Anonymous troll at 11.24pm you confuse me with someone who cares about political parties ups and downs. Unlike you my interest is Scottish independence - the clue is in the name but you seem to have missed it. It’s not Ifs. It’s Independence for Scotland.
You probably are not very good at basic arithmetic so I’ll spell it out for you - 64 MSPs is not an SNP majority. Swinney’s plan fails at the first hurdle and we do not get to see his secret plan for indyref2 in operation. Funny how this secret plan couldn’t be used for 19/10/23 - save the date - no ifs no buts. Oh that’s right it was only an independence majority and not the very special SNP only majority. 10 years of bullshit/ gaslighting by the SNP.
Please use Ifsy’s full name or he gets upset. It’s Idiot for Scotland. It’s just unfortunate that even IFSy can see the utter stupidity/ cynicism of Swinney’s SNP votes only strategy, but SNP conference attendees couldn’t. They will see it come May when gleefully told by the BBC. No referendum for you! And it’s your own decision, you silly SNP people. You can’t blame the BBC this time. They are going to love it.
A strong SNP electoral showing is all that we have to hold off 'reform' and Starmer's tory and zionist 'Labour'. As far as that goes SNP votes are important. With the continued barely managed decline of the UK, independence has to be our target. The ideological power of propaganda still gives the parties serving the super rich support massively above the tiny numbers whose greed they feed. Swinney's, slightly more liberal approach is no long term answer. Worse it feeds the illusion that independence can come by agreement with the British state. The fight lies in the SNP membership - for our self determination whatever Westminster thinks and a leadership with the determination to carry it through.
The most promising metric is perhaps the Net approval rating for the Scottish government. For some reason the lag in release of these polls is substantial. A lot has happened since the field work was conducted. The Gorton & Denton by-election, together with the war on Iran shouldn’t really impact on Holyrood polling, but it will. The tenure of John Swinney has been reassuringly dull, in comparison to what went before. That probably accounts for the improved approval rating. John Swinney inherited his position, if he is elected First Minister (which is an absolute racing certainty), he should have the confidence to manage with authority. A lot of familiar faces are retiring from the SNP ranks of Ministers. John should have the moral authority to fill vacancies with the most technically qualified and competent candidates.
When the relatively tranquil stewardship of John has been interrupted by negative, front page headlines, it has been almost invariably down to those damned QUANGOs. John should appoint Ministers with the guile and determination to actually manage their departments, not just let them blunder from one scandal to another (yes, that’s a reference to Angus Robertson). Time and time again, the QUANGO class have been proven themselves to be venal chancers. Failing finding a new route to recruit honest, and competent replacements, the existing lot will want watching like a hawk.
John should regard being elected in his own right as granting him authority to be his own man and ignore political patronage from within the party. Appointment ministers from a business background (the SNP has plenty of those) and leave the less than impressive political hacks as cannon fodder.
Good. Ifs will be beeling.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous troll at 11.24pm you confuse me with someone who cares about political parties ups and downs. Unlike you my interest is Scottish independence - the clue is in the name but you seem to have missed it. It’s not Ifs. It’s Independence for Scotland.
DeleteYou probably are not very good at basic arithmetic so I’ll spell it out for you - 64 MSPs is not an SNP majority. Swinney’s plan fails at the first hurdle and we do not get to see his secret plan for indyref2 in operation. Funny how this secret plan couldn’t be used for 19/10/23 - save the date - no ifs no buts. Oh that’s right it was only an independence majority and not the very special SNP only majority. 10 years of bullshit/ gaslighting by the SNP.
Please use Ifsy’s full name or he gets upset. It’s Idiot for Scotland. It’s just unfortunate that even IFSy can see the utter stupidity/ cynicism of Swinney’s SNP votes only strategy, but SNP conference attendees couldn’t. They will see it come May when gleefully told by the BBC. No referendum for you! And it’s your own decision, you silly SNP people. You can’t blame the BBC this time. They are going to love it.
Deleteso who do suggest, Labour for Independence?
DeleteAch there's always the ISP.
DeleteA strong SNP electoral showing is all that we have to hold off 'reform' and Starmer's tory and zionist 'Labour'. As far as that goes SNP votes are important.
ReplyDeleteWith the continued barely managed decline of the UK, independence has to be our target. The ideological power of propaganda still gives the parties serving the super rich support massively above the tiny numbers whose greed they feed.
Swinney's, slightly more liberal approach is no long term answer. Worse it feeds the illusion that independence can come by agreement with the British state.
The fight lies in the SNP membership - for our self determination whatever Westminster thinks and a leadership with the determination to carry it through.
The most promising metric is perhaps the Net approval rating for the Scottish government.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason the lag in release of these polls is substantial. A lot has happened since the field work was conducted. The Gorton & Denton by-election, together with the war on Iran shouldn’t really impact on Holyrood polling, but it will.
The tenure of John Swinney has been reassuringly dull, in comparison to what went before. That probably accounts for the improved approval rating.
John Swinney inherited his position, if he is elected First Minister (which is an absolute racing certainty), he should have the confidence to manage with authority. A lot of familiar faces are retiring from the SNP ranks of Ministers. John should have the moral authority to fill vacancies with the most technically qualified and competent candidates.
When the relatively tranquil stewardship of John has been interrupted by negative, front page headlines, it has been almost invariably down to those damned QUANGOs. John should appoint Ministers with the guile and determination to actually manage their departments, not just let them blunder from one scandal to another (yes, that’s a reference to Angus Robertson). Time and time again, the QUANGO class have been proven themselves to be venal chancers. Failing finding a new route to recruit honest, and competent replacements, the existing lot will want watching like a hawk.
John should regard being elected in his own right as granting him authority to be his own man and ignore political patronage from within the party. Appointment ministers from a business background (the SNP has plenty of those) and leave the less than impressive political hacks as cannon fodder.