Leading border protection activist groups, England get out of Scotland, Keep Scotland Coronavirus-free and Galloway can get tae Falkirk, have told the Tusker of their difficulty in keeping membership high enough to at least be able to hold both ends of a banner. The above protest cost the Ye’ll have had yer frackin tea group £2.40 for a roll of gaffer tape to stick one end of the banner to a fence. A crowd-funder is to be launched today to help the group with such costs. Ruth Davidson, trying on the ermine at the time, has called these groups ‘dark … Continue reading Coronavirus: Has ‘England get out of Scotland’ lost 50% of membership?

Our wee debating society members are buzzin’ so they are, about Coronavirus in the school, at the school and among pupils. School Heidie, Mrs Sturgeon, keeps correcting them: Douglas, Richard, Ruth! Ssssssh! Look at me. Listen. Write down what I’m saying. These are part of community clusters which have had an impact ON schools, rather than school-based clusters. The virus has NOT been transmitted within schools. Richard! What did I say? Repeat it. Stop nodding like that. You’ll get stuck that way. Ruth! Stop pulling that face at me. Right, now, go back to your seats and write at least … Continue reading I know! I know! It was in Jason’s mum’s bedroom so it wuz!

In the Guardian today: Leading figures in the environmental sector have written to Sir James Bevan, chief executive of the EA,after a speech in which he suggested weakening the EU water framework directive now that the UK had left the union. To do so, the signatories to the letter say, would be a backward step. The signatories are calling for more investment so that English rivers meet the target of 75% rated good by 2027. Currently just 14% of rivers are judged as good under the directive. We’ve posted on this issue before. From January 2020: In a disturbing piece on Channel 4 … Continue reading Dirty old river must you keep rolling? Tories in England say ‘Yes indeed now we’re free of those EU rules!’ Douglas Ross…..?

In the Herald yesterday: THE MAJORITY of Scots believe independence is distracting from more pressing issues, according to a new poll. The survey of more than 1000 people found that a third believed independence was one of the most important issues facing the country, however 52% thought it was a distraction. This comes from a YouGov poll for the Scottish Fabians, described misleadingly as a ‘think tank.’ The Scottish Fabians are a leftist, openly pro-Union activist group with a long-term hostility to the SNP and to the wider Scottish independence movement, which they prefer to portray as narrow nationalist, ignoring … Continue reading Majority of Scots do NOT think Indyref2 is a distraction

The Herald above delighting in some bigger numbers for their headlines and an opportunity to use a picture of the FM to make sure you know who they’d like you to associate with the outbreak. BBC Scotland below with links to 7 out of 10 stories being about the virus: But BBC England is more relaxed about it with none out of 10 about the virus. At a glance, you’d think Scotland must have more to be concerned about but: England has 10 times the population but today had more than 13 times the infection level, even at a time … Continue reading Don’t let them scare you

In a Twitter survey of 4 800 followers of retired @ProfJWR, SNP member and activist, 2 487 responded. Of those responding 91.6% were opposed to the idea currently being championed by George Galloway and discussed by Kenny Farquharson, that Scots living in England should be able to vote in a second independence referendum. The results, though of course limited by the self-selecting sample, seem to suggest reasonably convincingly, that in a large group of presumably independence supporters, there is very little support for Galloway’s proposal. The results suggest a healthy preference for a civic and democratic rather than an ethnic … Continue reading 92% say Scots living in England should NOT vote in Indyref2

In the National today: SNP MPs have written to Nicola Sturgeon and their party’s ruling body, calling for them to reverse a controversial decision to stop sitting MPs from standing for the Scottish Parliament. More than a quarter of the Westminster group, including both long-serving politicians and those elected for the first time last year, have signed a letter urging the National Executive Committee (NEC) to overturn the policy made last month.The National has been told that other elected politicians are considering adding their names as the revolt over the rule change grows. ‘Stage revolt?’ OMG, have some resigned? Have some charged up to Holyrood … Continue reading The National: Warking the news to undermine the SNP

Once more, the Times seems to have a better grasp on what is right: The MSM campaign to open gyms and shorten lock-downs will cost lives. They should be ashamed but I don’t suppose lizard brains are capable of that. Continue reading The Scottish and English press on Aberdeen

In the Herald today: Though not too open herself about her party affiliations, Lax is refreshingly honest about her serial covert letter-writing activities – how often have I…. How often? Tell us? I don’t know if she ever mentions her longstanding Conservative & Unionist membership and treasurer role but I haven’t seen it once in a string of letters where she pretends to be Josephine Public. When writing about Nicola Sturgeon, she tends not to be transparent about this unsavoury detail: So, Ms Lax, if you are going to talk the talk please also walk the walk? At the very … Continue reading Secret Tory’s unhealthy obsession with the First Minister goes on encouraged by the Herald

The YouGov/Times poll with data collected on 18th-19th August is another sub-poll with only 142 in the sample so we need to keep our hair on, as statisticians say but For the first time, I think, the combined SNP/Green share is 60% (54 and 6). It also has the Cons down at 19%, below 20% for the first time. https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/08/19/voting-intention-con-40-lab-38-18-19-aug On it’s own, this sub-poll lacks authority but when looked at in the context of the clear trend in Independence polls over the last year: and Holyrood polls: You can’t help but be cheered by what might be an omen … Continue reading Pro-Indy parties at 60% in latest poll*