Month: April 2015
Miliband Macho
Given that the absolute maximum share of the UK vote Labour might conceivably get is 36%, it is extraordinarily arrogant for Miliband to insist on the right to impose his full manifesto. Tactically, of course, he is trying to panic Scottish voters into supporting Labour lest they lose the chance …read more
MILIBAND DECLARES ANTI-SCOT APARTHEID
Ed Miliband on tonight’s question time said that he would not form any government reliant on the SNP for support. A Tory government is preferable to a Labour government tainted by the Scottish people’s chosen representatives. The effect of this … Continue reading …read more
The backpedal
You’re probably going to see this misreported in the press quite a lot tomorrow. We thought we should get the whole thing up for the record, to avoid confusion. We were as stunned as everyone else for a moment. On the Question Time special earlier tonight, Ed Miliband appeared to …read more
The last day of term
As far as we know, this is the final major set-piece interview that Jim Murphy will have to give before the general election. As Sally Magnusson of Reporting Scotland makes an admirably dogged but ultimately unsuccessful effort to get a straight answer on just about anything out of Labour’s regional …read more
Missing man could be in Elgin
POLICE are appealing for information to help find a missing Manchester man. …read more
‘Peak SNP’ and how Scotland and the UK are changing
‘Peak SNP’ and how Scotland and the UK are changing
Gerry Hassan
New Statesman, April 28th 2015
Scotland is everywhere in the news only a few months after the indyref. Scotland and its politics are being widely discussed and portrayed not just north of the border, but by UK media and politicians, as …read more
NewsShaft: 30/04/15
Beyond Fear and Lothian
This from the Barrastinian will have you dancing all the way to the polling booths … Beyond Fear and Lothian by The Barrastinian on Mixcloud Filed under: Music Tagged: Barrastinian, GE2015, Mixcloud …read more
99 Red Balloons
Positive to the last, Scottish Labour go down punching. Watching Scottish Labour in the death throes of this election campaign has been a remarkable sight, like watching a wasp trying to fly through the open half of a window who just can’t seem to comprehend what the problem is and …read more
Cameron’s Three Mistakes
By Gavin Falconer If the people of Scotland opt for independence in the course of the next few years, historians will debate the causes behind it, ranging from the decline of the British Empire to the rise of the EU… Read More › …read more
The toll taken
On the left, Jim Murphy campaigning for the Scottish Labour leadership a few months ago (the backdrop is distinctive, placing the pic sometime last November). On the right, Jim Murphy on STV tonight. Don’t tell lies, readers. It drains your soul. …read more
The Third Lanark of politics


Labour’s plummeting poll statistics prove that it is actually possible for something to plunge more quickly than gravitational force and laws of physics would allow. But then Newton never thought to include public disgust and oppobrium in his calculations. The 45 are going to give Labour MPs their …read more
The Union’s men are still not getting it
by Christian Wright Timely warning for the colonial establishment in an excellent article by Alex Massie in the Spectator. This was penned in response to an article in the Times (“The Australian” reprint is non-paywall) by the noble lord, Baron Finkelstein of Pinner. … Continue reading …read more
The spurned lover
Remember that lovely British solidarity you were told by Labour to vote No for? You probably need to read this, folks. …read more
Council backs ice rink
MORAY’S only ice rink will get a new lease of life later this year as councillors today (Wednesday) backed a major investment. …read more