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Stephen McCabe’s previous abusive behaviour

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By Anonymous Someone online had bookmarked something else relating to Stephen McCabe. “Labour councillor Stephen McCabe last hit the headlines when he sent a letter to Michael Gove urging the Tory minister to bypass Holyrood” Is there no end to this guy doing both the wrong and the worse thing ? Rhetorical Q obviously. Seems he, McCabe, put country before party when he wrote to Michael Gove. However the only problem with that was that he put another country, UK/England, before his own country Scotland. (Also we know that with his party , Labour, they also put another country before Scotland , so I guess McCabe was also considering his own party too as well … Continue reading Stephen McCabe’s previous abusive behaviour

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If the Scottish Socialist Party can stand in all 8 regions, they can provide the overall pro-independence majority

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The latest Norstat poll for the Times, post Budget, gives the SNP 51 MSPs, Labour 29, Tories 16, Reform 12, Lib Dems 11 and Greens 10 putting a pro-independence majority in doubt. Pollsters do not ask about the Scottish Socialists because they have not stood since they lost their 6 regional seats in 2007, after an internal split. However, things have changed as Labour head to the right, losing mass support, and the SNP drift toward the centre, creating a big gap on the left for voters who want democratic socialist policies including progressive taxation, council tax replacement, Waspi women … Continue reading If the Scottish Socialist Party can stand in all 8 regions, they can provide the overall pro-independence majority

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Thanks to Paul Hutcheon I now know roughly how much is being made to all panellists as pundits in elections by TV channels

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By Anonymous Here’s another joke, also not a HA HA one. Nicola Sturgeon apparently was paid £25k by ITV for punditry on GE night. Paul Hutcheon of the Daily Record told us that in a tweet where he included a picture of her , Ms Sturgeon, on a panel with ex Tory Chancellor George Osborne and also ex Labour MP Ed Balls , also now a ITV GMB part time presenter and he is also the husband of the current Labour Home Secretary Yvette Cooper. Paul did however tell us that she , Ms Sturgeon, declared the cash which was why Paul then chose to reveal … Continue reading Thanks to Paul Hutcheon I now know roughly how much is being made to all panellists as pundits in elections by TV channels

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Why is the British Labour Party failing to solve waiting lists/times issues in NHS Wales if the Party’s leadership in opposition in Scotland have the answers?

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By stewartb Misrepresentation – with associated hypocrisy- from the British Labour Party politicians both at UK and Scotland levels is not new; it has become endemic; it may well have assisted Labour’s success in Scotland at the recent GE; and there is little or no sign of it being countered effectively at scale as we approach the REALLY crucial Holyrood election in 2026. Meanwhile in Wales where the British Labour Party has been in power since the establishment of devolved government … Senedd Research – the research and information service supporting the Welsh parliament – on 4 October, 2024 published … Continue reading Why is the British Labour Party failing to solve waiting lists/times issues in NHS Wales if the Party’s leadership in opposition in Scotland have the answers?

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Scottish Tory leader conflicted by ‘perfect happiness’ over no free prescriptions but ‘palpable anger’ at winter fuel allowance cut

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By Anonymous “Scots would be perfectly happy to see the end of universal free prescriptions from the NHS” says Tory leader (ITO) in Scotland. Meanwhile the same Tory leader (ITO) in Scotland was not “happy”, as in he was opposed to, Labour UK cutting the “Universal” Winter Fuel allowance for Pensioners, in fact neither were most of the people who lived in Scotland “happy” either. In fact Russell Findlay said “there was “palpable” anger at Labour across the UK” on this decision. Also he said that “Elderly folk who have slogged hard all their days feel absolutely betrayed.” Of course he condemned the Labour PM for “not carrying out … Continue reading Scottish Tory leader conflicted by ‘perfect happiness’ over no free prescriptions but ‘palpable anger’ at winter fuel allowance cut

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Ferries cannot be seen coping with high seas for immense £66 billion high pile of HS2 waste on BBC Scotland

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By Anonymous Breaking news from a broken media aka the BBC Website reporting on the Storm where they could just not stop themselves from including Ferries in the equation of impacted services cancelled because of the Storm. “Ferry operator CalMac cancelled almost all of its Sunday sailings, cutting off services to the islands including Arran, Bute, Lewis and Harris” This obsession via the BBC in Scotland with the ferries in Scotland aka ‘the worst Ferries in the world’, allegedly , and all from Scotland only , apparently. (according to the BBC that is). A wee storm was it ( amber and yellow weather warnings) and still they cancel their Ferry services in Scotland (would … Continue reading Ferries cannot be seen coping with high seas for immense £66 billion high pile of HS2 waste on BBC Scotland

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It’s good to see comparisons between Scotland and Wales

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By stewartb We know that the British Labour Party and its media allies in Scotland for the Union would have voters here believe that any shortcomings, all problems in Scotland’s public services can be laid at the door of the SNP Scottish Government. So it’s good to see comparisons between Scotland and Wales – in education, health and social care, housing, poverty levels, unemployment; economic development and yes, local government funding etc. All can be scrutinised in order to assess the track record of the British Labour Party government in Cardiff during the extended period of Tory rule in Westminster: … Continue reading It’s good to see comparisons between Scotland and Wales

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The endless stream of supposedly intelligent media cartoons misrepresenting the campaign for Scottish independence and now still offensive on the death of Alex Salmond

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By Professor John Robertson OBA When I first saw the above guardian cartoon, I didn’t know what to make of it. @Prae54Rae gets it. It’s endless. A foul-smelling stream of supposedly liberal leftist sentiment, as confused and snearing, as any on the hard right in England. Here’s the previous: Peter Brookes in the Times, gleefully shared by the slimy be-wigged lard-bucket that is Andrew Neil, the above. Imagine doing that with the leaders of any other country? Sadly, it’s not new. In February 2024, again from Peter Brookes in the Times, a snide and offensive take on the SNP’s supposed troubles. … Continue reading The endless stream of supposedly intelligent media cartoons misrepresenting the campaign for Scottish independence and now still offensive on the death of Alex Salmond

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The Wolves of Badenoch?

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I’ve been waiting for some English politician to connect Kemi Badenoch with that other infamous Badenoch: Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, called the Wolf of Badenoch (1343 – July 1394), was a Scottish royal prince, the third son of King Robert II of Scotland by his first wife Elizabeth Mure. He was Justiciar of Scotia and held large territories in the north of Scotland. He is best remembered for his destruction of the royal burgh of Elgin and its cathedral. His sobriquet was given due to his notorious cruelty and rapacity. There is a legend that Stewart—the “Wolf of Badenoch”—died after a chess game with the Devil. According to this legend, Stewart was visited … Continue reading The Wolves of Badenoch?

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Latest Scottish sub-poll has SNP 8 points clear and Reform ahead of Tories

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Just a sub-poll of only 122 but it comes as the SNP humiliate Scottish Labour in 4 local by-elections in Perth and in Dundee, just after an Ipsos poll puts Anas Sarwar well behind both Swinney and Forbes in the popularity stakes and two weeks after a full Survation poll showed the SNP had caught Scottish Labour in period that should normally have been honeymoon period for the latter. We’ll need more evidence for confidence in a full SNP recovery but things are looking shaky for Sarwar. As for the Cons, Reform were only 3 points behind them, two weeks … Continue reading Latest Scottish sub-poll has SNP 8 points clear and Reform ahead of Tories