Author: Speymouth

Quantifying BBC bias

Speymouth June 7, 2023

Anyone who follows the Scottish independence debate will be aware that the BBC’s reputation for fairness and impartiality comes with an important caveat: Except for viewers in Scotland. During the independence referendum campaign in 2014 the BBC was shameless in its shilling for Britain. The examples are legion. The Corporation gave…

Scottish Football: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Speymouth June 5, 2023

As Scottish football grinds to a shuddering halt, we cast our eye over the health of the game. As @AgentScotland points out: this year saw the highest total attendances since the 1950s; eleven out of twelve teams posted increased attendances; we have the highest attendance per capita in World Football; the sixth highest attendances top […] Source

The Whiteness of Scottish Fan Media

Speymouth June 5, 2023

As part of our mini-series at the end of season 2022/23, Joe McCann looks at the state of fan media replicating old forms of representation. A couple of days before The Scottish League Cup Final, The Overlap dropped their preview of the game on YouTube. Kelly Somers, Chris Sutton, and Ally McCoist fronted the programme […] Source

Wee Ginger Crowd Funder 2023

Speymouth June 5, 2023

It’s that time of the year again. Every June I run an annual crowdfunder to keep this blog going. I’ll be honest, earlier this year I was very close to throwing in the towel. I was very down and dispirited in part because far too many people in the Scottish independence…

Sunak’s trying to hide from accountability

Speymouth June 5, 2023

The Official Inquiry into the government’s handling of the covid pandemic will probably go the same way as other official inquiries into the British government’s handling of other important isues. It will be characterised by arse-covering, blame shifting, deflection, pathetic excuses, the scapegoating of minor players, and then nothing much of…

Diageo appoints incoming chief ahead of schedule

Speymouth June 5, 2023

SCOTCH whisky giant Diageo has appointed its incoming chief executive to the role ahead of schedule after current boss Sir Ivan Menezes suffered a “significant setback” following emergency surgery on a stomach ulcer. Source

A Tale of Two Newspapers

Speymouth June 4, 2023

“Calculating our cost to the public is fascist ideology, even when dressed up for the gentlemanly broadsheets.” As poverty soars in the Union, post-Brexit Britain descends into framing disabled people as subhuman and the poor as a burden on the wealthy.  Last weekend the Sunday Post, a remarkably improved paper, published a story by their […] Source

Five Ways the UK’s Immigration System is Hurting Scotland

Speymouth June 2, 2023

It is clear that the UK Government’s approach to immigration is not working. It is unsuccessful in curbing immigration and has only resulted in treating anyone who tries to come to the UK as subhuman, with the Illegal Migration Bill being criticised for breaking international law. Scotland, however, has its own unique needs and challenges […] Source