One of the favourite tactics of SNP politicians and supporters, and increasingly other leftists, is to take two completely separate issues, smoosh them together, hope nobody notices the issues don't have anything to do with each other, and create a faux outrage.
Let me provide an example.
A few weeks ago Joanna Cherry made the point... well, it wasn't really a point. It was more fodder to be sent around the Internet by the faithful. Apparently the problem was that the Government were trying to get the DUP's support on Brexit, and the DUP have links to the UVF, yet the Government hadn't consulted with the Scottish or Welsh Governments on their Brexit plans.
How, in the name of all that is holy, does the DUP's links to any unsavoury organisations have the slightest shred to do with consultation with the devolved governments???
Are they trying to say that if the DUP didn't have links to the UVF then it would be perfectly OK to fail to consult the devolved governments? I very much doubt it. The Scottish government would claim grievance if the UK Government hadn't consulted them about the type of digestive biscuits served with the tea at Number 10. And if government did consult the devolved governments, then it's OK for the DUP to have links to the UVF?
Of course, they don't even need two issues to be able to make stuff up. A friend recently posted on social media some manufactured nonsense about Jo Swinson. Apparently the Conservatives aren't standing in her East Dunbartonshire constituency because she's secretly made an electoral pact with them, and this proves she's really a Tory.
Sound implausible? That's because it is. There is a Conservative standing in East Dunbartonshire (that took all of five minutes to find out), and even if there wasn't, that doesn't in itself prove that Swinson is a Tory.
Take each issue or incident on its own merits. Don't allow irrelevant matters to cloud your judgment. And please, please check your facts are right before vomiting them on social media.
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