Monday, November 24, 2025
Nothing succeeds like secession
Just a quick note to let you know I am one of the interviewees in Dani Garavelli's Radio 4 documentary If At First You Don't Secede..., which is about the epic saga of the ever-elusive Indyref 2. The other interviewees include Sean Clerkin, Liz Lloyd, Libby Brooks, Ailsa Henderson and Kenny Farquharson. You can listen to the programme HERE, and the part with me in it starts at about 9:05.
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I heard it, you made good contributions. But the general narrative I can’t abide it’s a travesty of what actually happened and Sturgeon’s squandered. I don’t think Swinney really believes in independence, his actions are inexplicable on that hypothesis. And hearing LL’s voice grates considering what she did and got away with
ReplyDeleteOh, absolutely. Because clearly, everything that’s been achieved over the last few years is just a tragic waste. I mean, who needs things like progressive policies, record-breaking employment figures, or a decent standard of living for Scotland’s most vulnerable when you can just focus on what really matters. how inconvenient it is that Nicola Sturgeon has the audacity to actually believe in Scottish independence? But, of course, we all know better. Just forget about all the hard work and years of effort. SNP strategy is a travesty in a way that only some people seem to grasp, and I’m sure they’ll be sure to explain it to us at length in a very constructive way. Swinney? Really? Doesn’t believe in independence? You’ve cracked the code there, Sherlock. And let’s not even get started on the others because, I mean, they’re absolutely flawless in their unblemished political history. Who needs context or nuance when you can just throw out blanket judgments with zero regard for how much more complex it is?
Delete606 - do you believe in anything troll?
Delete"There will be a second independence referendum in October 2023. No ifs or buts"
DeleteAnon at 9.10. Grappling with complexities and nuances is for this wee bubble and people like you. In the real world things are very different.if you have a point to actually make, make it. Stop spewing out word salad. Sturgeon fucked up badly. The standard of governance fell badly under her watch. Being better than the shitfest down south isn’t enough, especially when the standard is falling year upon year. J S is a longstanding supporter of Independence but he is stuck in the devolution trough with no actual strategy to progress Indy. He does have a secret plan, which is basically a de facto referendum but the constitutional issues raised by this have not been properly addressed. And still the proven technique of short sharp messaging has not been properly engaged and the BBC and MSM has not been cowed. The Indy message? The confrontation with Westminster? The restoration of the SNP to its pre referendum make up? If SNP want to be only a party of governance they should be honest enough to say so.
DeleteAch, there's always Liberate Scotland !
DeleteAch, there's always repeating the same 'joke' ad nauseum. Beats having anything useful to say.
DeleteAch, there’s always ISP.
DeleteI thought ISP merged with Liberate Scotland ?
Delete12.15pm:
DeleteOh *absolutely*, thank you for your fearless revelation that Nicola Sturgeon messed up badly. Nobody had ever thought of that before: *what a searing insight*. And of course John Swinney, poor soul, just “stuck in the devolution trough,” because leading a country through crises while maintaining higher standards than Westminster’s permanent apocalypse *clearly* shows a total lack of strategy. And yes, the SNP definitely forgot to “cow the BBC,” because that’s *obviously* how responsible governments behave. Truly, your political analysis is *so amazingly* sharp it could cut through the very nuance to which you’re heroically allergic.
the thing about independence and all that - it might be better, it could be good, but here's the thing :
ReplyDeleteI've a good job with a civil service with a 28% pension contribution.
The system works and I don't see why people can't accept that.
Is that irony? Satire?
Deletefair play for your honesty sir, the middle class have been too timid about looking after their own interests IMO
Delete- if indy doesn't deliver a plethora of comfortable knife and fork jobs, it isn't worth it.
The revolution will be a gravy train, or it is nothing.
Good contribution, James.
ReplyDeleteClerkin still sounds like the self-important waster he always was.
Kenny F continues to just be Kenny F.
The unionist waffler's waffler.
The brick wall analogy was a bit misplaced, I believe.
A better one would be a river and hard rocky ground.
In the end, the river always wears the rock away to find a way through.
How long it might take, is another matter entirely.
In the meantime, Scotland continues to have the best government in the UK and none of the other main political parties are remotely capable of either equaling the SNP in that governance, or surpassing them.
None of them.
Good points. Well made. Fine analysis. Refreshing.
DeleteYou get a better education and you live longer anywhere else in the UK. In my recent experience, the Scottish NHS is an absolute shambles. The one thing the Scottish government have done about relative inequality is double child benefit for people on benefits. The parents are free to spend the money on anything they want. They are very good at giveaways for the well-off. But if you want to tax the rich, you need more rich people to tax, so why not give them money?
ReplyDeleteRussell Findlay opines.
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