Thursday, March 13, 2025

Home births and surrogacy are weaponised in Alba's latest vicious round of internal "elections"

As has been discussed a number of times on this blog over the last year or so, one of the gaping plot-holes in the ludicrous claim that Alba is a "member-led party" is that it's absolutely impossible for members to democratically control the party unless they democratically control the Conference Committee, and they simply don't.  It's the annual conference that formally determines policy, and the Conference Committee is the gatekeeper of what can and cannot be discussed, voted upon and decided at conference.  The committee is not directly elected by rank-and-file party members.  Some of the people on it are elected by the tiny selectorate of a few dozen members who attend National Council, but others, including the committee chair Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, are directly appointed by the leadership.  Additionally, meetings of the committee are often flooded by office bearers who the leadership have unilaterally decreed "have a right to be there" even though nothing in the party constitution says they do.  When this extraordinary state of affairs has been challenged, the reply has been that the NEC has certain powers to "interpret the constitution", which essentially means the NEC has taken upon itself the right to see things in the constitution that simply aren't there.  Exactly the same excuse was of course used by the leadership as they ignored their own rule-book while pursuing the McEleny Purges last year.  The constitution is, bluntly, not worth the paper it's written on.  

However, it's been pointed out to me that it doesn't actually matter how many members of the committee are appointed or elected, or how many non-members of the committee its meetings are routinely flooded with, because by far the most important problem is that the committee never actually holds any votes anyway.  It's supposedly "consensus-led", which is code for "Tasmina makes the decisions and the committee is obliged to silently agree with her".  This guiding principle was exemplified by the legendary incident eighteen months ago when a motion was submitted proposing the establishment of a policy development committee, to try to get a grip on Alba's chaotic, ad hoc, top-down approach to policy formation.  Tasmina bellowed "THAT'S A BIG NO FROM ME!!!!", which apparently was supposed to be the end of the matter.

If any Alba members were naive enough to think that the spotlight that has been shone recently on the leadership's abuses of power would at least lead to a touch more circumspection from now on, the list of motions accepted by the committee for discussion at this month's conference should disabuse them of that notion.  It's a threadbare list of mostly very bland, sometimes utterly pointless motions, that makes Alba look like a party that has completely run out of ideas.  That's not entirely fair, because plenty of weightier motions of far greater consequence were submitted, but of course they were insta-blocked by the Tas Tyranny on the Conference Committee, with boilerplate excuses being given (some of which actually contradicted each other).

So which motions has Tas decreed are far more important than, for example, discussion of a policy development committee?  One of the motions that has made the cut, and I'm sure this is just an astounding coincidence, was submitted by none other than Shannon Donoghue, the notoriously immature thirtysomething daughter of the party's new General Secretary (or is she just the acting General Secretary?) Corri Wilson.  And it was seconded by Corri Wilson herself.  It calls for expectant mothers to be better informed of the benefits of home births, in order to relieve the burden on NHS maternity services.  

Everyone I've spoken to about this is unanimous that Shannon's motion is somewhere on a continuum between utterly redundant and downright harmful.  It's redundant in the sense that pregnant women are already fully informed about the home birth option, and it's harmful in the sense that home births can almost double the risk of adverse outcomes in a first pregnancy.  It would plainly be irresponsible to relieve the burden on the NHS by pushing too hard for women to select a non-clinical option that will result in a greater number of deaths.

The widespread view is that Shannon knows perfectly well that her motion adds no value whatsoever, and she's only doing this to give herself a readymade excuse to deliver a "moving personal experience" speech to the conference about her own home birth.  The speech will of course coincide with the running of the pay-per-vote "election" for Ordinary NEC Members, in which Shannon is a candidate.  She seems to have calculated that making an "emotional connection" with conference delegates is her ticket to electoral success.

But isn't that a bit of an amateurish way of doing it, Shannon?  If you want to get on the NEC that badly, why not just bulk-buy a few dozen votes like You-Know-Who did last time around?  That's what the system is there for, surely?  

Maybe Shannon is a bit short of cash at the moment, who knows. Meanwhile, there's an 'r' in the month, so she must have been breaching Alba's Code of Conduct yet again - behaviour which would, if equal treatment was applied, lead to her being hauled before the Disciplinary Committee to face possible expulsion from the party.  The social media policy is absolutely explicit that Alba members are forbidden to "target individuals" in social media posts, regardless of whether those individuals are current members of the party or not.  And yet behold...

While we might chortle at the spectacular lack of self-awareness of someone lecturing others on the need to "get somewhere on their own merit" when she herself owes her position on several committees to the fact that her mother is a senior party functionary, and while we might marvel at the sheer brazenness with which she regularly breaches the Code of Conduct knowing her mum's status will always protect her, there is of course a deadly serious point here.  Shannon is one of the people who jointly submitted the initial complaint against me which ultimately led to my expulsion from Alba.  Although the disciplinary referral document drawn up by Chris McEleny was ludicrously vague about what I was supposed to have done wrong, one of the few points of specificity was that I was being charged with having breached the social media policy - the very thing that Shannon, one of the complainers, regards as very much an optional extra in her own life.  

Alba really is nothing more than a racket set up for the benefit of a few elite families and friends.  My advice to Alba members is to either put an end to that racket by means of an internal democratic revolution, or if that proves to be impossible (as I strongly suspect that it will) stop wasting your time on a party that is going absolutely nowhere and start seeking more useful avenues for pursuing independence.

Incidentally, not to be outdone by Shannon, one of the dividing lines drawn by the disgraced Chris McEleny (aka "that's Prime Dog MADDUS to you") in his self-indulgent but doomed campaign to be depute leader is a ban on surrogacy.  Although I don't necessarily disagree with that in principle, it's an odd choice of policy to run on, given that McEleny concedes himself that Holyrood has no power to implement a ban.  But it's been pointed out to me that McEleny's opponent Neale Hanvey is known to have attempted surrogacy with his partner on three occasions.  Is that why McEleny is doing it?  Given what we know about the nature of Alba internal politics, that possibility certainly cannot be ruled out.  What a lovely kind fluffy party I used to be a member of, to be sure.

112 comments:

  1. In a few areas McEleny is quite right wing due to his religeous upbringing and that is fair enough up to a point. The point stops when he and others try and impose their views and beliefs on others and particularly on the unwary.

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    1. What a load of shite

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    2. What McEleny or someone else in ALBA?

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  2. Yeah James you're better off back in the real and only party of Independence.

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    1. What if Shannon Donoghue applied to join the SNP? Would she be acceptable in terms of your Code of Conduct?

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    2. Hello darkness, my old friend.

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    3. Very bold of you showing up on SGP under Scottish Skier Ross. I doubt you have learned anything over the last few years. Still an SNP propagandist and proud self confessed liar.

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    4. It's time to ditch British Gas and switch to Scottish Gas.

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    5. The mad as a bucket of frogs British Irish liar Skier who never goes skiing and says he has a French wife and draws ski slope ski jump graphs showing independence support at 110% in 5 years on his blog that nobody reads has returned.

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    6. Tomlin @ 8.01

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  3. ..... in that case, how's about "the only party of Independence" starts demonstrating that commitment to INDEPENDENCE .... cos' I for one ain't seen much of it over the last 11 years !!

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    1. Ifs - you don’t see the hand in front of your face.

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    2. There are some disturbed and quite frankly scary posters on SGP who refuse to address basic facts.

      1. The SNP has lost approx 70,000 members in recent years.

      2. The SNP has seen its vote share decrease from 45-49% to 30-35% in recent years.

      3. Independence has remained approx at 50% of the vote.

      Yet these weird and disturbed posters on SGP seem to think I am the only person dissatisfied with the SNP. They imagine other posters are me. They imagine anyone who says they used to be an SNP supporter but still are independence supporters are unionists or traitors. Are these people just plain mad or just as thick as anyone can be?

      Well 9.26pm are you mad or mega thick? That post at 7.27pm is not me. Get yourself a hobby and stop obsessing about me.

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    3. It's time to ditch British Gas and switch to Scottish Gas.

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    4. We shall strive to prevent such people from posting within the Celine Gottwald Cultural Circle.

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  4. Wonder what Tasmina tell them when I applied to rejoin? Was it Tas's decision? Did they all decide? Thank feck Tasmina said " that's a big No" aboot me. Id be spewing listening tae this pish at Conference.

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  5. In the context of Alba and that of Nicola Sturgeon, it's worth noting her departure from being an MSP marks the conclusion of an exceptional political chapter. It is a deeply poignant moment.

    For many years, she dedicated herself wholeheartedly to the people of Scotland, giving up some of the most valuable years of her life to serve with remarkable compassion.

    As First Minister, she was a towering figure, blending sharp intellect with genuine empathy, and combining resilience with kindness.

    Her efforts to promote equality, justice, and Scotland’s role on the global stage stand as some of the most significant achievements by any Scottish politician.

    She leaves behind an immense and lasting impact on history.

    Through her leadership, she empowered countless individuals who felt hopeless or overlooked.

    She inspired a new generation to embrace politics rooted in values and optimism.

    She helped pave the way for a brighter future for women.

    Scotland is undoubtedly stronger because of her.

    While she will be greatly missed, her legacy will continue to shape Scotland for generations to come.

    A leader like her is truly rare.

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    1. What a load of rubbish.

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    2. She’s free !

      Nicola Sturgeon has at least won her own independence and I believe she’s going to use that freedom, you’re not a political animal all of your adult life from the age of 16 years then forget politics and what you believe in ever existed

      I can’t say I’m not disappointed, because only a few months ago she indicated that she would stand again but I guess it won’t affect SNP dominance up to the elections and beyond at this time

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    3. AI loves you baby.

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    4. Is this comment satire because it sure reads like it is. Sturgeon virtually destroyed SNP, decimated the membership and populated it with folk more interested in gender ideology than independence. The worst SNP leader in its entire history, the destroyer of women’s rights and a danger to children through gender ideology embedded in the school curriculum at the expense of core subjects like numeracy and literacy. She might be the longest serving First Minister but that just meant she had longer to inflict damage on Scotland.

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    5. It's time to ditch British Gas and switch to Scottish Gas.

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    6. Lot of exaggerated hysteria over the GRR bill being used simply as more anti Sturgeon rhetoric. It's gone now and institutions applying ridiculous supposed applications of it are the ones at fault for not using common sense. Sturgeon is no destroyer of women's rights - although that rubbish is handily applied by those who already held adolescent biased grudges against her whilst suffering from the green monster jealousy syndrome - and those in the movement back in 2019 decided they all wanted Joanna Cherry to replace her, and worked from then on with Salmond and others to vilify Sturgeon.

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    7. Tomlin @ 8.26

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  6. The entrenched control exerted by Alba's leadership over the party's democratic processes continues to highlight just how problematic the party's internal structure has truly become.

    The fact that conference motions are selectively filtered by a small group of individuals, many of whom owe their positions to personal connections rather than merit, underscores the absence of true member-led governance.

    This manipulation allows leadership figures like Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh to stifle meaningful policy debate and sideline motions that might challenge their dominance.

    Moreover, the party's disciplinary standards appear to be selectively enforced, with individuals connected to senior figures seemingly immune to the same scrutiny imposed on others.

    This culture of favoritism, combined with the apparent prioritization of personal ambition over collective progress, paints a troubling picture of a party increasingly defined by cronyism rather than democratic accountability.

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    1. Now there's more fear and jealosy from the losers.

      I'm straight-talking and the things I've said are all 'out there'.
      I'm keeping it real. Remember I hate fakes and 🐍
      https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/mp-corri-wilson-hires-daughter-9045729

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    2. It's time to ditch British Gas and switch to Scottish Gas.

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    3. Shannon D. You do know you are replying to A I gibberish?

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  7. Alba's leadership is afflicted by power plays and a lack of accountability making it difficult for the party to inspire confidence among members.

    In contrast, Nicola Sturgeon consistently demonstrated strong leadership and strategic focus during her tenure, giving SNP members hope and a source of inspiration.

    Two very different parties.

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    1. Anon at 9.58pm says " strategic focus" - is that when Sturgeon decided to go to a London court to get it declared that she couldnae hold Indyref2. What " hope and inspiration" did that give anyone.

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    2. I thought she went to the supreme court to show Scotland that England would do anything to rule Scotland, so join the Independence movement and do something about it
      Obviously IFS wanted Nicola Sturgeon to be his Mammie and wipe his Arse for him

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    3. Strong leadership my arse - she was a bully and a tyrant who ostracised and persecuted those like Joanna Cherry among others who disagreed with her.

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    4. 11.58pm what a load of meaningless strange drivel. IFS is right in that there are weirdos posting and you are one of them.

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    5. It's time to ditch British Gas and switch to Scottish Gas.

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  8. Alba is simply a parody party now, a friends and family club for the memory of Salmond. If Donnohue is representative of what it values, it’ll fail spectacularly next year.

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  9. It could be worse. “Hello I’m ifs-don’t know my real name , vote for me and isp, no I don’t know what that is either. It’s all Nicklaas fault, she caused the covid ye know.independence for east Renfrewshire!

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    1. 10.06pm - clearly you have no shame or standards. Covid was a terrible pandemic with many people having friends or family seriously ill. Nobody, including ifs , has ever said that Nicola
      “ caused the Covid”. What a lowlife you are.

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    2. Anon at 10.06pm - what a lowlife troll you are as 10.26pm says.
      I have never asked anyone to vote for me or ISP - so you are a lying lowlife troll who needs to get a hobby and improve your moral standards. Lying about Covid makes you a despicable character.

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    3. It's time to ditch British Gas and switch to Scottish Gas.

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    4. Tomlin @ 11.19

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    5. Tomlin @ 7.57

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    6. 12.25 is suffering from paranoia.

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    7. Idiot @,12:25

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  10. "stop wasting your time on a party that is going absolutely nowhere and start seeking more useful avenues for pursuing independence."

    Such as?

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  11. It's time to ditch British Gas and switch to Scottish Gas.

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  12. The SNP has a stronger record on LGBTQ+ rights than Alba. The SNP passed same-sex marriage legislation, introduced Gender Recognition Reform and implemented LGBT-inclusive education. Leaders like Nicola Sturgeon have been vocal allies supporting equality and condemning discrimination. In contrast, Alba, led by Alex Salmond, opposed the Gender Recognition Reform Bill raising concerns among LGBTQ+ advocates. Alba’s stance has been viewed as less inclusive particularly for transgender rights. With a clearer legislative record and consistent advocacy, the SNP stands out as the more supportive party for advancing LGBTQ+ equality in Scotland.

    Worth keeping in mind!

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    1. It's time to ditch British Gas and switch to Scottish Gas.

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    2. Nowadays, if there was a vote on same sex marriage, or any of the rest of that stuff, the SNP's deputy FM would have to resign.

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    3. Nah, generally that convention is relaxed for "issues of conscience" (meaning stuff to do with shagging)

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    4. 7.56am - people voted SNP for independence not all that stuff. The SNP never “ introduced Gender Recognition Reform “ it was a divisive waste of time as Westminster was always going to stop it. Sturgeon focused on the rights of + (whatever that is) instead of independence and trying to put double rapists in women’s prisons. Therefore, just like Starmer more recently, she is a fraud. It would have been better if she had gone 6 years ago.

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    5. Ach, there's always Alba 😏

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    6. Anon@7:56, It was the SNP under Salmond who introduced same sex marriage yet you still choose to criticise him. Pathetic.

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    7. Ach there is always an idiot popping up like 1.33pm.

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  13. Thank Fuck Francis has fucked off!

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    1. Don't do that to me, for a minute I thought you were talking about the Pope.

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    2. Francis has gone back to posting anonymously.

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  14. It's time to ditch Scottish Gas.

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  15. The SNP has led Scotland since 2007, showing skill and stability. They brought free university, better childcare and green policies. Their long time in power proves people trust them. Alba, started in 2021, lacks this record. With more wins and results, the SNP stands as the stronger choice.

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    1. On the Nicola Sturgeon noise

      The louder they vocalise their hatred of her the more they feared her then and still do now

      They fear the “other things” and “new opportunities” she says she’s about to embark upon, and try as they have they can’t get access to “the book” da da da daah……

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    2. Then they ran out of Scottish Labour policies to implement, sometime around 2010....

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    3. @Jimbo In The Wild, get your own patter

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    4. No can do - me got a lobotomy.

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  16. 'Decided not to seek re-election' defined here as 'has secured comparable income through advance book sales, overseas speaking tour and financial settlement with estranged husband.'

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  17. TP at 8.58 ... so what?

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    1. Tomlin @ 9.22

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    2. You could be daft and contribute tae Wings !

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  18. It's time for... The Primus!

    Accept no surrogates.

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  19. I one posted on here a long time ago that Alba needed to ditch the Alex & Tasmina show. Today, they haven't ditched either, and one of them is dead (much like the Alba Party).

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    1. But with Alex gone and Chris excommunicated there is only Tasmina left. It is easy to know where the poison is.

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  20. The Alba vote may be slowly, painfully increasing - from 1.3% in May 2022 to 1.8% in Dec 2022 to 3.1% today - assuming somewhere like Broxburn gives a good indication.
    But surgery is required.

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  21. Shannon Donoghue @ closing time

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  22. Painfully increasing? Are you sure. Painfully dying more like. I’m sure ISP will take extra votes. Maybe another 10?

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  23. The stupidity of Scotland writ large above
    England has always ruled Scotland because they infested the country with idiots, and those idiots are on display right here

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    1. Looking in your mirror again.

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  24. There is no Alba, there never was, you never heard of the purse and the Sow's ear?

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  25. Musk-Campbell Fruitcake CompanyMarch 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM

    The reverend disagrees with Jamt.

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  26. Ach there's always the NSP !

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  27. What this awe abooot in The National” “NEW: Nicola Sturgeon and Colin Beattie are still under investigation by the Crown Office amid a probe into the SNP’s finances, it has been confirmed

    Figures showed that at the end of January, at least £2.1m had been spent on Operation Branchform “

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    1. They can't drop the charges until they're sure she won't be coming back, but then she still might come back
      So the charges will continue until hell freezes over or until the Reform party reinforced by Tories Labour Lib Dems and the dregs of the Alba party in Scotland once they're the new order in Grande Brittannia make a law that speaking about independence is punishable by death, except for the Alba dregs who can talk about devo min but never actually mean it

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    2. Those SNP intellectuals - what are they like?
      Maybe like Dr Jim @ 2.44.

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    3. That is certainly Dr Jim at 2.44. Just look at the desperation in that post - " but then she might still come back". Dr Jim drooling over Sturgeon just goes on and on. Somebody should tell Jimbo nicophants are going out of fashion.

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    4. IFS is jimbo in the wild with another identity

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    5. Anon at 10.51pm - wrong again not me. Get yourself a hobby that disnae entail obsessing about me.

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  28. Let’s talk about internal democracy within the SNP. How does it compare with Alba? For eg how are conference motions selected in the SNP?

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  29. Join and find out. Either way ALBA is going down and out.

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  30. Craig Murray says:- " Nicola Sturgeon was a hugely successful politician. Despite inheriting a massively popular party, despite the chaos of Brexit, despite the disastrous London governments of May, Johnson , Truss and Sunak she succeeded in blocking Scottish independence for her masters.
    A traitor. "

    Oh well never mind Craig we do have baby boxes and the Scottish Child Payment to ease the pain of betrayal.

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    1. I think you were probably jilted at the 6th year dance at school and never recovered.

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    2. Still quoting Craig Murray the send me money to my address in the Strand London independence stalwart
      You must be even stupider than you look

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    3. Anon at 9.13pm - you think do you - amazing. How long have you been doing that - 6 months!

      Anon at 10.54pm - you are the idiot because you do not know how I look. The more numpties like you post comments the more you confirm you are a thicko. Entertaining though.

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  31. Once a British First Minister - always a former British First Minister.

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  32. Same crap from the usual suspects. SNP Baaad, moan moan, Alba brill, WOS great. Lying arseholes. Meantime SNP are quietly neutralising the damaging divisive elements, repairing the damage and preparing for Holyrood 26. Cue “Naw yes urny, Nicola the crook, motorhome, accounts, CPS in her pocket, A S wrongly prosecuted etc ad nauseum. All speculative and in some parts completely fictional crap planted in their tiny minds. Unionists just love them. Idiot for Scotland is looking at an MBE and the ermine. His wee pals will rush to kiss his feet. Lovely. Off out to the pub now. Don’t wait up.

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    1. Anon at 8.29pm not only are you turning in to Mr Angry you are also seeing things. "Alba brill, WOS great" never seen any posts saying that on SGP. Looks like you are the "lying arsehole".

      " Reparing the damage" to the SNP you say. Who was in charge the last Ten years - Sturgeon's gang. Looks like you are the Idiot for the SNP.

      You sound as if you have already been at the pub for some time already. The natural home for a drunken ned troll like you.

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    2. IFS was a Salmond arse licker now he's denying it, wee punk

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    3. Anon at 10.57pm typical coarse comment that a lowlife ned would post. If you had actually read my comments on SGP over the years you would know I have consistently said that I do not idolise politicians and that it is a mistake to do so. You just have to look at all the numpties who idolise Sturgeon going through the mental loops of denial as to what she has shown herself to be. You are all an embarrassment.

      Facts have never stopped trolls like you lying.

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    4. Here are a few kind words from the blogger Grumpyscottishman about Sturgeon specially for you numpty trolls.

      " History will not judge Sturgeon well, she is up there with Thatcher, she may even surpass her. What will stick with myself over all of the scandal, the woke, even the betrayal is the 2015 English parliament election.
      That was the time to strike the hard bargain, I dont know if Scotland could have put up with another referendum so soon after 2014 but when Smith became the betrayal that it was, when Cameron played English bulldog big baws, rather than kick him in the baws, take the MPs out of the English Parliament, demand change, a better deal, maybe full fiscal autonomy, she either bottled it, or was got at.
      That for me is my lasting memory, Sturgeon the coward."

      I disagree. My lasting memory of Sturgeon is Sturgeon the Betrayer. Who did such a crap job for Scotland at the Smith Commission - John Swinney.


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    5. You are a sewer of disgusting filth IFS , it's no wonder people are turned off independence website because of types like you

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    6. Oops. IFS March 14 @ 11.46 it's interesting that you say you remember Nicola Sturgeon as a coward c2015. What's curious to me is that Alex made his resignation speech about things after the referendum now being redolent with possibility and the dream shall never die. So he resigned. He had no reason to resign, people including Sturgeon begged him not to when he first suggested it in July 2014 before the vote. If things were so redolent with possibility - and given we had come so close in the referendum, why DID Alex resign and walk away leaving Sturgeon to pick up the debris in Scotland? If he thought we were in a position of redolent possibility - why was he not interested in sticking around in Scotland and putting his shoulder to the wheel of those possibilities? Why was he in such a rush to get back to Westminster? Why was that so much more appealing than sticking around in Scotland and continuing the fight for independence from that position of redolent possibility? Why did he find it so easy to say 'well that's job done, I'm off now?"

      As you and others say, it was a waste of time having SNP MP's down in Westminster when the work of independence should be pursued in Scotland. So why did Alex make such an odd decision to get out of Dodge and be free of the aftermath of the referendum which he left your supposed 'coward' Nicola Sturgeon and all his colleague who put him on his pedestal - to do the after recovery of the referendum? Why did he not feel he should have been a part of that - IN HIS ALLEGEDLY BELOVED SCOTLAND?

      You put forward the notion of Sturgeon as a coward. I remember the smug look of pleasure and nod of acknowledgement Salmond gave to the Prime Minister when the Prime Minister welcomed him back to the House of Commons. Alex looked like the cat who had got the cream and well comfortably settled in. Meanwhile your 'coward' Nicola Sturgeon, was left to face the mockery of all of Scotland and the Scottish media for months after the loss of the referendum. Alex, when he returned to Westminster, didn't get any of that criticism or mockery back in the fold of the House of Commons.

      In the book BREAK-UP: How Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon went to war' - there are some very interesting comments from Alex's closes aides, including the one that Alex made Nicola the minister for the referendum 'in case things went awry'. So, if the referendum didn't work out, as he pretty much thought and knew it would, with his having wanted Cameron to include devo-max on the ballot because Alex thought Scotland wouldn't take the step to independence - it pretty much always looked as if Alex had always been intent on doing his disappearing off when the going got really tough so that he didn't have to pick up any pieces.

      So I don't agree Nicola Sturgeon was your 'coward' at any time. She was always lined up to be the picker up of the pieces Alex left behind. As I've said before - Alex wasn't a finisher. He talked a good game - but left the nitty gritty and the cleaning up after him to those colleagues who did the footwork for him all those years to get him to FM and cement his personal status in Scotland. And then he casually walked away with a smile on his face, relieved of helping with any recovery after the referendum - leaving it to those colleagues who he expected to pat him on his head and thank him for later behaving like a pillock, letting everybody down - and conjured up that they conspired against his cut above great self to 'have me jailed'. Who on earth would have wanted to bother.

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    7. 4.55am - you cannot read properly. Your first line is wrong. It’s
      Grumpyscottishman who says Sturgeon is a coward. Ifs says he disagrees and says Sturgeon is the Betrayer. You should have gone to bed. The rest of your post is of the same poor standard.

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    8. Anon@9:17, I noticed that too. Somebody too anxious to post his tsunami of verbal diarrhea to even read the comment he's critiquing.

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    9. Anon at 4.55am to say Sturgeon is a coward presupposes she wanted to hold Indyref2. I don't believe she did. Therefore she is a charlatan a Betrayer. You cannae even get the basics right so why should anyone give any credence to your post.
      You go on about Sturgeon picking up the pieces as if it was all a mess. Wrong. In the 2015 UK election the SNP got 50% of the vote and the Greens 1.3%. A majority of people voting for independence parties. The SNP membership soared.

      Contrast that with today. The SNP vote fluctuates between 30-35% and the SNP have lost approx 75,000 members. Sturgeon and her husband have lost £600k raised for Indyref2 and are under police investigation. That is a factual comment on Sturgeon's legacy.

      Using that Britnat book as a source destroys any credibility you have. You say " Who on earth would have wanted to bother. " Sturgeon's gang that's who.

      Anon your post is a long post but that just means you got so much more wrong.

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    10. Anon at 12.08am - you are entitled to your opinion but it is hardly a critique of my comments or Grumpyscottishman. It is the stuff that coarse trolls post. I'll dedicate my next post just for you.

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    11. Alex Salmond give me Devo Max because I don't believe in independence
      Why did Salmond immediately resign post 2014? Job done is why, then when Sturgeon looked like she was going to really do it Salmond began his hate campaign against her and the SNP
      He ran the government, he ran the campaign, he tanked the Alisair Darling debates, he lost the referendum, he went back to Westminster to be with his pals like Ian Duncan Smith
      Odd why none of these so called angry Alba's are ever angry at Salmond the fake loser
      David Cameron allowed the referendum when the polls said 28% YES
      Nicola Sturgeon had the numbers over 50% most of the time, Westminster refused to allow a referendum then and Scotland sat on its bum and did nothing about it except Salmond screaming about her being bad, aw diddums
      Salmond was a fraud and the SNP knows it, that's why he was shunned, not the women thing even though that was bad enough
      Coming to a book store near you soon

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  33. Can you no make your mind up which identity you are IFS?

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  34. Anon at 10.55pm - a true Sturgeon disciple. Obsessed with self iD.

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