Douglas Ross and Alister Jack, the select, do what they can to reverse the slide since the high point of 26% against the SNP’s 46% in December 2019. Jackson Carlaw did hold it up at 20% or above but after a few weeks of getting to know him, Douglas Ross has taken it down to 19% against an average of 56% for the SNP, in 4 of the last 6 polls:
Why can’t they do better? You know why but if you need a reminder, see:
NO? DOUGLAS ROSS FIBBING OR JUST DIM AGAIN?
In the Record today: Calls have been made to double the prison sentences for thugs who assault emergency workers. Criminals who attack police officers and nurses could get jailed for up to two years if the plans are backed by MSPs. Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross said: “It’s shocking that so many frontline workers are assaulted while serving the … Continue reading No? Douglas Ross fibbing or just dim again?→
STOP PATRONISING SCOTLAND, MR ROSS!
By stewartb: Douglas Ross MP: ‘The furlough scheme has not just been a lifeline to people who would have otherwise lost their jobs, it is also a real and tangible reminder of the economic security of the Union.’ We’ll leave aside how the Scottish Government had to press the Westminster government just to secure basic … Continue reading Stop patronising Scotland, Mr Ross!→
YOU MEAN LIKE DOUGLAS ROSS? NO?
In a piece about Trumpian politics and the lying it is based on, McQuillan invokes Boris but forgets about Douglas Ross, before letting one of the Lib Dems pretend they’re the nice honest ones. She doesn’t quote Alistair Carmichael on his fib about the First Minister or Willie Rennie on his silence about David Steele’s … Continue reading You mean like Douglas Ross? No?→
YES AND SNP SURGE AHEAD AS DOUGLAS ROSS FAILS TO IMPRESS
Scottish Independence: From Survation today, based on 1 071, 16+ adults, with fieldwork 28th October to 3rd November, online. The 12th consecutive poll with a majority for Yes and support up from the last poll by Survation: Scottish Parliament Constituency Vote: 15 polls in a row giving SNP more than 50% for the Holyrood constituency … Continue reading Yes and SNP surge ahead as Douglas Ross fails to impress→
ROSS TO ASK SUNAK TO CONFIRM FURLOUGH FOR SCOTS WHICH HE ALREADY DID YESTERDAY!
In the Herald: SCOTTISH Conservative leader Douglas Ross will call on the UK Government to commit to restarting furlough if a Scottish national lockdown becomes necessary. In a speech tomorrow, Mr Ross will also say that the handling of the coronavirus pandemic has put devolution to the test and “exposed its weakest points.” He will insist the … Continue reading Ross to ask Sunak to confirm furlough for Scots which he already did yesterdAY!→
EXPOSED: DOUGLAS ROSS MP AND HIS DIFFICULTY WITH NUMBERS!
From stewartb: Not really sure how but in the course of daily browsing I came across a link to the recent Tory conference speech by the great new hope of Unionism, Douglas Ross. And I read it through. Before I get to ‘numbers’ there are some cracking phrases in it. “As if somehow Scotland leaving … Continue reading Exposed: Douglas Ross MP and his difficulty with numbers!→
WHY CAN’T BBC SCOTLAND’S DOUGLAS FRASER JUST WRITE THE WORDS ‘DOUGLAS ROSS WAS WRONG’?
By stewartb: In an article on the BBC News Scotland website dated 17 October, its business/economy editor, Douglas Fraser examines the claim by Tory Douglas Ross on BBC Question Time that a sum of £700m provided by Westminster to the Scottish Government is for business support and it is not being passed on by the … Continue reading Why can’t BBC Scotland’s Douglas Fraser just write the words ‘Douglas Ross was wrong’?→
JACKSON CARLAW WAS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN DOUGLAS ROSS
Brought in to turn around the swelling tide of support for independence, new Scottish Conservatives leader, Douglas Ross has seen 6 polls in a row with a Yes majority and an average lead of 6.33. Jackson Carlaw, after his appointment, saw 1 No majority, 1 tie and 3 Yes majorities with an average lead for … Continue reading Jackson Carlaw was more effective than Douglas Ross→
ALISTER JACK LIES ABOUT CARE HOME DEATHS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND ….
At the Scottish Affairs Committee on 17th September, Alister Kerr repeated: They’ve presented the case that they were doing a far better job with the virus. That’s despite much higher care home deaths. They claimed there was a prevalence five times higher in England… He just says what he likes. His research assistants must know … Continue reading Alister Jack lies about care home deaths again and again and ….→
GOOD MORNING SCOTLAND STILL LETS ALISTER JACK LIE BARE-FACED TO IT’S SHRINKING AUDIENCE ABOUT CARE HOME DEATHS BEING DOUBLE IN SCOTLAND
Only 8% of Scots would use Radio Scotland as a source for news: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/157914/uk-news-consumption-2019-report.pdf In the light of that you might wonder why I’m bothering with this. I do too. Anyhow, yesterday, BBC Good Morning Scotland let the Governor General for the Scotland colony to say: In care homes where there’s been a disaster in … Continue reading Good Morning Scotland still lets Alister Jack lie bare-faced to it’s shrinking audience about care home deaths being DOUBLE in Scotland→
ALISTER JACK CONTRADICTS HIS BOSS!
Scottish Governor, Alister Jack, has insisted that Scotland must emerge from the lockdown in lockstep (nice) with the Westminster decision, when it comes but his boss, Acting Prime Minister, Dominic Raab on April 16th said: the decision would be based on factors including a sustained fall in daily deaths and evidence the rate of infection … Continue reading Alister Jack contradicts his boss!→
DID DAVID MUNDELL OR ALISTER JACK FAIL TO WARN SCOTLAND OF THE PANDEMIC RISK AND THE URGENT NEED TO STOCKPILE PPE LAST YEAR?
A confidential 2019 Cabinet Office briefing, leaked to the Guardian, warned that the UK must have a robust plan to deal with a pandemic virus and to stockpile PPE: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-uk-ministers-were-warned-last-year-of-risks-of-coronavirus-pandemic It’s not clear when in 2019 the National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA) document was presented to the UK Cabinet. Secretary of State for Scotland, David … Continue reading Did David Mundell or Alister Jack fail to warn Scotland of the pandemic risk and the urgent need to stockpile PPE last year?→
ALISTER JACK BORDERS ON THE RIDICULOUS
By stewartb: I see Mr Jack getting a profile this morning for his ‘borders’ guff. I’d like to think only the most blinkered, unchangeable Unionist diehards believe this stuff now but I do wonder how aware folk are of realities elsewhere. On Nordic Co-operation, just one insight: https://www.norden.org/en/news/ministers-nordic-co-operation-discuss-coronavirus “Led by Denmark’s Mogens Jensen, the Ministers … Continue reading Alister Jack borders on the ridiculous→
Talking-up Scotland / Scottish media fact checking is like shooting fish in a barrel 
DRoss and his eejit ilk are traitors to Scotland. DRoss is even more disgusting than bumbler Johnson.
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Remember the words of R.B Cunninghame Graham Doug. ” It won’t be the English who stop us becoming independent, it will be the Scots”.
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One thing that humours me… a from DRoss today:
“Nicola Sturgeon and her party want to separate Scotland from the rest of the United Kingdom”
They say this as if we don’t know that already?!?! They’re just talking to their narrow base, feart that if they don’t show up they’ll bump down even further.
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Why do we always refer to mr jack as an A-lister when he actually performs like a Z-lister?
Just asking
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You feel ashamed for Scotland when DRossy and Hi Jack are the best the opposition can put up. + Leotard and Wee Wullie McDumplin’s.
Scotland’s Shame!—No wonder Boris wants them “Exterminated”!
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We can see Sky news and the BBC are allowing Boris to alter his narrative over “devolution…a mistake”, and pretend he said something else entirely.
And you though history was only rewritten in Russia?
Disgraceful!
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That really is gas lighting. The teachers and the Herald could learn from that, what gas lighting actually means. In this case the media are gas lighting a whole country, 5 million people.
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DRoss can’t ‘help’ himself can he. The Tories as we know are always ‘helping people’ DRoss! Helping them into poverty, destitution, and in some ways, helping them into their graves with Tory austerity, their Covid19 herd immunity tactics, then their utter shambolic handling of the whole crisis and handing contracts for £millions to their pals to take the absolute p**s out of the’ people’.
DRoss your party are ‘helping people’, but it only extends to themselves, their dodgy pals and anyone who gives them money. They despise the poor and DRoss is being paid, how much? What is his job exactly? Who pays him?
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