tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post1785198529902459827..comments2024-03-28T14:15:36.649+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: The feeble 41?James Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-91645051452013736862010-05-12T07:42:56.821+01:002010-05-12T07:42:56.821+01:00http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8676654.stm
&...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8676654.stm<br /><br />"However, it is thought the party still wants to scrap the Scotland Office."<br /><br />I hope thats true. Does that mean they want to transfer all the Scotland office's functions/powers to the Scottish Parliament? how long would that take? And what job would Alistair Carmichael now get?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-39488935853303052102010-05-12T03:41:11.413+01:002010-05-12T03:41:11.413+01:00Anon - it's striking how similar Harris' p...Anon - it's striking how similar Harris' philosophy of "no compromises, victory can wait a few years" is to that of a certain Mr Anthony Wedgwood Benn, circa 1979-83. Not the happiest precedent, and I dare say he still can't see the irony of the way he's sneered at 'unrealistic purists' who've undermined Labour's chances in the past.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-63028565945410109972010-05-12T03:22:20.837+01:002010-05-12T03:22:20.837+01:00Tom Harris yesterday morning said he would prefer ...Tom Harris yesterday morning said he would prefer to stick with the fptp system as it would benefit Labour in the longterm. that it can come back with a majority in later elections. also he said pr would weaken labour in its central belt heartlands.<br /><br />I too don't understand why the SNP doesn't push much harder on more devolution and fiscal autonomy/independenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-8572431213487012932010-05-12T01:10:56.340+01:002010-05-12T01:10:56.340+01:00Are the Scottish Labour Party the Tartan Tories?
...Are the Scottish Labour Party the Tartan Tories?<br /><br />The view here in Florence is that they are!Ezio Auditore da Firenze - Working against Red Conservatism in Scotland!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-4264833540068295682010-05-11T18:16:22.495+01:002010-05-11T18:16:22.495+01:00James, the biggest mistake the SNP made in this el...James, the biggest mistake the SNP made in this election was to bury the Independence message.<br /><br />Far from pointing out that a Labour vote meant a Tory vote when England voted Tory, the SNP got suckered into playing the Unionist game with a vague assertion that that they could stop Westminster cuts.<br /><br />Nobody really bought it.<br /><br />Time to get back to basics, highlighting the urgent need for Scotland to take back the reigns of her own destiny & explaining the consequences for the country if the electorate handed the country's future to others.<br /><br />At the very least we would now be in a position where our message was fully vindicated, but a strong, confident pro-independence message I am sure would have brought a better result than what we saw last week.<br /><br />And pushed independence centre stage.TartanSeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04729021585777253057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-14198484929555187342010-05-11T16:30:34.118+01:002010-05-11T16:30:34.118+01:00...and it makes Gordon Brown's grand leaving g......and it makes Gordon Brown's grand leaving gesture yesterday quite superfluous, indeed pathetic. Stabbed in the back by his own neanderthals.ratzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512152633620132970noreply@blogger.com