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News Review by Honey McBee

POWERS IN OUR TIME: Honey McBee's Buzz Round the Media

This week we're back to more powers, EVEL, the debates and the endless constitutional permutations. Only another ten weeks and it'll be over? Some hopes. For light relief we ask if politicians can do sums, if climate Armageddon is coming, and whether anyone can stop Alex. There's the demise of a much-loved moggy and a fracking good row. And haggis...

Tuesday 20 January

This week it's oil and land. The price of one and the taxing of the other. What could possibly go wrong? Back to those on-off debates - and the crystal balls are out. Trident's re-visited. There's a bear, dirty dishes, and a Tudor romp. Enquire within...

Tuesday 13 January 2015

All eyes on France this week. Little time for anything else after we've wrestled with the horror of it all, and the weather bombs hit us just to make life even more difficult. Murphy embraces Scotland and really annoys London. There's a new Malcolm Tucker on the block. Home Rule - how good is it? What makes a party major? And the first standard cocoa mix eggs of Spring are with us - can Easter be far behind!

Tuesday 2 December

This week it’s back to more powers, but it appears poor Lord Smith can’t please anybody anytime. The First Minister lays down future law. Will ‘this land is my land’ be true in Scotland – remember how the song ends? The Makar’s in trouble, Brown bows out, Dalgleish goes with the wind, and we have a cute mutt – because it’s that time of the year. Happy Christmas. God bless us, every one...

Tuesday 25 November

This week we look at the fall-out from Kent and that little indiscretion - a tweet and three flags too far. We wonder at the Glasgow rallies and the Totty Rocks, and how the new boys and girls will measure up. There's a new kid on the block, but an old one looks like leaving. More powers. More tax. A dream turns sour, there's small town footie, the beginning of a traffic jam, and we bid farewell to a Scottish icon...

Tuesday 11 November

This week we look at the weekend's commemorations, asking if the two minute silence is still needed [Yes, definitely - Ed] and the best memorials. How are they remembering in Germany? It's a quiet time at home waiting for the political coronations. Ed lands on the snake's head and slides back down the board. Catalans defy Spain and live to fight again. There's that penguin ad., an orang-utan, and Strictly Come Judy. A fishing row's brewing and there's cheese on toast for tea...

Tuesday 4 November

Cometh the hour, cometh the man? Maybe. This week we intrude on the public grief that is Scottish Labour. Who's left standing? Is that a dagger I see behind me? Anyone got a milk crate? The nightmare goes on, and some decide they're better apart. Next up is Catalonia - can Wales be far behind? There's a distinctly feminist stooshie, an ocean of forbidden vino and some happy sheep. We challenge your perceptions and march with the best. All this and a very good cup of coffee...

Tuesday 28 October

This week Labour’s in the spotlight as it slowly sinks in the West. Gordie Broon’s got himself into a fine mess; Ed and Johann look set to follow. St Margaret rides to the rescue! Nippy Sweety steps up to the podium rallying the new troops. We give you trouble at St Andrews, Brighton and the Greens, more UKIP, some useful technology, Sherlock Holmes, some well-remembered poetry – and we solve your Christmas present dilemma. All rounded off with some spaced out sheep. Surely your cup runneth over…

Tuesday 14 October

This week the world is still holding its breath. ISIL savages its way towards the Turkish border and ebola reaches out from Africa to Europe and the US. But here we 're bowled over by UKIP's rise and rise. Is there a chance Ruth's Troops are also on the way up? The clunking fist is back in action, but the rest of his party is on notice. We go Dutch, remember Brighton, and pay tribute to a much respected gentleman of the press. And there's that video - what would we do without you...

Tuesday 7 October

This week we wonder if the First Minister needs a rest (though our colleague George Kerevan says he'll be missed - we just don't know it yet). There's predictable confusion over devo-max. What do we want? More powers. When do we want them? Well, when the three main parties get their act together. LibDems get some shut-eye, and some indyrefers have trouble letting go. We look at the prospects for Scotland's other first ladies, a couple of moral dilemmas and the unmentionable things cows do. Then we go singing in the rain...

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