Ae fond farewell…. It is with a heavy heart that we at AyeRight pass on the sad news of the loss of our great friend and colleague Norrie Stewart, who passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday 28th April. Norrie was a loving husband to Gill, a proud Dad to Becky and Rory, and a devoted Grandad to Logan……our thoughts are with his beloved family at this time. After a career in the fire service,  kicking arses across rugby pitches worldwide, and running some of Leith’s finest hostelries, Norrie created Aye Right Radio with his great friend Stewart Lochhead; and they booted arses around th ..read more

What Branch Manager?  Jimmy and Stewart review the Sunday TV politics shows, Ridge on SKY, Marr on BBC1 and Politics Scotland presented by Gary Robertson on BBC…Liz Truss, the Irish protocol,  AstraZeneca,  Alister Jack,  Anas Sawar and Monica Lennon all feature… We read Roddy McLeod on the problems of SNP leadership facing FM Nicola Sturgeon and predict… We hear that Ken MacQuarrie has ‘left’ the BBC to get hired by the BBC at £325,000 a year to monitor/whitewash bias in the BBC…You figure? Opinions by Jimmy Hutton, Stewart Lochhead Audio podcast What Branch Manager ..read more

Colony Scotland or Equal Partner?  Jimmy delivers the Covid briefing report which featured vaccination figures again…supplies,  jag centres,  delivery and a ScotGov row with the UKGov about secrecy…At the podium steady Jeane Freeman delivered steady Covid figures including an infection/test rate of 5.8% where the W.H.O. target is 5%… The former First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, has challenged the orthodoxy of the sovereignty of the Westminster parliament…He claims that that sovereignty breaches the conditions in the Treaty of Union between Scotland and England…His case nam ..read more

Gove-‘Go to Scotland Boris’ A dull FMQs with Sturgeon, Davidson, Baillie and Rennie arguing about vaccine delivery and Covid testing, suddenly came alive when Patrick Harvie asked the FM if she had regrets about transphobia in the Scottish Government…Nicola passionately defended her government in the manner of her personal video posted yesterday… Changes to the wording of the Hate Crime Bill appeared to have triggered a social media attack on MP Joanna Cherry by trans-allies… The timing seems to be a distraction as it coincides with the court appearance of Craig Murray and his publishing of e ..read more

Would the SNP Collapse Parliament?  Wee PMQs report… SGov Covid briefing on travel controls/quarantine hotels…Impact on tourism… Prof Curtice on polls…Backlash from England?… We’re the new Irish…Effectively causing a civil war…Surrounded by the EU… Twitter attack on Jo Cherry. Opinions by Jimmy Hutton, Norrie Stewart Audio podcast Would the SNP Collapse Parliament ..read more

Son of the Manse  The news that the German government and the EU is in dispute with AstraZeneca about supplies of the Covid vaccine is our first topic…this issue has legs so expect more on it… We roast the UKGov’s invisible Scottish Secretary for his article in the Irish Times… We disagree with a well written London Times piece by Hugo Rifkind…and recall the friendly and excited atmosphere of Indyref1 and the AUOB marches… The new owners of the Scotsman and Evening News may have abandoned the previous strong unionist support…we ruminate… We offer our support to Craig Murray who faces pol ..read more

Grounds for Cautious Optimism  Maybe the Covid virus has peaked again in Scotland?…The figures have steadied…The hacks story will be that Scotland lags England in the vaccination race though… The BBC SNPbaad intro show had a London BBC reporter comparing with Scotland…apples and oranges… We comment about the SNP National Assembly stitch-up…We bitch about George Kerevan’s SNP leadership race article…there’s a Bella ‘Lefty No to Yes’ story that gets memories going…Iain Lawson takes on the ‘blogger bullies’…Craig Murray says that the Crown Office still won’t reveal the Murrell/Ruddick evide ..read more

National Assembly Day  We begin with three BBC shows;… The Andrew Marr show featured UK Health Minister Hancock and Scotland’s FM Sturgeon with Glenn Campbell opining…Then the Politics Scotland show anchored by Andrew Kerr which featured DFM John Swinney and had Glenn Campbell – again…Finally The Big Question presented by Nicky Campbell worried about social media… We then review Iain MacWhirter’s piece in the Herald exposing corruption at the Crown Office (prosecution service) led by Lord Advocate James Wolfe which Iain links to the Salmond V Sturgeon scandal…which we then discuss in dep ..read more

Angus outlines three roads to achieve independence and asking for permission from London is blocked. Angus Brendan McNeil MP To watch the whole event go here https://www.facebook.com/649195548512568/videos/2985575081763971 ..read more

£60 million Is Nothing   BBC Politics;…Lynsey Bews,  Graham Stewart,  70% of infected not self isolating,  £500 Gov support?,  Welsh FM accuses,  lockdown till summer?,  extend travel ban,  keep schools closed,  UKGov in denial,  ‘vaccination a distraction’,  kids NOT immune… Covid briefing review;…Covid case rate down to 7%,  hospitals and ICU stable,  daily deaths 71,  FM  stresses/details dangers in supermarkets…brushes off police care home deaths inquiry and building work at Bute House… Main review;…Spectator ..read more