Coronavirus Scotland: Christmas 'unlikely' without guest limits 22 Oct 2020 at 2:11pm
NICOLA Sturgeon has warned that it is ?unlikely to be able to celebrate Christmas with no limits on the people in our houses? but insisted if people follow the rules in the weeks ahead, there is more chance of more normality being allowed.
Coronavirus Scotland: Halloween guising could be banned 22 Oct 2020 at 3:00pm
NICOLA Sturgeon has warned guising could be banned this year ? as the Scottish Government will issue official guidance over allowing children to celebrate Halloween without ?coming into unnecessary contact with other people?.
Climate change: Politicians still need to wake up to this deadly threat ? Sco... 22 Oct 2020 at 7:00am
When Svante Arrhenius, a Nobel Prize-winning Swedish chemist dubbed the ‘father of climate change science’, first realised – in the 1890s – that greenhouse gases would cause the Earth’s temperature to rise, he thought it would be a good thing.
Scottish food and drink figureheads plead for rethink on coronavirus curbs as... 21 Oct 2020 at 4:31pm
Some of the best-known figures from Scotland’s food and drink scene have joined forces to plead for urgent support from Westminster and Holyrood amid warnings up to 100,000 jobs are at risk from the current coronavirus curbs.
Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill may allow police and security services... 22 Oct 2020 at 7:00am
As a new Justice Secretary, I recall signing covert surveillance warrants and coming across the name “Chis”. At first glance I thought it was a nickname until I realised it was an acronym for Covert Human Information Source.
Wings over Scotland
You?ve Got Males 22 Oct 2020 at 11:16am
On Sunday we told you about Mridul Wadhwa, a man who deceived his way into a job at a rape crisis centre and now wants to be an SNP MSP, in a seat where the party supposedly has an all-woman shortlist. The story was picked up today by the Times. But Wadhwa isn’t the only …
Only Connect 21 Oct 2020 at 11:04am
We’re not wholly convinced by prospective SNP candidate Toni Giugliano’s credentials as an impartial voice on the trans-vs-women’s-rights issue, given that he previously referred to Joan McAlpine as a “bigot”. But the statement below – it’s good to speak to people on both sides of a debate – is surely the very definition of sense …
Auntie?s Twilight 20 Oct 2020 at 11:37am
Television?s transforming before our eyes, as both what we watch and how we watch it changes. An ever-greater number of programmes shown through increasing mediums. But that doesn?t equate to balanced political coverage being provided, quality product displayed, or distinct countries reflected. The United States, despite the great wealth and talent available to it in Hollywood …
The seizure of the means 19 Oct 2020 at 12:08pm
If there’s still anyone left reading this site who doubts that the SNP National Executive Committee is currently engaged in a coup against the membership of the party, meant to be a fait accompli by the time the NEC is up for re-election at the end of November, we’d urge you to read the extremely …
Waiting For The Men 18 Oct 2020 at 11:32am
The battle to save the soul of the SNP – formerly a party of Scottish independence but now a career vehicle for intolerant science-denying cultists solely interested in social engineering – is already almost lost. By delaying its online pretend “conference” until the end of November, the party has ensured that the chronically dysfunctional current National …
The Liberty Of Wallace 17 Oct 2020 at 11:55am
At the climax of a popular and multiple-Oscar-winning movie from 1995, the Scottish leader William Wallace is portrayed heroically roaring the word “FREEDOM!” Unfortunately, at the time he’s bound by ropes to a wooden table, having been hanged until half-dead and then had his intestines torn out with a knife shortly before someone lops his head …
His cotton socks 17 Oct 2020 at 6:56am
Holiday Boy is off for the next fortnight, readers, but there’s no way he’d have come up with anything funnier than this anyway. We’re not sure he’s got the name right. But we’ll add that one to the list.
The fireworks factory has not exploded 15 Oct 2020 at 11:57am
We’ve had another Freedom Of Information response from the Scottish Government. Here it is. So it turns out the thing we can all see happening, the thing anyone can click on and observe for themselves, simply isn’t happening. So when the Scottish Government publishes a document containing the phrase “For clarity, the name of the …
The SNP Manifesto 2021 14 Oct 2020 at 4:59pm
The most tedious question we ever get asked when we criticise the SNP – because we’ve explained it a hundred times already and none of the people asking have ever bothered to look – is “But what would YOU do to secure independence, clever-clogs?” We’ve outlined that plan in detail repeatedly – you can read it …
Life at the poles 14 Oct 2020 at 11:20am
We just noticed a finding from the most recent opinion poll that surprisingly seems to have escaped the attention of every Scottish newspaper except the Press & Journal. As far as we can ascertain, the P&J was alone in reporting the obviously newsworthy fact that just a quarter of Scots believe the First Minister’s ridiculous …
No matter how much you dislike Trump, only a fool can fail to see the implications for public access to information of the massive suppression on the internet of the Hunter Biden leaks. This blog has been suffering a ratcheting of social media suppression for years, which reached its apogee in my coverage of the …
In what we think is a world first, the Lord Advocate of Scotland is claiming in the contempt of court case against me that I am legally responsible for the content of replies to my tweets. The claim is founded on an argument that when you tweet, there is a menu which enables you to …
Numerous people have contacted me in various ways to ask where is my promised report on the final day of the Assange hearing, to complete the account? It is difficult to explain this to you. When I was in London it was extremely intense. This was my daily routine. I would attend court at 10am, …
It is impossible that both Nicola Sturgeon and Geoff Aberdein are tellng the truth about their meeting on 29 March 2018, which both now say discussed allegations against Alex Salmond. Geoff Aberdein, Alex Salmond’s former Chief of Staff testified under oath in the Salmond trial that he was contacted in mid-March by phone by Nicola …
Either Nicola Sturgeon or Geoff Aberdein is Lying on Oath – and Proving Which Will Be Easy
On Saturday a small, socially distanced vigil of 18 people for Julian Assange at Piccadilly Circus was broken up by twice that number of police and one elderly man arrested and taken into custody. The little group of activists have been holding the vigil every week. I had just arrived to thank them and was …
There will be a post later today or tomorrow morning on the last day of the Assange hearing, and a few concluding thoughts. Meantime this is very interesting.
Your suggestions for poll questions, please 19 Oct 2020 at 6:21pm
First of all, thank you to everyone who has donated to the crowdfunder so far. I was particularly grateful to Paul Kavanagh for spontaneously helping to promote it, literally just a couple of days...
Even Jim Bergerac isn't safe from the Westminster power grab... 19 Oct 2020 at 9:30am
This is utterly extraordinary. If anyone has any doubts that Westminster is engaged in a power grab, watch this video from Jersey's Minister of External Relations (who was a Tory when he lived in ...
The Scottish Tories suddenly have a Lib Dem problem 16 Oct 2020 at 6:31pm
I asked earlier how on earth the SNP had managed to hold on to win the Ellon & District by-election when there were more than enough Lib Dem voters to see the Tories home on transfers. Well, the a...
'Settled will' 15 Oct 2020 at 8:39pm
I've been asked by two or three people whether the 58% Yes vote in yesterday's Ipsos-Mori poll has changed my view on whether 60% is unattainable. It actually hasn't, although let me be clear abou...
Is it nine in a row for Yes? Ten in a row? 15 Oct 2020 at 7:03am
Bloody hell, the BBC website is actually covering the Ipsos-Mori poll. So the answer to the question, how many Yes-majority polls does it take to get the BBC to report the story, is "about ten in a...
Has anyone received a notification from the NHS tracing app? 22 Oct 2020 at 2:43pm
Between the weekly virus-icon reminder that tracing is on, and couple-of-times-a-day transient notifications with the NHS icon that just say "checking exposure keys", I wonder if the actual notific...
Nanny of the Maroons 22 Oct 2020 at 2:16pm
In Jamaica, the $500 note is colloquially known as the ?Nanny?. Its namesake is Queen Nanny, an eighteenth-century West African woman who not only escaped slavery herself but raised a fearsome army known as the Maroons, freeing other enslaved Africans and waging a guerrilla war against British colonisers. Her story has become synonymous with freedom […]
Many Voices Q&A: Nyla Ahmad 20 Oct 2020 at 10:55am
As part of her Many Voices project, Arusa Qureshi speaks to industry figures in Scotland to hear their thoughts on diversity and the inclusion of underrepresented voices in their respective fields. Discussions around diversity in the publishing industry have become commonplace, with new reports every few years often unveiling some of the same conclusions; that […]
Royal High Decision Time 20 Oct 2020 at 10:35am
At some point in the next few weeks Scottish ministers are poised to rule on the future of Edinburgh?s former Royal High School, the subject of one of the most hard-fought planning disputes since Donald Trump won consent for his Aberdeenshire golf course. City councillors previously voted not once, but twice, to reject the scheme […]
Poetry Playlist October 19 Oct 2020 at 5:00pm
Welcome to the Poetry Playlist! Once a month, we are going to recommend one of our favourite poetry collections to you. It could be newly published, an old classic, or a little-known gem that we found collecting dust in the back of a charity shop. All that matters is that our Arts & Music Editors […]
The Balerno Blueprint 19 Oct 2020 at 11:54am
Neil Mackay’s Herald on Sunday interview feature for with Andrew Wilson (The Big Read: SNP target 2026 in ‘roadmap for independence’ from party’s top strategist Andrew Wilson) was execrable in very sense. From the sycophantic tone to the revelations about a disastrous politics and a disempowering strategy it will have left many in the Yes […]
Dazed and Confused: Alternative Facts and Conspiracy in the Age of Stupid 18 Oct 2020 at 9:27am
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Community, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction […] and the distinction between true and false […] no longer exists.” – Hannah Arendt. In a society riddled with anxiety, conspiracy and propaganda and dominated by new authoritarianism and […]
Saturday Night at The Howff with Gil De Ray, Declan Welsh & The Decadent West... 17 Oct 2020 at 6:49pm
howff /ha?f/. A favourite meeting place or haunt, especially a pub. Welcome to Saturday night at the Howff, Bella?s lounge for the lockdown with Gil De Ray, SAY award nominee Declan Welsh & The Decadent West and Lizzie Reid. ‘Seamless’ is the second of two recent single releases from Glaswegian singer-songwriter Lizzie Reid. Both are […]
High Hearts 17 Oct 2020 at 12:06pm
The inevitable is happening before our eyes. The long predicted – and carefully curated – collapse of talks with the EU has happened as the die-hard Brexiteers who prorogued parliament and ejected long-standing members of the Conservative Party complete their mission. In June last year Boris Johnson had promised to leave “Do or Die”. While […]
Porky Pie Pinata 16 Oct 2020 at 7:02pm
Trade talks between the UK and EU are over. Boris tells the country to brace for a no deal Brexit.
Why We Make Events 16 Oct 2020 at 5:00pm
Do you remember the feeling when you buy a ticket for a festival? Maybe you have clubbed together with pals and you have all bought yours at the same time. Then there is the excitement as you make your plans for the weekend, select your outfits, pour over the line-up, do the supply run and […]
Be ready for digital Christmas, says Scotland's public health adviser 22 Oct 2020 at 11:01am
Covid may prevent large family gatherings as country awaits unveiling of five-tier system Coronavirus ? latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe idea of a normal Christmas this year with large family gatherings is ?fiction? and people should be ?digital-Christmas ready?, Nicola Sturgeon?...
Sturgeon accuses Johnson of ignoring advice on 'extreme' Covid curbs 21 Oct 2020 at 4:32pm
Scotland?s first minister to unveil five-tier system of restrictions on FridayCoronavirus ? latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNicola Sturgeon has accused Boris Johnson of ignoring expert advice about the need for a Covid restrictions strategy that includes an ?extreme? top level close...
UK coronavirus: Hancock says financial support 'remains on table' after Great... 20 Oct 2020 at 8:31pm
Boris Johnson confirms strictest tier 3 restrictions from Friday but confusion persists over funding available to support those affectedPM confirms tier 3 restrictions for Greater ManchesterBurnham condemns ministers as talks collapseUK death toll rises by 241 in highest daily increase for months...
Scots should get new independence vote if SNP wins, says Tory-linked consultancy 20 Oct 2020 at 1:57pm
Memo from Hanbury Strategy calls for ?velvet no? campaign to convince voters to stay in the unionA leaked memo given to senior Conservatives suggests the UK government should agree to a fresh independence referendum if the Scottish National party wins an outright majority next May.The document wr...
Young Scots rally to independence banner for 2021 elections 18 Oct 2020 at 8:00am
Some Holyrood hopefuls were still at school during the 2014 referendum but there is doubt over the scale of their support When Scotland voted to remain in the United Kingdom in the 2014 referendum, Valentina Servera Clavell was 14 and living in Barcelona amid a burgeoning movement for Catalan ind...
Met will not charge MP Margaret Ferrier for travelling with Covid 15 Oct 2020 at 5:17pm
Suspended SNP MP took test before self-isolating law came into force, Scotland Yard saysCoronavirus ? latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Metropolitan police has said it will not charge the MP Margaret Ferrier with breaching Covid travel restrictions, because her positive test took ...
Scotland needs a plan for a new currency if it wants independence | Barry Eic... 13 Oct 2020 at 1:02pm
There must be a blueprint for what follows sterling and a transition to the euroThe odds of Scotland becoming independent are rising by the day. In Scotland?s 2014 referendum, about 45% of voters favoured independence. Brexit, which about 60% of Scotland?s voters opposed, is now forcing the Scott...
Alex Salmond row: MSPs call for inquiry into Sturgeon to be extended 12 Oct 2020 at 7:11pm
Two MSPs call for first minister to be investigated over alleged false statements to HolyroodNicola Sturgeon should be investigated over alleged false statements to Holyrood, two members of the inquiry into the Scottish government?s botched handling of sexual harassment complaints against Alex Sa...
MP Margaret Ferrier: decision to travel despite Covid due to 'panic' 11 Oct 2020 at 10:46am
Suspended SNP MP received test result in Westminster after Commons debateCoronavirus ? latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMP Margaret Ferrier has broken her silence to explain how she ?panicked? when she received a positive result for a coronavirus test in her Westminster office after ...
We'll move on from the EU vote but we are now stuck in our tribe. Welcome to ... 11 Oct 2020 at 7:45am
Polarised politics now informs every major issue in the countryIt seems as if the end is in sight. Four and a half years after voters chose it in a referendum, the process of taking Britain out of the European Union is drawing to a close.The final act may yet be calm or chaotic, but in any event ...
the way home
According to a report in the National, the Tories are ‘wargaming ‘to prevent Scottish independence. which probably entails them sitting in their underwear throwing dice at a board upon which sits a brightly coloured miniature army of orcs and trolls otherwise known as The Moray Conservative Association, which Michael Gove painted at university during a […]
Wee Ginger Rehab Fundraiser is now live
This stroke has left me paralized down one side. It is still too early to say whether I will be left with a permanent disability but it is a very real possibility. What worries me most is that I live in a top floor tenement flat which is now totally unsuitable for my changed circumstances. […]
The Brexit pinocchio and a very big question
? As I painfully and slowly peck at the keyboard trying to teach myself to type again following my stroke I am taking immense pleasure reading articles written by a group of folk who are obviously having a worse time of it than I am, British nationalists desperately facing the realisation that their precious union […]
Getting used to it
Tory Boy Andrew Bowie, who has never knowingly managed to look as though he’s not smug despite having nothing to be smug about, has declared that the Johnson administration’s internal market bill which undermines the devolution settlement is just the start. Get used to it, he smugly declared on Twitter where his account is bedecked […]
CROWDFUNDER: A third Scot Goes Pop poll on independence as No Deal looms
Click here to go straight to the fundraising page. Hi, I’m James Kelly, and I write the pro-independence blog Scot Goes Pop, which has a particular emphasis on opinion poll analysis. Earlier this year I crowdfunded two exclusive Panelbase polls on independence, and although they both showed exactly the same result (Yes 52%, No 48%), […]
Whatever happened to the positive case for the union?
There are few certainties in life, just death, taxes, and a Labour party that promises that it’s going to listen to the people of Scotland when it’s out of power. There’s also a Conservative party that keeps claiming to be speaking for the majority in Scotland despite the fact that its vote share has been […]
Dugcast fae the dughoose ? with Elaine C Smith
WeeGingerDug · Dugcast 9 10 2020 With Elaine C Smith This week I’m delighted to be joined by one of Scotland’s best known actors and a stalwart of the independence movement – Elaine C Smith. Elaine talks about the effects of the pandemic on the performing arts, the woeful support that is being given to […]
The proof from the puddings
Yesterday on this blog I wrote about the way in which the Conservatives in Westminster systematically sideline and marginalise the devolved administrations. This isn’t just because the Tories hate Thatessempee and – as British nationalist zoomers on social media constantly claim – that Nicola Sturgeon would only use it to further her agenda. The governments […]
A question of respect
When a bad thing happens once, it can be considered accidental. When it happens twice, that’s deeply unfortunate and a sign that someone isn’t paying attention. When it happens a third, fourth, and fifth time it’s a deliberate act of policy. That’s the case with the Conservative administration in Westminster not keeping the governments of […]
The blame game
Back in the distant days of early 2016, there was no real prospect of another independence referendum any time soon. Indeed there was no prospect of one any time within the next decade. I remember doing a talk for a local SNP branch in early 2016 and was asked when I thought that we’d once […]
Michael Greenwell
So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable. - Aldous Huxley
A Fun New Game
The UK government has recently brought back an old idea about plastering “Funded by the UK government” on lots of things in Scotland, with a big Union flag somewhere. This is supposed to make us forget about the various disasters that the UK govt seem to be hoping will just miraculously disappear by themselves. However, …
The Scottish Independence Podcast 187 ? Odes To Our Adversaries
Just occasionally in all the years I’ve been doing this, mostly for laughs, I’ve made a few little, ahem, tributes, to some of our political adversaries. The 187th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is a run through of some of the best of these, because I think most of us are in need of …
The Scottish Independence Podcast 186 ? Tory Lies, Trump, Empire
The 186th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast is amongst other things, a mix of some bad excuses. There’s a bad excuse for a Prime Minister, a bad excuse for a President of the United States, and a few bad excuses for the behaviour of the British Empire. Along with that, there are people trying …
Sometimes It?s Too Blatant To Let It Go
Last night the story came out that the US Department of Justice would rather like a wee word or two with Prince Andrew regarding his connections with Jeffrey Epstein. Well, they have wanted to have a little chat with him for a while, but they actually filed a ‘Mutual Legal Assistance’ request. This “moves Andrew …
One Thing Doesn?t Negate The Other
Whatever you think about the very current activities with regard to defacing or pulling down statues, what was written on the Churchill statue is a statement of fact. Let’s have a look at some of Churchill’s statements (not the we will fight them on the beaches stuff). You may have seen most of them before …
The Scottish Independence Podcast 185 ? Billy Kay on Scotland and Identity
The 185th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast is a talk by Broadcaster, writer and activist and former guest on the show, Billy Kay, about Scottish identity. Have you ever noticed when you go abroad that the locals always seem to know what happened in 1437 in every wee nook and cranny of their town. …
The Times Handed Its Arse by Football Club
The Times, or at least The Sunday Times, has a history of getting things wrong about Hitler. And it seems to have happened again. This was the response by Schalke 04, a German football team, to the latest mistake…
Is This The Tipping Point of Scottish Independence?
Is This The Tipping Point of Scottish Independence? Gerry Hassan Sunday National, October 18th 2020 Independence is the new normal and the mainstream. This is a huge historic shift and moment. It is a dramatic change and opportunity that will require a very different politics and attitude compared to 2014. Then independence represented the insurgents …
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Superman is not coming to save us: Trump, Boris Johnson and Regressive Mascul...
Superman is not coming to save us: Trump, Boris Johnson and Regressive Masculinity Gerry Hassan Scottish Review, October 14th 2020 It is not very surprising that Donald Trump was apparently considering wearing a Superman top under his shirt and then revealing it on leaving hospital after being treated for COVID. It is deeply symbolic of …
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The Legacy of Donald Dewar and Scotland?s Stories: Past, Present and Future
The Legacy of Donald Dewar and Scotland?s Stories: Past, Present and Future Gerry Hassan Sunday National, October 11th 2020 Twenty years ago today Donald Dewar tragically died at the age of 63. His loss was an incalculable one to the fledgling Scottish Parliament and to Scottish Labour: the first institution eventually finding its feet, while …
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Donald Dewar and the Lost Story of Devolution
Donald Dewar and the Lost Story of Devolution Gerry Hassan Bella Caledonia, October 8th 2020 A significant and poignant moment in Scotland?s recent history comes up this weekend on Sunday, with the 20th anniversary of the tragic death of the first ever First Minister Donald Dewar at the age of 63. Donald Dewar was a …
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Lennon at 80 and the enduring relationship of John and Paul
Lennon at 80 and the enduring relationship of John and Paul Gerry Hassan Scottish Review, October 7th 2020 John Lennon would have been 80 this Friday. To add to the poignancy, two months later is the 40th anniversary of 8th December 1940 when Lennon was killed in front of his home, the Dakota Building, New …
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Trump and Trumpism have to be defeated
Trump and Trumpism have to be defeated Gerry Hassan Sunday National, October 4th 2020 The October surprise has duly arrived in the form of Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump testing positive for COVID-19, leading to their self-isolation and the suspension of campaigning by Trump in person. In a year – and a …
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The fate of Scottish football is about much more than football
The fate of Scottish football is about much more than football Gerry Hassan Scottish Review, September 30th 2020 Scottish football is about more than who makes the most noise whether it be ten in a row – or stopping ten in a row – or the obsessions of the top league and clubs. Scottish football?s …
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The Brexit power grab and the collapse of British conservatism
The Brexit power grab and the collapse of British conservatism Gerry Hassan Bella Caledonia, September 30th 2020 In the midst of a pandemic and the prospect of No Deal Brexit the UK Government continues its path of self-harm and self-destruction ? with a central place given to the UK internal market bill. Such is the …
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Scottish independence referendum 'could happen in 2021' says senior SNP MSP -...
Scottish independence referendum 'could happen in 2021' says senior SNP MSP Daily RecordIndyref2 could take place next year, claims Holyrood minister Peeblesshire NewsWe must not allow the Unionists to move the goal posts yet again The NationalSNP minister: Indyref2 could take place before the end of next year HeraldScotlandIan Blackford accused of 'helping Brussels' in bitter Brexit row wi...
UK: Is Scotland on course to leave Britain? - Al Jazeera English
UK: Is Scotland on course to leave Britain? Al Jazeera EnglishAsk EU to help scupper Scottish independence, ministers urged The TimesScottish independence: Is Scotland now firmly on the path to becoming a separate state? ? Ian Swanson Edinburgh NewsBoris slams door shut on Sturgeon?s independence demands ? ?You voted decisively in 2014!? Daily ExpressBoris Johnson insists Scottish independe...
Scottish independence referendum 'could happen in 2021' says senior SNP MSP -...
Scottish independence referendum 'could happen in 2021' says senior SNP MSP Daily RecordSNP minister: Indyref2 could take place before the end of next year HeraldScotlandSNP conference may back bid for Scottish Reserve Bank owned by Holyrood The NationalIndyref2 could take place next year, claims Holyrood minister The Dumbarton and Vale of Leven ReporterIndyRef2 could take place ?by end of ...
Scots should get new independence vote if SNP wins, says Tory-linked consulta...
Scots should get new independence vote if SNP wins, says Tory-linked consultancy The GuardianSNP claim leaked memo shows Conservatives are in 'panic mode' over prospect of Indyref2 HeraldScotlandSNP must make alliances with Labour and the unions to ensure another Scottish independence referendum ? Kenny MacAskill The ScotsmanNicola Sturgeon is no Jacinda Ardern no matter what some SNP suppor...
General Politics Thread
Firstly, what happened to capybara's thread? I've went back about four pages and can't find it. Am i going blind/dottled?
Anyway, until it is found.
I know it's purely an English/Welsh issue, but the junior doctors' dispute is not improving. Looks like the government is going to try to impose ...
When will indyref2 happen?
Not when you would like it to happen, but when do you believe indyref2 will happen?
Brexit slowly becoming a Farce.
Let's face it, this Tory Govt has no intent on pulling out of EU. It will go on and on and on until lie of land changes!
Tory (Scottish Branch) Twitter Watch
There's just far too much hilarity to ignore, so deserves a thread of it's own.
This one today from Maurice Golden Shower. Pandering to Ian 'the oil is running dry' Wood for starters.
Exactly who are they trying to win back over with tweets like these?
The Douglas Ross Experiment
He's having such an absolute disaster of a start that he's worth a new thread:
He's currently trending.
The normalisation of the far-right continues
Tommy Robinson.
6 months ago nobody had heard of the c**t, and if they had it was only to recognise him as an ignorant, racist nutter.
Today I had the car radio on and listened as BBC 5Live gave this guy a full 20 minutes of coverage, including having a reporter outside prison waiting bre...
BBC bias
Is anyone going to tell welshbairn about yesterday's hilariously blatant SNP smear the BBC conducted yesterday, as they do most days? Or is he better to be allowed to live in blissful delusion that the BBC wouldn't lie cause reasons?
If anyone has stats on how many foi requests the BBC has ...
Polling: 2017 General Election, Council Elections and Independence
Despite the roaring success of the polls in recent years; it may be worth starting a thread specific to upcoming elections. All UK, Scottish subsamples, specific Scottish polls and leader popularity welcome; not to mention the independence question.
Distracted by Covid? What else is going on.
Thought I'd start this after seeing a post by @Snafu that I'll post below. Meanwhile there's the annexation of the West Bank by Israel, leaving Palestinians without a vote in what can only be described as a fully blown Apartheid regime, with full backing from Washington.
https://www.theguardi...
What is the point of Labour
Much as I hate the tory party (and christ do I do) you have to give them credit for a couple of things.
1. They have stupid unionists voting for them despite the fact Scotland is going to shit.
2. They think brexit is a good thing for the UK and bring stupid unionists to think the same an...
Geopolitics in the 2020s.
So five months into the decade where are we?
The coming demographic changes in Europe are going to have huge social and economic impacts. The drop in in younger people will begin to bite this decade. This means less demand for the kinds of goods young people buy and liquidating the assets of ...
XR extinction rebellion
Anyone else heard of, been or intend to be involved with ?
Personally think it?s too late and most of us are fucked.
Tartan
Army Message Board (often features political threads)
Jokes
A Chinese doctor can't find a job in a hospital in the US, so he opens a clinic and puts a sign outside that reads "GET TREATMENT FOR $20 - IF NOT CURED GET BACK $100."
An American lawyer thinks this is a great opportunity to earn $100 and goes to the clinic.
Lawyer: "I have lost my...
Indy Ref 2
Since no-one's started the thread...
A lot of former No voters including some pretty prominant activists, politicians and commentators either coming out for Yes or softening their position - even Chris Deerin saying today that he's not saying that he would vote Yes but that he couldn't say th...
This Board Needs Tunes
Been off the board for a few weeks and have no idea what's going on.
Couldn't resurrect the original thread so here's a timely new beginning. Come on back folks!
Our beautiful Scotland.
Dieting....
Started a new diet 4 week ago. I have lost 10 pounds, or nearly 3/4 a stone. I am doing the, do not eat after 8pm, and I do not eat until 12pm the next day. Its hard, but it is working. I can eat whatever I want between 12pm and 8pm. Drink lots of water as well. I have also been off alcohol for 7...
Series Worth Watching
Wee bit like the movies thread - just got this showbox app on my tablet and it's got hundreds of different series on it.
Anybody recommend any worth watching?
Am about halfway through Homeland - quite enjoying it and have watched Peaky Blinders (which I found surprisingly good).
Tried Game of Thr...
Next SNP leader?
Right with the current issues going there is a very likely chance nicola may well step down after the covid settles or may even be pushed, who would you like to see step into the position?my list would be one of the following
katie forbes
kenny macaskill
angus macneil
cherry...
Old age..
Just blew my knee out playing football today. I coach my son who is 16. I arranged a match between his side and the Dads today. Its Fathers Day . Aye, so guess what, Big Ramy trying to be a smartarse and nutmeg my son, ends up blowing the knee out. Never had this problem before. I guess when you ...
Cooking in Isolation
After the huge success of my ? entertainment in isolation? thread ?, I thought I would dip my toe into the world of culinary creativity and start a thread about cooking.
One of the few upsides of this lockdown is that I have made more of an effort to cook, nothing fancy or too time consum...
Glenlivet and best whisky
Having my usual at weekend. Full of flu and feeling sorry for myself. What is best whisky? You know my answer. Although Highland Park is a close one.
Toasters.
FFS. Yeah pandemic, yeah long covid, but FFS, just fit a bit of fuckin bread in the F'kin toaster.
Question Time Tonight
From Kelso The panel includes Labour's shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry MP, the Scottish government's finance secretary John Swinney MSP, Conservative chairman of the defence select committee Rory Stewart MP, Scotsman columnist Lesley Riddoch and editor-at-large of the Independent on Sund...
Margaret Nolan RIP
Surprised that there has not been an acknowledgement already
Margaret passed away on Monday aged 76
From the Kamera Club to Goldfinger to Carry on films she was a regular in 60s and 70s TV shows
I never saw the attraction of Barbara Windsor when Margaret was alongside
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BBC Claptrap Exposed ? Cosy Relationships Between Mentorn and BBC Scotland Ad...
Mentorn Television Production Not long after Scottish devolution, following storms of protest from Scottish viewers and politicians the BBC agreed to transfer a significant amount of television production to Scotland greatly increasing Scottish content. Implementation of change would be achieved without detriment to existing staff employed in England or to operational routine. SmokeContinue...
Scottish Independence ? Get the Gloves Aff ? Abstentionism the Way Forward
In my previous post I forgot to include the measures that need to be taken now taking forward the cause of Scottish independence. Corrected with this post. The Discredited 1707 Act of Union The 1707 “Act of Union” was signed off, against the wishes of Scots, by aContinue reading "Scottish Independence – Get the Gloves Aff – Abstentionism the Way Forward"
Its Not Too Late ? The S.N.P. Should Abandon Namby-Pamby Politicking and Purs...
Alex Salmond ? Is This His Political Obituary Recognized worldwide as one of the most talented politicians of his generation, Alex already enjoyed a high-profile in Scottish politics before winning two historic Holyrood elections as S.N.P. leader and securing a mandate to hold a referendum on Scottish independence. Born in 1954 inContinue reading "Its Not Too Late – The S.N.P. Should Aban...
Rule Brittania ? Unionists Dismantling Devolution Exacting Retribution on Upp...
Rule Britannia Post Brexit the Unionist Party’s will continue to ?sing? from the same constitutional hymn sheet defying the aspirations of many Scots who wish to withdraw from a “Treaty of Union” forced upon their forebears. The Unionists are aware that England’s hold over Scotland is only political, in their heartsContinue reading "Rule Brittania – Unionists Dismantling Devolution Exac...
2014 Scottish Independence Referendum ? A Political Masterclass by the Unioni...
The 2014 Independence Referendum – Promises Made But Not Kept “Better Together”: “Scotland enjoys membership of the EU because of our membership of the UK and if we no longer are members of the UK then it follows that we are no longer are part of the EU.” ?What is process forContinue reading "2014 Scottish Independence Referendum – A Political Masterclass by the Unionists Promise The Scot...
Trump Down But Not Out ? American Voters Might Yet Defeat the Deep State and ...
The 2016 Presidential Election The Democratic Party, led by Hilary Clinton, its candidate for office, conducted a no holds barred political campaign, including the wide use of every illegal and questionable apparatus of the “Deep State” and vicious media attacks on Trump and his family. But American voters were fed up toContinue reading "Trump Down But Not Out – American Voters Might Yet ...
Stephen Gethins ? Forgot His Purpose and lost his Seat At Westminster ? Now H...
Stephen Gethins SNP Dec 2018: In the course of a near 5 year parliamentary career at Westminster he displayed little interest in the politics of the Russia or the many unsubstantiated charges of its leaders conducting “disinformation” campaigns against the United Kingdom. Indeed the only time he mentioned the subjectContinue reading "Stephen Gethins – Forgot His Purpose and lost his S...
Little Bo Peep is losing her sheep ? Is it Et Tu for Nicola Sturgeon
2014 Independence Referendum Nicola Sturgeon was given the honour of leading the campaign for independence. Referendum campaigning began with polls indicating “No” voters would prevail, a view promoted by the Unionist media and given maximum media space by the BBC, who bombarded Scotland with negative publicity broadcasting many times each day thatContinue reading "Little Bo Peep is losin...
Double Devolution ? The Tory Plan For Scotland
10 Sep 2020: Reported in today’s “National” – Councillors in Shetland have passed a motion to explore options for ?achieving political and financial self-determination?. Leader of the council Steven Coutts proposed the motion, which was carried yesterday by 18 to 2 votes. The motion states there is concern that centralised decision-making ?isContinue reading "Double Devolution – The Tory ...
The Alex Salmond Inquiry A Can of Worms is Being Exposed But Who Will Break R...
An update – The Alex Salmond debacle Judith Mackinnon left her post in July 2017 and took up employment in a newly created post as “Head of People Advice for The Scottish Government”. She reported to Nicola Richards, who had been appointed to her new role as “Director of People”. ItContinue reading "The Alex Salmond Inquiry A Can of Worms is Being Exposed But Who Will Break Ranks and Bl...
