Saturday, October 22, 2016

Siobhan McFadyen and "hitting the nail on the head" : how do you actually argue with stupidity like this?

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As shockingly documented by Wings Over Scotland today, Siobhan McFadyen of the Express is one of the most cynical, disreputable and disho...
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Friday, October 21, 2016

No, the Westminster government cannot prevent Holyrood from voting on whether there should be an independence referendum

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In case you're wondering, the story that appeared on the Courier website last night about the draft indyref bill is a monumental red he...
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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Are we closer to discovering the boundary between "small" and "decisive" in BBC arithmetic?

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As we all recall, the BBC seemed to have a strategy in the immediate aftermath of the independence referendum for preventing a narrative fro...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

With just a single touch, JK Rowling can cure any journalist of his misogyny

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You've probably heard by now about Nick Cohen's batty piece which depicts STV's Fox News-style columnist Stephen Daisley as a mo...
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Monday, October 17, 2016

So what was it about Brexit that finally won Kezia Dugdale over?

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Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article at the TalkRadio website, about Scottish Labour's curious journey from being...
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Sunday, October 16, 2016

A suggestion for Labour on Trident

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Owen Smith's failed pitch to the Labour selectorate was basically "Corbynism with bonus weapons of mass destruction", so the p...
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Friday, October 14, 2016

Sensational BMG poll reveals that 45% of Scots insist on "leaving the UK" even when a polling company abandons all pretence at objectivity and asks the most risibly biased question in years

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I'm almost embarrassed for BMG Research.  For extremely good reasons, it's become the industry standard to ask the actual 2014 refer...
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Thursday, October 13, 2016

A 'Hard Brexit' means a second independence referendum. In other news, the Pope is still a Catholic.

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Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article at the International Business Times about what we learned from Nicola Sturgeon...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Tommy Tommy Too-Tah, I said Too-Tah Too-Tah Tommy

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Which is my way of saying that, after changing my mind about five times, I eventually voted for Tommy Sheppard in the SNP depute leadership ...
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Friday, October 7, 2016

GAIN! Gallus SNP gallop to greatness in gorgeous Garscadden as lousy Labour limp to latest lamentable loss

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The exact result from the Garscadden and Scotstounhill by-election hasn't been published anywhere yet as far as I can see, but if Twitte...
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