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Listed below are comments made by GrassyKnollington between Thursday, 19th November 2009 and Thursday, 3rd December 2009.

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• Soft landing 10:26am on 03 Dec 2009 A wee extract for you referring to Mike Russell from an increasingly furious Mr.Maddox.
  
  "Perhaps symbolic of what some believe is his new role given that he has to go into battle for the organ grinder (Alex Salmond) with Scotland's councils over education in the coming days.
  But, what followed was not a good sign for what is to come, especially if he is looking for good press on a difficult issue for the Scottish Government.
  Instead of facing questions from the assembled journalists of the written media, who had been waiting for an hour, Mr Russell decided that it was a greater priority to do his bit for government propaganda."
  
  
• Soft landing 09:51am on 02 Dec 2009 The vile internet comments and messages which have appeared on the likes of the Daily Mail, Guardian and Guido Fawkes this week attacking the nationalists and suppoting the union/status quo have trawled new depths.
  
  When are Iain Gray and Jim Murphy going to take responsibility for these people ( who may be Labour party members or supporters) and weed them out?
  
  I think we should be told.
• Taking it to the max 10:56am on 01 Dec 2009 *unionist gloating alert*
  
  Ceefax reporting that Fiona Hyslop has been "demoted" and replaced with Mike Russell.
  
  
• Taking it to the max 11:12pm on 30 Nov 2009 188 Gooseberry 5 wrote
  "Intriguing.
  Its a strange surreal thought but arguably in many ways in terms of the future of the union and indeed the country Annabel Goldie is the most powerful and influential women in the UK.
  
  Shes the real strategist and opposition to the SNP.
  A good media performer and consistently formiddable at FMQs"
  
  Is that sour green hairy thing you Dean?
  
  Come off it. Like all of the Scottish unionist leaders, when it comes to the big decisions, she is a puppet whose strings are pulled from London. She does everything David Cameron tells her.
  
• Taking it to the max 7:26pm on 30 Nov 2009 How fantastic to have so many new posters, some apparently having swallowed the subsidy junkie lies previously fed to the Scots without even realising it might give them indigestion.
  
  It's been noted before that the independence high wire was always a precarious one to walk for the unionists. Telling the Scots they were an economic basket case, lucky to be freeloading off a benevolent England kept the sheeple here fearfully voting Labour for years.
  
  The message was never intended to drift over the border in the way that it did. Now it has and calls to ditch Scotland are the result.
  
  This leaves the unionists in an awful predicament as all those in positions of power are well aware that Scotland is a valuable asset that the UK cannot afford to lose.
  
  How to reconcile calls from irate English people to ditch the asset while clinging onto it at all costs?
  
  Oh dearie me, and that man Salmond at the helm as well. No wonder Gordon bites his nails.
• Talking drink 8:31pm on 27 Nov 2009 For any nationalist still holding a candle for Iain MacWhirter take a look at his latest offering in the Guardian. He was reasonably fair to the SNP at times in the past but only in comparison to the rest of the print journalists in Scotland.
  
  His anger with Labour was always more rooted in disappointment with their ineptitude than any sympathy for independence. He was a fervent cheerleader for Global long after everyone else had worked out that he appeared to be completely hatstand.
  
  Now he's trying to talk up the shambles that is Calman.
  
  As for Labour's pre-emptive block on minimum pricing, which has left them no room for manoeuvre, it's depressingly predictable but hard to put it down to anything more sophisticated than spite mingled with stupidity. They act as if they're in the local council instead of MSP's in the Scottish Parliament.
  
  The inane verbal contortions of unionist observers who disagree with Labour's stance but must try and support it anyway are equally predictable. How nice to see the old unionist tactic of blaming all sides for Labour's failings getting its monthly outing. (Nicely dealt with by mrbfaethedee)
• Coming home 8:30pm on 24 Nov 2009 @48 Online Ed wrote
  
  "The organiser of the final concert lambasted the opposition parties for their politicising of the event. He explained that their constant sniping and false claims had led people to believe it was some sort of SNP rally when in fact the SNP had nothing to do with the event."
  
  Quite true. The problem of course is that the long planned event took place while the SNP were in government.The unionists don't want anything successful to be associated with the SNP so operation "HarryLauder/It's all just tartan tat" had to swing into action.
  
  At the end of the day, for some people it's all just too uncomfortably.....well..... Scottish.
  
• Coming home 6:58pm on 24 Nov 2009 Coming home (are you sure you really want to?)
  
  Did you read Brian Taylor on the BBC this morning?
  
  Boy, did he do his job emphasising the failures of Scotland.
  
  The Gathering? Which lost no public money.
  
  The Final concert? held in a cludgie.
  
  The basic premise? Promoting Scotland abroad. Not only that, they did it deliberately.
  
  Scotland's regional status is in danger of being downgraded to a nation.
• 'Just say no' 1:56pm on 21 Nov 2009 @213 Neil Small wrote "If a political party was found to be doing the old "Vote Liberal or we'll shoot your dog" type methods, it would cripple them."
  
  I took my dog to the Glasgow North East hustings to hear Eileen Baxendale and he produced a small revolver and shot himself.
• 'Just say no' 9:27pm on 19 Nov 2009 Brian it's nice to see you in such bullish form supporting your team and even finding room to mention Dundee United :O)
  
  I think you were mistaken about Willie Bain being in the public gallery though, those grey school shorts and that beaming smile can be deceiving but I think you'll find it was Jimmy Krankie.
  
  Willie was in Eck's office with Jim Murphy sewing prawns inside the curtain hems.
  
  

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