In the Herald, yesterday, yet another SNP Civil War prediction from a Tory, blue or red version. Support for the SNP is at 54/55% in the last 5 polls, up from 45% in 2019, in a period when the Alex Salmond case has been positively drooled over by the MSM. It’s not going to happen. Stevenson is also the latest in a long line of contributors in the Herald with their identities concealed from the reader. We see John McLellan (Con), Brian Monteith (Brexit) and Brian Wilson (Lab) on a regular basis with no mention of their inevitable biases rooted … Continue reading So much wind: Struan Stevenson (Con) and yet another SNP Civil War prediction

On Good Mourning Scotland this morning, Gordon Brewer interrupted Professor Bauld to shout: You, you, you, sorry to interrupt [no he isn’t] Linda but, you say that, but the brutal fact is we’ve had something like 4 000 deaths which is about a tenth of the UK. It’s about a population share of the deaths in the UK. As a consequence of the 4 Nations approach Scotland did suffer massive loss of life but since the Scottish Government strategy kicked in, both cases and deaths have fallen steadily until, as we see in the graph above, the 7 day average death rate … Continue reading Dear Gordon, ‘brutal fact’ is covid-19 deaths in Scotland are currently 24 times lower per head of population than in England

Early this morning, the Scotsman’s Gary Flockhart (14?) jumps up excitedly when he sees the surge of 18 new cases on Thursday, up from only 6 the previous day. Who can be responsible for this failure? The buck stops with the FM! Gary goes back to bed only to wake up and find there were only 7 new cases on Friday, one down from the 7 day average of 8.1. How unlucky can he be? Has Gary (14?) learned a valuable lesson? A one-day variation does not a trend make? Has he gone back to bed? Nope, he’s on a … Continue reading Scotsman cub reporter accuses Sturgeon of failure to control infection rate fluctuations

On Good Mourning Scotland this morning after Professor Bauld said: Scotland’s done well. we were behind the curve in terms of when the virus came into Scotland. We locked down when we were at a better stage in terms of the numbers and we’re now seeing as we’ve heard from Ken, no deaths yesterday and slight rise in the number of cases but still very low. It’s inevitable we have to open up but as we go forward… Brewer interrupts: You, you, you, sorry to interrupt [no he isn’t] Linda but, you say that, but the brutal fact is we’ve … Continue reading Gordon Brewer stupidly interrupts a professor with irrelevant facts about historical deaths in Scotland as the infection rate in England soars to more than 20 times higher per capita

What Where? Will the window-cleaners be happy with this choice? What about the Chinese laundry workers? The little ukelele-makers? Will members generally feel they have been waiting for a Godot-awfully long time for the decision? If Beckett forgets his lamppost again, what will Formby lean on? Why am I blogging at this time? Continue reading The Tusker founder suffers suspected ‘Acid Flashback’ after hearing ‘Formby backs Beckett for Unite General Secretary’

Revealing herself to be a worthy successor to Lisa Summers and fully integrated into the Sarah Smith / Glen Campbell school of cringe, Fiona Stalker goes ambulance-chasing for chronic pain sufferers whose experience can be used against NHS Scotland and by association the SNP leaders. I wonder will she have bothered to search for any more reliable evidence of NHS Scotland’s performance or are one or two individuals prepared to cry on screen more her thing? Might this, from 2016, be informative for the viewers? England and Wales currently have fewer pain doctors than Scotland and Northern Ireland and that … Continue reading Reporting Scotland stalking chronic pain sufferers on behalf of Scottish Labour

Pilots Billy Mitchell, CBE [82] and Billy Cumberland [90] fly over SIU CEO Pamela Nash’s house and the crowd (12) below sing ‘We’ll meet again‘ after a lunch of bangers and mash, empire biscuits and warm bitter. Several neighbours were warned by local bobbies to stop shooting at the planes with their BB guns. The Tusker condemns warm bitter. Continue reading Spitfire tribute to Scotland in Union’s propaganda unit

From YouGov on 9th July based on 139 Scots, support is: Con 22% Lab 19% LD 5% SNP 50% Plaid Cymru 1% Green 2% Other 2% That’s a wee bit down on the last 5 full polls, at 51% to 55%, but it is only a wee sample. Luckily 1.39% plan to vote for Plaid Cymru in the next Holyrood election raising important questions: Is that one generously proportioned Welshman/woman or, better, two quite small ones who can both vote? Would that vote be considered wasted or kindly transferred to the SNP pile in the interests of fair play? Was … Continue reading Large Welsh person living in Scotland helps pro-Indy parties exceed 50% in latest poll!

From European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney: The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) has contracted the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to support the development of its tidal energy test site at Jang-Juk Strait near Jindo Island, Korea. The signed agreement strengthens the relationship between the two organisations, and sees EMEC use its experience and knowledge as a tidal test site operator to advance the Korean test site development. KIOST are developing a grid-connected tidal energy test site development on the Jang-Juk Strait in the southwestern sea of Korea. The Korea Tidal Current Energy Centre (K-TEC) … Continue reading Scottish Government-funded marine energy centre wins contract in Korea

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