I see our new FM is off to a great start.

[Goodfellers]

No, no ,no. The link you provided proves you are wrong. But why let the truth get in the way of another SNP-Bad story.

What HY wanted was Scotland games to be added to the Crown Jewels list of events. Control over the list lies with Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in Westminster. That was all he commented upon. He made no mention of rights management. All he did was refer to the Crown Jewels list.

It was not a gaffe. It was selective reporting from the Unionist media that you lapped up because it was what you wanted to hear/read about.

Why is the Scottish Cup final not on the Crown Jewels list? The only possible answer is that HMG does not consider it to be of "national interest". We all know what national interest is being served here and it ain't Scotlands.

I notice you didn't make any comment on the serious case of GDP, rip the football story apart and ignore the important story. From my point, as a disinterested sports viewer, I'd rather the Scottish govt didn't spend money on sporting rights to show football. Football is a commercial entertainment where people are happy to pay for it, as it should be. Scotland has loads of national teams in various activities, should we, the tax payer, fund the tv rights to all of those too. Why is football (a huge money making machine) special?

Ps. If Scotland lost would HY have wanted it shown I wonder?

[Corky Smeek]

What serious case of GDP? What is serious about it? Really! Lies, damned lies and statistics, after all.

If the football story is not important why did you include it in this thread? Why did you write about the football story before the GDP story if the latter is the more important?

And who said anything about the Scottish Gov't spending money on sporting rights? All that HY suggested was the Scottish football internationals be placed on the Crown Jewels list to ensure that you don't have to pay to watch them. That was all he said. So where are you getting the idea that this issue is about the tax payer funding TV rights? No-one has suggested that the SG should do this. All HY wants is for the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in Westminster to put Scottish football internationals on a list. Nothing more; nothing less. No public money would be spent.

So to return to your original post, you said the following, which you may now wish to revise:-

"He blames Westminster over not being able to show Scotlands games on free tv, when it's absolutely nothing to do with Westminster. But hey, why not carry on in Nicolas vein, blaming everything on Westminster, never mind facts!"

The Crown Jewels list is under the control of Westminster. Fact.

Don't believe the dog whistle reporting from the MSM. They "never mind facts" as they just get in the way of SNP-Bad stories. You quite clearly have a reasonably well functioning brain so why do you fall for this drivel?