May 2021 – Stephen Daisley

You Kent be serious

Nicola Sturgeon briefed the media on the Indian variant of Covid-19 on May 21, 2021. This is the text of my Scottish Daily Mail sketch of the press conference. ***** We may be slowly getting the better of coronavirus but there’s no vaccine as yet for the pandemic of political correctness sweeping the Western world. At herContinue reading “You Kent be serious”

Meet the new priority, same as the old priority

Nicola Sturgeon was re-elected as First Minister on May 18, 2021. This is the text of my Scottish Daily Mail sketch of proceedings. ***** In the least shocking election result since Kim Jong-un’s name was last on a ballot paper, Nicola Sturgeon was reappointed First Minister of Scotland at Holyrood yesterday. The SNP leader faced stiff competitionContinue reading “Meet the new priority, same as the old priority”

Will Sturgeon pursue recovery or referendum?

This is the text of my Scottish Daily Mail column for Monday, May 17, 2021. Tomorrow afternoon MSPs will assemble at Holyrood to elect the next First Minister. It’s safe to say the odds heavily favour one candidate in particular. So, unless things go splendidly wrong and Jackie Baillie ends up in Bute House, we can expectContinue reading “Will Sturgeon pursue recovery or referendum?”

Why Boris should refuse Sturgeon a referendum

This is the text of my Scottish Daily Mail column for Monday, May 10, 2021. After all that, they missed by one seat. The SNP’s victory in the Scottish Parliament election was handsome, yet it is undoubtedly soured by their falling short of an overall majority — and by such an agonisingly narrow margin. In a cruelContinue reading “Why Boris should refuse Sturgeon a referendum”