tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post4601220973553144104..comments2024-03-28T14:15:36.649+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: The controversial journalist David Leask, and the notes from THAT shady meeting : a factcheckJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-25749543755360680042018-12-23T11:12:57.702+00:002018-12-23T11:12:57.702+00:00Cordelia's on the sherry again.Cordelia's on the sherry again.Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-43269154231621263602018-12-23T02:46:59.319+00:002018-12-23T02:46:59.319+00:00Sum times its hard being a wummin givin all ye hav...Sum times its hard being a wummin givin all ye hav tae wan man, dum de dum de dum. A hard brexit means uz wummin wull hiv tae stock up in necessities while oor jock men booze up as usual. Mrs Jocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-61360306089179729352018-12-22T20:41:21.415+00:002018-12-22T20:41:21.415+00:00I heard that on holiday in Basra last October.I heard that on holiday in Basra last October.Alf Bennettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-73859587038064203672018-12-22T11:49:25.223+00:002018-12-22T11:49:25.223+00:00I don't know if this is true, but I heard that...I don't know if this is true, but I heard that this guy has a second job and has list interest in writing for the herald. Seemingly he is employed at Westminster to smear Germoline on Andrea Leadsome's labia before she appears on TV or in the House of Commons. This helps her to achieve that annoyed seaside B&B landlady look that we all cherish.Richard "Bouncer" Leonardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-66440296606216284802018-12-21T21:24:14.559+00:002018-12-21T21:24:14.559+00:00This is what you call 'preparing for brexit...This is what you call 'preparing for brexit'. <br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46646900<br /><br /><b>Business investment in worst run since 2009</b><br /><br />Business investment has now declined for three quarters in a row, figures show, its worst run since the economic downturn of 2008 to 2009.<br />scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-15220606883419596442018-12-21T20:33:52.645+00:002018-12-21T20:33:52.645+00:00Uh...thanks for sharing.Uh...thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-44609284165157629882018-12-21T20:20:34.851+00:002018-12-21T20:20:34.851+00:00The evil Russians are just the scapegoat for mad m... The evil Russians are just the scapegoat for mad mental Hillary and her failed campaign. 2 years after the event and not a shred of evidence of a single vote being changed by this malign interference. <br /> Unlike the foreign interference in the 2014 vote which broke every law going but never gets discussed in polite company.<br /><br /> The Good Rev Stu is obsessive about facts. And it is a fact beyond any and all dispute that 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death by other Liverpool fans. Not West Yorkshire Police, Sheffield Wednesday or Mrs Thatcher. Liverpool fans slaughtered their own and have never admitted even one atom of responsibility. That's his problem with the official narrative. mine too when I think of how close I came to being crushed on Hogmanay 1996. People in crowds have to be held responsible for their actions. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-83298102751147749282018-12-21T17:49:34.521+00:002018-12-21T17:49:34.521+00:00It's very important to separate out the curren...It's very important to separate out the current hysteria in the US about Russia from the facts. Russia may well have attempted to interfere in the US election, but it appears that those attempts had very limited effect, and it seems highly unlikely that the outcome of the election was affected.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480872609776312502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-11573670681522253832018-12-21T16:20:52.663+00:002018-12-21T16:20:52.663+00:00I think some private schools do A levels.I think some private schools do A levels.yesindyref2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-57706179675828007242018-12-21T16:16:24.725+00:002018-12-21T16:16:24.725+00:00I'm fairly sure he's a supporter of Indy. ...I'm fairly sure he's a supporter of Indy. But as James says, he "paternalistically" wants to control all aspects of it, including even what we think, let alone what we say and post.yesindyref2http://yesindyref2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-22989384063970231122018-12-21T13:13:13.967+00:002018-12-21T13:13:13.967+00:00David Leask? Never heard of him.
What's this...David Leask? Never heard of him. <br /><br />What's this about not being able to do Russian A-levels? Do we do A-levels in Scotland? I have only an O-Grade in Russian, but I went on to study it at University anyway.<br /><br />As a follower of things Russian, I can say that the threat of interference through social media in our political affairs is real, and we should be on the lookout for it. <br /><br />The notion of Trump Turnberry as a nest of Russian spies rather tickles my fancy - but events in America show what can happen when Putin decides to take a hand. <br /><br />I hope and pray that Scotland and its affairs remain beneath his noticeejfjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10154337168320710486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-66578864934583818182018-12-21T11:34:27.344+00:002018-12-21T11:34:27.344+00:00Souns lik, ah wee submariner tae me.Souns lik, ah wee submariner tae me.Foonurtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-2316823471987966772018-12-21T11:34:18.416+00:002018-12-21T11:34:18.416+00:00And so the great 'British Economic & Const...And so the great 'British Economic & Constitutional Suicide' ('Becs' for short) begins.<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46645130<br /><br /><b>Firms told to prepare for no-deal Brexit</b><br /><br />and we enter the final days of Rome.<br /><br />#59%Yes #57%Reunificationscottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-24288050662003781922018-12-21T11:24:21.409+00:002018-12-21T11:24:21.409+00:00I don't know whether to label Leask as nebulou...I don't know whether to label Leask as nebulous, or the personification of the Scottish Cringe, or both, or not at all since TBH I don't really care what he is.Dan Huilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-43915829023434694222018-12-21T09:30:55.403+00:002018-12-21T09:30:55.403+00:00I'd wager 99.997% of Scots don't know who ...I'd wager 99.997% of Scots don't know who Leask is. Even most Herald readers, which isn't a big number these days.<br /><br />Herald was the paper of choice for my folks. They stopped buying it many years ago now. For a while I still popped in to have a look what guff it was publishing online, but I even stopped that a year or so ago. I mean who really gives a crap when nobody's reading it any more. Advertising revenue must be down to a trickle.<br /><br />Is it still there? Can't be long for it left, as per the UK.<br /><br />Anyway, Nats don't need 'pro-indy' papers to provide support to the argument for indy. Just link to pro-UK papers. They're all saying the UK is a corrupt shithole that's going off a cliff, and anyone who can get out should. scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-42368077883942922652018-12-21T09:15:52.581+00:002018-12-21T09:15:52.581+00:00I agree with much of the article and lost patience...I agree with much of the article and lost patience with Mr Leask some considerable time ago after a decent period of cordial conversations.<br />His professional arrogance came too often to the fore.<br />One part I disagree with is the 'No voter' comment.<br />We can all only speculate on that for anyone who has not openly said one way or the other. But I have it on what I consider to be very reliable authourity that he is, in fact, a strong supporter of independence.Rab Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594304131122998455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-75309495720242726502018-12-21T08:52:10.923+00:002018-12-21T08:52:10.923+00:00Re Dr Monaghan I suspect the local papers constant...Re Dr Monaghan I suspect the local papers constant attacks on Paul along with their promotion Jamie "Stone of Density" had a significant effect. During the last General election the Northern Times should have been registered with the electoral commission as a publishing wing of the LibdemsQuaichmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077961669010224636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-74237521205821176482018-12-21T08:22:07.191+00:002018-12-21T08:22:07.191+00:00Is it just me, or does his use of 'Anglo-Saxon...Is it just me, or does his use of 'Anglo-Saxon' as a qualifier of 'English' take him into the territory of racial superiority? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com