Saturday, January 26, 2019

Looking for a "mature" way forward? Start with a pragmatic acceptance that a big increase in Yes support is only possible AFTER a referendum is actually called

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In the wake of Joyce McMillan's clarion call for inaction and passivity last week, Kevin Williamson of Bella fame posted the following r...
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Friday, January 25, 2019

Scotland's shame: the disgraceful behaviour of the Daily Record and David Clegg

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I was trying to remember this morning when it was that the scales first fell from my eyes about what a disgusting, disreputable publication ...
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Thursday, January 24, 2019

A polite request

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In the light of today's big news story, I'd like to gently ask readers not to speculate in any way at all about the legal proceedin...
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Sunday, January 20, 2019

On the subject of blogging etiquette...

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Disappointingly, Mhairi Hunter reacted to the polite criticism in the previous post by blocking me on Twitter.  It's never pleasant bein...
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Saturday, January 19, 2019

Joyce McMillan's article calls for the SNP to become a unionist-for-now party and to betray its promise to give the Scottish people a choice on their own future in the event of Brexit. We should have no truck with any of that.

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I know I'm not the only person who was disappointed and deeply concerned to see the Glasgow SNP councillor Mhairi Hunter, and one or two...
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Friday, January 18, 2019

Bewildered Farquharson wonders "do these stupid voters actually LIKE civil wars?" as bombshell YouGov subsample puts the SNP close to 50% of the vote

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So the usual health warnings at this point - what you're about to see is not a "poll", it should not be referred to as "...
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Thursday, January 17, 2019

No, Lady Hermon's support does not give the government a DUP-proof majority

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There's a rather odd little article on the New Statesman website by Patrick Maguire, claiming that Lady Hermon's announcement that ...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Last night increased the chances of a People's Vote - but it probably increased the chances of No Deal even more

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"If a deal is impossible, and no one wants no deal, then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is?...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Is it "inconceivable" for Sarah Smith to report Scottish politics objectively?

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I stumbled across this tweet overnight - Although I didn't hear the report in question, I have little difficulty imagining that Sar...
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Monday, January 14, 2019

Having just destroyed the devolution settlement, Nebulous Theresa makes bizarre claim that it would be unthinkable for Westminster to destroy the devolution settlement

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Theresa May has got some nerve.  I know that as statements of the obvious go, that's right up there with "the Pope is a Catholic...
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