I’ll be there. I’ve already booked my ticket for the Scottish Independence Convention conference on 14 January. I won’t be among the speakers. Which is maybe just as well as what I would have to say would probably not go…
The worst politics
During the first referendum campaign, a number of observers noted a pattern in the way the anti-independence propaganda machine operated. Typically, a ‘report’ would be published by some ‘independent’ think-tank which would be spun as ‘proving’ that independence would mean…
Neighbours from hell!
There may be a reason many experts dismiss tales of border controls at Gretna as scaremongering. Firstly, it’s just plain silly to imagine an rUK newly cut off from the biggest single market in the world by Brexit would also…
The abstainers
I didn’t see the episode of BBC Question Time (BBCQT) where Cat Boyd ‘confessed’ to having abstained in the EU referendum. I regularly abstain from watching BBCQT. Although this isn’t really abstaining in the same sense as declining to vote.…
London Calling – DVD Appeal
By Alan Knight Shortly after the Scottish Independence Referendum, social media commentator GA Ponsonby launched an appeal in order to fund the writing and promotion of a book chronicling the role played by the BBC in helping to turn what…
Thirteen frigates and a train
So the bastards have been caught at it again. This weekend it emerged that BBC officials have admitted broadcasting false information relating to pre-indyref shipbuilding pledges by the UK Govt. The culprits were the presenters of the flagship morning news…
Making a stand
I’m sure Humza Yousaf was well aware when he took on the transport portfolio that he would immediately be targeted by the usual shrill mob of British Labour in Scotland (BLiS) loyalists and assorted British nationalist fanatics. Resentful at being…
BBC admits ‘Indyref Frigates’ bulletins were false
The BBC has admitted broadcasting false information relating to promises made by the UK government during the independence referendum. The admission follows news reports earlier this month relating to defence contracts for Clydeside shipyards. Two weeks ago on November 4th…
Meaningful equality
It is interesting that Michael Fry addresses the issue of equality solely in terms of income and wealth. And that he appears to regard equality as synonymous with identicalness. Taken together with his focus on practicalities, what this suggests is…
They’re after Humza
The following is an excerpt from my book – London Calling: How the BBC stole the Referendum. Few people will forget Monday December 6th 2010 when snow hit the Scottish Central Belt and motorists were stuck in their cars, some…