EVEN a stopped clock is right twice a day, which puts it two up on Tory MSP Murdo Fraser.
In his later blunder, Fraser recently made headlines after claiming that the SNP have a “problem” with Rangers football club.
He wrote: “Perhaps it suits the SNP to demonise an institution which is culturally identified with British Unionism and support for the monarchy.
“If working-class Unionists can all be caricatured as red-faced anti-Catholic bigots, then won’t that help build support for Scottish independence?”
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The MSP was widely derided for the comments, with SNP Glasgow councillor Mhairi Hunter calling him a “coward” who promotes baseless conspiracy theories from the safety of his home in Perthshire.
And the criticism has also poured in on the Letters page of the Scotsman, where Fraser’s comments were originally published.
There, the Tory is accused of being “ill-informed [and] also grossly irresponsible” in order to score some cheap political points.
Fortunately for Fraser, there are some eager Twitter users who aim to help him become slightly better informed in future.
These people have taken to tagging the MSP to bring his attention to a story reported in The Daily Record.
That story says that, of the eleven clubs in the Scottish Premiership to have taken emergency interest-free loans worth millions from the SNP government, Rangers tops the list.
@StevenMcGowan89 quipped: “@murdo_fraser it would appear you were absolutely correct when you said in the @TheScotsman that the @theSNP have a problem with @RangersFC and this proves it beyond reasonable doubt.
“Personally I'm always giving interest free loans to folk I have issues with....”
@murdo_fraser it would appear you were absolutely correct when you said in the @TheScotsman that the @theSNP have a problem with @RangersFC and this proves it beyond reasonable doubt. Personally I'm always giving interest free loans to folk i have issues with.... https://t.co/TQA7o9zPL8
— McGoo Ⓜ (@StevenMcGowan89) August 6, 2021
Marcus Carslaw added: “It must be difficult for @murdo_fraser to walk in those massive clown shoes.”
Another user joked: "Top trolling use of 'SNP Gov' over 'Scottish Gov' here by the Record... #TaxiForMurdo"
Hunter, the SNP councillor who attacked Fraser after the publication of his claims, also shared the article. She wrote simply: “Posted without comment.”
The SNP’s Ross Colquhon wrote: “There's been a Murdo”, referencing the commonly heard joke on Twitter every time Fraser makes a blunder.
Michael Stewart wrote: "It would appear that Murdo Fraser has shown his incredible ability to time his interventions impeccably again."
It would appear that Murdo Fraser has shown his incredible ability to time his interventions impeccably again.
— Michael Stewart (@mstewart_23) August 6, 2021
Others reached out to the MSP to ask him to explain the clear contradiction between the facts in the article and the claims in his.
"Hey @murdo_fraser, can you explain?" one asked.
He hasn't yet.
EDIT: He now has.
On Saturday morning, responding to the SNP's Murray Foote on Twitter, Fraser wrote: "So a lack of corruption on the part of civil servants disbursing public funds is now something to be celebrated…?"
The Jouker couldn't put the retort much better than SNP MSP Gillian Martin, who wrote: "It shouldn’t need to be, but when you look at the Covid contracts for mates system that former Tory Health Secretary Matt Hancock seemed to run his office by, then I guess we should be relatively pleased."
It shouldn’t need to be, but when you look at the Covid contracts for mates system that former Tory Health Secretary Matt Hancock seemed to run his office by, then I guess we should be relatively pleased. 🤷♀️ https://t.co/NcXwEdurAT
— Gillian Martin (@GillianMSP) August 7, 2021
The Tories have set the bar so low that the absence of bias in government (bias which Fraser claimed existed just days before) does come as something of a surprise.
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