Friday, 26 December 2014
Tarff Advertiser: Queen - Scotland Divided .... aye right!
Tarff Advertiser: Queen - Scotland Divided .... aye right!: According to today's London media theme, the Scots are at each others' necks in the aftermath of the 18th of September. Apparently ...
SCOT goes POP!: A Queen-sized error of judgement
SCOT goes POP!: A Queen-sized error of judgement: I didn't watch the Queen's speech today (I haven't bothered with it for years - paint dries in a more entertaining manner), but ...
Thursday, 25 December 2014
The Lockerbie Case: Forensic folly and cultural collusion
The Lockerbie Case: Forensic folly and cultural collusion: [The following are two letters published in today’s edition of The Scotsman :] Dr John Cameron ( Letters, 24 December ) is right to ob...
Tuesday, 23 December 2014
SCOT goes POP!: Christmas Poll of Polls shows SNP leading by 18%
SCOT goes POP!: Christmas Poll of Polls shows SNP leading by 18%: Remember how I said last night that "unless any newspaper is crazy enough to publish a poll on Christmas Eve, that really should be tha...
SCOT goes POP!: Mega Murphy meltdown as SNP rocket to 24-point lea...
SCOT goes POP!: Mega Murphy meltdown as SNP rocket to 24-point lea...: There's a question I'd rather like one of the nation's journalists to ask Jim Murphy some time soon. It goes like this. "...
SCOT goes POP!: Support for independence reaches 50% for the first...
SCOT goes POP!: Support for independence reaches 50% for the first...: I'll keep this relatively brief, because after the tragedy in Glasgow only ten hours ago, I know none of us are really in the mood for p...
Monday, 22 December 2014
Sunday, 21 December 2014
Peter A Bell: Oil price slump would have left independent Scotla...
Peter A Bell: Oil price slump would have left independent Scotla...: AN independent Scotland in its first year would have faced a £6.4bn “gaping chasm” in its finances, the Treasury has calculated based on t...
SCOT goes POP!: Less than limitless levity looms for Lousy Libs as...
SCOT goes POP!: Less than limitless levity looms for Lousy Libs as...: After the false alarm on Friday, it looks like this morning's Britain-wide YouGov poll really is the last from the firm for this year. ...
Tarff Advertiser: Bah! Humbug!
Tarff Advertiser: Bah! Humbug!: I have never liked Christmas, even as a kid - according to my sister - I have always been indifferent. She talks about family 'Christ...
SCOT goes POP!: The ideal result?
SCOT goes POP!: The ideal result?: I was amused the other night to see Flockers (our occasional visitor from Stormfront Lite ) apparently licking his lips at the prospect of S...
Saturday, 20 December 2014
Friday, 19 December 2014
SCOT goes POP!: Murphy cries into his patriotic beer as new Poll o...
SCOT goes POP!: Murphy cries into his patriotic beer as new Poll o...: There have been some suggestions that today's YouGov poll might be the last word from the firm for this year, and I was just a tad conce...
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Politics, Journalism etc: Democratic deficit
Politics, Journalism etc: Democratic deficit: AT a glance, the Scottish Labour party provided an element of transparency in its leadership result on Saturday. Officials released fig...
SCOT goes POP!: SNP hold 17% lead in new Scot Goes Pop Poll of Pol...
SCOT goes POP!: SNP hold 17% lead in new Scot Goes Pop Poll of Pol...: There's still no sign at all that the elusive "Murphy honeymoon" is having any effect whatever on the SNP's polling streng...
SCOT goes POP!: A heartfelt plea to the imaginary Scotsmen in Dan ...
SCOT goes POP!: A heartfelt plea to the imaginary Scotsmen in Dan ...: I still haven't got around to doing my Top of the Pops list of the stupidest things said by unionist politicians and commentators in the...
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
SCOT goes POP!: More damning evidence that the independence refere...
SCOT goes POP!: More damning evidence that the independence refere...: One of the favourite tactics of the No campaign as the referendum approached was to portray their opponents as utterly paranoid - there was ...
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Tarff Advertiser: Blair and Straw - must face criminal charges
Tarff Advertiser: Blair and Straw - must face criminal charges: I do not usually post other people's blogs but in the circumstances of the sense of injustice felt after the result on the 18th Sep...
SCOT goes POP!: Despair for Jim Murphy as early straws in the wind...
SCOT goes POP!: Despair for Jim Murphy as early straws in the wind...: Jackanory Jim's investiture as the High Priest of Patriotism was, according to his most devoted admirers (many of them southern Tories),...
Monday, 15 December 2014
Peter A Bell: Say hello to New Jim … he stands for everything th...
Peter A Bell: Say hello to New Jim … he stands for everything th...: two rival parties who sound as if they are fighting on almost exactly the same political territory Peter A Bell 's insight: I dis...
Peter A Bell: If Labour loses Scotland, the Union will be done f...
Peter A Bell: If Labour loses Scotland, the Union will be done f...: Jim Murphy, Labour’s new leader in Scotland, must turn the tide against the SNP, says Iain Martin. Peter A Bell 's insight: As an...
Peter A Bell: Murphy: I don't need Miliband's permission to make...
Peter A Bell: Murphy: I don't need Miliband's permission to make...: I don’t need to consult the leader. Peter A Bell 's insight: Jim Murphy is totally deluded if he imagines he can go against the p...
SCOT goes POP!: Is David Maddox at it again?
SCOT goes POP!: Is David Maddox at it again?: There's a short piece in the Scotsman by David Maddox which attempts to weave a narrative of (and I'm paraphrasing here) : Nicola St...
Tocasaid: Happy Winterval from Scottish Labour
Tocasaid: Happy Winterval from Scottish Labour: If the real life Tony Blair Xmas card wasn't bad enough - they seem to be impersonating some of the cast of Hellraiser - Scottish (o...
SCOT goes POP!: Perhaps we should give Treasury civil servant Mari...
SCOT goes POP!: Perhaps we should give Treasury civil servant Mari...: You've probably already seen it on Newsnet Scotland , but this is nothing short of astonishing. A team of civil servants in the London ...
SCOT goes POP!: Misery for Murphy as sparkling SNP seize sizeable ...
SCOT goes POP!: Misery for Murphy as sparkling SNP seize sizeable ...: I've only got a couple of minutes to spare before I pop out for the rest of the day, but I thought you might be interested to see the Ho...
'A Just Church': A sad day for Scotland - Jim Murphy is a real thug...
'A Just Church': A sad day for Scotland - Jim Murphy is a real thug...: I first encountered Jim Murphy over 20 years ago. I got a phone call from him where he shouted at me for 10 minutes, telling me that I could...
Sunday, 14 December 2014
Peter A Bell: Jim Murphy's victory celebrated by London party
Peter A Bell: Jim Murphy's victory celebrated by London party: Another insider said it was “plausible” for Murphy to stand down from Westminster next year and take a year out of elected politics. Pe...
Peter A Bell: Johann Lamont snubs Murphy in leadership vote
Peter A Bell: Johann Lamont snubs Murphy in leadership vote: BITTER Johann Lamont snubbed Jim Murphy in the leadership contest after she voted for his main rivals. Peter A Bell 's insight: W...
SCOT goes POP!: Will Jackanory Jim even lead Scottish Labour into ...
SCOT goes POP!: Will Jackanory Jim even lead Scottish Labour into ...: The newly-installed "leader" of Labour's branch office in Scotland made clear during the campaign that as far as he was concer...
Saturday, 13 December 2014
SCOT goes POP!: Scotland swings decisively behind the SNP and inde...
SCOT goes POP!: Scotland swings decisively behind the SNP and inde...: The headline results from a new full-scale Scottish poll from YouGov have been released by the Sun on Twitter. So far I haven't been a...
Friday, 12 December 2014
SCOT goes POP!: Tories tormented as super SNP secure staggering sw...
SCOT goes POP!: Tories tormented as super SNP secure staggering sw...: Is the South Kintyre by-election result an early tremor, presaging the earthquake to come next May? Well, maybe, but we shouldn't jump ...
Peter A Bell: Salmond says he would relish fight with anti-SNP a...
Peter A Bell: Salmond says he would relish fight with anti-SNP a...: ALEX Salmond has said he would welcome a pro-union pact aimed at thwarting his bid to return to Westminster and insisted that if an agreem...
SCOT goes POP!: Tories tormented as super SNP secure staggering sw...
SCOT goes POP!: Tories tormented as super SNP secure staggering sw...: Is the South Kintyre by-election result an early tremor, presaging the earthquake to come next May? Well, maybe, but we shouldn't jump ...
Thursday, 11 December 2014
Peter A Bell: Salmond: there will be another indyref in my lifet...
Peter A Bell: Salmond: there will be another indyref in my lifet...: ALEX Salmond, who famously said a referendum on Scottish independence was a “once in a lifetime opportunity”, now believes there will be a...
SCOT goes POP!: Then raise the scarlet standard high...
SCOT goes POP!: Then raise the scarlet standard high...: I have a new article at the International Business Times , pondering whether a post-election Labour-SNP deal would provide Britain with its ...
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Munguin's Republic: WHO DO YOU WANT TO SEE AS SUPERVISOR OF THE LABOUR...
Munguin's Republic: WHO DO YOU WANT TO SEE AS SUPERVISOR OF THE LABOUR...: Everyone has been assuming that, given that London head office clearly wanted Murphy as the Scottish branch supervisor (why else would S...
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Monday, 8 December 2014
SCOT goes POP!: Piffle pertaining to Populus
SCOT goes POP!: Piffle pertaining to Populus: Even if it wasn't for my past history at Political Betting , I would have sighed heavily at the latest post from Mike Smithson, which ma...
Sunday, 7 December 2014
SCOT goes POP!: How Alex Salmond could become Deputy Prime Ministe...
SCOT goes POP!: How Alex Salmond could become Deputy Prime Ministe...: The expression "hung parliament" is an adaptation of "hung jury", explained Vernon Bogdanor on the BBC's election re...
Saturday, 6 December 2014
Peter A Bell: Brian Wilson: Sturgeon must face reality over NHS
Peter A Bell: Brian Wilson: Sturgeon must face reality over NHS: A BRIEF ENCOUNTER with First Minister’s Questions suggested that the most visible change under the revised management involves a new set o...
SCOT goes POP!: Constituency spotlight : Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and ...
SCOT goes POP!: Constituency spotlight : Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and ...: A few hours ago, I received an email revealing that our local SNP candidate for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East has been selecte...
Peter A Bell: Jim Murphy to call for ‘devo max within Scotland’
Peter A Bell: Jim Murphy to call for ‘devo max within Scotland’: LABOUR leadership candidate Jim Murphy will today call for “devo max within Scotland”, arguing that transferring powers from Edinburgh to ...
Peter A Bell: ‘Colonial’ deal may safeguard Scottish Parliament
Peter A Bell: ‘Colonial’ deal may safeguard Scottish Parliament: SCOTLAND could be handed a similar deal to former UK colonies through a “charter of autonomy” to guarantee Holyrood’s constitutional fu...
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Tarff Advertiser: UK Union - What is it good for? Nothing: say it ag...
Tarff Advertiser: UK Union - What is it good for? Nothing: say it ag...: The Sunday Express is linking the unexplained shooting of an SNP activist, Willie McRae, in 1985 with the British Establishment cover up o...
SCOT goes POP!: Well, it burned while I cried, 'cos I heard it scr...
SCOT goes POP!: Well, it burned while I cried, 'cos I heard it scr...: To mark Bonfire Night last month, the people of Lewes in East Sussex decided to (and I quote) "blow the s*** out of" a giant effig...
Peter A Bell: SNP suspends councillors over Smith report burning...
Peter A Bell: SNP suspends councillors over Smith report burning...: The SNP has suspended a group of councillors over the burning of a copy of the Smith Commission report which was filmed on YouTube. Pet...
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Monday, 1 December 2014
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