Detournement Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 It's a civil war he is trying to stir up. From his latest blog. Quote As we all know by now, the active Yes movement is split into two camps. On one side are the whiners (mainly but not solely from the fringe far left), who are always full of destructive criticism and abuse for their own side while contributing nothing of any value themselves, other than to promote their own media careers. On the other are the hard workers who actually get things done, quietly producing materials and work that reach out to voters and make a real difference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 17 hours ago, GTG_03 said: Going by Wings post it looks like he'll be appealing it. It is a strange decision to award all costs to Dugdale as the tweet in question was proven not to be homophobic. It’s not remotely strange. The legal dispute wasn’t about whether the statement was true or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 17 hours ago, JamieThomas said: This is about the size of it. Clearly I'm no one of they Perry Masons, but I'm baffled why he's been lumbered with the costs when he didn't lose. He did lose. He failed to prove that the civil wrong of defamation had been committed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieThomas Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Ad Lib said: He did lose. He failed to prove that the civil wrong of defamation had been committed. Aye, I suppose. Like I say, I'm no fussed if the dick is out of pocket anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 5 hours ago, Ad Lib said: He did lose. He failed to prove that the civil wrong of defamation had been committed. Surely he has been defamed tho. Dugdale called him homophobic in a national newspaper and brought it up in FMQ'S. I get that he's a dick but that tweet was proven not to be homophobic and his name has been dragged through the media accused of homophobia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 2 hours ago, GTG_03 said: Surely he has been defamed tho. Dugdale called him homophobic in a national newspaper and brought it up in FMQ'S. I get that he's a dick but that tweet was proven not to be homophobic and his name has been dragged through the media accused of homophobia. No, no he wasn't. He wasn't because his historical and ongoing conduct renders him open to robust challenge. Think Lennon and McCoist scuffling and imagine one of them whinging to court afterwards. He likes to separate his Twitter and blog personas. I'm afraid that he can't. His Twitter output and this case has tarnished his entertaining but diminishing blog output. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 44 minutes ago, sophia said: No, no he wasn't. He wasn't because his historical and ongoing conduct renders him open to robust challenge. Think Lennon and McCoist scuffling and imagine one of them whinging to court afterwards. He likes to separate his Twitter and blog personas. I'm afraid that he can't. His Twitter output and this case has tarnished his entertaining but diminishing blog output. Aye, he's casting around for new causes to get behind. Crusader without a clue. And now, without any money too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, The DA said: Aye, he's casting around for new causes to get behind. Crusader without a clue. And now, without any money too. He's just raised a fortune in his recent fundraiser(£171k so far, not bad for a diminishing blog), those costs were all covered by a previous fundraiser specifically for the court case. Edited July 10, 2019 by ayrmad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 1 minute ago, ayrmad said: He's just raised a fortune in his recent fundraiser, those costs were all covered by a previous fundraiser specifically for the court case. I thought the fundraiser was to cover HIS costs. Now he has to pay hers too. Looks like he's raised £150K and £100K of that now has to go on legal bills. Doesn't leave much for communion wine or running his site. I'm probably being naive though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, The DA said: I thought the fundraiser was to cover HIS costs. Now he has to pay hers too. Looks like he's raised £150K and £100K of that now has to go on legal bills. Doesn't leave much for communion wine or running his site. I'm probably being naive though. He doesn't need to worry about cash, he blows the whistle and folk throw six figures at him in a day or so. In the last 16 months he's raised somewhere in the region of £450k. Edited July 10, 2019 by ayrmad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 The Indy Culture War is the way forward for the Yessers and you can see signs of it - even on P&B. Having failed at the ballot box in 2014 with a political argument it's a shoe-in that the ethno-cultural argument will be brought in to play.Someone's been at the gin again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirso Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Most of wings over Scotland's biggest critics are his most avid readers.Wonder why.A lot of the small details discussed on this forum have their genesis in this website.But a lot of the posters wouldn't dream of referencing it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Just now, tirso said: Most of wings over Scotland's biggest critics are his most avid readers. Wonder why. A lot of the small details discussed on this forum have their genesis in this website. But a lot of the posters wouldn't dream of referencing it. The 1st site I visit everyday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Christ fair play to that level of grift. I mind back when I didn't think he was a total liability him saying he was going to hire staff, make a flashy site, mobile app etc. It's just all sitting in his bank account isn't it?He’s going to end up in jail, and it’ll be one of the funniest things in history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: He’s going to end up in jail, and it’ll be one of the funniest things in history. For what? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 For what?Oh I don’t know. Murder. Fraud. Embezzlement. Being a dick. Take your pick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Oh I don’t know. Murder. Fraud. Embezzlement. Being a dick. Take your pick. He's certainly not hoodwinking anyone with his crowdfunders if that's what you're hoping for. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 He's certainly not hoodwinking anyone with his crowdfunders if that's what you're hoping for. He clearly has, if the numbers being thrown about here are accurate. If one person donated five pounds to his spurious defamation case, then they’ve been hoodwinked. But as it seems to have gone flying over your head, my post wasn’t entirely serious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Savage Henry said: He clearly has, if the numbers being thrown about here are accurate. If one person donated five pounds to his spurious defamation case, then they’ve been hoodwinked. As much as you'd like that to be the case, he hasn't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 As much as you'd like that to be the case, he hasn't.Aw, bless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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