September 26, 2021
Boris Johnson's determination to be a clown saw him refer to Kermit the Frog's song 'It's not easy being green' at the United Nations General Assembly. The audience felt more pity than anything else. Meanwhile Transport Secretary Grant Shapps denied that Brexit was the cause of the UK's appalling supply chain shortage. In fact, he said, the lack of EU regulations allowed him to change the law to make HGV drivers' jobs more appealing to British workers. May contain Muppets.
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September 19, 2021
After blue passports, pint symbols on glasses and wall-to-wall union jacks, Boris Johnson continued England's path to global isolation and irrelevance by announcing the return of imperial weights and measures. Andrew Neil, having parted company with GB News, showed up on BBC Question Time. I suppose all was forgiven.
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September 11, 2021
Just three weeks into the job, Alex Cole-Hamilton could be forgiven for a lack of impact. The practically invisible Anas Sarwar had less of an excuse. Douglas Ross voted for vaccine passports in Westminster and against them in Holyrood, and promised that Scots would not pay higher taxes before voting to increase National Insurance contributions. These are your opposition branch managers.
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September 4, 2021
After launching GB News in June and presenting a show for two weeks, Andrew Neil, who is chairman of the channel, then took two months off. Subsequently it was announced that his scheduled return in the autumn was not going to happen, the station seemingly preferring the even more populist approach of Nigel Farage.
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August 29, 2021
Former Scottish Secretary David "Fluffy" Mundell was appointed UK trade envoy to New Zealand in a bid to “boost British business in dynamic markets” and “break down barriers to trade”.
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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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