tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603438996450817644.post3640373340217440119..comments2024-01-12T01:56:21.933-08:00Comments on chokka blog: Joan McAlpine and Scotland's Missing Whisky TaxesKevin Haguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587343060415859159noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603438996450817644.post-72202946300971747402015-11-22T02:39:03.863-08:002015-11-22T02:39:03.863-08:00Kevin. I think your comments regarding Joan McAlpi...Kevin. I think your comments regarding Joan McAlpine's response are correct. However, may I try to offer a single observation that explains everything? She views Scotland as the same thing as the SNP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603438996450817644.post-60674216308740235162015-10-24T04:13:45.005-07:002015-10-24T04:13:45.005-07:00Hi Kevin. It seems to me that McAlpine is not sim...Hi Kevin. It seems to me that McAlpine is not simply expressing an opinion - for which she is allowed to make a mistake without real fault accruing - but has gone a step further and is presenting as facts, non-facts. <br />Is there no regulatory mechanism to rectify this? Don't newspapers have an obligation to check facts before publishing, etc? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07547835712884827906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603438996450817644.post-91086127444742740192015-10-23T10:55:11.039-07:002015-10-23T10:55:11.039-07:00As I posted on Fraser Whyte's blog, you need t...As I posted on Fraser Whyte's blog, you need to publicly challenge her to answer one question "Do you accept your own government’s figures, that Scotland received £12 Billion more in spending than we contributed in revenue in 2013/14?"<br /><br />Yes or NO.Nialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603438996450817644.post-66530507610821251872015-10-23T10:19:16.781-07:002015-10-23T10:19:16.781-07:00I find it interesting that 'concerned constitu...I find it interesting that 'concerned constituents' of Alistair Carmichael (but definitely not SNP supporters...) are currently throwing money at a court case over lies he has supposedly told and yet there are no concerned constituents around to take McAlpine to task for her blatant lies in that article, and her response.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698650915075786780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603438996450817644.post-63487161232384432432015-10-23T07:00:51.086-07:002015-10-23T07:00:51.086-07:00Just another example of the cognitive dissonance t...Just another example of the cognitive dissonance that seems to afflict a number of independence supporters. In the event Scotland had voted Yes, these people would be hit hard by reality - and it wouldn't be pretty. theamblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842086380447890404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603438996450817644.post-5576844706508573682015-10-23T06:47:41.803-07:002015-10-23T06:47:41.803-07:00"She knows she only wins if people don't ..."She knows she only wins if people don't understand what's actually going on." How true. Absolutely brilliant work Kevin to expose the woman's stupidity.Neil Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567487892239196569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603438996450817644.post-658680887699576202015-10-23T06:35:03.702-07:002015-10-23T06:35:03.702-07:00The Record has gone up in my estimation in this ep...The Record has gone up in my estimation in this episode; this is precisely the sort of forum in which these discussions need to happen, and well done to them for publishing Kevin's contribution. Even the most biased reader would surely pick up on the incoherence of the McAlpine argument, and hopefully seeds of doubt will be planted.FS, Edinburghnoreply@blogger.com