tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post3227762585460320037..comments2024-03-29T01:33:01.670+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Huztae be the absolute worst case scenario for the SNP and the cause of independenceJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-78796432147526333842023-03-28T21:12:11.908+01:002023-03-28T21:12:11.908+01:00Well anonymous I was giving them the benefit of th...Well anonymous I was giving them the benefit of the doubt that at some point in their life they did want Scottish independence but if that isn't the case then they are straight up Britnats and no different from Dross of Sarwar. Take your pick. <br />Better pricks than you have tried to shut me up. Even some of the WGD numpties are starting to see the SNP for what it has become - Unionists, Britnats, devolutionalists, never ending gradualists - again take your pick you prick. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-30455211093861832562023-03-28T18:50:52.647+01:002023-03-28T18:50:52.647+01:00Hey Rocksie67 what is there to like about the SNP ...Hey Rocksie67 what is there to like about the SNP then. I know what there is to dislike about Sturgeon's gang. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-81252136594534806292023-03-28T17:58:57.462+01:002023-03-28T17:58:57.462+01:00So that's Kate Forbes out of the Government.
T...So that's Kate Forbes out of the Government.<br />Talk about the Machine doubling down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-54627889302035255262023-03-28T17:34:44.337+01:002023-03-28T17:34:44.337+01:00I'd be sorry if you wound down your activity, ...I'd be sorry if you wound down your activity, you are a voice of reason in the independence movement. <br /><br />Although, as you say, it could hardly be more dispiriting at the moment.<br /><br />Thanks Nicola for turning everything to dust.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-21921627324373037932023-03-28T17:12:27.035+01:002023-03-28T17:12:27.035+01:00Dr Jim has commented on WGD that the door (to inde...Dr Jim has commented on WGD that the door (to independence) is now ajar and just needs a new direction. My question in reply was why did Ms Sturgeon not do/try something else?Cowdenbeath ayenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-91408043398494806342023-03-28T16:18:27.145+01:002023-03-28T16:18:27.145+01:00Just wanted to say that your blog is usually the c...Just wanted to say that your blog is usually the closest to how I feel in the scunnered middle, and I agree with tour analysis of the SNP and Alba here. Most importantly, I'd miss this blog if you stopped!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238427080467725372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-25094630703657462132023-03-28T14:39:47.590+01:002023-03-28T14:39:47.590+01:00“ Alison Thewliss MP has joined the board of the J...“ Alison Thewliss MP has joined the board of the John Smith Centre” as of yesterday.<br />Thewliss was intended to be the lavender Ceaușescus continuity candidate when Blackflab resigned.<br />“ Catherine Smith KC, Board Chair, said: “We are delighted Alison has agreed to join the board of the John Smith Centre … “<br />Catherine Smith is an ex-employee of the US State Department although she tries to disguise this in her site bio..<br />The strap line for the John Smith Centre for Public Service is; “Promoting Trust in Politics & Public Service”. Odd then that their accounts as a charity are are never published on the website of the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and they hide behind a legal loophole, namely that they operate under the “umbrella” of University of Glasgow.<br />The sources of their funding remains an impenetrable mystery.<br />A cynic may suggest that the JSCfPS is the Glasgow outstation of MI5.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-44216088276853057682023-03-28T12:33:02.452+01:002023-03-28T12:33:02.452+01:00I've had a sleep on it, I will still stay a me...I've had a sleep on it, I will still stay a member of the SNP for one reason basically because if all those who left for Alba had stayed in we would not have Humza as leader.<br />I however won't go out campaigning no canvassing no leafletting no doing my bit on polling day.I will have an issue who to vote for come the election.Might just not vote at all.The Greens are just too loopy for me and I just think Alba are too aggressive in their dislike for the SNP .That's not a winner with the electorate.<br />Sort of feel I have wasted half my adult life canvassing leafletting in rain sunshine or snow for Independence.<br />I get the party needed to skip a generation but Humza ain't a change he is just a poor second rate Nicola.<br />I voted Kate and thought she was a fresh face a real break from the past.<br />My only hope is that after a dribbling in the Westminster election the party will come to its senses.Thsts why I am remaining a member so I can vote in the next leadership election .<br />Rocksie67https://www.blogger.com/profile/02387835714238123741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-74175209414516553722023-03-28T11:20:31.935+01:002023-03-28T11:20:31.935+01:00WGD numpties Tam the Bam and the liar Skier saying...WGD numpties Tam the Bam and the liar Skier saying I called Skier a snake. Now, now, play fair I have never called Skier a snake. A liar - Yes. A Sturgeon propagandist - Yes. A snake no way - he is lower than a snake - a creep who likes hanging about public toilets. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-4979081106575445282023-03-28T10:58:45.462+01:002023-03-28T10:58:45.462+01:00The suggestion to get off your knees with all unde...The suggestion to get off your knees with all under one banner sounds good to me. - worst case it cultivates a bit of positive banter and team (re)building among like minded people. If it becomes a bona fide resistance to nuSNP troughing, so much the better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-72196502142823958512023-03-28T10:23:04.717+01:002023-03-28T10:23:04.717+01:00For just over 2 years and at every rally (and mor...For just over 2 years and at every rally (and more) Sovereign Scots have been signing their individual "Declaration of a Sovereign Scot", which in turn have been lodged with the Secretary General of the UN in New York. If you have any interest in how it addresses "International" laws on self determination and separates that from "domestic" laws such as the UK Supreme Court, and its current outreach to individual Members of the UN - this is the link to use:<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070340354557Mike Fenwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-21369962364074075212023-03-28T10:17:54.359+01:002023-03-28T10:17:54.359+01:00Jenny Gilruth tipped for promotion. Wot, cos she d...Jenny Gilruth tipped for promotion. Wot, cos she did such a splendid job with Thesis’s ferries (ok, so she inherited that mess)?<br />Yousaf was identified as a “future opinion leader” by the US State Dept in his second year as a humble parliamentary aide for his uncle and inducted into their International Visitors Leadership Programme.<br />Gilruth was in Washington as an IVLP alumni 35 working days after being sworn in as a rookie MSP.<br />Kezia Dugdale, Patrick Grady and Angela Crawley were on the same IVLP trip as Gilruth. Grady and Crawley didn’t record the trip on their HoC register of interests.<br />I agree with James, the next Westminster election will likely be carnage for the SNP. Wedded to the loopy Greens, Stephen Flynn will likely be toast. If (big if) Crawley can retain her seat will she assume leadership of the vestigial SNP contingent?<br />According to Neale Hanvey, SNP HQ has already chosen a candidate to stand against him without reference to the constituency association. Will this be Stephen “CIA” Gethins?<br />Wee Pat Harvie was inducted into the IVLP as early as 2010. Now why would the State Department recruit from the “radical, anti-capitalist” Greens?<br />All-in-all, those touched by the magic hand of the State Dept inexplicably flourish.<br />Of the seven elected Scottish politicians “recruited” by the State Dept for their IVLP only Yousaf is heterosexual. That ain’t coincidence, that’s targeting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6232179492219753532023-03-28T07:47:18.791+01:002023-03-28T07:47:18.791+01:00I suppose an outside chance of the SNP making itse...I suppose an outside chance of the SNP making itself useful to the cause of independence still exists if a movement for the restoration of internal party democracy is established on a tough, hard nosed basis. The starting point has been suggested above - getting National Council re-established and then push forward from there.<br />There will be howls of 'traitors' from suits and their boot kissers as the media will immediately run strings of headlines about 'chaos' and 'collapse' bu the alternative is worse; having to pick up the bits to form a replacement party. A fight to get the mouth foaming anger under control in Alba would have to run in parralel.<br />Lamentable ! This is what Sturgeon, Murrell and their merry band of troughers and political sectarians have brought us to.Alt Cluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482350112125105748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-82598110847331177912023-03-28T04:37:35.334+01:002023-03-28T04:37:35.334+01:00Yes, of course that's what I mean. Kate Forbe...Yes, of course that's what I mean. Kate Forbes and Ash Regan both campaigned on that very point in the latter stages, so clearly thought it was a highly promising line of attack, but by that point thousands of members had already voted for Humza and couldn't edit their vote.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-82506149522317233202023-03-28T01:25:15.583+01:002023-03-28T01:25:15.583+01:00shut up IfS....theyre not traitors and well you kn...shut up IfS....theyre not traitors and well you know it....you just dont concur with their views.Be nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-22207596822949779862023-03-27T23:48:39.804+01:002023-03-27T23:48:39.804+01:00James can you explain why the revelation there wer...James can you explain why the revelation there were far fewer members than had been claimed b the SNP would have caused members to change their votes if allowed? I am not challenging you, I genuinely don’t understand the argument. Do you mean that if members had grasped there was fibbing going on in the higher reaches of the SNP this would have caused them to turn against the establishment candidate? I am unclear. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-53425856981002210372023-03-27T23:10:29.889+01:002023-03-27T23:10:29.889+01:00I'm with you....Kate got my vote also.
The ret...I'm with you....Kate got my vote also.<br />The returning Officer....thats who signs off all my e-mails from Jackson's Close?...Really?....Fek me I'm retired and could at least keep my hair out my face and sound a damnsight more coherent.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-73839116676563569162023-03-27T22:25:47.928+01:002023-03-27T22:25:47.928+01:00I have attended every Glasgow/Edinburgh march and ...I have attended every Glasgow/Edinburgh march and a couple of other smaller ones and had planned to go to the one in Glasgow on May 6th but I won't be going now unless AUOB bans the SNP. I ain't marching alongside SNP numpties and I say that as someone who normally meets up with SNP and non SNP friends. The SNP are a disgrace. The election was a disgrace. The SNP are not for independence and I would just end up booing any SNP representatives that turned up. A wee clue for the numpties about Sturgeon is that she turned up multiple timess for gay pride marches but not once for independence marches after she became FM.<br />The anonymous dickhead at the top who said it should be renamed AUO anti SNP Banner is spot on as far as I am concerned. The sooner the better. Sturgeon the betrayer has forged the SNP in her own image - phoney Traitors. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-92103465008223717022023-03-27T21:23:10.957+01:002023-03-27T21:23:10.957+01:00Reason I asked that way was the risk of losing cur...Reason I asked that way was the risk of losing current voters rather than the possibility of gaining any but I do agree that the independence cause needs to attract older voters. Adam Munronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-81571215311748194512023-03-27T21:16:41.699+01:002023-03-27T21:16:41.699+01:00I have so many feelings about this result. I voted...I have so many feelings about this result. I voted for Kate and it's frustrating that it came so close in the end. I had actually let my membership lapse in December only to rejoin the day Nicola resigned, so I could give the SNP one last chance to change direction back to being a broad church. Sadly the chance has not been taken. <br /><br />On the other hand I actually feel heartened by the result. It shows that nearly half the members who voted don't just do what the party machine tells them to. Maybe the party as a whole isn't quite as illiberal and obsessed with identity politics as the leadership think it is. The SNP maybe hasn't totally lost its way in my eyes.<br /><br />Like you James, I am now at a political crossroads. I don't fancy Alba for the reasons you mentioned. I have been telling myself I would leave the SNP after eleven nearly continuous years of membership if Humza won. I'm also not sure if I can abide the behaviour of the SNP machine during the contest. In saying that, with no where else to go the close result makes me wonder if I should "stay and fight" so I can have my say when the next leadership election to come along. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-9448468652492177162023-03-27T20:15:02.774+01:002023-03-27T20:15:02.774+01:00I'd say that's the wrong question, to be h...I'd say that's the wrong question, to be honest. Where Yes is deficient is in its appeal to *older* voters - and it was with older age groups that Forbes' popularity predominantly lay.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-90398284108246425912023-03-27T19:55:56.298+01:002023-03-27T19:55:56.298+01:00Thanks for the response, James. I’m not a member o...Thanks for the response, James. I’m not a member of the SNP although I have voted for them whenever I’ve been living in Scotland (currently exiled). Must admit that I was underwhelmed by the candidates in general and would lay the blame for that in exactly the establishment you criticise. I believe that Forbes and Yousaf are both problematic from a voter perspective. Either one alienates one side or the other. In your polling (or anyone’s for that matter), who was more popular amongst younger voters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-61446730738503940332023-03-27T19:11:00.252+01:002023-03-27T19:11:00.252+01:00Kavanagh's post result column in McPravda is t...Kavanagh's post result column in McPravda is true to form. 15 paragraphs about the Tories and a brief suggestion that Yousaf should maintain a progressive alliance with the Greens (which in practice means signing up to all sorts of batshit crazy social engineering schemes while Scotland's roads become unusable and the dream of independence withers on the vine).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-18821002725651614262023-03-27T19:01:00.277+01:002023-03-27T19:01:00.277+01:00"the non-aligned AUOB"....lol.....give m..."the non-aligned AUOB"....lol.....give me a break! Every anti-SNP nutjob (Sean Clerkin and his Scottish Resistance pals for starters) congregate under that banner. It should be renamed "All Under One Anti-SNP Banner".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-90482661270488623562023-03-27T18:22:49.897+01:002023-03-27T18:22:49.897+01:00"The SNP is NO LONGER the party of Scottish i..."The SNP is NO LONGER the party of Scottish independence. No more evidence is required."<br /><br />100% agree.<br /><br />The previous leader do anything about it.<br />The new leader doesn't want to do anything about it.<br />The MPs don't want to do anything about it.<br />The MSPs don't want to do anything about it.<br />And now even the members have proved their not that fussed about it by picking the candidate by far the most wishy-washy about it.<br /><br />The SNP is no longer the party of Scottish independence. Robert Jnoreply@blogger.com