tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post4416768330120248525..comments2024-03-29T01:33:01.670+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Guinness Book of Records on standby as latest Wings poll question is even more loaded than the previous onesJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-36642215190846812962019-10-12T13:43:01.847+01:002019-10-12T13:43:01.847+01:00What I find funny is that anyone ever thought that...What I find funny is that anyone ever thought that someone who does mutual arse-licking, of the most despicably smug, fatuous and sleazy manner possible, with Alex Salmond on Putin TV is concerned about truth. <br /><br />Campbell is a scumbag. A scumbag who can't even vote in a Scottish independence referendum. Campbell is symptomatic of the current era - he confuses the extremely dubious 'cyber-popularity' for the necessary form of popular support required to gain votes in an election. Some people like him because, like all small people, he shouts a lot and uses expletives at people from the safety of a keyboard. I imagine in person the insults would suddenly dry up. And if he comes up to Scotland to contest an election, he'll have to go street-to-street, eyeball-to-eyeball with Scots. And that might include a few of the people he has insulted. <br /><br />James Kelly has very respectfully, tactfully and forensically analysed your polling activities. He's providing a very good service by doing so. It's kind of the point of his blog. It'd be acutely bizarre if a blog dedicated to polling on matters related to Scottish independence ignored your poll on, erm, matters related to Scottish independence. <br /><br />Your projection towards Mr Kelly is uninteresting, but almost comically textbook. You accuse him of being obsessed with you (when he's simply doing his job), yet you cannot keep away from EVERY single analysis he's written of your poll. You, as per your generally unhinged egoism, cannot bear the fact that someone is ripping you a new arsehole in such a forensic and damaging fashion. You're probably chewing your I-Pad in rage. <br /><br />I, unlike many others, really hope that 'Wings Over Scotland' forms some kind of electoral entity, as I guarantee that it will be absolutely annihilated in any Holyrood election. And that will be sweet. The relatively popular blog of a contemptuous, trans-obsessive, jock-sniffing arsehole like yourself does not an electoral force make. Trust me, hardly anyone on the doorsteps have ever heard of you, Campbell. You ought to stay down in Bath and keep voting for the Liberals. Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-44178195700103124342019-10-12T09:58:57.559+01:002019-10-12T09:58:57.559+01:00Ha ha ha ha ha! That's a belter! GWC saying ot...Ha ha ha ha ha! That's a belter! GWC saying other people have to be progressive! I actually fell off my couch ! You're such a dichotomy; an oxymoron if you will! Feel free to Google these words to actually expand and diversify your limited brain. Loquacious Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-87210082249194458602019-10-11T22:27:38.567+01:002019-10-11T22:27:38.567+01:00Well said, I don't know what it is that has pe...Well said, I don't know what it is that has people ascribing the GRA as an SNP project when it is clearly nothing of the kind.Thepnrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226960420529705745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-12328158980281206272019-10-11T17:29:22.738+01:002019-10-11T17:29:22.738+01:00It wasn't a Ratner's for him though was it...It wasn't a Ratner's for him though was it ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-69025189112795788582019-10-11T17:28:12.099+01:002019-10-11T17:28:12.099+01:00Anal sex and equal marriage require the consent of...Anal sex and equal marriage require the consent of two adults.<br /><br />So, naked females (transmen) in the gents should likewise require the explicit consent of all present. That is the fair comparison.<br /><br />At the same time, if one group can choose which toilet they use, to be truly equal, all groups should be able to. If a transwoman can use the ladies or gents, then a cis man should be able to as well. If not then it's not equal rights; transmen have rights cis men don't.<br /><br />This in effect ends segregation, which is one solution, and not the worst if people at least know that is the case is. A woman then knows the threat of rape/sexual molestation is much higher than for sex segregation, so can take appropriate precautions etc.<br /><br />Or, sex segregation is retained and it's that which defines access with no exceptions to ensure equality. And that is so important; equality.<br /><br />Equal marriage and gay rights are about not telling people how to live their lives when this has no effect on others.<br /><br />With the trans issue, there is more than one group affected. All groups are.<br /><br />And not just for sex segregation. If we can change sex by just feeling that way, then we should be able to change other things like age, race and disabled status too. To allow one but not the others is not equality.Scottish Skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-46233753533747014982019-10-11T17:26:22.550+01:002019-10-11T17:26:22.550+01:00Scottish Skier: I deleted your comment because I a...Scottish Skier: I deleted your comment because I assumed you'd accidentally posted it in the wrong place - I'd forgotten JR Tomlin had commented in this section of the thread. I'll re-post your comment below under your own name.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-33502650585781149672019-10-11T17:23:56.014+01:002019-10-11T17:23:56.014+01:00"Miss Prissy"? I can't imagine why ..."Miss Prissy"? I can't imagine why anyone would ever have suspected you have a problem with women. You're right about one thing, though: it is my blog, and my rules. <br /><br />So long, Reverend. Catch you at Bible class.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-49237003710709088832019-10-11T17:19:05.323+01:002019-10-11T17:19:05.323+01:00Just reading this and holy crap, I am trans.
http...Just reading this and holy crap, I am trans.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-binary_gender<br /><br />"Non-binary people as a group have a wide variety of gender expressions, and <i>some may reject gender "identities" altogether.</i>"<br /><br />That's me. I don't have a gender identity, so don't conform to the M/F stereotypes here. I think gender is just a pile of sexist as hell horsedung mainly and I completely reject it as a result. I'm just a male. It's not my 'identity'; it's my biology. I'm not male because I feel that way, but because I simply am male. <br /><br />Ok. Anyone who complains about my posts on this topic are clearly transphobic. According to many transactivists anyway.Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-16106958527646407642019-10-11T16:32:12.018+01:002019-10-11T16:32:12.018+01:00This is a link to the full statement Ms Somerville...This is a link to the full statement Ms Somerville made to the Scottish Parliament in June 2019<br /><br />https://news.gov.scot/speeches-and-briefings/statement-on-gender-recognition<br /><br />And a quote from the statement on women only spaces<br /><br />“”One particular area of concern that has been raised about gender recognition reform - both during and since the consultation - is the impact it will have on the provision and protection of single sex or women only spaces and services.<br /><br />Presiding Officer, it is vital to be clear on this important point.<br /><br />The Equality Act already allows trans people to be excluded, in some circumstances, from single sex services where that is proportionate and justifiable, including where a trans person has legal recognition. The Government’s proposals to reform the Act will not affect that position.""<br />Legerwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-36170052040335735102019-10-11T16:12:03.322+01:002019-10-11T16:12:03.322+01:00It's surprising that BxP have overtaken the Li...It's surprising that BxP have overtaken the LibDems in Scotland.<br />I was just thinking about what might happen to the LDs after 31 Oct and I thought that they might become a Remainer version of Old UKIP -- but with their strength in places like the "Celtic fringe", London and the uni English provincial capitals.<br /><br />Just a sub-sample of course.Alba Lounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14673290126966551619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-15839948812711686222019-10-11T16:08:37.501+01:002019-10-11T16:08:37.501+01:00"Fuck" is just a word like any other, Mi..."Fuck" is just a word like any other, Miss Prissy. If you don't like my language it's your blog, you're wholly at liberty to ban me. Kinda wish you would, as it would save me the temptation of wasting my breath pointing out your deranged hypocrisy.RevStuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915111503712807257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-59831768312601458602019-10-11T16:07:44.236+01:002019-10-11T16:07:44.236+01:00No, the rolling back of human rights is the remova...No, the rolling back of human rights is the removal of women's hard-won rights to spaces without penises in them.<br /><br />Those rights are enshrined in the Equalities act - can you show were the GRA proposed reforms are rolling them back?<br />Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-68478805534456007052019-10-11T16:06:22.036+01:002019-10-11T16:06:22.036+01:00They can had this discussion before, no law regard...They can had this discussion before, no law regarding men using a ladies restroom (as long of course as they do nothing 'wrong' whilst in the toilets)<br /><br />Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-45470066254879391892019-10-11T15:51:02.440+01:002019-10-11T15:51:02.440+01:00About the trans issue - the trans people I have kn...About the trans issue - the trans people I have known are not in the least threatening. The self-ID thing is for people over 18, as has been pointed out. It is a permanent thing, so if you're a straight (cisgender) (physical) (heterosexual) male, you can't just decide to dress in drag, claime you're female on alternate Tuesday afternoons and hang about the ladies' changing rooms at the baths.<br /><br />Trans people are very good at dealing with people who find them frightening or distasteful. They should not have to put up with either, though, and if you're going to dislike someone, their gender / sex etc. should not be the reason - because it is in fact an aspect of sex discrimination.<br /><br />Nobody asks you to self-ID if you're not trans, and permanently changing your legal gender is not something anyone does lightly. People really ought to stop worrying about it. There really is nothing to be afraid of. It's abnormal straight males who cause the most trouble - not trans people.ejfjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10154337168320710486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-78881628257886819262019-10-11T15:33:13.819+01:002019-10-11T15:33:13.819+01:00Thank you for that headline!
I haven't actual...Thank you for that headline! <br />I haven't actually read the article yet, but I'll do so once I've stopped laughing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-65736836880227233032019-10-11T15:18:15.941+01:002019-10-11T15:18:15.941+01:00You are incredible, Stuart. Absolutely incredible...You are incredible, Stuart. Absolutely incredible. This is the second time in the space of 48 hours that you've accused me of doing the exact thing you've just done yourself. Yesterday it was double-standards on the treatment of Don't Knows, today it's synthetic outrage over the treatment of Panelbase. I have not criticised Panelbase once in these posts or in these threads. Not once. That is a matter of fact. It is you who are trying to shift the blame onto them for your own ridiculously leading choice of questions. It is you who has in all probability betrayed the trust of someone who assumed they were sharing their views with you privately. Does anyone seriously think that if Panelbase had devised their own question on the trans debate, they would have come up with one remotely like the one you paid them to ask? Nope. Not even you believe that. You may occasionally get away with insulting the intelligence of your own readers, but it doesn't work with me, sunshine. If you've quoted your Panelbase contact accurately, what they were saying to you is that there was nothing in your question that was so beyond the pale that it would be against their professional integrity to run it - but that's an incredibly low threshold. They were not saying it was a neutral, objective, or non-leading question, and to use your own favourite phrase, it's embarrassing to see you desperately pretend that they were.<br /><br />Turning to your abusive comments in the first and third paragraphs, all I can say is "nice try, Stu". I'm not the one who spent tens of thousands of pounds of my readers' money on legal fees because I couldn't bear the fact that somebody had said something beastly about me. I supported you in doing that, but it doesn't leave you ideally placed to lecture others about "demented obsessions". You went purple with rage in August and September because I pointed out that some of the claims you made about the potential of the Wings party were untrue and contradicted by your own previous comments. You went through your full repertoire, coming up with bogus grievances and then predictably launching a barrage of foul-mouthed abuse against me on social media, just as you've done with so many others before me. And how many angry comments have you posted on this blog over recent days and weeks? And yet today you're posing as the person who has remained cool while I've apparently been "dementedly obsessed" by simply writing about newly-published polling on a polling blog. Yeah, good luck with that spin, Reverend.<br /><br />By the way, the same rules apply to you as to everyone else - if you want to comment on this blog, please moderate your language.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-85238279678329884802019-10-11T14:37:58.953+01:002019-10-11T14:37:58.953+01:00God, James, have you always been this tedious a pr...God, James, have you always been this tedious a prick and we just didn't notice?Yes, of course polling companies will ask almost anything if you pay them. But they'll also give you honest advice if you ask them for it, and pretty much every poll question I've ever asked has been subject to discussion with PB. <br /><br />Sometimes I take their advice and sometimes I don't, and they run the question either way, but they've never held back on commenting - we've had the occasional pretty heated debate - and the unfortunate truth for you is that they simply saw nothing wrong with that question.<br /><br />I don't care in the slightest that you've completely lost your mind over me - I'm more than happy to tell people to go fuck themselves, and I'm terribly flattered that you've become so dementedly obsessed with me I'm starting to think that the title of your blog is a reference to your blood vessels - but it really is despicable that you're accusing a highly respectable professional polling company of being a bunch of snivelling bootlickers who'd fail to do their job properly for a quick few quid. If they were, I'd hire someone else. RevStuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915111503712807257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-8194781932842138182019-10-11T14:13:34.543+01:002019-10-11T14:13:34.543+01:00Hate to piss in your teapot, but Frankie Boyle DID...Hate to piss in your teapot, but Frankie Boyle DID sue someone for defaming him.<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/22/frankie-boyle-libel-damages-daily-mirrorRevStuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915111503712807257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-35017297651222394072019-10-11T14:00:59.594+01:002019-10-11T14:00:59.594+01:00I can't help but think the sharing of such ...I can't help but think the sharing of such 'private' spaces should be consensual.<br /><br />Call me old fashioned. <br /><br />A woman and a transwoman should both mutually agree to the sharing of a space, just as two women need to. Same for a young transboy and a cis man sharing the showers at the gym. We can't just spring this on people. I'd get the fright of my life to discover a naked female body in the gents shower next to me. It's just not what people think applies right now. Folk think there is segregation based on sex, not how you 'identify'.<br /><br />Gay rights was different; only gays involved need to consent.<br /><br />Here, joint consent between all is needed.<br /><br />We need to be fair too, and ensure equality. If transwomen can use the ladies rooms, cis men should be able to as well for example. Otherwise one group of biological males has a right that the other does not. Everyone can use both facilities, or nobody can and the rule is based on sex. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-35682159058449504952019-10-11T13:38:05.988+01:002019-10-11T13:38:05.988+01:00The writing was on the wall with that 'joke...The writing was on the wall with that 'joke'.<br />Mean spirited, not funny, at least when Frankie Boyle does it the low groan that follows means the joke will never see the light of day again. He doesn't waste eye watering amounts of money defending it in court, while others look on with their heads in their hands. After years of success and admiration, losing it all must hurt. <br />Those with no capacity for compromise, and no regard for anybody's feelings can get by for only so long. It's genuinely troubling watching somebody unravel, and no fun at all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-33939005761029426392019-10-11T13:33:06.678+01:002019-10-11T13:33:06.678+01:00Och did you delete ma post James? It wisnae aboot ...Och did you delete ma post James? It wisnae aboot yersel, but some polite points in response tae J.R. Tomlin above.Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-13418661694887053662019-10-11T13:31:31.001+01:002019-10-11T13:31:31.001+01:00Oops, forgot Reginald Leopolds party:
43% SNP
20% ...Oops, forgot Reginald Leopolds party:<br />43% SNP<br />20% Con<br />10% Brx<br />10% lab<br />8% Lib<br />6% GrnScottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-88034600065381629432019-10-11T13:30:08.230+01:002019-10-11T13:30:08.230+01:00Yougov UK Scots subsample
43% SNP
20% Con
10% Brx
...Yougov UK Scots subsample<br />43% SNP<br />20% Con<br />10% Brx<br />8% Lib<br />6% Grn<br /><br />All looks normal. Green + SNP around half the vote.Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-36345275993882580772019-10-11T13:24:52.473+01:002019-10-11T13:24:52.473+01:00RevStuOctober 11, 2019 at 10:38 AM
I wouldn't ...RevStuOctober 11, 2019 at 10:38 AM<br />I wouldn't put asterisks in. I'm not a WANKER.<br /><br />Mmmmm, as someone who paid for you over multiple years to sit at home and rant all day on line in what I thought was a positive voice for Scottish Independence I disagree. In fact that word is too tame for what I think of you now. Lochranzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09666400636743039462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-87094046761680690112019-10-11T13:18:56.234+01:002019-10-11T13:18:56.234+01:00Talk now of N. Ireland getting to stay in the EU s...Talk now of N. Ireland getting to stay in the EU single market and customs union now, with it's people / parliament getting the choice here. No DUP veto.<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-50009485<br /><br />If Scotland doesn't get the same choice it can only be anti-Scottish hatred and anti-democratic behavior from Westminster. No other possible explanation. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.com