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If Boris Johnson had deciding a question was pejorative and online supporters then flocked a lobby journalist who had asked the right questions at the right time, then there would be unanimous support from across media and it'd be a leading story. Sturgeon does it, not so much. https://twitter.com/ChrisMusson/status/1347262479752114176
And if your response is that 'Sure, it's a leading story in Scotland but not the rest of the UK' then I'm sorry but maybe you've just missed the Scottish First Minister, whose entire career is about destroying our country, trying to silence questions over her record.
Questions over the SNP's treatment of probing journalists are well known. The SNP is often claimed to have used a political satire version of David Torrance in a bid to silence his column criticisms. https://www.thenational.scot/news/16178922.house-commons-role-ex-columnist-david-torrance/
And then there's the bigger gagging row over at STV in 2017. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15029547.journalist-in-snp-gagging-row-stephen-daisley-quits-stv/
Do you recall with how much spite and bile Sturgeon would say the word Trump? Well, she did this in very much wide awake memory of when her own activists picketed outside the BBC to accuse the news organisation of being 'anti-Scottish'.
Nationalism lads. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29196912
Nationalism lads. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29196912
The SNP and Sturgeon have a dire record when it comes to the free press and @HumzaYousaf's Hate Crime Bill is no exception. The Scottish Justice Secretary, when asked if he would take journalists to court for 'insulting' language, said he would.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hate-crime-bill-hate-talk-in-homes-must-be-prosecuted-6bcthrjdc
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hate-crime-bill-hate-talk-in-homes-must-be-prosecuted-6bcthrjdc
The SNP went hell for leather to punish the BBC for saying that Nicola Sturgeon had “enjoyed the opportunity to make her own different lockdown rules” during the coronavirus pandemic.
In the midst of a pandemic, the SNP's priorities show their true colour https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18611784.bbc-executive-complaints-unit-issue-ruling-sarah-smith-report-nicola-sturgeon/
In the midst of a pandemic, the SNP's priorities show their true colour https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18611784.bbc-executive-complaints-unit-issue-ruling-sarah-smith-report-nicola-sturgeon/
Here's the rub, while simps down South continue to pretend that Sturgeon is an effective communicator, they often forget that that is only because people like them let her get away with rubbish they'd never allow from someone else. More Trumpy than Trump. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/nicola-sturgeon-is-not-so-different-to-donald-trump
Oh how could I forget? Less than 12 months ago the SNP ran a stunt light campaign on the EU Commission buildings on Brexit Day. It was designed to trick the press and in doing so cause international incident.
But remember, Sturgeon does grown-up politics https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/politics/5269959/snp-nicola-sturgeon-scotland-europe-brexit/
But remember, Sturgeon does grown-up politics https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/politics/5269959/snp-nicola-sturgeon-scotland-europe-brexit/
Very glad to see other Scottish political journalists call out abuse and the implicit allowance and encouragement of online targeting of certain publications and journalists that has become all too common under the SNP and Nicola Sturgeon. https://twitter.com/AlanRoden/status/1347340636912025608?s=19
