Monday, 29 February 2016
Sunday, 28 February 2016
Willie Rennie - right behind Labour on increasing taxes in Scotland
Willie Rennie - right behind Labour on increasing taxes in Scotland
Peter A Bell: The simple election
Peter A Bell: The simple election: Do you get the sense that there is something different about the coming election? You may not be one of those politics anoraks to be found...
Saturday, 27 February 2016
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Breach of Promise or Breach of Contract
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Breach of Promise or Breach of Contract: Let’s consider a question I was asked recently, and to be honest, it sounded like it was a bit pointless at first blush. The question was si...
Friday, 26 February 2016
Peter A Bell: Dropping jaws and sinking hearts
Peter A Bell: Dropping jaws and sinking hearts: Legend has it that the heavens trembled in fear the day Jim Murphy was appointed branch office manager for British Labour in Scotland . In r...
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Tarff Advertiser: Is the Colossus eating its own children?
Tarff Advertiser: Is the Colossus eating its own children?: What, if anything, did we learn from yesterday's announcement in the ' House ' by the boy Cameron with regards the super, you c...
SCOT goes POP!: Cacophonic ComRes contribution conceivably confirm...
SCOT goes POP!: Cacophonic ComRes contribution conceivably confirm...: The first referendum poll to be conducted after the Brussels agreement on Friday night wasn't terribly helpful, because it was the first...
Peter A Bell: Rejoicing and resentment
Peter A Bell: Rejoicing and resentment: While John Swinney deserves all the plaudits he's getting from those who appreciate his achievement in defending Scotland against the p...
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
SCOT goes POP!: Yes campaign's legacy is now secure
SCOT goes POP!: Yes campaign's legacy is now secure: Although pro-independence people on social media have appeared to be united in their reaction to the UK government's intransigence over ...
Monday, 22 February 2016
SCOT goes POP!: For the attention of Boris Johnson : your cut-out-...
SCOT goes POP!: For the attention of Boris Johnson : your cut-out-...: I'm getting the slight impression that the outgoing Mayor of London may have read one too many of those endless "Scottish public op...
Sunday, 21 February 2016
Tarff Advertiser: Tooth Hurty ...
Tarff Advertiser: Tooth Hurty ...: I was sitting having a coffee, minding my own business when two ladies of my own age, late 50's, caught my attention. You see, as an e...
Lallands Peat Worrier: Triggers
Lallands Peat Worrier: Triggers: Inevitably , much of the political coverage this morning has descended into a game of personalities. Its detail undigested, interest in t...
SCOT goes POP!: Implausible Welsh figures put a slight question ma...
SCOT goes POP!: Implausible Welsh figures put a slight question ma...: The first EU referendum poll conducted since the Brussels deal was finalised on Friday night has already been released, and strangely it'...
Saturday, 20 February 2016
Tarff Advertiser: Eeee - Yeeeew, Cameron plays a stinker ...
Tarff Advertiser: Eeee - Yeeeew, Cameron plays a stinker ...: As I sit here reading and listening to different reports on Cameron's meetings with the EU president and EU parliament over the last fe...
SCOT goes POP!: OK, OK, Donald Trump might start a nuclear war, bu...
SCOT goes POP!: OK, OK, Donald Trump might start a nuclear war, bu...: When I was at university, I remember reading a book about nuclear weapons that had been written in the early 1980s. (It's quite a famou...
Friday, 19 February 2016
SCOT goes POP!: SNP's spectacular by-election gain is an oceanic O...
SCOT goes POP!: SNP's spectacular by-election gain is an oceanic O...: The SNP have gained a local council seat in the Oban North and Lorn by-election, which was bizarrely the third by-election to be held in the...
Thursday, 18 February 2016
SCOT goes POP!: Sumptuous Survation survey suggests SNP still lead...
SCOT goes POP!: Sumptuous Survation survey suggests SNP still lead...: With these Holyrood polls, you are spoiling us, Mr Ambassador! This must be the fourth in what, a couple of weeks? It's the latest fr...
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Peter A Bell: New broom required
Peter A Bell: New broom required: There is very much a sense in the "welcome" extended to Holyrood's broadcasting reform proposals of the BBC very grudgingly b...
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Monday, 15 February 2016
SCOT goes POP!: It's true, folks : If the SNP take all of the list...
SCOT goes POP!: It's true, folks : If the SNP take all of the list...: As long-term readers know, I firmly believe that "No to AV" was one of the most disreputable campaigns in the whole of British pol...
Sunday, 14 February 2016
Flawed devolution fiscal framework must be resisted by SNP
Flawed devolution fiscal framework must be resisted by SNP: Should Sturgeon and Swinney accent a flawed deal or spring the fiscal trap? The fiscal framework is actually more important than the powers in the Bill as the new powers are severely limited and inflexible and don’t constitute a full enough range of economic and social levers to deliver real
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Guest writer Steven McBrien on Yvette Cooper ... a...
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Guest writer Steven McBrien on Yvette Cooper ... a...: I've just read that Yvette Cooper is bravely using her campaign to become leader of the "We Stand For Stuff" Party to highligh...
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: IDS and Ms Mone: A match Made In Heaven?
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: IDS and Ms Mone: A match Made In Heaven?: Iain Duncan Smith and Michelle Mone; Now, there’s a combination to send shivers up the spine. Putting the two of them together under a Tory ...
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: KYLE MACKIE'S Essay on the Daily Mail's Peter Hitc...
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: KYLE MACKIE'S Essay on the Daily Mail's Peter Hitc...: Intro: This is a post I came across on a friend's feed today. It was originally posted by KYLE MACKIE. I believe it is too good not to ...
SCOT goes POP!: Spannersplanation urgently required for the Spanne...
SCOT goes POP!: Spannersplanation urgently required for the Spanne...: I've just been down with the lurgy for about a fortnight - I think it was two successive colds, and they were both absolutely wretched. ...
Saturday, 13 February 2016
Tarff Advertiser: Shrove Term Report
Tarff Advertiser: Shrove Term Report: Boy : Cameron David House: Downing Street Status: Headboy Form: Upper 6th Subjects: Health: Made a poor start this term and...
Séamus Ennis - Uilleann Pipes - The Bucks of Oranmore. 1972
Séamus Ennis - Uilleann Pipes - The Bucks of Oranmore. 1972
SCOT goes POP!: Pressure mounts on Cameron : is he really going to...
SCOT goes POP!: Pressure mounts on Cameron : is he really going to...: The negotiations on the fiscal framework have become a game of chess - both sides would prefer a deal, but both are trying to manoeuvre them...
SCOT goes POP!: New dictionary definition : Spannersplaining
v vy;l,ktySCOT goes POP!: New dictionary definition : Spannersplaining: Spannersplain (verb) 1. The process by which establishment figures, especially journalists, explain to members of the general public which...
SCOT goes POP!: New dictionary definition : Spannersplaining
SCOT goes POP!: New dictionary definition : Spannersplaining: Spannersplain (verb) 1. The process by which establishment figures, especially journalists, explain to members of the general public which...
The Mo' Flo' Mojo: The Equivalent
The Mo' Flo' Mojo: The Equivalent: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose In 1707 the English Government paid £398,000 to Scotland under the terms of the Treaty of Uni...
SCOT goes POP!: EU referendum : "Leave" campaign storms into the l...
SCOT goes POP!: EU referendum : "Leave" campaign storms into the l...: So far, there have been two Britain-wide polls on the EU referendum since Cameron's failure to secure credible concessions, and both hav...
Friday, 12 February 2016
Thursday, 11 February 2016
SCOT goes POP!: Inspirational Ipsos-Mori poll finds majority of Sc...
SCOT goes POP!: Inspirational Ipsos-Mori poll finds majority of Sc...: After our little sneak peek at the unfiltered Ipsos-Mori numbers earlier, here are the official headline results filtered by certainty to ...
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
SCOT goes POP!: Ipsos-Mori look set to report SNP lead of around 3...
SCOT goes POP!: Ipsos-Mori look set to report SNP lead of around 3...: Three different people have given me a steer in this direction, so here goes . The quarterly Ipsos-Mori poll of Scottish voting intentions...
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Tommy Ball's Blog: Urgent reformation of List system is necessary
Tommy Ball's Blog: Urgent reformation of List system is necessary: Brian Wilson is right. There's a sentence I didn't think I'd write ever. Not about everything, of course, but about List MS...
Vox pop - and Ruth Davidson - on Scottish Fiscal Framework
Vox pop - and Ruth Davidson - on Scottish Fiscal Framework
Monday, 8 February 2016
Sunday, 7 February 2016
SCOT goes POP!: The Green party member who wants people to vote ta...
SCOT goes POP!: The Green party member who wants people to vote ta...: I was more than a little dismayed to see a link on Facebook to a blogpost by Green party member Morag Hannah, which can be roughly summaris...
Munguin's Republic: LABOUR MSP LIST LEAKED
Munguin's Republic: LABOUR MSP LIST LEAKED: Hilarious. For the full list of fresh new talent , which looks uncannily like the full list of stale second rate numpties , ...
. I wasn't aware that Polish general based in UK during WW2 allowed to run brutal concentration camp on #Bute 1/ via @Linkis_com
. I wasn't aware that Polish general based in UK during WW2 allowed to run brutal concentration camp on #Bute 1/ via @Linkis_com: Concentration camps operated on British soil during WWII.
Saturday, 6 February 2016
Tarff Advertiser: The Sainted Rowlocks of Polwarth Parish
Tarff Advertiser: The Sainted Rowlocks of Polwarth Parish: Thin pickings ... It must be a bit humiliating for the senior editor of the Herald to be found out having given into the lunatic fringe o...
Friday, 5 February 2016
Tarff Advertiser: Cameron, the thief and his lover ...
Tarff Advertiser: Cameron, the thief and his lover ...: Fred Carney's Barmy Army at the Bank of England announced today, in effect, the UK economy has all the vitality of a Norwegian Blue Par...
Peter A Bell: An immodest proposal
Peter A Bell: An immodest proposal: One might generously suppose that Bill Jamieson's aim was to emulate the satirical hyperbole of Jonanthan Swift's "Modest Prop...
Thursday, 4 February 2016
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Tarff Advertiser: To 'p' or not to 'p'; a laborious question.
Tarff Advertiser: To 'p' or not to 'p'; a laborious question.: Owen Jones in today's Gruniad is monstering the SNP with Labour's Scotch wheeze of sticking 1p on income tax in Scotland once ...
SCOT goes POP!: Why it's important to have an overall SNP majority...
SCOT goes POP!: Why it's important to have an overall SNP majority...: I've just noticed that Adam Ramsay penned a response to the "tactical voting on the list" debate a few days ago. It's a m...
Peter A Bell: Lord Cochrane of Bile
Peter A Bell: Lord Cochrane of Bile: Few things have exposed the "Union At Any Cost" dogma of British nationalist fanatics more effectively than the fiscal framework t...
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
The Scottish Scaremonger: Social Network Name Generator
The Scottish Scaremonger: Social Network Name Generator: Social Network Name Generator New for 2016 Ideal for calling out separatist agitators online - but without fear of being hunt...
Peter A Bell: What's in a headline?
Peter A Bell: What's in a headline?: Neither Lord Kerslake nor Lord O'Donnell speak for the SNP administration . The inferences that they chose to draw from the Scottish Gov...
SCOT goes POP!: Poll of Polls on the EU referendum : "Leave" campa...
SCOT goes POP!: Poll of Polls on the EU referendum : "Leave" campa...: This is only the third update of this blog's Poll of Polls for the EU referendum - I haven't been able to produce new figures as oft...
Monday, 1 February 2016
SCOT goes POP!: John Curtice concurs that "tactical voting on the ...
SCOT goes POP!: John Curtice concurs that "tactical voting on the ...: When I noticed a few hours ago that The National were splashing with a John Curtice essay on whether it's a good or a bad idea for inde...
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