BSS Show - Dr Mark McNaught interviews James Kelly. https://t.co/5zVn6NGlR2
— Independence Live (@IndyLiveStream) January 28, 2021
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Independence Live interview
Just a quick note to let you know I was interviewed earlier this evening by Dr Mark McNaught on Independence Live. Topics included opinion polls, media attitudes to independence, and whether it's realistic to expect Boris Johnson to grant a Section 30 order. You can watch the interview via the tweet below.
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Good stuff James.
ReplyDeleteOut of interest, when Johnson says 'the indy debate is irrelevant to most Scots', I guess he means that's because the majority have already decided they're going to vote Yes so are done debating on the issue?
Yet Johnson campaign tours people's workplaces where he goes around breaking the 2m rule and touching everyone.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.personneltoday.com/hr/more-covid-19-outbreaks-in-offices-than-any-other-workplace/
More Covid-19 outbreaks in offices than any other workplace
Offices have had more outbreaks of Covid-19 than any other workplace, according to Public Health England.
Also new figures on Covid.
ReplyDeleteOne in 55 in England had it, while in Scotland the figure is just one in 110.
Scottish NHS doing a sterling job with just half the infection rate of England.
Too much to expect recognition from the Rennie/Davidson lot who'll find some SNP bad angle to punt to undermine our NHS.
With a truly free press our NHS would be celebrated for the hard-working heroes they are.
Dinna haud yer braith.
Be a lot less cases in Scotland if unionists from England didn't travel up here to politically campaign at key vaccine fighting facilities, breaking the 2 m rule and touching everyone.
DeleteHas Trump gone and got a job at the European Commission or something? Because their actions over the last few hours is show Trump levels or stupidity and lack of awareness.
ReplyDeleteFists they Article 16 or the NI Protocol despite Irelands concerns (so they either ignored them or do not tell Ireland before invoking article 16) and then they double down by not telling the UK Gov that they were going to invoke it thus breaching the terms of the NI Protocol.
The English/British Trump ((c) Joe Biden) still is running the UK unfortunately.
Delete:-)
I mean they have managed to get the UK Gov, Labour, Irish Government, Ulster Unionists, DUP, SDLP, Sinn Féin & The Alliance Party criticising them - not sure even Boris has managed that!
ReplyDeleteTotally agree. Brexit is a disaster for N. Ireland and the remain vote there should be respected, allowing full free movement of goods people and services, including vaccine shipments.
DeleteA border poll is key here. Let the people of N. Ireland decide! At the moment, it looks to the world like England is telling them what to do, forcing them into brexit.
DeleteYea like a said someone with Trump/Boris levels of stupidity has got into the decision making process. Because now everyone is condemning the EU for implementing article 16 without telling the Irish / UK Governments!
DeleteLooks like they are rapidly backtracking now, be interesting to see if they drop the whole thing or just the article 16 part.
Vaccines in NI are coming from the UK, so there's no issue of course.
DeleteIt's just Trumpist conspiracy theorists that are pushing the story.
Still, would be better for northern Ireland to get what it voted for, i.e. to remain in the EU, rather than being forced into brexit by English right-wing nationalists.
so there's no issue of course.
DeleteExactly shows what a fuck up the EU Commission made. I think the issue is that they didn't speak to Ireland before saying they were going to implement it, quite rightly if the UK Government did this it would be criticised, so the same should happen to the EU.
I'm pretty sure there will be a border poll in the next 5-10 years. I'm sure the Irish Government will be quite vocal when it feels the time is right for a poll.
No-issue solved anyway with a wee phone call. I would have said 5-10 years too for the border poll given the historic polling in N. Ireland, but things really seem to be speeding up with brexit. If Scotland goes, the N. Irish unionists of course have no union to support any more as their union is with the UK, not England(+Wales). Scottish indy would technically end the UK union with NI and NI would need to sign up to a new treaty with nationalist isolationist England (+Wales).
DeleteJohn Swinney has written to his SNP colleague Linda Fabiani Convenor of the Inquiry today to say once again you ain't getting the legal advice you requested.
ReplyDeleteThat's Swinney fully signed up to the cover up.
Am I right in understanding Liz Llyod was really close to Salmond for 8 years? First as head of media, then as a special advisor 2012-14 for the referendum?
DeleteSeems she was closer to Salmond (7 years) that she is to sturgeon (5 years).
Anyone know if the Whattsapp messages finally reveal a great SNP secret. Namely, what miserable bastard thought up the idea to remove Salmond from the SNPs history.
ReplyDeleteIf it's not bad enough to persecute him for over 3 years and try to send him to prison but they wanted to remove him from history as well and make him a non person. Very Stalinesque.
Maybe you can direct us to the history page in question?
DeleteBut yes, if you want to remove well-known politician from your party history in the public eye, then you of course to try to take them down in a huge sex scandal which gets dragged through the papers, courts and parliamentary committees for years to come to the glee of your opponents.
Best way to to do it! Nobody will ever remember Salmond now!
#FFS
#leastbelieveableconspiracytheoryever
#QUKAnon
Anyway, I am pleased Craig Murray agrees with me that Salmond didn't intend to make any comeback, ergo there was no motive for any conspiracy. Thanks for pointing out his article to me.
I quote:
He said that he had genuinely intended to quit politics and had lined up a position as Chairman of Johnstone Press
That's what I and everyone in the SNP I know thought when he quit after losing his seat in 2017. He told enough people; it was common knowledge.
Smeare Skier liar since (2014) - who stopped him getting the position as Chairman of Johnstone Press - the dirty plotters who smeared him just like you have done Smearer Skier.
DeleteNow who did the first public smear - that according to Murrays affidavit was Liz Lloyd Sturgeons Chief Of Staff who leaked all the details to her close friend the ultra Britnat David Clegg from N.Ireland and at the time Daily Record political editor.
So Sturgeons Chief of Staff is a close friend of Britnat Clegg. Make of that what you want.
So did the plotters stop Salmond because they did not want the Scotsman and other publications to be favourable to independence. But even Smearer Skier admits that at least two of the plotters were SNP and of course one of the plotters declared herself to be a soft yes. So are the plotters actually for independence.
No doubt Smearer Skier would still be saying there was no conspiracy by Guy Fawkes and his gang to blow up Parliament when they were getting hanged to death and people would quite rightly be saying who is this idiot.
Aye, It was petty to delete Salmond's considerable achievements from the SNP records.
ReplyDeleteHis place is guaranteed forby that and isn't dependent on anybody in the SNP.
Reading between the lines, I don't see an outcome that'll do the Indy movement any good.
Also IMO I don't think it's having any traction with voters.
The Unionist Parties are all hoping for different degrees of SNP Bad and the media are struggling to explain all the complexities in a form Joe Public can comprehend.
The opposition and their backers really needed Salmond to be convicted for this to fatally wound the SNP, I think. The stage was all set for "Sturgeon covered up for her sex monster boss". Now they're left trying to make the best of a rather turgid story about party in-fighting and ministerial leaning on parliamentary inquiries: undoubtedly damaging, but pretty old hat compared to what they were hoping for.
DeleteKeaton
Delete"party in fighting" trying to send an innocent man to jail. The party leader for 20 years and the first SNP FM for 7 years.
What sort of parties do you go to - or belong to that think that is acceptable.
Keaton says - " I think" - not very well at all Keaton.
Keaton
DeleteThere's no doubt BritNat dark forces were counting on Alex's conviction and it's inexplicable to me that anybody thought he was about to try a comeback to the leadership at Nicola's expense.
I don't see the present stushie impacting on the outcome in May,
nor do I see Alex standing in the election in any capacity.
He sees certain individuals as a problem of course but not the SNP per se.
IMHO I don't see him risking damaging the cause he's fought for all his life.
He certainly should not listen to the more rabid comments on some sites. Keep the heid Alex.
The fact that the usual suspects, indluding right-wing English blogs, don't continuously point out that 7/9 in court were whitehall employees and that Leslies Evans isn't an employee of Sturgeon/the SNP but officially 'London's woman in Holyood', tells you all you need to know.
DeleteAnyway, the easy test here is 'do you like/trust the people saying sturgeon is the devil incarnate?'. If the answer is no, then probability is they are all just unionists talking shite.
As a general rule of thumb in my life, I found that when people call me e.g. a 'c**t..woke...transfan...xyz fanboy...idiot ...monkey' they are generally not acting honestly and in my interests. This especially applies if they are a right-winger from England that didn't oppose brexit who just 'self-ids' as Scottish while being actively against the principle of self-iding when it comes to identity.
DeleteSo far this rule hasn't failed me.
As a general rule I find that when people are proven liars it is best to be very wary of believing anything they say or promise. That applies as much to the SNP leadership and Scotgov employees as Smearer Skier ( lying since 2014 ).
DeleteRamstam - two questions for you.
Delete1. Do you trust Salmond?
2. Have you read Salmonds submissions to the Inquiry?
Johnson has made a bollocks of every aspect of the pandemic to date. Consequently it would not be a surprise if he made a bollocks of the vaccine roll out as well. This 12 week gap between vaccine doses has the potential to be a disaster.
ReplyDeleteThe Brexit bampots crowing about being ahead of the EU in rolling out the vaccine and letting rip with their British (English) exceptionalism need to remember their oxford vaccine is coming from Belgium and the UK has the highest deaths in the world combined with the worst recession in Western economies.
Johnson has screwed up pretty much everything, but vaccine procurement seems to be the one thing that has gone well. The UK is sitting in the enviable position that even if no other vaccine gets regulated it has enough vaccine to cover the population plus some left over which of course can then be sent to 'poorer' countries, which is essential.
ReplyDeleteI think you are getting confused with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the Astrazeneca vaccine is being produced in the UK. As the Astrazeneca CEO has said the three month 'headstart' it got by getting the contract from the UK Gov over the EU allowed it to iron out the distribution /production problems in its UK plants which it is now experiencing in its EU plants. Of course its not just Astrazeneca who is experiencing problems Pfizer-BioNTech has had problems which lead to vaccine not being delivered to the EU in December, possibly leading to the shortages some parts of the EU are seeing currently.
As for the twelve week gap, of course it has its risks, but as it was signed off by all four Governments there seems to be a general consensus that the rewards outweigh the risks. Of course if the EU does decide to block exports of the Pfizer-BioNTech to the UK then this could prevent people getting the second shot, thus putting Scots lives at risk. But despite what has happened over the last twenty four hours I don't think they will go down that path.
As far as I understand it, Johnson didn't personally organise the vaccine, never mind for the UK.
DeleteThe respective devolved governments organised it for their countries in conjunction with the UK. In England, the UK government organised it rather the Johnson.
Given outbreak control, including vaccine licensing, is primarily a reserved matter, there was not really a lot of other options here for the devolved nations. If Scotland was indy in the EU, it would have done the same via the EU group approach. Collective bargaining is more powerful the larger the collective.
God help is if Johnson had been personally in charge. He breaks covid rules travelling round the country to campaigning politically in the middle of the pandemic, enters key vaccine fighting workplaces to break the 2m rule and touch everyone after coming from covid ground zero.
For sure it wasn't Johnson personally. For Johnson read UK Gov. I was just replying in the same terms as the original post. In that post Johnson was used instead of UK Gov and I just continued the theme.
DeleteBut I agree with you that the right person has to be in charge in decisions and should not just take over because they are 'the Boss', this is just basic management skills. I understand that von der Leyen took personal control of the Astrazeneca situation a week or so back leading ultimately leading to the EU commsion implementing something against the wishes of a country in the
European Union. incident yesterday. Hopefully she has realised that she has learnt from her mistakes and has handed back control to people with the right skill sets.
From what I have read the UK realised that it did not have the same bulk purchasing power as the EU/USA and used different methods. Both the EU and UK have enough regulated vaccines on order to cover their populations so both methods, thankfully, have worked.
I wasn't aware the EU did something against the express wishes of Ireland? I thought the bloc made a pan-EU move which inadvertently - in theory - affected NI undesirably, and as soon as Ireland pointed this out, it was correct.
DeleteSeems like a UK trumpist storm in a teacup given vaccines come from the UK to NI anyway because England has pulled NI out of the EU against its will.
Interestingly, in terms of 'vaccine nationalism', the EU can't do this as it's not a nation state; something the UK is keen to point out when it comes to ambassadors. Of course, if the UK claims to be a nation state before it's a union, it is capable of vaccine nationalism.
I must admit I am still Pro EU, but very disappointed with them. Implementing something without telling the country involved seems very much like the UK Gov tries to do to Scotland. I was given to believe that the EU Commission were just 'civil servants' now it appears that the Brexiters were correct and [directly] unelected officals in the commission can implement things without consulting member states. Obviously once Ireland found out what the commission was going to do, they immediately told the commission that they did not want it to happen and the commission backtracked. Hopefully they will speak to the countries involved in the future before acting like a right wing Torys and impose there will on countries without even consulting them.
DeleteI agree with you about vaccine distribution. As I said a couple of posts ago i'm pretty certain that the EU is not going to put Scots lives as risk by blocking the import of vaccines into the UK from the EU. Likewise the UK has shown any indication that it wants to block any vaccine exports from the UK.
I thought it was civil servants that implemented laws while elected politicians made these? That's what the commission was doing here, implementing a law as you say?
DeleteThe UK civil service implement / enforce laws in Scotland without this going through parliament. Once the law has been passed, it's no longer up to politicians unless it needs revising. That's no problem at all. It's just if Scots can't freely vote to end that its a problem.
I assume the civil service commission were just carrying out provisions of existing law, although it does seem this need a quick revision to account for the vaccine issue regarding NI.
I agree with you that there was never any intent to put N. Irish lives at risk here by preventing vaccines.
Incidentally, I guess others are noticing items missing from the shelves due to brexit. I can't get leeks and in each case the supermarket says its due to brexit.
Oh, and I speak as an Irish national on this matter. I'm not offended at all. I don't like the idea of others trying to be offended for me.
DeleteSeems to me that it is the political wing of British terrorist groups (and former UK coalition partner) that is kicking up the most fuss.
DeleteFrom what I could tell all pollical parties in Ireland were kicking up a fuss including pollical wings of Irish terrorists groups.
DeleteNo one if being offended for you. In a free and open society people are allow to be offended /disappointed, its there own opinion. Its only in China/North Korea that free speech /Criticism of the Government is not allwoed.
I love leeks and have had no problems getting them. Sounds like it might be a problem in your area/the shops you live in. Maybe try online shopping?
"Oh, and I speak as an Irish national on this matter. I'm not offended at all. I don't like the idea of others trying to be offended for me."
DeleteObviously the EU Commission and the Irish and UK Governments should have just consulted Skier, as his feelings are the only thing that matters regarding the border issue.
Adam - sorry but I am not getting confused about production for the Astraseneka vaccine - they have production sites in Multiple locations in Europe, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. Seneffe 40kms south of Brussels is the production site.
DeletePfizer are also in Belgium.
Yes but the ones being produced for the UK are being produced in the UK. According to the CEO they are trying to ramp up production further in these plants so that vaccines from their can support the EU plants
DeleteYou are very confused about vaccine production amongst other things. There are AstraZeneka production sites in Europe but also at least two in the UK, which are set to produce sufficient quantities to fulfill the UK contract.
DeleteNovavax is also produced on teeside in the UK.
That was for IfS, you beat me to it Adam.
DeleteI never said there weren't Astraseneka production sites in the UK. I said there was a site in Belgium which is correct and it has been reported that supplies delivered to the UK came from Belgium. Astraseneka is currently being used in the UK.
DeleteI did not refer to future supplies.
It's supplies of the Pfizer vaccine that have been exported from Belgium to the UK, not the AstraZeneka one.
DeleteI am aware that Pfizer have sent supplies from Belgium. I am saying it has been reported that Astrazeneka has also sent supplies from Belgium.
DeleteIt's Astrazeneca, and where the hell have you heard that.
DeleteCoronavirus vaccines from Pfizer and AstraZeneca are expected to be supplied to the UK as planned, despite the EU’s export controls and demands for British-manufactured jabs, after a discussion with Brussels’ chief, the British cabinet office minister Michael Gove has said.
DeleteHey Doggie is it AstraZeneca or Astrazeneca? You used both above - for a nitpicker about how a word is spelled you ain't that good yourself😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣.
DeleteAre you bampot Brexiteer Britnats getting so upset that you might get a vaccine that was not made in England but in some foreign EU country injected in to you. Wow that really is crazy stuff. Mind you Brexit is crazy.
Adam you say there seems to be a general consensus that the rewards outweigh the risks. Really - who took part in this consensus?
DeleteIsrael are not doing the 12 weeks neither is the USA. The WHO said to stick to the manufacturers trial. The manufacturers Pfizer said stick to the trial time period. Other bodies have come out against the 12 weeks.
Who is in your consensus - herd immunity Chis Whitty ?
For the AstraZeneca vaccine seems to be strong evidence that increasing the space between does may actually increase the immune response:
Deletehttps://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-areas/immunology-and-vaccines/both-covid-vaccines-likely-to-be-more-effective-at-12-week-intervals-say-government-experts/
https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n18
For the Pfizer vaccine (as its a new technology) there is less evidence but the small sample undertook in the trials with a larger gap also showed increased immune response. Cant find any paper etc that says that spreading out the gap between the vaccines causes reduces the immune response of the vaccines.
So the rewards (less people getting seriously ill or dying) outweigh the risks.
Yep, like I thought, IfS no info on where you heard Astrazeneca was delivered from Belgium.
DeleteBrexit has saved us from being part of the shambolic EU vaccine rollout process, that would have led to many many deaths in the UK. The first of many, many dividends that will come from the newfound UK sovereignty.
Adam - "say government experts" I prefer to rely on non government experts and follow the trial methods that got authorisation. What is the point of an authorisation if gov scientists just decide to do their own thing. If people start dying who have had a one jab vaccine then what risk will that be to the whole vaccine programme!
DeleteDogger - you just have to ask nicely but that is often beyond bampot Brexiteers when it come to anything European/foreigners. Dogger watch your blood pressure now - the answer to your question is Euronews. Now go lie down and be happy.
A wee reminder for you dogger :
UK worst in world for Covid deaths and
Worst recession in Western economies.
A unique achievement by British bampot brexiteers. Some dividend dogger 👎🏿
PS dogger is it AstraZeneca or Astrazeneka? Adam above uses AstraZeneka is he right.
https://stageleft.blog/2021/01/27/is-wings-broken/
ReplyDeleteWingsOverScotland when will we see yer likes again......
DeleteI'm pleased to see the Scottish government saying they are going to publish vaccine supply data in direct defiance of London.
ReplyDeleteIt's important not to engage in vaccine nationalism and be as transparent as possible.
You cannot be totally transparent by holding back some pieces of information. Seems the correct thing to do. The figures of vaccines given by HMG and those vaccinated is what is required.
DeleteA crowdfunder is underway for the ISP to help them with funds for the May election. I will be donating money I used to give to the SNP. This party may turn out to be useless and they may produce their own corrupt politicians/officials in the future but unlike the SNP I do not know that is the case so I will give them the benefit of doubt.
ReplyDeleteISP are going to get fuck all votes, fuck all seats and be gone by June. If you're going to piss your money up against the wall there are better ways of doing it.
DeleteMany thanks for your kind words of encouragement.
DeleteLol
DeleteDoggie. That is your best post to date - I thought I would return the words of encouragement.
Delete"It's important not to engage in vaccine nationalism"
ReplyDeleteI think they'd be a little bit of an outcry if Scotland merely administered it's population share of global supply rather than population share of UK vaccine supply. It would lead to the death of a lot more Scottish citizens than the current strategy.
Scotland (and the rest of the UK) is currently taking a hugely disproportionate share of early vaccine stocks, this is an extreme form of vaccine nationalism and virtually everyone in Scotland is in favour of it. If you can't see this happening you're deluded.
Vaccines stocks in the UK are controlled by the Tory Government at Westminster. You might want to phone them up to stop a lot of Scottish grannies getting their vaccinations sooner.
DeleteSitting is the wrong word. The UK (along with the EU) have pre purchased large numbers of stock but its not just sitting in warehouses its still yet to be made. Going the time period between Pfizer short delivering the vaccines and shortages appearing I would say that there is less than a months work of stock on the ground (based on current rates of production and vaccination). Production supply/logistics is going to be a big issue in rate of vaccination for quite a while yet.
DeleteIt's Skier that wants to stop the Scottish grannies getting their vaccines. I'm all in favour of jabbing those Scottish grannies as fast as jabbing will allow.
DeleteDisease outbreak control, including vaccine licensing, is a first and foremost a reserved matter, hence Johnson apologizing for the 100k+ dead. But yes, if the UK uses Scottish taxes/borrowing to buy vaccines (which is at least a population share of all such cash), it should give the appropriate population share to Scotland for distribution, otherwise it would be vaccine nationalism.
DeleteIt is right an proper this is done transparently.
As Scotland is currently not a independent country in full control of vaccine licensing / supply, it is not capable of vaccine nationalism.
So therefore, if Scotland were an independent country, you would be in favour of unilaterally ensuring that Scotland only procures a population share of global supply, thereby avoiding any form of vaccine nationalism rather than saving Scottish lives.
DeleteBecause as you state
"It's important not to engage in vaccine nationalism"
And as an Irish national with Irish, Scottish, French and US direct and in law family, I'm pretty obviously not a 'Britain First' nor a 'Scotland first' nationalist.
DeleteThe most vulnerable person (80 years old) in my family isn't even in Scotland, but in the France, EU.
Yes, I think fair distribution of supplies is important even before I the fact I don't think my non-Scots family and friends are more expendable.
DeleteThe age profile of countries should be taken into account of course. It's not about population share, but at risk population share. It's mainly the over 75's at risk. Countries with young populations have lower death tolls. The wealthier nations of the world tend to have older populations so are worse affected.
In fact within the UK Scotland should be getting a greater than population share of early supplies as it has an older population due to immigration of retirees from England combined with draining of the younger age groups.
Fair enough, I doubt that letting your citizens die to assist others the other side of the globe is going to be a vote winner though.
DeleteWe are a globally connected world. It's hardly uncommon to have friends and family across the globe. It's inward-looking, stuck in the past people that are nationalistic.
DeleteI'm early 40's and fit. Chances are I'll be ok, so I'm happy to wait my turn. I'd be happy to see someone's granny overseas get it before me.
But yes, right-wing nationalist governments will baulk at the idea of fair distribution.
And while the wealthy countries can afford it, these tend to have older populations (and often overweight with diabetes etc) so there is a natural fairness at play.
Please do not let Dogger anywhere near any grannies, Scottish or otherwise, with or without a needle.
DeleteI can confirm I have not been involved in any grannies being jabbed, poked or prodded with a needle or anything else.
DeleteDogger for a bampot Britnat Brexiteer that deserves a round of applause.
DeleteThere are few moments in politics where we can all, across every party, stand together and speak with one voice. This should be one of those times.
ReplyDeleteA border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is unthinkable. This kind of brinkmanship, especially over vaccines, cannot continue
I totally agree. N. Ireland should get to remain in the EU just as people there voted for. It should not have been forced out by England.
DeleteThe EU is a hostile foreign power. Now what is the UK Government doing to stop Sturgeon colluding with that foreign power and publishing sensitive data on vaccines?
ReplyDeleteIf Sturgeon goes ahead with her threat, there must be serious ramifications for the devolved administration.
Yes, Duggie R The repercussions could be that we become Un-devolved and become liberated instead.
DeleteWouldn't suit the desperados in the London treasury.
They have billions to lose and delusions of pseudo empire to maintain.
They must have night terrors when they hear the great British
Tory back-woodsmen saying "Let the Scots go - who needs them"
That's the problem when you believe your own propaganda.
It's a dead giveaway from a covert Unionist when they use the word "foreign" as a term of abuse.
DeleteFolk in the EU are as much Jock Tamson's bairns as any in these islands, and "Hostile Foreign Power" is comical IMO.
Do you do Am Dram Duggie R?
Ramstam - you aint exactly going to get the Detective of the Year Award 2021 for spotting the dogger is a bampot Britnat Brexiteer.
Deletelol
DeleteDoes Vietnam have an extradition treaty with the UK?
ReplyDeleteWhat crime have you committed? Pray tell. I take it you are not that thick that you cannot do a basic internet search.
DeleteI understand England is looking to immediately hand the UKs new found sovereignty away to Vietnam as part of the pan-pacific trade bloc so we can, erm, export fresh shellfish to Australia using concorde or something.
DeleteIf Wings told him living in Vietnam was the best way to independence, he'd buy it like all the other nonsense he gets taken in by.
DeleteSomeone must have told him Robert the Bruce led Scotland to freedom from a warm beer garden in Bath.
DeleteSmearer Skier (liar since 2014) and his tag team pal Dogger the Britnat. What's the name of your tag team Britnats united.
DeleteUnknown you really need to keep up and get clued up before commenting and showing how ignorant you are. Perhaps you have a friend who can explain my post to you. Perhaps not.
Hi IfS, you didn't tell us Liz Lloyd was closer* to Salmond that Sturgeon. Isn't that important?
DeleteWhat if Salmond organised all this to take Sturgeon down so he could make a comeback? You've said he wants to come back, and to do so, he would need to take out Sturgeon. So he could have manufactured all the allegations knowing he'd get off as they were not true, but then blame sturgeon for them, using the pro-union media against her. He could even meet her as a friend, tricking her into breaking the ministerial code so he could have her forced to resign later!
It's a bit elaborate, but makes sense. After all, he was closer to Liz Llyod that Sturgeon is.
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*Based on years employed by
Smearer Skier ( lying since 2014) says " You've said he wants to come back,...."
DeleteNever said that. So Smearer Skier just why do you need to lie all the time?
Why don't you stick to playing with your dogger of a pal and stop lying about me and that post above shows you need help and you need it quick.
Trading more with the pan-pacific trade bloc will be excellent for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
ReplyDeleteIt's simply replacing the existing EU-Vietnam agreement to mainly facilitate pre-existing trade flows as the UK left the EU.
DeleteIn a greener world, we should reduce world trade and focus on trading with our nearest neighbours. We should not be buying and selling with Australia, but with Austria.
DeleteScotland is a net exporter of fresh produce. Frozen is lower value and requires higher carbon emissions to keep it that way for extended periods.
Best sell fresh scots produce to the restaurants of Paris, not frozen weeks old stuff which has pumped out tonnes of CO2 to get to Perth, WA.
I've noticed Smearer Skier (lying since 2014) seems be a lot happier now he has his very own new Britnat tag team member - Doggie take a bow. Mind you it could just be his old pal GWC making a comeback. Anyway I am sure they will both be very happy together.
Delete"In a greener world, we should reduce world trade and focus on trading with our nearest neighbours. We should not be buying and selling with Australia, but with Austria."
DeleteThe UK has an unlimited free trade deal in goods with the EU, zero tariffs and zero quotas. Services don't result in the same kind of carbon footprint as trade in goods. Carbon footprint isn't the be all and end all of everything, globalisation has the potential to lift many millions of people in low and middle income countries out of poverty.
The UK has introduced a huge amount of red tape and taxes on trade with the EU. Even if there are no taxes, you have to fill out length forms. It's a disaster for free trade and British firms are already losing out big style while many British shoppers are facing empty shelves. At the same time 1.3 million skilled workers have left the UK seeking a better life.
DeleteServices which computing power have large carbon footprints; cloud data centres are beast to cool. The further the data travels, the more energy is needed to get it there. Less than good of course, but providing services to the other side of the world uses more energy.
Globlisaton is fine; it just should be done via nearest neigbours. Each country trades most with those closest to it and the least with those furthest away.
"The UK has introduced a huge amount of red tape and taxes on trade with the EU. Even if there are no taxes, you have to fill out length forms." I
DeleteUnless trading with the EU has a greater administrative burden than trading with other nations trade flows are not likely to be diverted which makes your argument redundant.
What's the point in creating extra red tape at all? Surely we should be looking to strike a new trade deal with the EU which allows for full free movement of people, goods, finance and services?
DeleteAnd Scotland can't e.g. trade fresh meat, dairy and seafood with the other side of the world. Europe is close enough for fresh. Canned and frozen means a higher carbon footprint and much lower value. Now exporting our fresh produce costs much more and is slower, giving a natural advantage to EU competitors.
Let's join the pacific trade bloc cause you know the pacific is right there on the UK's doorstep.
DeleteScotland can sell fresh seafood to Vancouver and ice to the Inuit.
2% of the UK's population - in the form of skilled workers - has already left the sinking ship. 1.3 million economic emigrants -equivalent of ~1/4 of the population of Scotland - have left the UK in search of a better life.
It's an epic, unprecedented brexodus.
Yet still rUK unemployment is rising. It's only not rising in Scotland which continues to see new Scot skilled workers arrive ahead of independence.
The UK had far too many economic migrants pre Brexit, which was placing an insurmountable pressure on infrastructure, housing and public services and a significant downward pressure on wage rates.
DeleteThe reversion to a more normative population distribution is nothing but unabashed good news for the people of the UK who will now be more likely to find meaningful well-paid employment and be able to afford to purchase a home.
Prior to the pandemic, the UK was close to full employment and beginning to experience some wage inflation. The rising unemployment has everything to do with Covid and nothing to do with Brexit.
Another Brexit success story to follow the vaccine roll out.
ReplyDeleteThe UK will apply to join a free trade area with 11 Asia and Pacific nations on Monday, a year after it officially left the EU.
Joining the group of "fast-growing nations" will boost UK exports, the government says.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership - or CPTPP - covers a market of around 500 million people.
Anti-brexiteers used to say Brexit was all about the economy, apparently now its about global warming with a notable exception of course.
Scotland's closest neighbour is England, why attempt to create any trade barriers or impediment with your closest neighbour which would inhibit "full free movement of people, goods, finance and services" and involves no currency transaction costs.
But:
Delete"Unless trading with the the rUK has a greater administrative burden than trading with other nations Scottish trade flows are not likely to be diverted which makes your argument redundant."
I was merely illustrating the incoherence and inconsistency in your position using your own premise and assumptions as opposed to taking a viewpoint per se. But if Scotland rejoins the EU or joins the EEA, as appears to be the popular intention upon independence, then the administrative burden of trading with the UK will be higher than many countries, so the likelihood would be a distortion to trading patterns. With a greater proportion of trade being with the EEA than currently and less with the UK, as has occurred with the Republic of Ireland since independence, this would lead to an increases in those dreaded carbon emissions.
DeleteI thought there were no barriers to trading with the EU? If that's the case, an EEA Scotland trading with the UK would be fine.
DeleteAnd the UK is a shrinking market, while the EU is a much bigger, growing one.
The UK is currently experiencing a mass exodus of skilled workers. 1.3 million and counting have flooded out the exit gates since brexit. Equivalent to 1/4 of Scotland's population. The UK population is officially shrinking; it's like Scotland in the 1980s/90s.
Never in the history of civilization has mass emigration preceded an economic boom.
The ship is sinking and those that can leave are leaving, just like loads of finance companies have, opening new offices in Dublin and beyond.
Not also that the closest capital to Edinburgh (and Glasgow) is that of an EU country. Aberdeen is closer to Stavanger that it is to London (a route I've used a lot for work with London not important to my industry). Scotland is closer to Europe.
DeleteA dogger since 2013 and a liar since 2014. They make a perfect couple.
DeleteSee when someone was a 'close advisor to Salmomd' (which they'd need to be to be able to make believable allegations), why are they not a 'former close advisor to Salmond' but instead are 'close advisor to Sturgeon', even though they may have advised her for notably less time, ergo are less close. It's the former that's relevant, not the latter.
ReplyDeleteIt's like some people are trying to deceive others.