Plague Diary: 1000 New Cases in 24 Hours
When I wrote this in April, I hoped to be wrong. I was not.
#covid19 #plaguediary #pandemic #lockdown #level3 #scotland #scottishblogs
—GM Stevenson
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Maryhill Library Should Reopen, Says Patrick Grady
Photo of Patrick Grady by Richard Townshend
In response to what I previously wrote about Glasgow Life’s plans to close Maryhill Library permanently, Patrick Grady, MP for Glasgow North, emailed me on June 1:
Glasgow Debates Aesthetics & Morality in the Work of Milan Kundera
Description: graffiti on the ground, with a quote from The Unbearable Lightness of Being, “Beauty is a world betrayed” followed with the response, “No it’s no!”
#glasgow #graffiti #milankundera #theunbearablelightnessofbeing
—GM Stevenson
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Dawn Raids in Scotland by a Foreign Government
As of yesterday, there can be no denying Scotland is an occupied country.
Clipped Wings
I said in the previous post that the Scottish election result is a victory for compassion and respect. Today it was announced that the hate site Wings Over Scotland (whose author, Stuart Campbell, is based in England), a.k.a. The Daily McMail, is to stop blogging.
As usual, though, Mr Campbell’s word is not to be trusted. “Wings is over,” he says, and then adds he will reconsider his decision in November. Many of us are sceptical that Mr Campbell will be able to live without his narcissistic supply, but a break for six months will be a small mercy.
And, whatever his decision, he is correct: Wings is over. So is Alba. So is Alex Salmond. This is 2021, and Scotland has its most diverse parliament yet.
#wingsoverscotland #stuartcampbell #bigotry #hate #albaparty #alexsalmond
—GM Stevenson
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Five Days Later: Scottish Election Notes
Nothing suprising happened. The SNP got one vote short of a majority, and the Greens gained seats, so the Scottish government is still a pro-independence majority. Alex Salmond and Alba, with less than two percent of the vote, are dead and buried, and their hateful supporters have their cards marked. I found it comical when one of them, Kenny MacAskill, said the election had been “too soon” for Alba. Thirty years too late, more like.
This Scottish Election Is Not About a Party
Nicola Sturgeon says tomorrow’s election is the most important Scotland has had in decades. While we expect hyperbole from politicians, especially close to an election, she is not exaggerating. It might be the most important Scottish election ever.
Ex-Socialist George Galloway Wants Working Class People to Talk Proper
As I have recently written about the 20th Century’s attempt to invade the 21st, it would be remiss of me not to mention another emissary from that period, George Galloway, former socialist and former MP, who now represents reactionaries who want Scotland to stay in the UK, against reactionaries who want Scotland to be independent.
When it comes to disgracing oneself in public, Alex Salmond is a hard man to beat, but Mr Galloway is up to the challenge. Now the leader of the All For Unity party, yesterday he wrote on Tw****r:
Good News for Scottish Viruses
If you are a virus in Scotland, things have been tough since the start of this year, with lockdown making it harder for you to kill people. But tomorrow your life will get easier. Lockdown is ending, Scotland is moving to Level 3. Here are all the ways you can find victims starting tomorrow:
Craig Murray Speaks Up for the Has-Beens
“Let me sing you some Wet Wet Wet…”
In Craig Murray’s latest post, he laments his irrelevance, and that of his pals from the 20th Century:
“Peter Bell, Barrhead Boy, Robin McAlpine, James Kelly, Jeggit, Stuart Campbell, Iain Lawson, and me – I could go on with a dozen more – these were the writers to whom pro-Independence people turned in their hundreds of thousands to escape from the diet of unionist propaganda they were fed from the BBC and papers. These bloggers and independent journalists were, along with the All Under One Banner marches, the heartbeat of Independence.”
Oh, those were the days. And then he moves from pitiful to insane:
“I regard this election as just the start for Alba. I look forward to participating in democratic debate that shapes its policies.”
This is up there with his recent prediction that Joanna Cherry would replace Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister within a year. Or was it six months?
#craigmurray #albaparty #barrheadboy #robinmcalpine #wingsoverscotland #joannacherry #nicolasturgeon #snp #scottishpolitics #scottishblogs
—GM Stevenson
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