Sunday, October 11, 2026

Nick Robinson and the dehumanisation of Palestinians demanded by official BBC discourse


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147 comments:

  1. Robinson is just doing what the BBC allows him to do.

    The State broadcaster allows an extreme right Pro-Zionist Tory to spout the line that the overwhelmingly Pro-Zionist UK Govt and UK Media want him to spout.

    They know that they have already lost most of the UK public on this (by all available polling) and are now frantically trying to ignore that fact and browbeat that same public into agreeing with their Pro-Zionist views.

    But it isn't working and the more frantic they become, the more they will alienate the public.

    Unsurprising to see Campbell yet again on the Zionist-Fascist side of the argument.

    Him and his small cult of followers are now so far gone that they are simply not worth bothering about.

    Trash

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  2. My old man recounts the summary execution of british soldiers, Arabs diplomat and peacekeepers by the Stern Gang / Irgun in the 40's. They were extreme right wingers and some became the leaders of the new state of Israel. It seems some of their progeny are still in charge and hold the same extremist views.

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  3. Polanski will find himself increasingly shunned by the entryists in his own party. He'll be demonised and marginalised just like Kate Forbes was by the trans activists in the SNP.
    If the pro Palestinian cause is apparently so important to the UK public why do activists need to hijack a completely separate political movement to get their message across?
    Labour will be so glad these tiresome bampots left when Corbyn got the boot.

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    1. Mr right wing religious bampot are we? Always got a interest in folks sexuality.

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  4. In what sickening perverted world does being against an ongoing genocide in Gaza in which around 30,000 completely innocent children/babies have already been slaughtered, make you a "bampot'?

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  5. Robinson used deliberately doctored extracts from an interview with A S which completely changed its meaning. The BBC promoted it. That says all that needs to be said about Robinson and the BBC. In my opinion Robinson is a liar and an apologist for Genocide. The BBC are the same.

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    1. Spot on.

      He is a brazen two-faced liar.

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    2. i see plonker is back!

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    3. Anon at 4.07. It is a matter of public record. Look it up you cretin.

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    4. 5:43, you are a sad nationalist!

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    5. Lol.

      Who is this Yoon divot? 😂😂😂

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  6. Good to see Swinney praise Flynn who has been unfairly attacked:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5yn75jr75ro

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  7. The wind’s always in the faces of nationalists.

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    1. explains the contortions on the faces of the britnats.

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  8. Polanski is coming round to accepting that the disastrous motion on Zionism was misguided, and accepts that he ought to have been vocal in his opposition to it passing unamended. His rejected amendment sought to minimise the damage to the reputation of the Greens that has followed. The usual halfwits on here have of course been waxing lyrical about the ridiculous definition of Zionism and the one state solution the Greens now support on paper. Hopefully he can get the adopted definition amended in due course. The halfwits referred to above needn’t bother commenting on this post. It is so far above your pay grade. Until the definition is amended the Greens are open to accusations of anti semitism. I think there is a real risk that the minute grouping of anti semites that previously attached themselves to Labour have jumped across to the Greens. The Greens have to be careful. The murderous genocidal State of Israel and the equally evil IDF should be the target of criticism and action. Student politics and anti semitism should form no part of the policies of the Greens. Ditch it and ditch the definition.

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    1. The UK Green Party is not the first institution to recognise zionism as racism. In 1973, in Resolution 3151 G, the UNGA condemned what it called an “unholy alliance” between South African racism and zionism. Two years later, the World Conference of the International Women’s Year adopted a principle that “international co-operation and peace require…the elimination of colonialism and neo-colonialism, foreign occupation, zionism, apartheid, and racial discrimination in all its forms.” A month after that, the Organisation of African Unity, predecessor to the African Union, declared “that the racist regime in occupied Palestine and the racist regime in Zimbabwe and South Africa have a common imperialist origin, forming a whole and having the same racist structure.” The Non-Aligned Movement went further, condemning “zionism as a threat to world peace and security” and calling “upon all countries to oppose this racist and imperialist ideology.” We find all of the above in the preamble to Resolution 3379, adopted by the UNGA in 1975, which determined in a pointedly simple phrase, “that zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.” To the world’s majority, zionism has always been racist, sitting alongside the racist and apartheid structures of Rhodesia and South Africa.

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    2. Did you not read the amendment proposed by Polanski and his comments? And do you not realise that you quote authority that distinguishes between racism.and Zionism? And of course, you have a definition of Zionism that not everyone shares. As I said, the Greens need to ditch the student politics. The miniscule percentage of greens who have caused this damage have a lot to answer for but I suspect they do not care. They would rather sit on their very high horse (as they see it) than be involved in running a country.There is a real world out there. In that real world a two state solution needs to be found.

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  9. When you have a choice of Sudanese (the ones with the biggest genocides), Palestinians, Burmese, Congolese, Kashmiri, Ukrainians (the ones with the most dead?), Yemeni (dead heat with the Ukrainians?), etc, why do the Palestinians get chosen as imaginary pets and the others pretty much get totally ignored? Serious question - because that attitude is real and very prevalent.

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    1. Or the fastest, nearly a million Rwandan Tutsis murdered by Hutu extremists in 100 days in 1994.

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    2. The good ould Northern Ireland tradition of whataboutery
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  10. Why do some morons get very upset when the Gaza Genocide by the Fascist Racist Apartheid Zionist State of Israel gets 'more' coverage than other similar atrocities in the Western Press?

    The solution is not to question the coverage and human empathy given to the Palestians in Gaza, but to encourage and demand that those other atrocities get matching coverage in the Western Media.

    It is a matter of inherent humanity to empathise with the victims of Genocide wherever it occurs and to try and criticise decent human beings for doing exactly that, rather than criticise and expose those responsible for such acts, is both reprehensible and beneath contempt.

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    1. You're very good at personal abuse and anger. Try calming down a bit. You'll get no sympathy for your cause if your opening gambit is hostility.

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    2. Those who attempt to pit one Genocide against another in relation to how much coverage and human empathy is given to each, deserve all the abuse they get.

      They are stinking human trash.

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    3. Well said. As for the anon at 7.50, it needs to get out more if it thinks you are being abusive.

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    4. 10.03

      Yoons are such precious wee snowflakes.

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    5. You have to be a complete and utter moron to call other people a complete and utter moron.

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  11. Wasn't this posted in an earlier thread?

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  12. It is a fake post trying to stir up ‘civil unrest’ in Scotland, mmm? Wonder which party could be behind that? All we need is 51% support for independence, that is called a majority and democracy!

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    1. Yes 51% would obviously be a majority. It’s getting a referendum that’s the big problem though, and it’s very difficult to see a route to one anytime soon.

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    2. Anon@10:53pm, what post are you referring to regarding civil unrest?

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    3. 9.55 The post that I was referring to has been taken down! Don’t know why, probably because it was from reform trying to stir up trouble!

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    4. Reform are scum. And I see Farage is calling Burnham a liar over his Russia allegations. Too close to home for Farage? Wouldn’t be surprised.

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    5. 1:16,
      James has a tendency to delete posts that he dosen’t agree with. It dosen’t do anything for keeping debate flowing, but it’s his site.

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  13. Good timing by the SNP as John Swinney is set to make a speech at the SNP conference next weekend. I was speaking to an SNP member who says he is scheduled to make a speech in which he presents a package of measures to deal with the various criticisms of government policy and to set out a clear path forward.

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    1. John Swinney is likely to focus on the domestic agenda, including building up policies to address cost of living.

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    2. The person you were speaking to. Were his initials A I by any chance?

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  14. For the millionth time, would people please stop swearing. Do not keep ignoring this request. Just completely desist from swearing. Thank you.

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  15. Yet another attempt on WOS to flog the long dead horse of trying to prosecute N S. More whipped up outrage from the mouthfrothers and more money for Stuey boy. Kerrching. Why doesn't Stuey use some of the money to do a law degree. He certainly needs one. That would possibly stop him churning out his embarrassing ignorance soaked drivel.

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    1. You posted that before you complete and utter moron.

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    2. A bit like beardy man from Bath

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    3. Anon at 2.51 pm ... calm down, dear.

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    4. Anon@ 2-51pm obviously one of the moronic mouth-frothers previously referenced.

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    5. You have to be a moron to call other people moronic.

      You have to be a mouth-frother to call other people a mouth-frother.

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    6. Anon at 5.25. Stupidity on steroids. Clearly you are a moron and a mouth frother. How much have you given the Rev. Be honest. Why don’t I call you a genius. Get an adult to explain that to you.

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    7. Anon at 2.51. No I didn’t but hey, don’t let facts get in your way. And thanks for proving my point.

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    8. Anon at 5.47 pm ... calm down, dear.

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    9. Anon at 11.45. Back from the pub? Silly billy.

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    10. Anon at 8.17. It's clear you don't live in Scotland.

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  16. Having allowed SPUC to have a fringe event ostensibly on forced abortion, which may have been a bit stupid but it IS actually still a valid concern even in 2026, they've now been incredibly stupid by cancelling it.

    People will have made plans, paid for adverts and leaflets, taken days off, booked travel and expensive accommodation - and will all genuinely need to be totally compensated. Tens of thousands of pounds. Not to mention the potentially discriminatory aspect of it.

    Very unimpressive. THINK before acting.

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    1. Who allowed then cancelled?

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    2. That's the SNP conference of course.

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    3. Thank you for clarifying. And apologies for not realising the conference to which you were making reference.

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    4. Yes, sorry, I must have posted that at exactly the same time as you posted!

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    5. "Now, the SPUC chief executive John Deighan has written to First Minister John Swinney to demand he intervenes in the decision to “censor” the anti-abortion group."

      https://archive.is/79lnX

      I agree. Women, including very young women, should neither be pressurised to have an abortion, nor not to have one. Their body is their own.

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    6. This is a very personal and sensitive issue. Can I suggest people hold off from commenting on it on this forum. There is no shortage of reform like lowlife on here happy to weaponise this matter.

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    7. People should not close debate.

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    8. Good idea, better get back to the totally uncontentious matter of Israel-Palestine.

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    9. Anons at 6.30 and 6.37. Do you really not understand what I said and why I said it?

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    10. Afraid to say 7.26, but do you not understand?
      Many on either side refuse to let anybody NOT have an opinion and label them as genocide / terrorist enablers if they aren't too bothered about the whole thing and would rather concentrate their efforts on something closer to home such as Scottish independence.

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    11. Anon at 7.44. Really? Grow up.

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    12. 7.44 there are some like that definitely but it's not the mainstream view.

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    13. Anon at 1.41. Care to elaborate? Thought not. Idiot.

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    14. 1.41 Help Sikhs

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    15. Anon at 5.20. Do you really not understand what I said and why I said it?

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  17. Regarding the term 'Dehuminisation' outlined in the thread title, it was perfectly illustrated by a Traditional Unionist Voice MP in the last few days.

    He suggested that the Garvaghy Road should have been 'sanitised' by the PSNI to allow the O.O to parade down it.

    'Sanitised'!

    These unionists still live in an ancient British colonial bubble when Catholics were described as 'breeding-vermin' to be eradicated wherever possible.

    That TUV clown epitomises all that is wrong with unionism.

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    1. Unionism constantly lives in some imaginary feudal 'golden age' where the sun never sets on the perfect harmony of the British Empire - and its slaves.

      British Unionism has absolutely no place in the 21st century.

      None whatsoever.

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    2. Embarrassing stuff from the clown @8:56pm.
      Stick yer independence where the sun disnae shine.
      Rule Britannia.

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    3. Lol.

      Britannia hasn't 'ruled the waves' for about a century, you yoon imbecile 🤡🤡🤡

      You have just made my point perfectly for me.

      Thanks, pal.

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    4. We were better together in 2014,
      We’re still better together,
      We’ll always be better together.

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    5. linwood no more, Grangemouth no more, Dennis no more,,,,, Scots , Welsh, Irsih no more...

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    6. 9:47,
      Embarrassing stuff from a nationalist fool!

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    7. 10.03 Embarrassing stuff from a loon yoon!

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  18. The trial of a white man charged with the brutal, racially-motivate knife-murder of a black female doctor on a Dundee street last year, has just started at Dundee High Court.

    I await an outraged demonstration/march of black-balaclava'd extreme right, self-proclaimed 'guardians of women' and their Reform/Restore backers at the crime scene..........

    Any day now, surely???

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    1. I think we should just be saddened by the events. The poor victim. Her family, friends and work colleagues already serving a life sentence.

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    2. 9:49am,
      Well said.

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    3. I'm with anon at 9.49. There are some on here who happily hijack the personal pain and tragedy of others to vent their spleen. The post on abortion was the same. Leave the people involved to deal with their difficulties. If you are seriously interested there are ways to formally submit your thoughts through official channels.

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  19. I agree that we should all be saddened by the terrible events surrounding thar poor woman's murder, but I also agree with the point being made against those extreme right racist thugs and their political backers falsley painting themselves as protectors of women, when they are nothing of the sort.

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  20. I have a hybrid Palestine / LGBTQ+ pride flag sticker in my car window.

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  21. Anon 11.38. It wasn’t a right wing racist thug that murdered Ann Widdecombe.

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    1. It was an extreme right thug who murdered Jo Cox.

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    2. Of course it was. Lefties don’t do violence

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    3. They do a hell of a lot less than Righties.

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    4. Aye only in your warped leftard mind because it’s certainly not based on fact.Desecrated any war memorials lately. Weirdo

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  22. "SNP invites Andy Burnham to conference in Aberdeen"

    https://archive.is/Si9xc

    It's a cracker!

    One of the best memories of 2014 was the laughter, the optimism, fun, humour and good nature. That's 5 things. It almost set us free. While all Better Together had to offer was nastiness and anger.

    Bring back the fun please.

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    1. We were better together in 2014,
      We’re still better together,
      We’ll always be better together.

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    2. Correct.

      Scotland, Wales and a re-united Ireland back together with Europe will always be better together than poor wee Brexshitty Englandshire all on its lonesome.

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    3. Yep.
      You don't half talk some.

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    4. Nopes. Pretty succinct and straight to the point.

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    5. 7.07 was meant for 6.03. If that makes sense

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    6. Some decisions are necessary for humanity to advance and one day the people of Australia will thank us.
      Winston Churchill on his latest genocide of the indigenous Australian people.
      Perhaps these British supporters of their English union would just like to own up for once and accept what they are.
      The countries of people that England slaughtered then used to slaughter for them is almost endless...almost.
      Then they stuck a British flag on them and called them theirs.
      Only America comes close with their two atomic bombs on Japan, but the English tally of the murder of people is in fact still far higher.
      In a pre Brexit opinion poll by 61% England said they would ditch Scotland to get rid of the EU, they also said they would not tolerate nuclear reactors unless they were located in Scotland by 72%.

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    7. Truly desperate stuff from anon@7:46pm.
      An English hater who is an embarrassment to Scotland and decent Scots.
      In a nutshell, a rather sad individual.

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    8. That post at 7.46 was very accurate.

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    9. 7:46 is what’s called nationalist propaganda.

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    10. Which part of it was not accurate?

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    11. 8.16 It’s just not British to be putting down the man who won World War 2 single handedly all on his lonesome, after all he is the spawn of a noble British family of aristocrats, dukedoms, baronies, earldoms, knights of the garter and gentlemen farmers don’t ya know. A true white family of the people, my god they even spawned a lady of the Di who went on to marry the future king of England. Now let’s all doff our caps and give a loud hurrah for the Spencer-Churchills, for if t’werent for them we would all be scraping about in the mud under the cosh of extreme right wing Nazis……no wait a minute!

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    12. 4:34am, you should consider seeking help.

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    13. 9.09 How very droll, dontcha know. The only thing that I am seeking is Scottish Independence to get away from people like the Spencers and the Churchills and the ‘elite’ ‘hope and glory’ warmongers that you bow down too!

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  23. "Should Andy Burnham accept the SNP conference invite?"

    https://archive.is/P5034

    Of course he should. Otherwise we'll all call him chicken, including Labour.

    Gwawk buck buck buck buck buck. Gwawwwk.

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  24. If the UK reunites with the EU in any meaningful way it will dent our chances of independence. That's just a fact.

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    1. Care to explain? No?

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    2. After you......

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    3. 8.17 was KC, just in case anyone still isn't familiar with his full repertoire.

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    4. James, you’re getting as bad as IFS for wrongly accusing me.
      10:57, you thought wrong!

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    5. KC is correct on this occasion, James. 8.17 was me. I haven't bothered with the moniker lately because nobody else seems to.

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  25. Today's Press -

    'MI5 warn of (extreme) Right Wing shift from Anti Immigrant Opinion to Terrorism.'

    Unsurprising news, given the huge rise in masked right-wing racist scum terrorising our streets in recent times.

    They must be stamped on hard and relentlessly.

    Get that trash locked up where they belong, with exemplary harsh sentencing to deter others from going down the same fascist racist route.

    Those racists fascists must be crushed at all costs.

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  26. John Swinney has been developing a package of well-constructed interventions to help the less well off in terms of the cost of living crisis, which he will unveil at the upcoming SNP conference. The timing could hardly be better, with the cost of living rising high on the political agenda. The conference promises to be successful and it is to be hoped that both John Swinney and the SNP will enjoy a post-conference bounce in the polls.

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  27. Idiot Campbell appears unable to understand what the Police are telling him in their recent letter to him. The terms of their letter are quite simple, (a bit like Campbell), but he cannot understand it. Or perhaps he can but chooses not to, because that would signal the end of that particular gravy train for him. The mouth frothers might finally realise he is taking them for a cash jingling ride, and that would never do. Cue incoming from the usual suspects, especially his great admirer IFSY.

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    1. Correct as there are no such thing as corruption in Polis Alba

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    2. There might be in Police Somerset though.

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  28. MI5 Chief -

    'While the threat level change reflects the whole of the terrorist threat, the recent increase was driven in significant part by Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism. This is a complex landscape, with many subcultures. Over the last year the most marked trend has been an increase in cases where extremist versions of anti-immigration and anti-Muslim grievance are tipping into terrorist intent; we’ve dealt, for example, with would-be terrorists attempting to attack mosques and venues connected to immigration and asylum.

    Extreme Right Wing Terrorism also continues to skew the young, driven by the internet. A few months ago, MI5 was investigating a radicalised Extreme Right Wing 13-year-old here in the UK.

    Believe me, we wish we didn’t have to. But that investigation generated insight that enabled one of our international partners to prevent a lethal attack on their soil.

    Similarly, a 16-year-old from Inverclyde recently received a ten-year prison sentence for his failed attempt to mount an attack against his local Islamic Centre.'

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    1. A 13 and a 16 yr old boy. Just 2 examples of right wing terrorism that you can find. Running rampant right enough. Clown. Go to Gaza and walk around with the Saltire and see how far you get. It’s radical Islam that’s the problem here along with the loony lefties that wouldn’t last 10 minutes under Sharia law.

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    2. 12.13 Scots are welcome in Gaza. You fail to mention The Lajee Centre or the Aida Celtic youth football academy or the Celtic FC Foundation donating over £100,000 for emergency humanitarian food aid in Gaza, money from fan led solidarity from a Scottish football team. Where were the Govan unionist lot? Celebrating the bombings in their local lodge?

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    3. 2:00, fair enough comment, up until the last two sentences, when you let yourself down.

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    4. Anon 12:13 "loony lefties". Spot the Reform voter

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  29. From the Herald:

    "I worried about finding EV chargers on NC500. Locals fear rising diesel prices more"

    Not just for themselves, transport costs are killing off small businesses like the disappearing village shop. It's a way of life that is steadily dying off.

    For instance, whereas before they could order a few boxes, now they often need to order a whole pallet.

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  30. Unionism is the simple belief that two similar neighbouring countries on these islands are always 'Better Together'

    Unless, of course, they are both part of Ireland...........

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    1. They believe that NI and GB are better together.

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    2. But not both parts of the same island of Ireland?

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    3. Yeah.

      Unionisn splits a country, Ireland, into two - and then has the unmitigated gall to talk about 'unity'.

      Hypocritical pish.

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    4. Scotland should go indy, while England seeks a more perfect union with Pakistan. It's near enough there already. Pakistan also has nukes, which the english love but don't really have (- it's a rental).

      Farage can cum in his pants over all the cheap labour and Lowe can get into the sharia law.

      better together with the pooling and sharing of a strong partner

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  31. Very encouraging and significant to see reported in the news this morning that John Swinney and the SNP are set to unveil the biggest push for independence in a decade at the annual conference.

    That will be welcome by SNP voters and the activist base alike.

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    1. What good will it do though, if Westminster refuses to budge on the issue?

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    2. Courtesy of his own policy, voted through at the most recent conference, he has no mandate to do.this. Only SNP votes count remember. Copyright J S.

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    3. Correct, the 13 votes ATLS got in Aberdeen recently would have helped the push to independence.

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    4. In recent months I’ve become increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for independence.
      I find it difficult to believe any UK PM is going to take the same risk Cameron did in 2014, and risk becoming forever remembered as the person responsible for breaking up the UK.

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    5. Do not be pessimistic.

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      KC and his Sunshine Band.

      Again.

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  32. Labour's Emily Thornberry has just said that all Burnham needs to do to reverse Brexit and rejoin the EU, is to simply put that in the next Labour manifesto and win that election.

    No need for another EU Referendum.....

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  33. Aye two tier politics just like two tier most things these days. We are definitely living in an Orwellian novel

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  34. "THE SNP are set to survey nearly 1.5 million Scots as part of what the party describes as its “biggest independence campaign” this decade."

    https://archive.is/iWddj

    "Titled “Choose Scotland”, the campaign will be unveiled at the SNP 's annual conference in Aberdeen and will involve a new pro-independence party political broadcast, an independence survey delivered to nearly 1.5m people and the party’s biggest ever online ad campaign outside of an election."

    This seems to me to be a genuine major drive, and in itself justification for refusing other Independence resolutions at the conference.

    There is a fine line between constructive criticism and whinging negativity; I'm the first to support justified criticism of the SNP and whoever is leader and FM.

    But for me it's time to put aside differences and work together to support this and make Independence happen. And as far as I'm concerned, any negative whinger who whinges just for the sake of it can just right off.

    But nothing wrong with holding the SNP to this promise.

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    1. The damage has been done. Any positive results in favour of Indy will be pushed aside by the BBC and MSM, by reference to Swinney's own policy. There is no getting away from it. As for your whinger comment, I was out driving round the streets of Linwood with a megaphone chanting Vote Bruce McFie for SNP when you were probably still in nappies. So keep your snide comments to yourself. My point stands. Swinney made a huge error. He needs to accept this and change policy. Then we can move forward as part of the larger Indy movement.

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    2. Why on earth would you think I was directing my comment at you, when it was an opening comment, not a reply to anyone?

      Like many many others, I'm sick of the constant negativity. Look at the comments below the line on that article:

      https://www.thenational.scot/comments/26633678/

      I'm not the only person (who has supported Independence since the mid-70s) to be sick of it.

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    3. I agree Swinney's 'SNP Majority' gambit was a tactical error, but he did qualify it a bit by saying 'it was a precedented way to break the log jam by WM'.

      However, just as with Salmond's tactical error of 'Once on a generation' descriptor of Indyref, such nuances are completely ignored by unionists, WM and the MSM.

      Having said all that, I believe we must now come together as a Movement and get behind the SNP's latest drive, as there are no other credible options open to us.

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    4. We must all get behind the SNP.

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    5. John Swinney deserves a lot of credit for this initiative. By focusing on a quantitative survey of opinion rather than on hope and/or fear he has taken the political heat out of the issue of independence and it can be presented to the UK government in a technocratic manner as a valid sample.

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    6. AI at 1.31: "as a valid sample"

      Indeed.

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    7. Anon at 1.28. You want to repeat Swinney’s major error? What about getting behind the Indy movement, including the SNP?

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