RANDOM THOUGHTS

I noted that Parler, the hard right social media platform, so favoured by Trump and his supporters, shut down recently because none of the app providers wanted their companies to be associated with it, had among its contributors, the ever lovely Tories James Cleverly, Nadine Dories and the Brexit Burger, Michael (Sniffy) Gove. Steve Baker and Ben Bradley also joined up along with other less known names from the Cons.

Mad Nad.

I’ve often wondered why the broadcasters here pronounce the name similarly to “parlour”, when the obvious way to me, would be “parlay”…as it presumably means “to speak”. Anyone?

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Ain’t he pretty, all dressed up in his party frock?

The SNP has been accused of being out of touch because they have launched an independence task force at a time when well over 50% of the population wants independence. Meanwhile the Noble and Aristocratic Lord McConnell says from his vantage point on a comfortable red bench, that the bulk of us don’t want a referendum at the moment. He probably thinks we should wait till 2055, like his friend, De Pfeffel Johnson. It’s the rarefied air that the upper classes breathe that does it, methinks.

The unelected Lord Jack McConnell explains what Scotland thinks #politicsscotland pic.twitter.com/xN6OzmGU0N

— Phantom Power (@PhantomPower14) January 17, 2021

So 57% want independence, but they don’t want a referendum, you Nobleness… Is that what you’re saying?

Ummmmmmmmmm… But Boris has launched one for the 43% so they don’t feel left out and to show how much he loves them he’s put Michael Gove and some bloke who lost his seat at the last election, in charge. Isn’t he just lovely!

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Where would we be were it not for the wisdom and kindness of our betters… The Noble Lord Sumption, for example?

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I was looking for a picture of the Home Secretary, but this bag lady will have to do.

Has anyone worked out how the Home Office, under Ms Patel, managed to lose so many important criminal records? I thought they did daily backups of information of such import.

I saw this tweet which might be the answer…

Hazie @DavidHazie

I work in the scientific research & everything is backed up, you can only ever lose a days data at the most. Considering how important info on criminals is, you’d imagine the Home Office would at least do the same or has it been outsourced & that’s the real problem?

Whatever… it does seem really inefficient even for for global Little Britain and its notoriously chaotic Home Office!

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Keir Starmer has serious questions to answer here. Did the UK Labour leader have Richard Leonard removed as part of a deal with millionaire donors? @scottishlabour pic.twitter.com/YI7FghEoJY

— Phantom Power (@PhantomPower14) January 14, 2021

If this is correct and if millionaire donors are the people who decide the leadership of the party, then it’s not much of a surprise that Richard Leonard was sacked. I guess his coat was on a shoogly peg when Sir Keir took over the England and British branch. They have very little in common. I wonder though, what Sir Keir has in common with ordinary Labour members in Scotland. Mr Sarwar, on the other hand…

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‘To a Tory’ 🐁

With Scotland at odds with the rest of the UK, this December I've tried to sum up how many of us feel here with a reimagining of Burns 'To a Mouse'. It's not a patch on the great man's work but I hope you enjoy 😀 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🐁 pic.twitter.com/pV3LcmETP6

— Mountebank Tours (@mountebanktours) December 23, 2019

Thanks, Brenda, for drawing my attention to this poetic masterpiece.