Watching the watchers

Joined September 2015
The BBC's assault on Glasgow should concern everyone in Scotland. The city is collateral damage just as everything in Scotland is when it comes to politics and the BritNats. The constant caricaturing of Scotland as inferior, a mess and in permanent crisis needs to be called out.
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Toe curling from Michael Marra.
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There's always a tweet.
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Has Andy Burnham misspoke again by signalling the end of standing charges on energy bills? Will he 'clarify' later and claim he was talking about ten years from now?
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Let's see if BBC Scotland reports this.
BREAKING: John Swinney has demanded the UK Government’s new North Sea Energy Wealth Fund be ringfenced for the north east of Scotland He welcomed the move in a letter to Andy Burnham, but questioned why the initial £2 billion represents 'only around half' of last year’s North Sea revenues
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Good to see House Jock Michael Shanks being scolded like a pet that's just soiled its master's carpet.
🚨 WATCH: The Speaker attacks the Energy Secretary for announcing the Jackdaw approval to the media before Parliament "The Secretary of State doesn't care about members on this side, that side, wherever! We're elected to hear statements here, NOT the media!"
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Another broadcast journalist responding to criticisms on social media. This is a good sign. It shows social media does indeed have some influence.
Some irritation at FM being asked about a reserved issue. Worth pointing out that the SG, last month, called for energy powers to be devolved to Holyrood, so it’s reasonable to expect John Swinney holds a view Other reserved issues: whisky duty, foreign affairs, independence
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Last year Andy Burnham boasted he'd signed the 'Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty'. Today he has sanctioned Jackdaw to drill for more fossil fuels. Another Labour liar who makes pledges that are worthless. Grangemouth, Waspi Women, GB Energy jobs, Lower energy bills.
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Can someone tell Lucy Dunn that energy is reserved to Westminster. There seems to be a surreal reversal of devolved and reserved going on just now where Swinney is the one challenged on reserved issues and Burnham is portrayed as having power over devolved issues.
🔴 NEW: The Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea has been approved by the UK government When I asked First Minister John Swinney last week if he backed the projects, he refused to give me a straight answer and laid out an energy strategy with no mention of drilling 👇
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The critical incident declared by Nottingham NHS Trust yesterday was the THIRD inside a year. The trust declared one in Nov 2025 and again in Jan 2026. If this was a Scottish health board BBC Scotland would go after John Swinney. Labour MSPs would demand the health secretary be sacked. It would be a political circus.
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A critical incident has been declared by the trust that runs Nottingham's two major hospitals.
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Michael Marra's deputy Jackie Baillie trying to score cheap political points using yesterday's UK Covid Inquiry report. Grotesque politicking from an individual notorious for such. She stains the Scottish parliament. Did Michael Marra sanction this? @michaeljmarra
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The Scottish Govt should offer to bale out the BBC Scotland digital channel. Put it in the hands of the Holyrood culture committee in the first instance, save the ten jobs and rename it the Scottish Broadcast Channel.
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🚨 BREAKING: Labour MP Perran Moon has been suspended amid claims he tried to wind up his company without repaying a taxpayer-funded COVID loan
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The UK Covid Inquiry made one glaring mistake. It failed to examine the broadcast media. Public conformity was essential in containing the virus and people were steered by what they heard on TV and Radio. BBC Scotland politicised the pandemic and put thousands of lives at risk. It smeared the FM, misled the public by continually framing Scotland's vaccination programme as failing and regularly undermined guidelines & messaging.
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A critical incident has been declared by the trust that runs Nottingham's two major hospitals. According to the trust there were more than than 200 patients in A&E, with more than 100 waiting to be seen. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck1e…
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During the pandemic Andy Burnham attacked Nicola Sturgeon for banning folk from the north of England coming to Scotland due to high Covid rates. Burnham stated "The Scottish Govt can't impose things on parts of the north of England with no discussion with us." It could and did.
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Scottish care home residents received their vaccinations first unlike residents south of the border. Nicola Sturgeon saved hundreds of lives by beginning with the logistically more difficult group. BBC Scotland sought to portray our initial slower rate as a failure. Scotland's vaccination and booster programme ended up the fastest in the UK. Our front line staff were heroes.
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BBC Scotland employed sleight of hand when reporting the SNP bus franchise plan. The FM said buses would be brought back under public control. BBC Scotland however claimed he planned to *nationalise* buses and bring them into public *ownership*. The fake reporting lent credibility to McGill's claim Swinney was acting like a dictator who wanted to seize their business. You simply cannot trust what BBC Scotland reports.
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