Danny Alexander - at it again...

Danny Alexander seems still to be labouring under the misapprehension people give a toss about what he says.

His most recent verbal ejaculation:

And something else he said a while ago...

If you're reading something Danny said about - well - anything really. Always have in your mind the look on his face in - and the context of - the image above.

I mean, just look at it - look at his face...

Just look... 

LOOK AT IT!

My work here is done.

BBC reporting on Shell.

The BBC are trying to make something of a speech given by Shell's CEO Ben Van Beurden about Scotland potentially leaving the UK. The headline certainly points in that direction.

Even as I typed this, the BBC edited their fantastic scoop by adding in some helpful graphics and a lot of 'opinion', because of that, the images below no longer resemble the story as it now exists. Not that the BBC doesn't often punt out stories crammed with misinformation only to quietly change it later into something more representative of reality once the bullshit version has sunk in.

That isn't the point though, bear in mind the headline above...

How many times in the article is Ben quoted saying he'd like Scotland to remain part of the UK?

How many times in the article is Ben quoted saying he'd like the UK to remain in the EU?

I haven't even included side quotes taken out of context or the usual daft piffle BBC articles are padded out with.

So, do we think the headline suits the story? Or is the BBC trying to jam that elephant's foot in to a glass slipper?

I can't resist a mixed metaphor.

Note: You might have tried to click on the images above only to get a blur of squiggles, we're* still running Windows XP here so have no easy access to a snipping tool, plus, the story runs on for a bit making it impossible to 'PrintScreen'. Unfortunately I can't provide you with a link to the original because its been 'over-written' by the new one.

How ever, as you can probably gather from my skills with MS Paint, the notion that I've somehow 'shopped' the images above to remove information or imagery that would exonerate the BBC from its usual bias and disinformation around the independence debate - I think its probably safe to rule it out.

* Not the editorial 'we', its just me sitting here at work... On a break of course... Honest...

Morality and a yes vote.

Motivated by a conversation I was having recently with a pal on Facebook, the morality of a yes vote came up.

Essentially, he said he would be voting no because he thought we 'gain something from being a key part of what Britain is' and he disliked 'the idea of Scotland abandoning the sinking ship when things aren't going well...' He went on to say the whole country was a mess and it would be more beneficial to sort out the mess before leaving.

He finished by saying voting to leave '...doesn't seem the right thing to do morally.'


First of all, I think its a laudable sentiment, not wanting to abandon people in England, Wales & Northern Ireland to continued Westminster mismanagement. However, given we can't reasonably expect to change Westminster - you'll remember this:

 This:

 And this:

Is it morally acceptable to commit future generations in Scotland to ever more ferocious neo-conservative fuckwittery of the sort we're currently subjected to - against our democratic will - when we have a route out in September this year?

Is there any nobility in shared misery? I would say not.

The Tories are in Government for a reason - other than the Lib Dems propping them up - people in the South of the UK voted for them. With only one Tory MP in Scotland, they've been rejected enthusiastically for years in Scotland

Some people like to point out that a Westminster General election is a UK wide affair and since Scotland is a part of the UK - it doesn't matter that Scotland rejects the Tories. This is to miss the point of self-determination - Scotland is a different country with different political aspirations. As I said, it is admirable to want to help out a neighbour running into problems - but surely not at ruinous cost to your own household - especially when that neighbour is doing it to themselves and in turn to you; and there's not a damn thing you can do to stop them.

Under those circumstance, would it not make sense to move away?

I'm sure he'll be thrilled to know I'm going to keep working on him.

Steady, I'm not that boring...
Am I?