tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post7363769272435159127..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: Miliband pulls Scottish Labour's alligators' teeth....Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-79637036223794751652011-04-08T03:18:10.076+01:002011-04-08T03:18:10.076+01:00"Swine Pursuivant" - the pig's trott..."Swine Pursuivant" - the pig's trotters.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975588480290026016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-64257203570229719592010-10-03T14:47:15.656+01:002010-10-03T14:47:15.656+01:00Glad it meets with approval, Mark!
I can't en...Glad it meets with approval, Mark!<br /><br />I can't entirely recall the etymology of the title, though it must have come in a week that united the Lord Lyon King of Arms and pigs in some unlikely fashion. <br /><br />As someone interested in his portfolio - my contempt for the way the man conducts himself seems increasingly boundless. Most politicians are patchy characters, curate's eggs. Baker's public persona, by contrast, is just unrelentingly awful, ungenerous, fat-headed... <br /><br />I could go on...Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-140155349706938772010-10-03T14:30:48.820+01:002010-10-03T14:30:48.820+01:00You may be right there, Colonel Klink. That said, ...You may be right there, Colonel Klink. That said, even on your more cynical <i>(or more realistic, delete by preference)</i> interpretation, at least Miliband's intervention means that the knowing silence you allude to has to be confected and the dishonesty perpetuated. This at least has the potential to be awkward for them. I'd prefer to be gunning against a consciously dishonest silence that is desperately trying to ignore the mewings of the cat that slipped the bag than one whose doubts are purely private.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-25619336627657755482010-10-03T14:06:11.944+01:002010-10-03T14:06:11.944+01:00Thumbs aloft for the 'Swine Pursuivant' ap...Thumbs aloft for the 'Swine Pursuivant' appellation.Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028259430483576141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-22438941322609816412010-10-03T10:58:52.661+01:002010-10-03T10:58:52.661+01:00I think you underestimate the power of the mainstr...I think you underestimate the power of the mainstream media in Scotland. Gray and the rest will probably niggle away at the SNP soft on crime theme and the compliant media will stay mum about the different approach of Westminster politicians.<br /><br />The Record, the Sun, BBC Scotland, The Evening Times and The Scotsman will see Labour safely through the potential difficulties arising from any inconsistencies in the reality of the situation.Colonel Klinknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-5008708217160450252010-10-02T17:20:01.595+01:002010-10-02T17:20:01.595+01:00Sommelier with two Ms sticky key and unsticky lSommelier with two Ms sticky key and unsticky lAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-18236031743674625462010-10-02T17:16:11.615+01:002010-10-02T17:16:11.615+01:00Less a Somellier more a Common SewerLess a Somellier more a Common SewerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-20342768764124631432010-10-02T17:15:29.996+01:002010-10-02T17:15:29.996+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-71350092036824073562010-10-02T16:21:24.823+01:002010-10-02T16:21:24.823+01:00P.S. If anyone wants a clearer view of the graph I...P.S. If anyone wants a clearer view of the graph I inserted above, the figure and figures quoted are culled from a Scottish Government Statistical bulletin <i>Prison Statistics Scotland 2008 - 09</i> <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/11/27092125/0" rel="nofollow">which can be read in full here.</a>Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-16826705776037876292010-10-02T12:07:31.194+01:002010-10-02T12:07:31.194+01:00Precisely, Indy.
They must exist, somewhere, tho...Precisely, Indy. <br /><br />They must exist, somewhere, those folk. They may even exist in the parliament, but out of loyalty they bow their heads, keep their mouths shut and press their voting buttons on cue. Its one of the reasons I think its a pity we don't seem to have a single, vocal, committed Scottish Labour blogger to attempt to justify the tack taken by Gray & Baker - or to express qualms about it. In the blogosphere at least, there is no "texture" of Scottish Labour opinion represented. Too much goes unsaid, or said in private.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-58820169818661520182010-10-02T11:57:18.542+01:002010-10-02T11:57:18.542+01:00P.S. I never mind folk adding a wee plug for their...P.S. I never mind folk adding a wee plug for their endeavours in the comments, Bugger <i>(unless they're obviously spammy)</i>. I'd actually missed your NewsnetScotland section myself, not anticipating we might find distorting Unionist media narratives in our wine reviews! Still, I'm always on the look out for a nice bottle or two... <br /><br />Folk interested in Sommelier Bugger's analysis <a href="http://newsnetscotland.com/interests/know-your-wine" rel="nofollow">can read the "Know your wine" blog here.</a>Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-18513181604441811782010-10-02T11:49:16.341+01:002010-10-02T11:49:16.341+01:00Bugger,
They may well try to brazen-neck it out a...Bugger,<br /><br />They may well try to brazen-neck it out and pretend Miliband said nowt on the subject. That said, the particularly good bit about this story is that it will resonate with a London-media, who are mostly interested in the Westminster implications of any Scottish political story. Basically, they may not get away with it.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-14558709242461838332010-10-02T11:16:48.886+01:002010-10-02T11:16:48.886+01:00Labour think their soft on crime line is a winner ...Labour think their soft on crime line is a winner with their core voters. And it probably is, given that Labour's core voters tend to live in areas of deprivation with higher levels of unemployment, drink and drug abuse, mental illness, family breakdown etc - all the hallmarks of poverty which leads to higher levels of crime. <br /><br />What is interesting is that they cannot hope to win the election simply by shoring up their core voters with this sort of stuff. Frankly they don't really need to do that. The SNP is a long way from breaking through in places like Glasgow North East where Labour's SNP soft on crime line worked so well.<br /><br />It makes you wonder what Labour are playing at. They must know they are alienating the progressive Labour vote with the hang em flog em approach. It doesn't make much sense unless they don't really want to win the election.Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04383904151475839441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-49904935034735039622010-10-01T19:07:23.688+01:002010-10-01T19:07:23.688+01:00If anyone is interested I am scribbling a techo wi...If anyone is interested I am scribbling a techo wine column over at the Newsnet Scotland website.<br /><br />Sorry for the plug but I feel so lonely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-4810175811596956902010-10-01T19:05:05.352+01:002010-10-01T19:05:05.352+01:00Do you honestly think that the two miscreants majo...Do you honestly think that the two miscreants major in SLAB to understand that or to think themselves out of the poke?<br /><br />I hae ma doutsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com