Been charged with breach of the peace according to the Sun -
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/new...ement-_-FBPAGE
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Been charged with breach of the peace according to the Sun -
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/new...ement-_-FBPAGE
her family and friend(s) will pay any fine, they pay for all her holidays as well apparently due to her not being able to live on a paltry 23k/year, poor poor wee thing that she is
i'l wait to see if the scottish daily express/mail print the story
Given the torrent of abuse she's received over the last week or so it's hardly a shock she's snapped. No one knows the full story, including me, only what the Sun and 'eyewitness' have reported. Given the SNP supporters distrust of the bias media I assume they won't be taking the story as gospel.
I found her claims on TV misleading and she certainly deserved challenged on them, some of that went too far. There's no way of knowing if this is linked to that or not and I'm not sure this fine is relevant either way.
The hounding of a nurse continues. When are SNP supporters going to realise that others are entitled to opinions whether you like them or not.
Considering the nurses high profile on social media just now, and this incident sounding nothing more than a domestic, was it really necessary to publish where she lives and what car she drives?
There's a small element of idiots out there that would use that information to cause mischief!
They shouldn't have released such information. However, I can understand why they did it. The article claims that the person being abused wasn't provoking her at all. So I assume there must have been eye witnesses, otherwise they wouldn't have gotten away with making such a claim.
I wouldn't have mentioned the nurse again if it wasn't for this. So the sensitive souls can put their dummies away now. :dummytit:
I'm as pro-yes as anyone and think the BBC regularly stitch up anything which doesn't conform to the mainstream Westminster consensus. I don't even pay the licence fee or have TV for that very reason.
However, people have to drop this. It's doing no-ones cause any good whatsoever.
:agree: Enough of nurse Claire already. :rolleyes:
I'm absolutely sure the Beeb has an anti-Indy agenda but NS laid the groundwork to turn this into a +ve spin for the SNP (nurses slightly better treated here) and the SNP spinners sadly ****** it up (nurse attacks, yawn).
The Sun is pro SNP in Scotland, absolutely hates them in it's English editions.
It's the folk on twitter copying in the Royal College of Nursing into the latest story. Madness.
They'll find out in their own way and pick through if there's a case to be answered such as through her management or her annual re-registration. They don't need folks on twitter pursuing a witch hunt.
What possible human benefit would there be to seeing her lose her livelihood and then, ironically, getting into the very same financial problems she claimed she had in the debate.
Pro-yessers have to convince and understand no voters. Mounting a vendetta to destroy someone who, for their own reasons, embellished their situation to make a political point on a political show is not a good look.
Have pointed that out to a couple of fools today who then played the man and not the argument.
I get it, but perhaps with the tinfoil hat on, this is exactly what opponents want - feeding someone to the sharks then complaining there's been a shark attack.
Not having a go at you specifically but beyond this, there's all sorts of sh**e being stirred which is not encouraging for neutrals and the yet-to-be convinced.
I agree totally that there has been a stupid online response to this woman's story. What I've not heard is BBC explaining why this woman was invited on to the programme 3 times and guaranteed a question. Or why no-one at the BBC checked and reported back on her claims. They do the same thing with unionist MSPs and MPs, allowing lies to go unchallenged. The gullible might believe they are giving a platform to the truth. However, if you do challenge them your decried as a cybernat, ultranat, natzi or worse.
Perhaps because we're told constantly that we're "obsessed with independence", despite mentioning it considerably less than the so called "unionist" parties?
We're not booing the subject of independence, we're booing the fact that other parties are hiding behind an anti-independence stance so they don't have to inform people just how shocking their policies would be for Scotland.
A party whose sole reason for existing is to achieve independence ARE obsessed by it. It is, literally your defining characteristic, your reason for being, your whole poiny in the world.
I habe to say i find this line of argumeny weird from the SNP. The party has stated, in their last two manifestoes that a bote for them is effectively a vote for another referendum.
Yet, other parties are accused of keeping the issue on the agenda, or, shock, of talking about it and opposing it.
Its all a bit doublethink if you ask me.
Difference being, the SNP actually put out a credible manifesto. Of course the SNP are "obsessed" with independence, they wouldn't be much of a "national" party if they weren't. But they don't base their entire governorship of Scotland on one issue, they talk about other things as well. What other things are Labour or The Conservatives talking about in Scotland? Every single soundbite is about opposing another referendum. They don't want to talk about credible policies, because they have none.
I have no sympathy for her whatsoever.
Politics has become a fairly partizan business. In these days of social media, trolls, cyberthis an cyberthat, anyone who sticks their neck out to make a stupid political point should make sure they have their facts right and their nose clean. They also need to have the temperament to deal with the storm that might be stirred up.
The reaction she stirred up was inevitable and she's brought it all on herself.
Isn't Foodbank the name of Malmaison's new restaurant?
You've got to take her interaction, in a long list of **** ups by the BBC. Just look at the "question time", plants in the last few months. It's the BBC who should be brought to book by the whole situation. I remember when Donalda Mackinnon promised to put it all right...Right.:rolleyes:
Still waiting on that.
Also appears the "small business owner" who spoke in last night's programme, worried about living wage, corporation tax and VAT on school fees runs a £950,000 turnover operation. He's hardly struggling.
A bit like the outraged nurse, broadcasters have a responsibility not to put contributors into difficulties by enabling them to make daft claims.
All that info is in the public domain.
I raised the situation about the nurse and do think BBC have some questions to answe as they seemed pretty insistent to have her on without verifying her backstory.
The problem with that is that the main focus of the attack both here and online is on the Nurse as an individual rather than the BBC as an institution. The only people to benefit from continuing to target her are those who want to play the cybernat card. It's such a waste of energy.
Me too. What a pity, eh?
Corbyn did answer him really well.
I should note that he also is being widely trolled. The problem is not an SNP/Yes one but of social media one and the kind of set-ups the media create for people who become fall guys when the truth is revealed.
:agree: 100%.
Yup. Question Time is presented as being an on-air opportunity for ordinary people to confront politicians with their own personal concerns and opinions.
NOT as a manipulated political pantomime where the BBC plant stooges like the "struggling small businessman" in the audience to embarrass the invited speakers.
If the nurse in question had put her question as relating to her work-colleagues and the difficulties those who're lower-paid were suffering - fine. Portraying herself as victim deserving sympathy - NOT fine.
Agree with your first point, HOH although rather than say lying, I'd use 'purposely misleading'.
Can't agree with your second one. I'd like to think she was speaking up for the nurses rather than the LabaTory Party :rolleyes:. This time, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt. :whistle:
TBH, I don't really know why we're still talking about Nursey. She's yesterday's news.
Now what about that wee other thing :hmmm: Oh aye, the Election!