September 1, 2018
After Alex Salmond launched a legal challenge to the Scottish Government regarding its handling of sexual harassment allegations, the press were determined to paint it in terms of 'SNP civil war', despite no evidence of this. It felt more like wishful thinking on their part.
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August 25, 2018
Jeremy Corbyn joined his Scottish branch manager for a few days in Scotland. He memorably was asked the same question six times without answering, and didn't know who deputy Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw was.
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August 18, 2018
Gordon Brown made yet another intervention and as usual nobody much cared apart from the press, who are still under the illusion that anything he says matters. The same week, Runrig played their final concerts and called it a day.
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August 12, 2018
Former branch manager of Scottish Labour, Jim Murphy took out a full-page advert apologising for his party's supposed anti-semitism. Murphy had been in the wilderness since losing 40 of 41 seats in 2015 and previously was the MP for East Renfrewshire, Scotland's largest Jewish community. Opportunistic? Moi?
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August 5, 2018
In the week that Wings Over Scotland had their Youtube channel suspended following complaints from the BBC, it was revealed that David Mundell's last two election campaigns were helped by Tory 'dark money' from the Scottish Unionist Association Trust, a mysterious organisation which does not publish accounts.
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July 29, 2018
Before his trip to Brussels, Dominic Raab penned a "Brexit War Cry" in the Daily Mail. The war cry turned out to be more of a whimper after EU negotiator Barnier ruled out the UK's proposed Brexit customs plan.
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July 22, 2018
Various Scottish Tory nobodies complained that a Visit Scotland campaign was pushing the SNP's independence message - by including images of the Queensferry Crossing and a baby box. "I would hope the intention of Visit Scotland isn't to promote nationalism?" said one confused MSP.
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July 15, 2018
"I am looking forward to greeting Mr Trump on behalf of the UK Government," said toadying Scottish Secretary David Mundell, once again making clear where his allegiance lies.
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July 8, 2018
A senior government source warned that ministers who did not fall into line at a crunch Brexit meeting at Chequers would surrender ministerial cars and take taxis home. Those present also had phones and watches confiscated.
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July 1, 2018
Having rebranded the Scotland Office as 'UK Government Scotland', it was then revealed that David Mundell's department would be incorporated into a larger UK Government hub in Edinburgh. It's starting to feel like Scotland is being UK-fied.
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The Unbearable Uselessness Of Labour
