Frigate fiasco as Royal Navy has only five (33%) functioning frigates
Thanks to Legerwood for alerting me to this. In the Telegraph yesterday: In 35 years at sea, HMS Iron Duke only ever fired her guns in anger a handful of times. She did so to hit a gun battery during the war against Colonel Gaddafi in Libya in 2011, and before that while seizing drugs in the Caribbean in 2009. For a Type 23 frigate, designed in the 1980s to take on the might of the Soviet navy, it was small-scale stuff. But at a time when the Cold War seemed long over, it was a reminder that a well-resourced … Continue reading Frigate fiasco as Royal Navy has only five (33%) functioning frigates
Ad Hominem Attacks
By TuS friend and helper, Frances McKie, from a letter to the Times she does not expect to see published: From football to politics, most of us eventually learn that targeting the opponent- instead of the goal- is foul play. It is also the mark of fear, desperation and- most importantly- losers. Scotland has been witnessing such behaviour since September 19th 2014 when, apparently, according to her loyal servant, David Cameron, Queen Elizabeth the First of the UK “purred” with relief that Westminster’s grip on what is more or less the ” last colony” was still- just- intact. However, in … Continue reading Ad Hominem Attacks
Former Labour MP who allegedly threatened to give a woman ‘a doing’ to advise Malcolm Offord
By Liz S I read this yesterday. The former Labour MP, Ian Davidson, who lost his seat in 2015 to the SNP, has now taken up a role as adviser to Malcolm Offord following the Scottish elections. Davidson was selected in 2017 and also in 2019 to be the Labour candidate but failed to win yet again. So what possible political advice could Davidson provide to Offord ? Well in October 2011 the BBC reported that: “An SNP MP has withdrawn from a Commons committee over allegations that she was threatened by its Labour chairman” (Ian Davidson). “Dr Eilidh Whiteford, the MP for … Continue reading Former Labour MP who allegedly threatened to give a woman ‘a doing’ to advise Malcolm Offord
Reposted as Guardian today predicts drought in Scotland:
Shock as absence of ‘ferry fixation’ revealed
From Transport Scotland – Information regarding fixated correspondents: FOI release published today: Information requested Information on what topics fixated correspondents have written about and how many times, including copies of emails from and to the individuals. Response To provide some context, the terms fixated and persistent are used interchangeably. Both terms are used to describe a correspondent who writes in on the same topic(s) in a repetitive manner despite their query receiving a full and complete response. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have … Continue reading Shock as absence of ‘ferry fixation’ revealed
Guardian writer totally misrepresents Reform UK’s unimpressive performance in Scotland as 85% reject them
In the Guardian today, the above and: Last week’s Scottish parliament election promised an equally profane revelation. With Reform UK’s arrival in Scottish politics, Kenny Farquharson predicted in the Times that election day “will be remembered as the day Scottish exceptionalism died”. Sheepish voters, dumbly following the rest of Britain, would finally espouse the “rightwing populist nativism” that had hitherto been halted at Hadrian’s Wall. On the surface, the results do suggest a change in tone. Reform won 17 seats –only two more than the Scottish Greens – tying with Scottish Labour for second place. Its surge from nowhere to 16% of the vote … Continue reading Guardian writer totally misrepresents Reform UK’s unimpressive performance in Scotland as 85% reject them
Talking-up Scotland 