kumnio Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 5 hours ago, Ally Bongo said: In the weeks and months that Scotland is doing well it is not a competition with England In the weeks that Scotland is not - then it is Unionism 101 Yep, the most accurate post ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrisandmoo Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, Ally Bongo said: In the weeks and months that Scotland is doing well it is not a competition with England In the weeks that Scotland is not - then it is Unionism 101 Totally, it’s embarrassing either way. I’ve seen loads of this from both the SNP and unionists. We should be less concerned about tiny variations in death rates from week to week and more concerned about overall death rates and health outcomes in Scotland compared to everywhere else in Europe. https://jech.bmj.com/content/69/1/20 We should focus COVID comparisons on learning from each other and tolerate (encourage even) variations in policy (and experimentation). Instead we pillory anybody that doesn’t conform (remember Norway). I’m glad England are taking a different approach. We will learn something if their NHS is overwhelmed and we will learn something if it is not. If they get good results then it is good for us all. Edited January 9, 2022 by Morrisandmoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 4 hours ago, Morrisandmoo said: Totally, it’s embarrassing either way. I’ve seen loads of this from both the SNP and unionists. We should be less concerned about tiny variations in death rates from week to week and more concerned about overall death rates and health outcomes in Scotland compared to everywhere else in Europe. https://jech.bmj.com/content/69/1/20 We should focus COVID comparisons on learning from each other and tolerate (encourage even) variations in policy (and experimentation). Instead we pillory anybody that doesn’t conform (remember Norway). I’m glad England are taking a different approach. We will learn something if their NHS is overwhelmed and we will learn something if it is not. If they get good results then it is good for us all. Well I am sure the scientists will be learning what they can, from all the evidence across all the countries, and advise the politicians. But in a context where the media are selective in their reporting, I'm not so confident how much the public en masse would learn from it all; and where the national media are shown to be distorting stories, it's inevitable and even reasonable that people will argue back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 3 hours ago, exile said: Well I am sure the scientists will be learning what they can, from all the evidence across all the countries, and advise the politicians. But in a context where the media are selective in their reporting, I'm not so confident how much the public en masse would learn from it all; and where the national media are shown to be distorting stories, it's inevitable and even reasonable that people will argue back. Personally I think there are far too many variables to really be able to compare approaches. Sweden is a great example - has it done well or badly and why. This is a rhetorical question by the way because there are so many ways to argue for entirely different conclusions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022  On 1/7/2022 at 6:36 PM, aaid said: You mean the media were talking shite all the time? Plenty folk fell for it hook line and sinker though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 On 1/8/2022 at 12:05 PM, Ally Bongo said: In the weeks and months that Scotland is doing well it is not a competition with England In the weeks that Scotland is not - then it is Unionism 101 I agree, however the SG (rightly or wrongly), have the likes of the Humza who love comparing the two when Scotland are doing well too yet not so prominent when our figures are poor. Nature of the beast i suppose but suppose we can't have the SG boasting about being leading the vaccination rates then moan when WM do the same at different stages in the pandemic. I would prefer they said nothing when asked about comparable rates in other countries but that's never going to happen, either here or WM.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said:  Plenty folk fell for it hook line and sinker though. and some saw right through it from the start   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 46 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: I would prefer they said nothing when asked about comparable rates in other countries but that's never going to happen, either here or WM.  The problem is not the Governments North and South of the border per se It is the Unionist media - especially at the FM's covid updates - then jumped on by the Unionist parties who fed the media the questions in the first place ! How many times has NS stated at these updates that she doesnt want to make it political but is pressed into it by the likes of Blackley from the Mail, Dross, Anus and Baillie uttering complete bollocks about statistics and their "Scotland is shite" mantra ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 4 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: I agree, however the SG (rightly or wrongly), have the likes of the Humza who love comparing the two when Scotland are doing well too yet not so prominent when our figures are poor. Nature of the beast i suppose but suppose we can't have the SG boasting about being leading the vaccination rates then moan when WM do the same at different stages in the pandemic. I would prefer they said nothing when asked about comparable rates in other countries but that's never going to happen, either here or WM.  When did they do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 The only reason the Scottish Government make the comparisons is because the media are constantly trying to paint Scotland in a comparatively bad light. They are forced into the comparisons otherwise all we would get is the negative press comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrisandmoo Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Lamia said: The only reason the Scottish Government make the comparisons is because the media are constantly trying to paint Scotland in a comparatively bad light. They are forced into the comparisons otherwise all we would get is the negative press comments. Too generous.  The SNP and Nicola Sturgeon post some amount of shite on social media. And nobody is making them. Edited January 10, 2022 by Morrisandmoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 13 minutes ago, Morrisandmoo said: Too generous.  The SNP and Nicola Sturgeon post some amount of shite on social media. And nobody is making them. I suppose that depends on how you define making them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 25 minutes ago, Morrisandmoo said: Too generous.  The SNP and Nicola Sturgeon post some amount of shite on social media. And nobody is making them. Apart from the all out assault from the London owned media and British Nationalist parties Someone probably has a dossier of not only the lies they have told but the undermining of the health messages since the start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ally Bongo said: Apart from the all out assault from the London owned media and British Nationalist parties Someone probably has a dossier of not only the lies they have told but the undermining of the health messages since the start The inevitable public inquiry *must* include the role of the media has played but I’m not holding my breath.  BTW, that applies to England as well. Edited January 10, 2022 by aaid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 4 hours ago, Lamia said: The only reason the Scottish Government make the comparisons is because the media are constantly trying to paint Scotland in a comparatively bad light. They are forced into the comparisons otherwise all we would get is the negative press comments. Exactly. Scotland is frequently compared to the rest of the UK, particularly England. More often than not it's the people asking the questions who are defining the terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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