Hokey-Cokey-Gate

Michael Matheson, my local MSP (and probably the Nat whose victory gave Salmond the plurality in the Parliament) has brought fresh ridicule on himself and his master, by condemning the children's song The Hokey Cokey as an anti-Catholic tract.
Salmond has been grubbing around for votes amongst Scotland's Catholics for a few years now, making the right noises around issues such as abortion and genetic research, hoping to gain traction amongst Scotland's traditionally Labour supporting Catholics.
Sectarianism is Scotland's greatest shame; the pathetic Matheson is adding fuel to the fire. Speaking of which, as bonfire night celebrates the burning of a Catholic terrorist Guy Fawkes, should Catholics take further offence and call for prosecutions of those who celebrate the 5th of November?

Ground Control to Major Salmond

I see the Nats are bigging up the idea that an RAF base in Moray should be the Scottish space centre. Other than recommending that they perhaps deal with the important issues of the economy (jiggered), health (woman giving birth on the floor of the ERI) or education (teacher numbers falling like a stone), this is an interesting idea
Perhaps they can persuade Jimmy Krankie to take the first flight - funny how the Krankies disappeared from our screens when Eck and Sturgeon came to power - you never see them all in the same room!

Sutherland No More

Can this be serious - the Scottish Executive under the control of those who claim to understand our nation's history, are planning to give £10MYN of taxpayers' money to the family at the heart of the Highland Clearances? Salmond clearly has no sense of irony.
We also need a sense of perspective - no matter how fine a work of art the Titian is, in the current economic climate, what chance the Duke of Sutherland finding a buyer at any price let alone the fixed £50MYN he started off at - call his bluff and see if he can find a buyer on the open market.
Perhaps Eck with his two salaries could make him an offer?

Downfall

Not as funny as the Walter Smith version, but the Jeanette Krankie remark made me laugh out loud!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hYq-vC5mxNQ

Bridge to Nowhere

The payoff to Souter has finally arrived - Eck is giving him his very own bridge over the River Forth!
That half million bung before the election has certainly helped to write the Nats policy platform.
I presume we can expect the reintroduction of Section 28 before long.

Football Crazy

Nice to see the Nats are focusing on the important matters of government again - http://news.scotsman.com/politics/SNP-accused--of-sticking.4769757.jp
this is right up there with Linda Fabiani complaining on Good Morning Scotland that she couldn't watch the Scotland matches on telly - presumably Fat Eck is too cheap to fork out for Setanta.
What I really want to know is: what does Eck do at Hampden when the crowd sing "Stand Up if You Hate England".
(Though, after the booing he got when he tried grandstanding at the Scotland v Croatia game, it may be some time before he braves the crowd again....)