Those lovely folk at BBC Scotland have gone and done it again. There I was sleepwalking towards Independence this morning when I noticed that the beeb were reporting the startling news that the coterie of tired former politicians who inhabit the House of Lords, were readying themselves to poke a big stick in the spokes of the Scotland Bill.
This got me thinking about the lack of coverage from our state broadcaster on the most important story about, you know, the TNS-BMRB Poll that shows supporters of Independence outnumbering those who would cling on to the last vestiges of Empire, under the detumescent 'We're All In It Together' banner. The Poll that might bring about the end of this Disunited Kingdom via that hoary old bitch Democracy.
A quick check on Facebook, no mention, a scroll through their BBC Scotland website, nada, a long and involved wander through the Loch of Indifference that is their @BBCScotlandNews twitter feed, nope, not to be seen among the detritus of stories about missing kittens, porridge, tartan, the CBI prophets of Doom or the latest Death by Garlic Bread headline. I checked, I scrolled back through 108 tweets of varying fluffiness until arriving at their last tweet on the 4th of September and their first on the 5th of September, which matched exactly the timescale of The Herald, whom in the shape of the estimable journo with cowboy boots and a neat wee beard Robbie Dinwoodie unveiled the results of the Poll here.
I pondered, mused and scratched my napper, for why would BBC Scotland news not report this surely important story, when on July the 4th a mere two months ago they deleriously tweeted and reported the story that Nearly half of English oppose Scottish Independence -poll? I dare say they have a policy that only allows reporting of polls that they commission and we pay for. It does fair point out an anomaly in their news reporting, that when the Scottish body politic is doing somersaults on an hourly basis, that the most recent up to date poll on the big question isn't deemed worthy or reporting.
In other news, this exclusive photograph of the combined beauty contests for the leadership of the Tory/Labour parties has revealed that it's all to play for, match the pins to the paper bag and you could win a front seat bench beside the opposition leaders...
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