Unspun: the political diary 12 Jun 2021 at 7:00am
Boak Off UNSPUN bids farewell this week to Matthew Clark, legendary chief of staff to the LibDem group at Holyrood, who is retiring to spend more time in the real world.
SNP accused of 'control freakery' amid conflict of interest row 11 Jun 2021 at 12:25pm
SCOTLAND'S national public health body has been hit by a "conflict of interest" row after a document emerged reportedly showing one of its duties is to protect the reputation of government ministers.
Euro 2020: Fiona Hyslop says Glasgow fan zone test for mass gatherings return 11 Jun 2021 at 5:00am
SCOTLAND?S former culture secretary has stressed that the controversial Glasgow Euro 2020 fan zone is a ?gateway process? for major events to return in Scotland ? with no changes to be made to the event following crunch talks yesterday.
G7 agree historic declaration aiming to avoid repeat of Covid-19 pandemic 11 Jun 2021 at 6:29pm
World leaders are set to strike an historic agreement committing to avoiding a repeat of the devastation and disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic by quashing future pandemics within the first 100 days.
Hate crime charges in Scotland rise 4% in a year 11 Jun 2021 at 4:20pm
There has been a 4 per cent increase in the number of charges with at least one element of hate crime in the past year, according to new figures.
The Ship Song 12 May 2021 at 4:59pm
Ten years ago this month I was in a pub called The Porter in Bath with my girlfriend and her family, buying everyone whiskies and gabbling deliriously (I?d been up for over 40 hours at that point) about the significance of what had just happened. Alex Salmond?s SNP had just broken the Scottish electoral system, winning …
Towards the future 12 May 2021 at 8:56am
The election’s over and the votes have been counted. It wasn’t to be for Alba this time, but the fight goes on. Whilst there?s disappointment, there?s also vindication. SNP list votes were even greater than in 2016 and yet produced even fewer list MSPs. There?s an irony in the SNP suffering from unionist tactical voting, having …
Trans Greens Are Greens 11 May 2021 at 7:00pm
Misogynist racist midget Patrick Harvie is furious this week, which is always nice. It seems he really doesn?t like it up ?im. Because the reason for his rage is that he feels the Scottish Greens were denied two extra seats at last week?s election by confusion over a party called Independent Green Voice. The party, …
A butterfly on a wheel 11 May 2021 at 10:53am
Craig Murray was today sentenced to eight months in prison for the crime of ?jigsaw identification? of one or more of the complainers in the trial of Alex Salmond, despite the supposed existence in Scotland of a presumption against prison sentences for any crimes attracting a penalty of less than 12 months. We believe he …
Yesterday the House of Commons was debating “safety of journalists”. After reams of MP waffle about evil foreigners, the Alba Party was allocated 60 seconds and tried to use it to raise my case. That is a completely unedited extract from Hansard. So much for the “mother of democracies”. – There is of course a …
We are racing to lodge our application to the Supreme Court by Friday, so I am just going to post an email I just sent my legal team: BEGINS This is an extraordinary passage of the Opinion: ?(4) The applicant describes himself as a ?journalist in new media?. Whatever that may involve, it is relevant …
Official: Lady Dorrian Rules Courts Should Apply Different Standards to Bloggers and Mainstream Media
My name is Nadira Murray, wife of Craig Murray. On the 7th of June Craig will be sent to prison per your decision under the law of contempt of court. I understand and fully support your decision of protecting sexual assault victims however I do not feel Craig has been judged fairly. Craig even wouldn’t …
Post By Kirsten MacDonald On Monday morning, Lady Dorrian and two supporting judges will hear the application from Roddy Dunlop QC for Craig Murray to be allowed to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against both their verdict of contempt of court for jigsaw identification, and against the disproportionate sentence. It is widely expected, given …
Once you have been active in politics for a few decades, you get used to the popular convulsions of support for Palestine every few years when Israel military action against Gaza becomes particularly intense. Then follows a ceasefire, the media move on and Israel resumes the daily routine of low level evictions, destruction of tree …
Just to let you know that, after a week of feeling horribly ill, I am now pretty well recovered and ready for the challenges ahead. I will get the MRI scan results next week, but not particularly apprehensive. I see yesterday the supposedly irresistible combination of Gordon Brown and the follically challenged Earl Strathearn met …
Parfum d'obsession, a Twitter bubble fragrance 8 Jun 2021 at 10:25am
After the election, the Alba support base was derided as a "Twitter bubble" - meaning something that seemed hugely strong on social media but barely existed elsewhere. That's actually not true - y...
One law for the children of Daddy, and another law for everyone else? 3 Jun 2021 at 4:52am
It's true that his own lawyer called him a sex pest and described his behaviour as inappropriate. I also think you're a disgusting individual for defending his behaviour, James. pic.twitter.com/pCU...
Struggling to make friends 12 Jun 2021 at 10:38am
I don't want this post to seem like a cry for help, but at 21 years old, it's really started to hit me that I don't have anyone I would call a friend and it's really getting me down. In primary sch...
First Lady & First Man of an Independent Scotland? 12 Jun 2021 at 10:15am
We have created these 2 roles, they are mostly ceremonial but do come with expenses and a lifetime's supply of iron bru and tunnocks products. There will be a public vote. The rules are living and ...
The Downside of Qualifying ? Scotland?s Football Songs 12 Jun 2021 at 7:57am
As a smattering of official and unofficial attempts appear and disappear on radio and social media, I?m not quite sure what the official Scotland Euros song is. I was tempted to make a playlist of World Cup and Euros songs but I remembered that Bella?s readers are not all that bad, not so bad that […]
Guest Playlist ? Ken McCluskey 11 Jun 2021 at 6:09pm
Kicking off the weekend on Bella Caledonia is the second in our series of guest playlists from Ken McCluskey. Its a cracking journey from the West Coast of America to the East Coast of Scotland via Ireland and Jamaica. Formerly of The McCluskey Brothers and The Bluebells, Ken is now a lecturer on the music […]
Scottish Football Team Take the knee at Euro 2020 ? Sign the Petition 11 Jun 2021 at 1:48pm
The petition reads: “Scotland have decided against taking a knee during Euro 2020 but will stand up instead as some kind of gesture against racism. After 23 years, we kick off our European campaign on Monday 14th June. Over 2 billion viewers are anticipated to watch Euro 2020. Our 2nd group stage match vs England […]
Now is the time for a Universal Basic Income 10 Jun 2021 at 2:07pm
As we begin a tentative recovery the need for radical new thinking about our economy and our society is needed greater than ever. The idea of the “irreducible minimum” (the right of all to food, shelter, and clothing) was articulated by the anthropologist Stanley Diamond who argued that you can’t (and don’t) really ‘belong’ to […]
Scotland is back on the international stage 10 Jun 2021 at 11:40am
The Scottish men?s national football team are back in the finals of a major international tournament ? Euro 2021 (but called Euro 2020 after the delay through COVID). This is after 23 years away, having endured ?ten in a row? of failed qualifications, and last appearing at any finals in the 1998 World Cup in […]
Bangers and Mash: Brexit and the Sausage Wars 9 Jun 2021 at 4:32pm
The gap between the grand rhetoric of Brexit with its sunlit uplands and Global Britain ‘taking back control’ and the fact that you can’t, er, export sausages to a different part of the country, is quite large. As Gareth Southgate writes to fans to plead them not to boo their own players for being against […]
The Pandemic and the City: urban overhaul, or ?back to normal?? 9 Jun 2021 at 11:01am
Bella?s European Feature Writer Ben Wray looks at Barcelona, Paris, London and Berlin to find out how different European cities are responding in the wake of the pandemic crisis. For a moment, everything about the city changed. At the peak of pandemic lockdown, the car no longer dominated the roads. Large swathes of commercial property […]
University of Liverpool Strike Action 8 Jun 2021 at 8:10pm
We are now in week 3 of a strike at the University of Liverpool. It is already the longest local strike in our history, and one of the longest in any University?s history. Last week, we voted to escalate our strike action. A thousand members of the University and Colleges Union are now striking to […]
Easter Everywhere: Rock and Roll Resurrection at the End of History 8 Jun 2021 at 10:26am
Callum Easters new album ‘System’ is out this September on Moshimoshi Music (in association with Lost Map). Hugo Fluendy gets an exclusive preview. You can re-order the album here. Callum Easter?s second album System is coming to save us from? what? In a month that has witnessed the sad passing of Bay City Roller Les […]
Kilts and Populist Royalism 7 Jun 2021 at 11:35am
We covered the original Kate and Wills story more as a joke than anything, as Kate?s Tourdrobe crushed Scotland?s hopes of independence. But it seems it’s not a joke after all. At first the crude propaganda seems desperate and comic. Speaking in Edinburgh at the closing ceremony of the General Assembly of the Church of […]
Buddhist monastery in Scotland calls for firearms exclusion zone 11 Jun 2021 at 2:16pm
Petition asks for protection from shooting ranges around Samye Ling and other places of peaceWhen the gunfire starts it is like a thunderclap, the monks and nuns explain, and the sound reverberates up the valley. During the game shooting season, it is not unusual for avian casualties to land with...
Johnson should back England team for taking the knee, says Brown 11 Jun 2021 at 9:17am
Former PM says country should support footballers and ?stop fighting these culture wars?Gordon Brown has told the government to support the England football team?s decision to take the knee before matches and stop fighting culture wars over ?unimportant? gestures.The former prime minister made th...
Scottish Tory MSP says George Beattie murder conviction ?shames Scotland? 10 Jun 2021 at 5:30pm
Russell Findlay highlights 1973 case in maiden Holyrood speech as Beattie?s supporters call for ?egregious wrong? to be rectifiedA case that has been described as Scotland?s longest-running miscarriage of justice has been raised in Holyrood, as supporters of the convicted man, George Beattie, urg...
Glasgow?s Euro 2020 fan zone prompts mixed feelings amid pandemic 9 Jun 2021 at 11:56am
Public health expert says policymakers between rock and hard place over allowing fans to congregate Coronavirus ? latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMany Scots are struggling to understand the logic of allowing thousands of football fans to congregate in Glasgow without mandatory Covid...
Michael Gove ?open-minded? on SNP call to extend furlough 3 Jun 2021 at 1:03pm
Minister pledges more spending after Nicola Sturgeon warns against return to austerity The UK government is ?open-minded? on the SNP?s calls to extend furlough, according to the Cabinet Office minister, Michael Gove, as Nicola Sturgeon said a return to pre-pandemic austerity would be ?disastrous?...
The United Kingdom was always a fragile illusion ? but what will replace it? ... 3 Jun 2021 at 9:00am
There?s an astonishing lack of thinking about how to address the radical implications of Britain?s disintegrationThere is a famous quote from the Italian writer Antonio Gramsci: ?The old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.?His argume...
Johnson?s latest lockdown dilemma: Politics Weekly podcast 2 Jun 2021 at 5:02pm
Jessica Elgot and Zoe Williams look at the arguments for and against lifting England?s last Covid restrictions on 21 June; Libby Brooks, Dani Garavelli and Kezia Dugdale discuss the newly elected Scottish parliament; plus Aubrey Allegretti talks to Sajjad Karim about the Tory Islamophobia report ...
Glasgow to stay in toughest lockdown level as Covid cases rise 28 May 2021 at 2:48pm
Nicola Sturgeon says it would be premature to move city out of tier 3 while situation remains ?fragile?Coronavirus ? latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNicola Sturgeon has confirmed Glasgow will remain in Scotland?s second toughest lockdown regime for at least another week, and said th...
Nicola Sturgeon discusses cooperation deal with Scottish Greens 26 May 2021 at 5:15pm
Move designed to cement pro-independence majority at HolyroodNicola Sturgeon has opened formal talks with the Scottish Greens on a cooperation deal in government, in a move designed to cement a pro-independence majority at Holyrood and bolster its pro-climate credentials.In a move mooted before t...
?Irresponsible? Australia trade deal will bring ruin for UK farmers, critics ... 23 May 2021 at 9:45am
Scottish National party says tariff-free imports of hormone-treated beef ?would represent a bitter betrayal of rural communities?The UK government was facing a backlash on Saturday over its plans for a trade deal with Australia, which have led to anger from farmers and environmentalists and calls...
GB News victimhood seeking and the EU
Whenever you see that Neil Oliver is trending on social media it’s like getting a phone call at two o’clock in the morning. You might not know what it is exactly, but you already know that it’s going to be nothing good. On Friday the bold Neil was all over Twitter, trying to stir up […]
The royal warrant on a jar of invisible jam
Broontervening is Gordon Brown’s favourite activity these days, apart from hiding in storm drains and handing out balloons to pensioners. It allows him to tell himself that he’s still politically relevant, a delusion in which he’s ably assisted by the Scottish media and especially the BBC. We’ve been hearing a lot about him since the […]
Ramping it up to Desp-con 5
The Conservatives, and indeed the British establishment in general, are clearly at a loss for ideas when it comes to frustrating the growing demand in Scotland and Wales for independence and calls in Northern Ireland for a referendum on Irish reunification. That’s the only possible explanation for why they’ve ramped the hysterical unionism up to […]
Visibly producing the appearance of listening
Yesterday the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales participated in a four nations summit meeting chaired by Boris Johnson. Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill were also in attendance. The meeting had been called by Downing Street following the results of the elections to the Scottish and Welsh parliaments […]
Charmless and Offensive
Scotland is easily the least monarchist inclined part of the UK, where the royal events, weddings and general flummery which the BBC is hell bent on force feeding the populace with a sycophantic enthusiasm which puts the North Korean state broadcaster to shame are met with a combination of bored indifference and anger that Bargain […]
Nationalism and ?Thatessempee?
This is the fourth in a series of articles looking at the topics which will dominate the coming independence referendum campaign. These pieces are aimed at undecided voters and soft no voters. In this article I look at the claim that support for independence is nationalism and that opposition to Scottish independence is also opposition […]
The car wreck of British government
On Wednesday Dominic Cummings, the former senior advisor to the non-performance artiste whose stage name is Boris Johnson and one time motoring auto-optician, gave evidence to MPs sitting on the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee about the British government’s (mis)handling of the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic last year. He painted a […]
Reasons for independence
This is the third in a series of articles looking at the topics which will dominate the coming independence referendum campaign. These pieces are aimed at undecided voters and soft no voters. In this piece I look at some of the reasons for wanting an independent Scotland I want independence because … There are as […]
Null points for Brexit?s brand UK
It was reported at the weekend that the Royal Family are to head a “charm offensive” in order to help head off calls for Scottish independence. If true this tells us two things, firstly that the British government is utterly desperate, and secondly that the head of state will get involved in politics after all. […]
Once in a generation: The electorate can?t be bound by a politician?s rhetoric
This is the second in a series of articles looking at the topics which will dominate the coming independence referendum campaign. These pieces are aimed at undecided voters and soft no voters. In this piece I look at the claim that the first referendum was promised to be a “once in a generation vote.” For […]
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…
Scotland is back on the international stage
Scotland is back on the international stage Gerry Hassan Scottish Review, June 9th 2021 The Scottish men?s national football team are back in the finals of a major international tournament ? Euro 2021 (but called Euro 2020 after the delay through COVID). This is after 23 years away, having endured ?ten in a row? of …
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Glasgow as Tinderbox City
Glasgow as Tinderbox City Gerry Hassan Sunday National, June 6th 2021 Glasgow has had another spate of fires. This week tragedy hit McCulloch Street, Pollokshields with one person found dead and fifteen families evacuated as a result of a fire in a tenement building; only one month ago The Old College Bar in the city …
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Glasgow?s future after COVID
Glasgow?s future after COVID Gerry Hassan Scottish Review, June 2nd 2021 Glasgow it was announced this week would finally come out of Level 3 restrictions. By Friday Scotland?s biggest city will have endured 277 days of severe limitations on our freedoms that have come at an increasingly cost to the people and fabric of the …
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After a dramatic season can football resist the pull of corporate capitalism?
After a dramatic season can football resist the pull of corporate capitalism? Gerry Hassan Scottish Review, May 26th 2021 The past few days saw the climax of the domestic Scottish football season. One that has been difficult for clubs, players, managers, coaches, and fans as we have all come to terms with a different type …
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What do we do about Rangers?
What do we do about Rangers? Gerry Hassan Scottish Review, May 19th 2021 Glasgow Rangers FC have returned to the top of the football game in Scotland. At the same time twice in the spate of two months a section of their fanbase (small but incredibly visible) have trashed parts of Glasgow – engaging in …
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Glasgow People Power, Kenmure Street and defeating Priti Patel?s Home Office
Glasgow People Power, Kenmure Street and defeating Priti Patel?s Home Office Gerry Hassan Open Democracy, May 18th 2021 On Thursday last week Kenmure Street in Pollokshields on Glasgow?s Southside made worldwide headlines. As the forces of the British state, in the form of the UK Home Office and UK Border Agency, attempted to forcibly detain …
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The campaign of the next Scottish indyref has already begun
The campaign of the next Scottish indyref has already begun Gerry Hassan Sunday National, May 16th 2021 The campaign of the next Scottish indyref has already begun. The Scottish and British Governments both know this and all that is left to be decided is the timing, the immediate context and details. This could be the …
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A Celebration of Democracy ? and Goodbye to Yesterday?s Men
A Celebration of Democracy ? and Goodbye to Yesterday?s Men Gerry Hassan Scottish Review, May 12th 2021 The Scottish elections attracted major media coverage – not just here, but across the UK and internationally. They have been portrayed as historic, and a potential turning point that could decide the fate of the independence question, and …
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What's Next for Scotland's Independence Movement? - Council on Foreign Relations
What's Next for Scotland's Independence Movement? Council on Foreign RelationsScottish election 2021: How do voters feel about the results? BBC NewsScotland and Independence: The High Road or Hard Road? RTE.ieScottish independence poll: do people in Scotland want to be independent - what do the latest 2021 polls say? The ScotsmanIndyRef2: Everything you need you to know about Scottish indep...
The official Boris pm cluster-fuck thread
Day to day discussions relating to the bumbling, chinless twat. He's currently giving a trumpesqian speech in Manchester relating to his Northern powerhouse plan - building a railway between Manchester and Leeds. He's went off message a few times, notably guessing when Stephenson's rocket was a ...
When will indyref2 happen?
Not when you would like it to happen, but when do you believe indyref2 will happen?
The DUP
What's the craic? I believe they love the union and are fairly religious, that's about all I know. Fill me in.
Israel lobby v Corbyn
At fever pitch at the moment, and a daily event yet still to hear anything Anti-semitic he's done.
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...
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 Lies, Corruption and Hypocrisy- Add Them Here
In the interests of not having whataboutery on the Nicola Sturgeon thread and keeping it focused, here's a thread to post any lies or misleading statements by the Conservative govt under Boris Johnson. I daresay it'll wither on the vine if there aren't any.
I'll start.
1. Northern Irelan...
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...
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 ...
Pundits
I felt like this could do with its own thread, as it never quite fits anywhere else. A place to discuss and highlight examples of the political commentator class in Scotland and elsewhere.
I read this article the other day by Chris Deerin and wanted to tear my eyes out:
https://www.pressa...
Are YOU Voting for the Alba Party?
Right come on who's doing it then.
Also for the purposes of patter the 1872 Ballot Act was never introduced. Live and die by your takes.
Stuart Campbell/Wings Over Scotland
Very rarely venture in to the politics forum on Pie and Bovril but, making an exception here, I voted for Independence in 2014 and would do again, although I'm no tub thumper for independence like some it is something I'm in favour of but, as this forum to me seems, by its posters a very strong %...
Tartan
Army Message Board (often features political threads)
The news thread
This probably won't take off because there's only about three topics regularly discussed on here ?
Anyway
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57219860
Belarus being naughty today. A rather odd and desperate way to catch a journalist/activist. Why is this guy such a threat?
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.
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...
Holyrood Elections 2021
Probably needs a thread of its own.
i see Alex Neil is the latest incumbent to announce they are standing down and not seeking re-election.
I think that's 21 so far - there were 24 retirees in 2016 - that will make the parliament look very different and for those who are constituency MS...
There is no dark side of the moon
There is a far side however. Fair play to the Chinese for this achievement
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/03/china-probe-change-4-land-far-side-moon-basin-crater
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...
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...
Hiya. Just back from another BAN..
Thats me back from my ban.. Hope all is well. Cant believe the stuff I am reading, and seeing on this board lately.. Have to be careful me, been told I'm permanent the next ban.. Scotland Forever. ????????????????????????????.
Euro 2020 Predictor
Running a predictor for the girls club I help run. Trying to boost the entries a bit if anyone fancies it.
Ross County Girls predictor 1.docx
Royalty
Great article by Kevin McKenna in today's National about the so called royal family and the way they treat Scotland as their own Tartan Disneyland.
Insomnia
I am currently sitting up having a few vinos hoping to find Mrs Slasher has crashed out. She suffers terribly from insomnia and I'm at a loss as to what else we can try. This has been going on for years and a couple of years ago we got to the stage of sleeping pills which now do fuck all.
Th...
Malfeasance in government must not be condoned The Lord Advocate needs to sto...
Malfeasance – a word to be disassociated with The Alex Salmond debacle provided evidence of serious shortcomings in the SNP government led by Nicola Sturgeon and there are growing concerns her government has become distracted by the pursuit of controversial political doctrine with result that it has lost its way in the efficient provision of …
Another act of attrition the jackboot of the UK Supreme Court brings Scotland...
Jurisdiction over appeals to the sovereign (1876- 2009) The House of Lords had authority over appeals from the lower courts since all such matters were to the Sovereign-in-Parliament, and she was represented by the Lords. Commoners did not participate in judicial matters. The House of Lords did not necessarily include them but would be attended …
Scotland was brutally reminded of its colonial status in 1737 and a similar r...
The Porteous Affair 1737/38 The affair brought Scots of all political persuasions together under the “Patriot” banner to protest against Whig government abuse and disrespect of Scottish legal and political autonomy. It began in the spring of 1736 when two habitual burglars were done for breaking and entering and robbing the Collector of Customs building …
Craig Murray Lady Dorrian Questioned the Crown?s Motives
January 2021 High Court Edinburgh Craig Murray, faced a contempt of court hearing after posting information on his blog in advance of Mr Salmond?s trial. The contempt proceedings at the High Court, Edinburgh, before Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, heard Alex Prentice QC, for the Crown argue that information Craig posted on his blog in …
KIrsty Wark is a Labour Party hack pretending to be an unbiased BBC journalist
Kirsty Wark is a BBC commentator, correspondent, journalist and political progamme maker. She is a close friend of senior Labour Party officials and office holders. Connected and powerful her influence over public opinion in Scotland is accepted by some as being absolute. She speaks the public listens and follows her lead. Is she impartial. Not …
Oliver Mundell?s past indiscretion surfaces at an inopportune time
Oliver Mundell – Dumfriesshire is the Mundell family dynasty Oliver Mundell is to stand for re-election in tomorrow’s Scottish Parliament Election. He is confident that his strong stance in defence of the Union, in the South of Scotland will count in his favour with voters. education & early employment After leaving school in Moffat, he …
Liberal Democrats in terminal decline under Willie Wonka Rennie
The decline of the Liberal-Democratic Party in Scotland 2007: In the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections, the party won one fewer seat than in the two previous Scottish elections. The outcome led to criticism of the party’s election strategy. Although it was arithmetically possible to form a majority coalition with the Scottish National Party and the …
European crime busters allege Aberdeen is illegal money laundering centre and...
The Newly Built Events Complex Aberdeen (TECA) Aberdeen?s replacement exhibition centre, built using finance borrowed from the London Stock on a long term loan, cost £425m to build has been devalued by KPMG and is now worth only £318.7m. A whacking great financial loss from which it doubtful the council will ever recover. Alex Nicoll …
Scottish Fisherfolk betrayed yet again by the Unionist Parties will they neve...
Fishing – what are the Tories and Lib/Dems up to ? In Scotland, quotas for species such as herring and mackerel have been bought up by a handful of families. Two-fifths of the entire Scottish catch by value and 65 per cent by tonnage was landed by 19 powerful super-trawlers in 2016. More than half …
Douglas Ross ? I am my own man and I am not accountable to the people of Moray
Douglas Gordon Ross: He was born in Aberdeen in 1983 and educated at Forres Academy and the Scottish Agricultural College. His early years were spent on a dairy farm near Forres where his father worked as a cattleman. On completing his secondary education he completed a 4-year course at Agriculture College returning to dairy farming …
