March 21, 2022
P&O Ferries, emboldened by the lack of workers' rights post-brexit and the government's failure to support a 'fire and rehire' bill that would have outlawed such practices, sacked 800 British workers via a pre-recorded video and replaced them with cheaper agency workers. The message included the line, "Your final day of employment is today.” Meanwhile at the Scottish Conservative conference Stephen Kerr MSP had an embarrassing dental malfunction.
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March 14, 2022
Having called for Boris Johnson's resignation, Douglas Ross then withdrew it in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. MSP Murdo Fraser said he fully supported the letter of no confidence, then said withdrawing it was "the right move".
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March 7, 2022
Just ahead of Scottish Labour's spring conference it was reported that Henry Dunbar, the former Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland, would be standing for the party in local elections.
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February 28, 2022
These were comments made in the days immediately prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. George Galloway: "Y'all said Russia was about to invade Ukraine. I told you it wasn't. You were wrong. I was right. Again." Nigel Farage: "Putin doesn't want to invade Ukraine, he's trying to frighten the west." Boris Johnson: "The old concepts of fighting big tank battles on European land mass are over."
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February 21, 2022
As England began to lift pretty much all covid restrictions, Boris Johnson was set to announce a “living safely with Covid” plan, which was expected to have major repercussions for public health across the country.
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February 14, 2022
In a promotional leaflet headed 'The Liberal Democrats are Winning', it was claimed that Scottish branch manager Alex Cole-Hamilton was "the most popular party leader in Scotland". I have no idea how they arrived at such a conclusion but it was unlikely to have been based on any kind of reality.
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February 7, 2022
After partygate and a seemingly endless series of wrong-footed moves by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, five senior conservatives tendered their resignations. It seemed increasingly likely that Johnson would be the third PM in a row to be brought down by Johnson.
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January 31, 2022
The excuses for No 10 parties kept coming. An ally of the Prime Minister said that a birthday gathering for him was not premeditated and that he was simply "ambushed with a cake”. When the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford said in parliament, "The impending National Insurance tax hike hangs like a guillotine while they eat cake”, Johnson replied, "I don’t know who has been eating more cake". Meanwhile the long-awaited Sue Gray report into partygate was held back when the Metropolitan Police said they would be investigating after all, and that it should therefore contain minimal reference to the more serious matters. No, I don't understand either.
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January 24, 2022
Boris Johnson's excuses for partygate were wearing thin; the latest being that nobody told him he was at a party. The rebellion within his own side sparked a slew of recriminations and threats with reports of blackmail against those who refused to back him. Also this week US rocker Meatloaf died aged 74.
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January 17, 2022
When Boris Johnson admitted having attended a No 10 drinks party during lockdown, his Scottish branch manager Douglas Ross called for his resignation. In response to this, Michael Gove said "he's in Elgin and the national Tory leader is in London", and Jacob Rees-Mogg said "Douglas Ross has always been a lightweight figure".
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