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Tag Archives: BBC
Fear Factor 10
Well there we have it, the SNP conference is at an end for another year. Unless you were actually there,which I wasn’t, (not being a member) , then you would have been very lucky to actually know much of what … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, EU, Europe, independence, Nicola Sturgeon, YES2
Tagged BBC, Independence, media, Referendum, Scotland, SNP, YES
5 Comments
The Bottom Line
Newspapers and Online media all use headlines which are supposed to convey whatever the article happens to be about. On the newspaper stands across the country on any given day, you will find racks of newspapers with their front page … Continue reading
Posted in independence, politics, Uncategorized, YES2
Tagged BBC, politics, Scotland, Scots Independence, Scottish Politics, YES
4 Comments
Naming and Shaming
Oscar Wilde wrote: “In old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press. That is an improvement certainly. But still it is very bad, and wrong, and demoralizing. Somebody — was it Burke? — called journalism the fourth … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Human Rights, politics, scotland, Theresa May, Uncategorized
Tagged Austerity, BBC, BBC Scotland, British Government, Europe, Labour, politics, Scotland, Scots Independence, Scottish parliament, Scottish Politics, SNP, Tory, Westminster
1 Comment
YES2 GAME ON, IT HAS BEGUN
Indyref 2 has begun. With all the mayhem and media concentration on the blood letting In Westminster over the past week, and The Tories and Labour leadership ripping into each other after the Euro Ref result, in a manner resembling … Continue reading
Posted in EU, Europe, independence, Nicola Sturgeon, politics, scotland, YES, YES2
Tagged BBC, BBC Scotland, Better together, British Government, Europe, Holyrood, Iceland, Independence, Independence referendum, Labour, politics, Referendum, Scotland, Scots Independence, Scottish Independence, Scottish Independence referendum, Scottish Labour, Scottish parliament, Scottish Politics, SNP, Tory, Westminster, YES
8 Comments
The Lunatics have broken out of the Asylum
I haven’t made any real comments on any forum during the course of the EU debate, instead I have simply watched and listened as events unfolded. However, having spent a good part of the last year touring all around England,It … Continue reading
Posted in EU, Europe, independence, politics, scotland, YES
Tagged Austerity, BBC, BBC Scotland, Better together, British Government, Cameron, Europe, Independence, Independence referendum, Labour, politics, Referendum, Scotland, Scottish Independence, Scottish Independence referendum, Scottish Politics, SNP, Tory, Westminster, YES
2 Comments
You WILL do as we tell you
Back in the days of the 1970’s when I was a mere teenager, it was common knowledge which newspapers promoted certain parties. The Express was a Tory paper, the Record was a Labour paper , and these 2 papers carried … Continue reading
Posted in General Election, independence, politics, scotland, Uncategorized
Tagged BBC, BBC Scotland, Labour, politics, Scotland, Scottish Politics, SNP, Tory, Westminster
3 Comments
Ok I give in…Scottish Independence is a dead duck
After a period of time and much reflection, I have decided after many many years to give up on Scottish independence…..we had our chance and we blew it… Subsequently I am giving up any further interest in politics too. I … Continue reading
Posted in scotland, Uncategorized
Tagged BBC, Scotland, Scottish Independence, Scottish parliament, Scottish Politics, SNP, YES
29 Comments
The Big Issue
In watching this general election closely a few things have sprung out at me, some by their absence and others by their over exposure. The absence of leaders coming anywhere close to the real public has been a stand out. … Continue reading
Posted in #GE2015, General Election, politics, scotland
Tagged BBC, BBC Scotland, general election, Scotland, SNP, The Big Issue, Westminster
3 Comments
Between the Devil and the BBC
Those of us who are following the various debates and news reports, desperately looking for information on the Scottish Independence referendum, find ourselves more often than not trying glean impartiality somewhere between the Devil and the BBC. Impartiality is something … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged BBC, Better together, British, Cameron, CBI, Devo Max, Labour, Liberal Democrats, media, Referendum, Salmond, Scotland, Scottish Independence, SNP, undecided, westmister, YES
10 Comments
Living in the Land of Fear
I am all of a tremble, I am quivering in my boots, I am turning into a gibbering nervous wreck and overcome with FEAR! Better Together or Project FEAR as they privately named themselves have me almost hiding in a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged BBC, Better together, CBI, Europe, Land of Fear, NATO, Pound, Scottish Independence, UKIP, YES
5 Comments
Auld Acquaintance 