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There still seems to be a lot of flak going around to the effect that Salmond was charged with so many offences that some of them must have been true. That doesn't follow, of course, and there are three things to be said about it: It's logical nonsense ( fallacy of the undistributed middle ). It's exactly what the conspirators wanted you to think, which is why they dredged up a dozen or more charges out of thin air. Moorov was a Scottish lawyer who formulated the doctrine that witnessing a similar event to the one on the charge-sheet would count as corroborative evidence. So Moorov, or "more of". The fragility - or rather the emptiness - of "Moorov" in this case has been fully debunked by a very angry and upset Craig Murray here . It's a bit long, but enormously worthwhile, and since it's a podcast you can listen to it in bits. Also, some readers of this blog have said to me that they really don't have time for this, it's only politics, a...

IndyRef2.scot is currently monitoring BBC political output in the expectation of showing bias. In my view, the approach they've taken is unsatisfactory - it's aimed at cheering up the troops and inciting hatred of the BBC, rather than winning over doubters by showing the true facts. A recent case concerned Reporting Scotland's news item about data relating to NHS staffing levels. You can read their criticism of Reporting Scotland here ; below is my suggested rewrite. BBC Reporting Scotland : NHS Staffing Levels : Broadcast on Monday 31st July 2017 This news item relates to a consultation initiated by the Scottish government under the title, "Safe and Effective Staffing in Health and Social Care". The government's aim is to introduce a law requiring health boards to maintain safe staffing levels, thus securing patients' protection and defining providers' responsibilities. This is an aim which it would be difficult to disagree with. The consultation is ...