It was somewhat surprising to find that the Scottish Daily Express covered the same story as its front page lead, without making mention (at least in the initial paragraphs: I read it in a shop) of the fact that this was an England only audit.
They surely wouldn't want, just before elections, to give the impression that the Scottish Health Service was falling to pieces? No. That would be dishonourable. And heaven knows the Daily Express would never be knowingly dishonourable.
I expect the journos there are just too stupid or too lazy to have bothered with a separate story for their Scottish edition..
I suspect a similar survey in Scotland would show up the same level of incompetence but we're even more secretive than England so we'll never know.
ReplyDeleteThe 'great' Dorothy Grace Elder of The Scottish Daily Express was on STV Tonight last night saying that her newspaper never lied etc....
Luckily no one believes her anymore due to all their lies.
I suspect a similar survey in Scotland would show up the same level of incompetence but we're even more secretive than England so we'll never know.
ReplyDeleteThe 'great' Dorothy Grace Elder of The Scottish Daily Express was on STV Tonight last night saying that her newspaper never lied etc....
Luckily no one believes her anymore due to all their lies.
Well, that's as may be, or not... Monty, but that's not really the point.
ReplyDeleteThe Scottish Express as it likes to sell itself should have been able to find a story to lead on which was either international or Scottish...
That it printed a story about something bad which was happening in England and passed it off as British, is good journalism, even of a tabloid type!
I think old folk buy the Express for the crossword tris. Not sure why you're even giving it a second glance and letting it bother you. It's fixated on Maddie and house prices and weather. And that's about it.
ReplyDeleteLOL... Och I'm not letting it bother me too much, Monty, except that it indicative of the scant regard which these people pay our country... Oh don't worry about a proper story for the Scotland edition. Just churn out the English story.
ReplyDeleteBut then, in a way, it's probably good for the cause, like the BBC concentrating on the minutia of English (in particular London) news and not even mentioning a murder involving contraband here in Dundee.
:)
Looking forward to hearing the results of the elections later today....
Don't worry Monty :) Moving on from worrying about what the porn magazine emperor has to say.
I think you may be right about the audience. I have an elderly relative, who should be reading something a little more....realistic.... but likes all the word games in the Express. She's the only person I know who does buy it.
PS...Have they finally given up on Princess Diana?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure where the Express are on Diana at the moment tris. From harlot to sainthood to death by conspiracy theory now I think.
ReplyDeleteIt's good that the Express stick to non stories when they could be ripping Scotland a new one over what's really going on.
£18K for new ipads for NHS Fife
Atos sponsoring the Glasgow Games and trumpeted by Nicola Sturgeon as a fantastic opportunity. This is Atos who do the assessments for the new disability allowances and have had 48,000 of their decisions overturned on appeal.
Tax on ciggies kills pensioner in Dundee. The ridiculous tax on ciggies has people buying contraband resulting in knifing to death of Mr Kennedy.
Dundee lad dies after hospitals fail twice to notice he had a ruptured spleen after falling at a football match. I googled his symptoms before the results of the post mortem and amongst other possibilities I got 'ruptured spleen.
Scotttish Law Society not fit for purpose and clients of Ross harper can go swing for their money back . Like previous dodgy legal firms that go bust.
Will be good to read 'caron's musings' after yet another drubbing of the 'tories little helpers'.
The express is a rag. Its basically the daily mail wearing slippers and a diana mask.
ReplyDeletePS: The diana mask is becoming interchangable with a kate middleton mask. One wonders how long she'll last before she's killed so the express (etc) can have something sordid and tawdry to celebrate, erm, I mean write about.
Well, can't argue with any of your points there Monty.
ReplyDeleteOf course I didn't know about any of them.
I can certainly, from first hand experience, tell you that I'd rather go to the company first aider than Ninewells. If senior doctors of course did a bit less posing about and a bit more doctoring it might be worthwhile going there.
If Atos is sponsoring the games, they can count me out. Horrible company of crooks and arses.
Indeed, who knows Pa... yawn....
ReplyDeleteDid we get a day off for it?