Sturgeonland

[Donanddusted]

It's never the good practices that you read about in msm though:
"SCOTLAND has “blazed a trail” in areas of health policy, chief medical officer for England Sir Chris Whitty has said."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/flipboa...t%3fformat=amp

Cannot disagree with the severe lack of talent in Scottish politics though

[57vintage]

It's never the good practices that you read about in msm though:
"SCOTLAND has “blazed a trail” in areas of health policy, chief medical officer for England Sir Chris Whitty has said."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/flipboa...t%3fformat=amp

Cannot disagree with the severe lack of talent in Scottish politics though

Is The National not just The Party’s fanzine though?

Ironically beloved by very few readers now, who seem not to realise that it’s a publication owned and produced by the “yooooooon” “Toary” Herald? Capitalism diversifying to exploit as usual.

I tend to trust my own antennae by absorbing news sources from across the political spectrum and looking quite closely at verified data produced on ‘operational’ matters. It’s not a pretty picture from both neo-liberal governments under whose yoke I’m imprisoned.

I’ve always liked the (admittedly-illiberal) quote from Harry Lime, “You know what the fellow said—in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, and they had 500 years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”

And a cardboard box with a couple of infant picture books, a half dozen frenchies, and some fanny pads, let’s not forget.

[Donanddusted]

Oh, I saw through the "National" quickly. It's the Herald with a Saltire sticker on it.
However, they are quoting what Whitty said.
How many other papers or tv stations will pick up on this?

[57vintage]

Oh, I saw through the "National" quickly. It's the Herald with a Saltire sticker on it.
However, they are quoting what Whitty said.
How many other papers or tv stations will pick up on this?

None yet, as far as I can see, although the comments on The National are wonderfully paranoid. It’s almost as if the commenters aren’t switched on to the fact that such occasional deserved praise doesn’t outweigh the briezeblock/gossamer fairy’s wing scales imbalance in the management of operational areas for which Holyrood has has responsibility since 1999.

To continue the horology metaphor, a broken clock’s right twice a day.

[donsdaft]

Remember it's really the Glasgow Herald, and as such is so weegiefied that's it's impossible to read.

[Mason89]

It does seem odd that a country split 50/50 only has the national to represent one side of it. Guy in work brings it in every day & I have the occasional glance but it’s not up to much.

[Donanddusted]

It does seem odd that a country split 50/50 only has the national to represent one side of it. Guy in work brings it in every day & I have the occasional glance but it’s not up to much.

It doesn't represent though. The website is pure unadulterated clickbait to get "Furious from Forfar" to post a tirade about "prominent unionist politicians and media darlings".

[Mason89]

Never use newspaper websites. They’re designed to load slowly, for misplaced ad clicks


Edit - https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/

Try clicking on that. It looks worse than this site. At least A/Mad is shyte because Sibo doesn’t give a f*ck. The Record is like that deliberately

[57vintage]

It does seem odd that a country split 50/50 only has the national to represent one side of it. Guy in work brings it in every day & I have the occasional glance but it’s not up to much.

I don’t know if it’s odd, in that it seems that only aged gits like me actually read newspapers these days, and even then that’s via Aberdeen City Libraries’ (until it’s put down by philistine local politicians) sponsorship via Pressreader. Isn’t it the ability to give instantaneous reaction to events the reason that blogs and online news and opinion services have mushroomed and hard copy press outlets are evidencing falling circulation?

I know a bit about the hard copy media world, and anyone looking to initiate a new publication in that format is either deluded or has money to burn. That said, I’m still a bit Airchie about my association with a print-only periodical that only uses the ‘net to offer subscriptions.

[Donanddusted]

https://12ft.io/
Is useful for reading only text with ads and pics removed.