tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post7426391149440994317..comments2024-03-29T09:07:50.569+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Iain Dale : The SNP seek power and influence. How very dare they?James Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-61131388941845098242010-04-26T14:35:49.364+01:002010-04-26T14:35:49.364+01:00Doug, the analogy of a dismissive attitude towards...Doug, the analogy of a dismissive attitude towards women is spot-on. There's a regular poster on <i>Political Betting</i> (ironically female, but very right-wing) who constantly refers to the SNP's wish to be involved in the main debates as a "sense of entitlement". Now, where have I heard that phrase before?James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-83444379520388946022010-04-26T10:34:28.982+01:002010-04-26T10:34:28.982+01:00The current attitude to the SNP in the unionist me...The current attitude to the SNP in the unionist media, whether it is blogs, comment or the MSM, is a reworking of the Fast Show catchphrase, "Women, know your place!".<br /><br />This has now become, "SNP, know your place!"<br /><br />The words, "bleating" and <a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/herald-view/leaders-debate-will-become-a-fixture-1.1021228" rel="nofollow">"petulant",</a> are applied to the SNP when they complain that they've been cut out of media coverage of the election or that they intend to fight tooth and nail for Scotland because that is what they were elected to do.<br /><br />The attitude amongst commentators such as Iain Dale appear to match the attitude of papers such as the Scotsman and the Herald quite well.<br /><br />Scotland is a region, the SNP is a regional party which involves kilts somewhere and how dare the SNP attempt to be regarded on par with a real political party and get involved with real politicians.<br /><br />If the Lib-Dems had been cut out of the, "Presidential", debates do you think Iain would have described Nick Clegg as, "bleating", because he had been cut out by the media? At the core of it all is a condescending and disdainful attitude to Scotland and a refusal to regard Scotland as a nation.<br /><br />In Iain Dale's worldview Scotland's not a real nation so the SNP are to be regarded as a bunch of annoying oddballs on par with eccentric English regional parties such as the Wessex Regionalist Party.DougtheDughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02952281599715356995noreply@blogger.com