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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January 10, 2022
In parliament the Conservative backbencher Andrew Rosindell asked what could be done to get the BBC to play the national anthem at the end of every day. “Fantastic question,” said the culture secretary Nadine Dorries.
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January 3, 2022
One of the highlights of 2021 was undoubtedly the Conservatives' Scottish branch manager Douglas Ross reading out the prank name 'Mike Oxmells' on his live podcast. Admittedly highlights were thin on the ground in 2021.
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December 26, 2021
Boris Johnson said getting a covid vaccine booster "follows the teaching of Jesus Christ", offending pretty much everybody.
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December 19, 2021
Simon Case, the civil servant tasked with investigating Downing Street Christmas parties held when the rest of the country was enduring lockdown, was forced to step down following claims that he hosted parties of his own.
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December 12, 2021
The storm over Downing Street's 2020 lockdown Christmas parties continued to rage, with new revelations daily. The mood of the nation could be gauged when even cheeky teatime TV favourites Ant and Dec joked about the "prime minister… for now".
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