Look, I know that the bulk of it has already been leaked. Even the opposition's reaction to it has been pre-announced. But the publication of First Minister's Salmond's white paper at lunchtime today is surely the biggest political event since the May election.
In such circumstances, I would have thought that BBC Scotland might have suspended its usual anodyne day-time programming to cover the proceedings. But no - apparently cartoons are more important.
By contrast, this evening the entire BBC1 Scotland prime time schedule has been junked in favour of some Glasgow football match or other.
"Some Glasgow football match or other"!? How very dare you?
ReplyDeleteAnd you know you'll be watching.
I normally regard your commentary as fairly sensible but suspend tv schedules for a white paper, have you gone completely mad?
ReplyDeleteParticularly a white paper that is all about keeping Nat activists happy, no one including Salmond, has any intention of the thing every seeing the light of day after next week.
I cannot believe you honestly think we should suspend tv schedules for such self indulgence. That is the most bonkers thing I have heard since May.
BBC1 - Today
ReplyDelete11am - Escape to the Country
11:30am - Car Booty
12:30pm - Cash in the Attic
I don't know when our dear leader announced the National Conversation white paper to the country but are you honestly saying you would rather watch one of these (presumably piss-poor) shows instead?
And you suggest Holyrood Watcher is bonkers??
Flexible tv scheduling would be much more entertaining and worthwhile, dipping in with issues of the day BBC News 24 style; perhaps if we had Scottish Broadcasting we could achieve it..... Hmmm......
PS If anyone touches the Rangers game they're dead meat.