Winna ding

Some mild cheering from beleaguered BBC Scotland hacks at a piece in the Scotsman this week.

It comes from Ian Small, who, as BBC Head of PR for Scotland, advised himself, as BBC Head of Policy for Scotland to write a robust defence of Auntie's steadfast impartiality - and, to irritate the Nats further, to start his piece with a quote from Burns. “Facts are chiels that winna ding, An downa be disputed.” (But facts are fellows that will not be overturned,/And cannot be disputed'.

The problem is that the defence of BBC Scotland's journalism should really come from the Head of News and Current Affairs. But Gary Smith has been keeping his mouth shut since the judgement of Mr Justice Mann in favour of Sir Cliff Richard.

Here's Donalda MacKinnon defending the Head of News and Current Affairs at BBC Scotland - Gary Smith. There's an irony in this clip in that the Head of News at BBC Scotland has been doorstepped on Reporting Scotland more times than Ruth Davidson. https://t.co/y56CL7YQzG

— Indyref2 (@IndyrefTWO) July 21, 2018