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Based on your analysis the as 2026 Yessers we should convince the Don’t Knows to sign up to vote and then to sign up for voting for Independence supporting parties. In practical terms this would be SNP 1 and 2 or Greens 2. Brit nats can swap votes around between the British nationalist parties such as Labour, Lib Dem’s tories and Reform. “New voters” voting for yes. Parties is the way to get over the hurdle. That is why the England based parties get their supporters to say I am SNP but this year I am abstaining type statement. They are worried based on the amount of bumpf that I am receiving from them excepting Lib Dem’s. Either way the postie is going to be busy returning their bumpf to their branch offices. Looking forward to the new year but I await Police Scotlands and Crown office political interference leading up to the day. They must hate that Scotlands men’s team is going to the World Cup which will promote Scotland on the world scene.
ReplyDeleteTo play the revend's advocate for a moment, he's coming from a place of scunnered desperation like a lot of us. Who thinks John Swinney will hold a referendum on Scottish independence? Who thinks we will UDI in the next few years, even with Reichsführer Farage lording over us? Who thinks this SNP, the party of Swinney, Flynn, Gilruth and McAllan, has the guts and sheer determination to lead Scotland to independence?
ReplyDeleteStu's a bell-end, not a bellwether. Everything else in his last few fevered days' articles are wrong. We don’t do ourselves any favours by electing our own Überbritischgruppen Gauleiters. But he's right about the SNP's leadership being utterly useless for anything more than feathering their own nests.
11 wasted years, and all signs from the party point to plenty more to come. Are we even half way there yet? Who can afford to wait?
"To play the revend's advocate for a moment, he's coming from a place of scunnered desperation like a lot of us"
DeleteNo he's not, he's coming from a place of fascism, like very few of us.
anon 1151 - we all can get scunnered. What we don't do is support Jackie Baillie and her colonialist minded colleagues.
Deleteanon at 1151- you like you right wing german phrases! I assume you think we should vote for parties that will never win a seat -ever. Back to your right wing stomping ground.
DeleteThe snp can't magic the Scottish people to simply agree with them. If Scots want independence, we'll have it. Swinney could be William Wallace reincarnated but if the people aren't in the mood, it can't happen.
DeleteJust where do you loonies get your wasted years propaganda claptrap from, just who do you people think you are, and just why is it when a dictatorship like England enforces themselves upon others you have the notion that a devolved management can declare and take independence with no consequences from that dictatorship
DeleteYou babble on about Alex Salmond as though he did something miraculous that no one else has the nerve to do or as you're now doing deliberately accusing the SNP of not wanting independence in the first place
Every word out of the mouths of the people that blether this sort of talk does nothing for Scotland except influence those like yourself to vote against the only political vehicle Scotland has to defend ourselves with
You and your like are no help and never will be
Salmond was handed a gift by a UK government that did not realise what they'd done until after they did it, that's why they've gone to such lengths to make sure they don't make the same stupid mistake again
It's not and never will be the SNP fault that Scotland isn't independent, it's your fault for living in your imaginary rosy Salmond spec'd past and the people who didn't vote for it in 2014
England made a mistake they won't make again, so it has to be done another way, or done with exactly the same precedent as set in 2011 and dare the UK England government to deny Scotland their own legal precedent that they set, which they will, then the argument can begin
In the end if people don't vote when they have the chance it's not the fault of the SNP who are the people offering that chance
When the SNP was set up a very long time ago not one single soul thought devo max was a solution until yer hero man Salmond mentioned it, if he'd kept his big mouth shut Jackie Bird would never have been able to announce it was a thing on BBC Scotland in the middle of her live Alistair Darling interview
Did you ever hear Nicola Sturgeon once mention devo max? of course you bloody didn't
Anon 7.35 the person never mentioned Salmond in their post. As to devo max and Salmond I have to correct you, that policy was supported by Nicola Sturgeon and everyone knows why it was promoted by the SNP - that's the SNP not Salmond. And if you recall NS looks forward to a Confederation of the countries that make up the UK. Is that Independence? Well, possibly, but a lot of SNP supporters wouldn't see it that way. We have to move on from this Salmond Sturgeon thing, If we keep going back to who was the best leader etc. then we will get nowhere. Independence is more important than this bickering. In your post you say that the devolved government can't take independence without consequences and that's true but there are plenty of other things they can do other than ask for a section 30 all the time. James and others have mentioned many options a number of times over the last 11 years. However, I have to ask you why do you expect to get independence without consequences? There will be consequences for gaining independence no matter how it is achieved, whether by cosy chats or political declarations. If you really want independence then it is not unreasonable to expect the leaders of that movement to take risks and to face 'consequences' - that's how many countries achieve their freedom. Many political figures around the world have faced 'consequences' for their political beliefs but I don't see Mr. Swinney as that type. In this country we've had a history of political activists jailed or deported for fighting for their beliefs such as the rights of ordinary people MacLean, Shinwell, Maxton, Gallagher to name a few. Is it wrong to think that independence is less important than the rights those people fought for? You might say it's wrong to expect politicians to put their neck on the line for a cause, but really, with regard to independence they either should be ready to do so or move over and let someone else do it who is. You might also say why don't you do it yourself then? And I have to answer, I'm not bright enough or equipped enough to be a politician but I would add neither are they.
DeleteA front page article in The Guardian this morning reads like Swiftian satire. An exercise in projection, and inversion.
ReplyDelete“Populists ‘an existential threat to UK democracy”.
An opinion piece written by Sir Chris Powell, brother of Johnathan Powell, Starmer’s National Security Advisor. The entire Powell family are the epitome of the entitled, British elite. Johnathan has a very spooky background
We apparently have three years to stop the “new, and terrifying threat” of populism.
“We are at a very dangerous moment. We simply cannot afford to allow Reform UK to have a free run, and become established and entrenched as a credible potential government in the minds of disenchanted voters.”
The Spookocracy breaks cover.
Perhaps we should adopt the Romanian model (as endorsed by Ursula von der Leyen, and her dangerously unhinged High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas) where an anonymous bench of Judges in a High Court determine who can, and who cannot stand for election.
“It became necessary to destroy the hamlet in order to save it.”.
DeleteUnnamed US Army Major referring to the village of Bê’n Tre, during the Tet Offensive, 1968.
Ok Nigel.
Deleteexplain the difference between democracy and populism and can people be allowed to vote the wrong way - why not limit the franchise to people with the right values and opinions
DeleteHe literally states in his "The Fear Of The Briar" blogpost on 31/12/2025: "Let’s celebrate every growth in Reform support anywhere in the UK".
ReplyDeleteThat's a black & white endorsement of Reform.
it is a level of delusion by WoS acolytes that believe Bath man is pro Scots Independence. Of course the majority are just brit nats.
DeleteHe should be put into a pastry case and sent to the Arthur Askey Myseum in Mablethorpe. [NB. Not Jeremythorpe! Oo-er, pass the mustard, vicar!]
DeleteFrom Trump, Bannon, Musk and Bezos, to Farage, Offord and now poor wee demented turncoat Stewie, fascism is once again on the march in the West and, just like last time, it has no shortage of useful idiots helping it along the way.
ReplyDeleteWoS's reply section is certainly evidence of that.
As Stephen Flynn said months ago, you do not beat those fascist scumbags by playing their game or treating them with kid gloves.
You beat them by tackling them head-on, clearly stating they are fascist racist human trash and stamping on them until they squeal.
And any of that fascist racist human trash found within our Yes movement must be swiftly driven out and kept out for ever.
A ref between something very few Scots want (abolishing our Parkiament) and independence would rightly be seen as an attempt at blackmail to vote for independence and a betrayal of the Scottish people.
ReplyDeleteThe guy has lost the plot and is now actively against the people of Scotland. Had time for him for many years but not now. All the social gains of the parliament thrown out because some guy who doesn't even live here can't hack what our people vote for.
Wings if youre reading, you've jumped the shark.
I think he has rather lost the shark and jumped the plot, crushed by the leaden albatross of mixed metaphor
DeleteCampbell is now not only a laughing stock, but is also a festering sore within our wider movement.
ReplyDeleteFor those with short memories, it wasn't so long ago that he was not only going to vote Tory and encouraging his followers to do so but was even encouraging yessers to actually leave Scotland itself because of his well known obssession in a certain area of public policy.
He constantly seems to want to talk Scotland down on just about everything, irrespective of the fact that, on the whole, Scots have better performing public services, a more caring and sympathetic social security system for the poorest and disabled and a higher quality of life than elsewhere in the UK.
And he will never come out of his very deep conspiracy laden rabbithole regarding his idol Salmond, a man with flaws as wide as the Forth Bridge.
In comparison to those obssessions, his interest in the future welfare of Scotland and the Scots is miniscule, if it exists at all.
Rubbish bin time for him and his followers.
For someone who slags off Scotland you would think he would live here and try and change it for the better . Still there are many who prefer living abroad shouting from the sidelines. They will never assist us.
DeleteListening to BbcR4 this morning talking about the “local” elections this year. Fraser Elder of the Times yes him, states the SNP is being helped by Reform but support for independence is not the same and the Union is not in trouble.
ReplyDeletePromoting Reform over Plaid Cymru in Cymru too. Immigration is the big debate. The Observer commentator Cat Neilan is all over the Greens ( England) and Lib Dem’s. That’s all about the Scots elections.oh to see ourselves as ither’s see us..!