October 27, 2019
A PR and lobbying industry body condemned the hiring of the former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson by a communications firm while she continues to sit in the Scottish parliament as “wholly unethical”. Ruth doesn't see the problem.
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October 20, 2019
Asked why Scotland doesn't have its own Brexit deal like Northern Ireland, Tory MP Damian Green said: "Well you can wonder that about Kent – the part that I represent." Also Dominic Raab said this was a “cracking deal” for Northern Ireland because it will keep “frictionless access to the single market” - the access we all currently have until Brexit removes it.
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October 13, 2019
So much for those saviours of the union, Scottish branch managers Ruth Davidson and Kezia Dugdale. Davidson bailed out at the first indication of forthcoming Tory election losses, and it was reported that Dugdale even resigned as a Labour party member three months ago.
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October 6, 2019
Scottish Tory interim leader Jackson Carlaw abandoned the branch's opposition to a no-deal Brexit, with new Scottish Secretary Alister Jack admitting they had been "brought into line" with the UK party. Jack also suggested that “one of the left-wing” bank holidays could be replaced by a “Union Day”, showing just how in touch he is with the people of Scotland.
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September 29, 2019
Eyebrows were raised when the unionists' Scottish branch offices discussed testing the wording of the next independence referendum question, the one they strenuously deny will ever happen.
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September 22, 2019
David Cameron released his memoirs and admitted he lobbied the Queen to support a No vote in the 2014 referendum. Meanwhile broadcaster Jeremy Vine made a bizarre toadying plea to her majesty, begging her to renounce her so-called neutrality and sort out the Brexit mess. Nuts.
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September 15, 2019
After Scottish judges ruled that the PM's suspension of parliament was unlawful, the anti-Scottish backlash in the press, on social media and from number 10 was ferocious.
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September 8, 2019
As Boris Johnson's tenure as leader descended into chaos, one unelected individual, political strategist Dominic Cummings, appeared to be wielding an awful lot of power.
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September 1, 2019
In a surprise move, Ruth Davidson announced she was standing down as the Conservatives' Scottish branch manager. She blamed family life, but as it happened the day after Boris Johnson received permission to progrogue parliament, everybody knew what it was really about.
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August 25, 2019
"Brexit provides a brighter vision than narrow, angry nationalism can offer," said Westminster's new man in North Britain, Alister Jack, seemingly unaware of both Brexit being a product of narrow, angry nationalism, and indeed his own extreme British nationalism.
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