August 22, 2021
A former junior minister in the Scotland Office said the department has no real purpose and should be reformed. Lord Ian Duncan, who served there for two years, said he never once spoke to either Theresa May or Boris Johnson and that "there wasn't much to do". Meanwhile Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab faced calls for his resignation after refusing to return from a beach holiday as Kabul fell to the Taliban.
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August 14, 2021
After it was announced he was being sued by a woman alleging sexual abuse, the Duke of York met The Queen and Prince Charles at Balmoral. I imagine the conversation went something like this.
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August 7, 2021
On a visit to a Scottish wind farm, Boris Johnson told reporters: "Thanks to Margaret Thatcher, who closed so many coal mines across the country, we had a big early start and we're now moving rapidly away from coal altogether." It was said in jest, but devastating whole communities and putting a generation out of work without any alternative was hardly a laughing matter.
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August 1, 2021
Following Willie Rennie's resignation as the Liberal Democrats' Scottish branch manager, Alex Cole-Hamilton announced his intention to stand as his successor. Jo Swinson may also have been leader at one point. I can't remember.
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July 25, 2021
Covid restrictions were lifted in England on so-called 'Freedom Day', July 19th, meaning nightclubs could re-open. The world looked on with horror.
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July 18, 2021
After a presenter on Andrew Neil's GB News made the symbolic anti-racism taking the knee pose, viewers staged a boycott to the extent that ratings at times dropped to zero. Meanwhile Nigel Farage was given his own show on the station, Ruth Davidson chose the fittingly pompous name Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links for the house of lords, and far right nutter Katie Hopkins flew to Australia for a broadcast gig then got fired.
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July 11, 2021
The final of the Euro 2020 football tournament was held on July 11th 2021, with England squaring up to Italy. Italy won, much to the relief of Scotland.
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July 4, 2021
Serial election loser George Galloway stood in the Batley and Spen by-election, was decisively defeated, then did a Donald Trump by threatening those involved in the count with legal action. Meanwhile it was announced that the man who is so oily he can slide uphill, Michael Gove, was newly single.
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June 26, 2021
Health Secretary Matt Hancock was pictured having an affair with an aide, Gina Coladangelo, breaching the social distancing rules he set for the general public. A year previously, Hancock was scathing about a government health adviser who resigned for the same reason. Prime Minister Boris Johnson accepted Hancock's apology and said he had full confidence in him. Meanwhile, a certain book was being crowdfunded...
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June 19, 2021
Within a week of launching, advertisers on Andrew Neil's GB News began boycotting the new partisan rightwing channel. Guests included Neil Oliver ("lockdown is the biggest single mistake in world history") and one programme was called 'Woke Watch'. They were also picked up for some rookie broadcasting gaffes and atrocious spelling. Commentators suggested it wouldn't last more than a year.
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