Now I'm pretty sure that the near 1000 of you who read yesterday's blog post on BBC Scotland and their selective fact presentation, with regard to their wonderful choice of photographs , will hopefully have forgiven me from keeping you from the great sunny outdoors for a few moments. By close of play I had presumed that the Beeb would do absolutely nothing about their immoral manipulation of news and images.
Well blimey O'Reilly did I get that wrong. A mere couple of moments ago I swung by their website to see if our state broadcaster had covered any of Labour's latest shenanigans about using public money for electioneering, only to discover this new image:
Now apart from the dubious quality of the photographs, I mean poor Bella and those shadows, really! I have to say it strikes me as odd that we now have in counter - clockwise fashion;
Ms Goldie with a pained attempt at smiling in strong sunlight.
The Tartan Overlord caught mid guffaw.
The Young Lochinver doing his best ginger eagle impersonation.
And toppermost.
First Minister-in-waiting, man of gravitas, future House of Lords benchwarmer, Iain Gray. This photograph has Mr Gray looking like the serious man for serious times statesman-like overachiever his small but loyal band of followers would have us believe he is.
Having him stand under the gaze of ace Kit Kat eater, the late Gannet on the Granite, Donald Dewar, actually diminishes Dewar's role as Glasgow's chief traffic cone repositary.
Now I kant make an expert critique of judgement, as Europe's smallest philosopher might have, had he ever witnessed the machinations of Labour's artful work in Scotland. However, I will say this, our very ain state broadcaster really needs to be more mindful of their own metaphysics of morals.
Ohh and here's a more likely shot of Mr Gray that won't make it on to the state broadcasters website....
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Ah, the rheumy eye. It afflicts all gentleman of a certain age...
One hopes to see this photo again on May 6th under the title 'La recherche du temps perdu.'
Mark
Gray has just read the latest opinion poll in The Sunday Times.
Mark
Gray has just read the latest opinion poll in The Sunday Times.
http://www2.snp.org/snp_take_poll_lead
A new poll published today in the Sunday Times suggests the SNP would win 54 seats in the Scottish Parliament compared to 52 for the Labour Party.
The poll conducted between 24th and 29th March has the SNP and Labour neck and neck on the constituency vote and the SNP ahead by 5% on the list vote. The list vote is the one that determines the overall balance of the Scottish Parliament and is the vote that will decide who becomes First Minister in Scotland. The results are:
Constituency vote:
SNP 37
Lab 37
Con 13
Lib 8
List seats vote:
SNP 37
Lab 32
Con 11
Lib 7
Gre 5
A propos the rheumy eye, is that the resurrected Purcel bringing up the rear
I'm glad I refuse to pay my license 'fee'.
Well, Mr MacLachlan, I am certainly in favour of air strikes on the BBC to protect us civilians, but I am fairly relaxed about this. One of Mr Salmond's strengths is that everyone knows what he looks like: one photo here or there will make no difference (though the man himself, as a Burnsian, may think "The mair they click the better I'm kent). And yon photie of Nicola is quite a good one really: she is a serious politician who makes things happen. She might well be pensive: whereas the idea of Iain Gray actually thinking is fairly laughable. By the way, I though the previous cheesemonger lassie was good, but I'm lovin' this one!
Keep up the good work Mark. I'll send you any photaes I see.
Are you keeping before and after photaes of Alex's diet progress?
Good spot Mark.
I'm sure Mr Gray will be positively giggety gigging himself with my portrayal of him.
http://bigrab.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/lookalike-leaders/
You forgot to mention that they have the green statue of Donald Dewar behind Gray (man of parts).
The fact that Dewar was a despicable spitting snarling stick insect of a man apparently holds no import on core Labourite voters.
Thus the association of Gray with Dewar is apparently a good thing.
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