tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post6048183601905538072..comments2024-03-28T21:45:57.242+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Solidarity with Denise FindlayJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-71195806324969364572019-12-05T20:10:40.659+00:002019-12-05T20:10:40.659+00:00See when people get death threats. Sympathy cards....See when people get death threats. Sympathy cards. Photos of their homes tweeted and incontinence knickers sent to them because someone wrote a poem called pishy drawers then I’ll weep and wail over Findlay having to resign from the snp. She tweeted lies about me while I was in the middle of that. I left the snp over this. I was a hard working activist. Not the let’s use twitter to pick on women and go to a march 4 times a year. Half of Indy Scots twitter knew what was happening to me. They saw the same happening to Julie. Elle and several others. My personal details are on Bill Brady’s nasty blog. People have folders of my twitter dating back to Xmas 2017. One disgusting account opened on my birthday and made over 1000 tweets. Some were so vile I was advised not to read them. When that account came down I got targeted on Facebook. I was also fat shamed. Falsely accused of grifting cash and trolled over my mums cancer and my grans stroke. I was also reported to the dwp for doing a small crowdfund to buy yes leaflets. There were also threats to report me to police. Constantly. And to the dwp again. There was even a we hate Pauline dm group. So don’t give me the crud that Findlay was targeted over the GRA. She doesn’t care about women’s rights. Anymore than her band of zoomer co Horts. As if any of them did they wouldn’t have targeted me and other women in this fashion. The snp is better off without the likes of her in it. And a good few others. Internet gangsters Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655744041879534457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-54345519161091594942019-12-05T19:30:24.308+00:002019-12-05T19:30:24.308+00:00Vote SNP. It's the sane thing to do.Vote SNP. It's the sane thing to do.Dougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-4443045731521083552019-12-05T17:43:37.775+00:002019-12-05T17:43:37.775+00:00It is not elected by the people of Scotland, but b...It is not elected by the people of Scotland, but by the people of the UKoGB, so represents them, not Scots. You are forever pointing this out with your 'It's a UK election!' stuff.<br /><br />Unless you want to change your mind on that?Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-41505299919321295182019-12-05T17:19:00.367+00:002019-12-05T17:19:00.367+00:00The UK Parliament is also known as the Westminster...The UK Parliament is also known as the Westminster Parliament. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-12186951664523236002019-12-05T17:18:11.997+00:002019-12-05T17:18:11.997+00:00It would be helpful if some people on the left - i...It would be helpful if some people on the left - in the SNP & elsewhere - were as ready to criticise other unpleasant Governments as they are that of Israel. The fact that they aren't, will mean that people can't help questioning what their motives are. And to call Israel "Nazi" is just staggeringly crass and shows appalling judgement. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-51222452445315970872019-12-05T17:13:34.660+00:002019-12-05T17:13:34.660+00:00If you say so. But when the bad penny drops next w...If you say so. But when the bad penny drops next week, and the SNP struggle to retain their 35 seats, don't come crying here because the Rev and the Daily Mailer/abstentionist infestation in his comment section have helped kill the idea of independence for a generation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-30054555680840376902019-12-05T17:06:29.129+00:002019-12-05T17:06:29.129+00:00I'm with the founder of stonewall on this issu...I'm with the founder of stonewall on this issue. My position is pretty much identical to his.<br /><br />https://www.holyrood.com/inside-politics/view,cofounder-of-stonewall-calls-for-calm_14648.htm<br /><br /><b>Co-founder of Stonewall calls for calm</b>Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-39855311227623275122019-12-05T16:19:03.430+00:002019-12-05T16:19:03.430+00:00There's a reason Wee Ginger Dug has never lost...There's a reason Wee Ginger Dug has never lost his grip on reality, while Stuart Campbell appears to be in the throes of a genuine and worrying nervous breakdown. <br /><br />The former wisely rejected Twitter a long time ago, whereas the latter has allowed it to consume him entirely, to the point where the poisonous world of Twittosphere tantrums now appears to be his whole reality. <br /><br />His site lies neglected and gathering dust and the occasional SNPBAD article, while he rants day in and day out on Twitter about trans people and the evil SNP and That Nicola Sturgeon, all with an increasingly tenuous grip on perspective and reality outside of the nuttiest and angriest corners of cyberspace. <br /><br />And to think he used to be so talented and productive. How sad. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-52219447309428510652019-12-05T15:56:36.855+00:002019-12-05T15:56:36.855+00:00I came of age during the Section 28 repeal. I felt...I came of age during the Section 28 repeal. I felt sick to my stomach over what money and influence, disinformation and bigotry could do to a part of Scotland who went mad over gays. So much so that as a gay teen I almost left Scotland; it took me a long time to love my country and here we are again; a piece of legislation, a consultation and a subset going balls to the wall crazy over 'the trans' and how 'they might, or it could or perhaps maybe' just as it was nearly 20 years ago casting them as frauds or liars or predators. And the need to 'protect the children'; I remember that 'panic' and it worries me it's happening again. So for those who've went off the deep end, fallen down the trans panic twitter hole to the extent they've lost all sense of perspective, sort your life out and get your sh-t together.scobladinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-9940656602004568002019-12-05T15:51:44.584+00:002019-12-05T15:51:44.584+00:00No, it doesn't. It is the UK parliament. It re...No, it doesn't. It is the UK parliament. It represents Britain. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-16588499450757872122019-12-05T15:50:07.603+00:002019-12-05T15:50:07.603+00:00Having a voice does not mean having an influence. ...Having a voice does not mean having an influence. <br /><br />I can assure you, there are very, very few people who check what Stuart Campbell's opinion is on something before voting for it.<br /><br />He's done a good job in the past directing people to information that might influence their vote, but, as always, information speaks for itself and it is that which influences things.<br /><br />I don't care who has linked me to some information. <br /><br />I still go to have a read a Campbell's twitter and take a look at some of the stuff he's linked so to make my own mind up. I don't care what he thinks personally.<br /><br />Recently though, it's become less useful as a source to me though, for some of the reasons discussed.<br /><br />I, like most people, will make my own mind up about how to vote. That won't be based on what he or anyone else is voting. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-83937321963520905952019-12-05T15:42:41.815+00:002019-12-05T15:42:41.815+00:00Knickerless does not represent all the Scots and W...Knickerless does not represent all the Scots and Westminster does represent Scots. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-65817024457125486522019-12-05T15:40:26.408+00:002019-12-05T15:40:26.408+00:00On the contrary, there are plenty on his Twitter f...On the contrary, there are plenty on his Twitter feed and the comments section of his blog working themselves into an anti-SNP frenzy worthy of GWC. Campbell of course is more than happy to retweet and magnify those opinions. <br /><br />There has been a notably downturn in the number and frequency of comments on his site over the past few months. So I don't doubt the saner readership has largely departed, but he still has a considerable voice within the Yes movement. <br /><br />And with only the cultiest of cultists, a few well-intentioned Wings alumni trying in vain to swim against the tide, and a sprinkling of bad-faith Yoon agitators left on his site to froth about Sturgeon as rabidly as the Daily Mail, it's certainly not doing anything to help the Yes movement - and is far more likely to damage it. <br /><br />See, for example, the abstentionist thing they've been trying to get going in the comments for a while now. A lot won't listen, but some will. And considering how ultra-marginal many of the seats were at the last election, that could make a difference. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-39970828259756561402019-12-05T15:35:34.611+00:002019-12-05T15:35:34.611+00:00As for this election, it is a 'stop brexit'...As for this election, it is a 'stop brexit' election.<br /><br />No mandate for iref2 can be obtained here, and the SNP should absolutely not be suggesting that be the case. Scotland's future is decided in Scotland, at Holyrood. This isn't a Scottish election, it's an EVEL English one masquerading as a British one. Westminster does not represent the Scottish people and Scotland's future is not in its hands. The SNP should never give credence to the idea that it is. <br /><br />A good SNP showing is merely desirable to influence UK proceedings as long as Scotland is in the UK, delaying or softening brexit (at least for Scotland), while stopping the media / other parties saying 'but the results shows people don't support independence!'.<br /><br />If the SNP went into this election with 'independence' on the side of buses then failed to make any major progress, the media would act like 2017 and declare that a cancellation of any indy mandate. And how could you argue it wasn't effectively?Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-46097729249688483022019-12-05T15:24:28.326+00:002019-12-05T15:24:28.326+00:00I think you are making the mistake of believing th...I think you are making the mistake of believing that he has any individual influence on events. Nobody votes a particularly way 'cos Stuart Campbell', just as pretty much nobody will vote Yes 'Cos Nicola Sturgeon'. A good leader can help a party in elections, and personality counts at local level, but issues such as indy are beyond individual politicians and so very far away from internet bloggers for these to be utterly irrelevant. <br /><br />The reality is that nobody (bar one or two total nutters) will vote based on what Campbell says he things folks should do. He's not even standing for election, unlike Trump was. In fact if Campbell starts telling people how to vote, he will lose readers and influence very quickly, just as happens to politicians. The public are open to listening to reasons why they should vote a particularly way, but they hate being told how to vote.<br /><br />As it stands, some people might have been influenced to vote a certain way by information they were directed to by a Wings article. Or at least it led them to investigate further. However, the information was the influence, not Campbell.<br /><br />So it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference if he came out all guns blazing for the union tomorrow, it wouldn't impact things at all. You'd just find a lot of readers disappointed in his change of heart, and quick enough they'd move on. Their indy support is based on the fundamental political / constitutional / economic situation, not on blogger opinions.Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-64525737302606009392019-12-05T15:14:26.040+00:002019-12-05T15:14:26.040+00:00That anyone thinks Stuart Campbell is anything mor...That anyone thinks Stuart Campbell is anything more than a shit-stirring chancer who rides solely on the coattails of his contribution to the referendum five years ago, while producing nothing of value or worth in the here and now, shows the intellectual density and blind faith of his supporters. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-863985982462128592019-12-05T15:09:25.152+00:002019-12-05T15:09:25.152+00:00He's certainly taking time off the website, ju...He's certainly taking time off the website, judging by how his article output has been in freefall for the past several years. <br /><br />What he needs is time off Twitter. Like Trump before the 2016 election, someone needs to confiscate his Twitter so he stops screaming dementedly about how the SNP is rife with Nazi death gangs. <br /><br />He's practically one step away from insisting Nicola Sturgeon is behind Pizzagate. Guy seriously needs to regain some perspective before he goes right off the deep end. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-84277449127514612942019-12-05T14:04:46.386+00:002019-12-05T14:04:46.386+00:00Stuart Campbells words "Unfortunately it is n...Stuart Campbells words "Unfortunately it is now clear the First Minister IS one of the little woke fascists"<br /><br />Those who agree with or support such language about Scotlands FM should be condemned out of hand, I can only think Stuart Campbell is now purposely inciting trouble and also could probably be hoping for another court case against him (which he would again lose) in order to further his own project which is the continuation of the crowd funding of his lifestyle <br /><br />Nicola Sturgeon has been a supporter of Scottish Independence and politician for 30 years, had she been in politics to further financial gain or other agenda she would have not joined the SNP but some other party where she could have been much more financially rewarded if she had chosen, but she chooses Scotland and it's people, and there is not a bone in her body that isn't dedicated to that purpose<br /><br />Sturt Campbell however is an entirely different question<br />It would seem that he is inviting court action, well once the current election is over I fervently hope he gets his wish and his vile Katy Hopkins style of gutter smearing is put to an endAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-33851595820059259322019-12-05T13:47:25.639+00:002019-12-05T13:47:25.639+00:00I actually broadly support the points he's try...I actually broadly support the points he's trying to make, and have changed my views on the subject mainly a result of actually thinking about it after being prompted to by Wings and others to do so.<br /><br />However, it seems to have rather consumed him.<br /><br />I think he actually needs some time off, just to preserve his sanity. The rest of us do have lives outside the political socialmediaspehere, and are the better for it. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-69877217525407037672019-12-05T13:15:49.100+00:002019-12-05T13:15:49.100+00:00I haven't read Wings in over a year. I'm n...I haven't read Wings in over a year. I'm not interested in daily updates of the online trans panic.scobladinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-73380722921661742622019-12-05T12:18:41.751+00:002019-12-05T12:18:41.751+00:00Meanwhile, over on Wings, the anti-SNP campaign ho...Meanwhile, over on Wings, the anti-SNP campaign hots up with a new article, just 7 days before the General Election. The question on everyone's lips is - will there be such an article every day for a week?<br /><br />I support WGD:<br /><br />https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2019/12/05/i-support-nicola-sturgeon/yesindyref2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-38081594839109548802019-12-05T11:55:35.085+00:002019-12-05T11:55:35.085+00:00If this Denise person was on the conduct committee...If this Denise person was on the conduct committee but acted in an impartial way as some are noting, then that would be grounds for dismissal.<br /><br />Seems to be an awful lot of trolling going on right now anyway. Suggest unionist bumbs are squeaking big style.<br /><br />We are of course looking at a union breaking election. With indy support at 50% on average, and the age demographics edging up Yes a little more each day, a Tory win + brexit takes Yes to permanent majority. The union dies that day in Scottish hearts, forever.<br /><br />Johnson might try a Spain, but all that would do is push yes up even further and England would be faced with trying to hold onto Scotland by force, or withdrawing in good order. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-69064863802222228782019-12-05T11:51:33.777+00:002019-12-05T11:51:33.777+00:00It always has been complicated, for thousands of y...It always has been complicated, for thousands of years. But in more recent times it's possible Israel is also a victim of the Cold War divide and conquer approach, and should be allies with Palestinians for mutual protection. With people on one side or the other that's difficult to achieve.yesindyref2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6122681047085363422019-12-05T11:48:16.041+00:002019-12-05T11:48:16.041+00:00Having read the comments by Hanvey I would say he ...Having read the comments by Hanvey I would say he has nothing to apologise for and should not have been sacked. Soros irrespective of being Jewish is an international capitalist who profited from Black Wednesday. People like him can determine whether you have a job tomorrow. The GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-40445132744995175272019-12-05T11:47:04.876+00:002019-12-05T11:47:04.876+00:00She has neutral to positive satisfaction ratings 1...She has neutral to positive satisfaction ratings 12 years into office (as DFM / FM).<br /><br />She's not going to be popular with everyone, including party members, but that's utterly remarkable. It's completely unheard of. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.com