

Stats: 6,678 Posts, 1,204,952 Comments
Recent Posts
- 12-12
  Keeping the fire burning
- 12-09
  The Wage Thief
- 12-07
  Take your partners
- 12-03
  The New Britain
- 11-28
  What Went On
- 11-25
  A Personal Best For Kezia
- 11-23
  The Unbargain Bin
- 11-22
  Telling the truth by mistake
- 11-18
  The Long Unravelling
- 11-17
  The Way Forward
- 11-12
  The People You Most Suspected
- 11-09
  The Show Goes On
- 11-06
  How it happened
- 11-04
  The Mandalorian Candidate
- 11-03
  Bespoilers Of Graves
- 11-02
  The Skeleton Dance
- 10-29
  That worth remembering
- 10-26
  A Delicate Art
- 10-26
  The Impostor
- 10-21
  The 24 Official Genders Of Scotland
Archives
Archives
Categories

Categories
Tags

and finally and firstly arithmetic fail braveheart klaxon britnats captain darling cartoons Chris Cairns confused cringe crybabies dateline debates Devo Nano Douglas Daniel Federalists Unionists and Devolutionists flat-out lies foreigner watch from the archives fundraisers galleries hamish hypocrisy liars light-hearted banter lizards memogate misinformation one nation perspectives poll project fear project feart qft Scott Minto smears snp accused soapbox the positive case for the union The Vow ticktock toldyouso too wee too poor too stupid unionist of the day vote no get nothing
Recent Comments
- Rev. Stuart Campbell on Keeping the fire burning: “https://wingsoverscotland.com/donate/” Dec 12, 13:47
- Jay on Keeping the fire burning: “I am nearly antedeluvian.What other methods exist for donations, either single payment or recurring?” Dec 12, 13:46
- Rev. Stuart Campbell on Keeping the fire burning: “No, if you’re already donating there’s no merit in going to the hassle of switching. And thanks 🙂” Dec 12, 13:37
- Rev. Stuart Campbell on Keeping the fire burning: “No, all current subs will continue, no need to change anything. And thanks 🙂” Dec 12, 13:36
- Robert Hughes on The Wage Thief: “Yes , I worked-out that was what you meant . Not bad japery there . Pity everything else you write…” Dec 12, 13:36
- znovak on The Wage Thief: “I thought that Zzzzzzzzzz was your true name. My bad.” Dec 12, 13:22
- TurnbullDrier on Keeping the fire burning: “@Rev, Do you have a preference? Currently donate via kofi, but presumably they take a cut.. Quite happy to migrate…” Dec 12, 13:20
- sarah on Keeping the fire burning: “I know and I worry about him!” Dec 12, 13:13
- Graf Midgehunter on Keeping the fire burning: “Sarah said: “Well I don’t think you can eat that many crisps….” ————— You don’t know the Rev, Sarah…! That…” Dec 12, 13:07
- Skip_NC on Keeping the fire burning: “Sea salt and Chardonnay? I cannot possibly agree to help fund such gastronomic murder. Well, not unless the Chardonnay identifies…” Dec 12, 13:01
- Captain Caveman on Keeping the fire burning: “Subscribed. Been reading the blog for years, it’s only fair. You probably don’t want to hear this, Stu (lol) but…” Dec 12, 12:58
- gregor on The Wage Thief: “Stonewall: The Truth… How does a person know they are trans? “Many people know they’re trans from a young age.…” Dec 12, 12:49
- Republicofscotland on The Wage Thief: “Chad kicking-out its colonial masters – sadly Scots don’t have the balls to follow suit. “France has begun withdrawing its…” Dec 12, 12:48
- sarah on The Wage Thief: “Dan the tick thing isn’t a reliable indicator of what people approve of. The 77th Brigade have to occupy their…” Dec 12, 12:43
- sarah on Keeping the fire burning: “Well I don’t think you can eat that many crisps but I’ll make the attempt to send you a contribution.…” Dec 12, 12:37
- Republicofscotland on The Wage Thief: “So just where will the Vichy SNP get the money to fund their 2026 election campaign? “John Swinney has claimed…” Dec 12, 12:32
- Republicofscotland on The Wage Thief: “One of the Wests favourite evil regimes – is awarded the right to host a FIFA World Cup. “FIFA has put…” Dec 12, 12:18
- Dan on The Wage Thief: “I’m totes #BahHumbug and don’t do festive shizzle as don’t buy into religion or rampant capitalist consumerism. It’s aw jist…” Dec 12, 12:16
- gregor on The Wage Thief: “Threat: “A suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is not followed:…” Dec 12, 12:16
- Republicofscotland on The Wage Thief: “So Calderwood is off-the-hook so to speak, maybe she’s not a very good liar – no doubt she deleted her…” Dec 12, 12:13
- gregor on The Wage Thief: “BBC: Swinney considers calls for child social media ban: “First Minister John Swinney says he would consider a ban on…” Dec 12, 12:11
- gregor on The Wage Thief: “Inspire: “To make someone feel that they want to do something and can do it: His confident leadership inspired his…” Dec 12, 11:50
- sarah on The Wage Thief: “@ Dan at 09.49: thanks for your link to Soup Cruncher on Barrhead Boy. Soup C has nailed it -…” Dec 12, 11:47
- Republicofscotland on The Wage Thief: “I’ll believe this when I see it happening – until then…. “United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has vowed to ensure…” Dec 12, 11:42
- gregor on The Wage Thief: “@ScotGlobal: SNP must inspire to win back voters (Tommy Sheppard): ‘It took the SNP five years to lose that amount…” Dec 12, 11:42
- gregor on The Wage Thief: “@PeteWishart has blocked you: “Support for the SNP is growing. The last opinion poll had as securing another indy majority.…” Dec 12, 10:59
- Mac on The Wage Thief: “Ru$$ia has instructed all Ru$$ians in the US to leave the country.” Dec 12, 10:31
- Robert Hughes on The Wage Thief: “I just read and commented on that , D . An outstanding post by ” Soup Cruncher ” . He…” Dec 12, 10:23
- Dan on The Wage Thief: “I’m liking Soup Cruncher’s take on things. https://www.barrheadboy.com/everythings-fine/” Dec 12, 09:49
- Chas on The Wage Thief: “My granny always used to say ‘Never trust a person with nae lips’! She was not wrong.” Dec 12, 09:34
A tall tale