May 9, 2021
The 2021 Holyrood election was a massive win for the SNP, but some Unionist stalwarts hung on due to tactical voting. James 'I will not sit down' Kelly was not one.
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May 1, 2021
George Galloway of the All For Unity party tweeted: "It’s only a snap-shot because I almost never watch it but: is it the Mission of @BBCScotland to make us look and sound like a nation of Janey Godleys and Rab C Nesbits? It’s excruciating... Most Scots neither look nor sound like that. We are a people who made it big all over the world as artists architects engineers film and television professionals - we even invented the damn thing! I’m sitting here with my wife watching jakies!" Comedian Godley hit back, saying she refused to be ashamed of her working class roots or accent. Rab C Nesbit was unavailable for comment.
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April 25, 2021
The BBC was hit by a flood of complaints over anti-independence bias in its first leaders debate. Their response was to change the format, removing live audiences.
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April 17, 2021
Labour's newly installed Scottish branch manager Anas Sarwar used the surprisingly unambitious slogan 'for a better opposition' in his election campaign. It seemed the 2021 election was the first in which only one person was campaigning to be First Minister.
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April 10, 2021
Following Prince Philip's death at the age of 99, the BBC’s full TV schedule was replaced with news coverage of the event synchronised across all its networks. Cancelled shows include the Masterchef final, The One Show, EastEnders and Have I Got News For You. They were forced to set up a special complaints form after being inundated with messages about its wall-to-wall coverage.
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April 3, 2021
Easter Special. A full year after the March 23rd 2020 lockdown, the Scottish Government announced a timetable for easing restrictions, beginning on April 2nd with a ‘Stay Local’ message.
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March 28, 2021
In a surprise move, former First Minister Alex Salmond announced he would be fronting the newly-formed Alba party and standing in May's election as a list-only choice. Reaction in the independence movement was divided, but politicians were universally critical. The announcement somewhat overshadowed Willie Rennie's beach-based campaign launch, photographed in a giant yellow deckchair.
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March 20, 2021
Housing Minister Robert Jenrick was interviewed via Skype from his home, where he had the biggest Union Jack known to man. The presenters commented on it and soon the hashtag #flagshaggers was trending on Twitter.
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March 13, 2021
Michael Gove's beleaguered 'union unit', which had struggled to retain key staff and contained no actual Scots, was quietly ditched in favour of an 'all-star' team of heavy hitters - Gove, Johnson, Sunak and... um Alister Jack.
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March 7, 2021
Murdo Fraser, Jackie Baillie, Alex Cole-Hamilton and Margaret Mitchell were all part of the committee looking into the Scottish Government’s handling of harassment complaints against Alex Salmond. Cole-Hamilton had previously been caught on camera mouthing the words 'f*ck you, Maree' to SNP MSP Maree Todd. Fraser had complained that Nicola Sturgeon's daily covid briefings were nothing but party political broadcasts and, having inadvertently given her even more air time, may have felt somewhat dismayed when her measured performance resulted in thousands of new SNP members.
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