Above: The First Minister enjoying Glen Campbell’s contribution to the discussion
At today’s briefing, BBC Scotland’s Glen Campbell asked:
‘With Boris Johnson returning to work todaaay, are you an he as one in your approach to lifting lockdown or are there differences? And if the UK hits its 100 000 testing target later this week what will Scotland’s total contribution to that have been.’
No self-respecting politician is ever going to admit to being ‘at one’ with Johnson as, like Trump, he has blood on his hands resulting from his law of the jungle approach to saving the lives of the infirm and the elderly, so she didn’t.
As for the uber-Unionist question about testing, she also ignored his suggestion that somehow Scotland was testing to help a gang of schoolboys, sorry Tory Cabinet, hit a target made up by a PR man (Hancock) in a panicked response to media pressure.
As for the stupid framing of the question on targets, he must know it won’t happen. Despite mobilising the Army to ride to the rescue charging into old folk’s homes and causing heart attacks and strokes, only 29 000 had been achieved by Saturday, 71 000 short:
Talking-up Scotland / Scottish media fact checking is like shooting fish in a barrel 
What was he trying to do with the first part of his question? The FM has made pretty clear over several days and on the Marr programme yesterday, that she is prepared to adopt a different approach in Scotland if the advice she receives suggests it is the best option. In addition, there is the acclaimed paper on deciding how to end the lockdown issued more than a week ago by the SG. Has the PM actually made a statement, today, indicating the approach he plans to take?
Let us wait and see the context of how this is reported on Reporting Scotland later today.
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On Reporting Scotland, after Mr Campbell, there was a piece by Ms Lisa Summers about testing in which she translated 100 000 tests per day in the UK as “AROUND 10 000 for Scotland”. Now, since Scotland has, approximately, 8.4% of the total UK population, the proportional amount should be AROUND 8 400. So, very casually, she has inflated the target figure for Scotland by 19%.
Is she priming the pump for an attack once data emerges? Was this what Mr Campbell was setting up in the second part of his question?
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Perhaps it should be made compulsory for journalists at the news conference to preface their questions with formulations such as:
I haven’t really been listening to anything you’ve been saying, but . . .
or.
I haven’t really understood anything anyone has been saying but. . .
or
It would be really helpful if you could say something outrageous that would allow me to get something on the telly / in the paper in connection with . . .
I don’t know how those behind the podium manage to remain civil and articulate in the face of such blatant hostility.
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Ah, so Campbell took time out from “they seek him here, they seek him there” theatrics, to join in the Marr antics of conflating England (& Wales), Scottish, and UK figures despite a dense fog settling over English numerics.
Last I heard of the UK portal for testing, Scotland was the only one working, Wales have decided to give the portal a wide berth, so which part of “contribution” to the 100,000 PHE target does England actually intend to contribute?
Ross Thomson was droning on earlier on GMS claiming the SG paper was a rehash of the that published by HMG days previous, Carjack was twittering that a border doesn’t exist, the propaganda game is now so dislocated and disconnected from reality, “Did ye, aye” suddenly seems an entirely appropriate response.
Perhaps some light, or indeed any reading would serve the antisemitic hunter of Fife quite well these days, perhaps with helpful pics and diagrams…
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Has Glen ( I had a dog called Glen, smarter than this one, I have to say) been out in the sun too long?
More seriously, why is a political “journalist” at a briefing on a major health issue?
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Gavin
In Scotland all “journalists “ are political.
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This was a fully loaded question particullary so with regards the nr.of tests
As I have prev.posted on here that i was such test numbers very closely
As of yesterday Tests/million of population are as follows
Scotland-8938
UK-9880
I.E.UK now doing more tests than Scotland by +10.8%
And since 11/4/20 their has been a swing of 20.1% away from Scotland
As i said prev.something very fishy is going on here as 25 & 26/04 UK.Gov. the website it is almost impossible to locate the test nrs.and the format of overall covid-19
As of
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This was a fully loaded question particullary so with regards the nr.of tests
As I have prev.posted on here that i was monitoring such test numbers very closely
As of yesterday Tests/million of population are as follows
Scotland-8938
UK-9880
I.E.UK now doing more tests than Scotland by +10.8%
And since 11/4/20 their has been a swing of 20.1% away from Scotland
As i said prev.something very fishy is going on here as 25 & 26/04 UK.Gov. the website it is almost impossible to locate the test nrs.and the format of overall covid-19 continually amends
As of 25/04 i have had to go to world meters.info to find out overall figs.for test nrs / million of population for the UK
THAT is why Glen Campbells. Question slyly referring to test nrs.has NOTHING to do with the return of Boris but more likely the test nos.for England will soon be streets ahead of Scotland
They know how to hand out a loaded dice to their Lackeys in the MSM
Campbell is merely picking the dice up the now and gives them a little kiss before he rolls the loaded one he has been given
Only his masters know what Numbers shall come up once he rolls them done the table very soon at the next available chance to do so at the daily press conference
I only hope our government are aware how all this is being engineered and are.ready to counteract
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‘a target made up by a PR man (Hancock) in a panicked response to media pressure.’
Pretty sure Jons-un had already promised more than 200,000 before Hancock.
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I get the feeling she is now losing patience with them , is that what they want with their inane questions, to get her to lose the rag then they can slag her off , looks like a journo plan , what else have they got on her , nothing ! .
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Finally got stats for tests for covid -19
Scotland now lagging behind UK in tests / million of population by 16 % on todays figs.
We have now went from + 9.5 % on 11/04
To – 16% on 27/04
A swing of 25.5% in 16 days
This is no accident
What are UK up to
If this continues Scotland WILL be behind in ending lock down
If this trend continues please please contact your MP and MSP as a matter of urgency
This could become critical in smashing support for Indy as it will be so easy for them to convince most we are a abject failure.Whist the facts are otherwise
I studied profusely Irelands fight for freedom from them and all this smacks of similar tactics UK deployed against the Irish
One of those such tactics was clever manipulation of deaths from the potato famine
My Father was from Blessington Co.Wicklow and when their was a minor rebellion there they destroyed all death,birth & marriage certificates
Result now impossible to trace my family tree any furthermore back than my Great Grandfather
This happened all over Ireland whenever were in their eyes to go in heavy handed to minor incidents and used it as a chance to destroy the records
Know thy Foe
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