tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post4004969980318530760..comments2024-03-28T13:56:07.453+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Exclusive Scot Goes Pop / Survation poll is the NINETEENTH IN A ROW to show a pro-independence majorityJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-55104457220168068202021-01-19T19:02:18.207+00:002021-01-19T19:02:18.207+00:00Smearer Skier back to referring to Britnat media a...Smearer Skier back to referring to Britnat media as a reliable source. Only unionists think that is the case but Smearer keeps doing it. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-52215910744952427712021-01-19T16:51:34.525+00:002021-01-19T16:51:34.525+00:00I don't agree with you on this point, but agre...I don't agree with you on this point, but agree with a point that you made a while back that we should treat everyone the same. Therefore if Campbell living in England and voting in Scotland is wrong and makes him undemocratic then James living in Scotland and voting is the US elections is also undemocratic. I have yet to see you call out James for his undemocratic voting? Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895447888993922494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-66244188041962775402021-01-19T16:51:27.384+00:002021-01-19T16:51:27.384+00:00I don't agree with you on this point, but agre...I don't agree with you on this point, but agree with a point that you made a while back that we should treat everyone the same. Therefore if Campbell living in England and voting in Scotland is wrong and makes him undemocratic then James living in Scotland and voting is the US elections is also undemocratic. I have yet to see you call out James for his undemocratic voting? Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895447888993922494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-61351869742333995462021-01-19T13:56:06.703+00:002021-01-19T13:56:06.703+00:00Smearer Skier
Does nobody talk to you in the SNP ...Smearer Skier<br /><br />Does nobody talk to you in the SNP or wider independence movement. <br /><br />Thought not.Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-18118629629999069472021-01-19T11:11:40.886+00:002021-01-19T11:11:40.886+00:00"Voters /bloggers from any part of the world ...<i>"Voters /bloggers from any part of the world are free to comment on Scottish politics / Scotland yes glad we agree on this."</i><br /><br />I've never said this isn't the case. I've just said e.g. people living in England can't know what's better for Scotland than Scottish people. Also that they should not interfere in Scottish politics by actively seeking out Scots voters to try and influence these, such as by commenting to that effect on Scottish forums, blogs, advertising there website on public transport... Also that it's very rude to imagine you know what's better for a country than its residents, with visiting these to call them c**ts etc is particularly so. <br /><br />Maybe a rule change on voting is needed, but it would need careful thought; Students for example are not necessarily here for 3 months in a row, yet do live here for extended periods and use public services. Anyway, that's not the point.<br /><br />The point is that Campbell knows he doesn't 'live in Scotland'. He even tells the unionist press he doesn't want to live in a country of cowardly Scots, preferring to live with the brave brexit voting English. <br /><br />https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stuart-campbell-interview-unbelievable-fury-is-the-only-rational-human-response-to-uk-politics-now-rcmp0vbzd<br /><br />It's legal, but it definitely makes him an external influence on Scottish politics and not a democrat. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-71961640687956265912021-01-19T08:26:54.103+00:002021-01-19T08:26:54.103+00:00You mean they took advantage of the rules set out ...You mean they took advantage of the rules set out by the Scot Gov/ SNP. If you have an issue with it then you need to take it up with them. The Scot Gov SNP could easily say that, for example, you have to be lived permanently in Scotland for say 3 months, prior to the election to be able to vote, they chose not to. As you feel so strongly about this I'm assuming you have raised this issue with your MSP Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895447888993922494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-70153162208922442722021-01-19T08:17:29.186+00:002021-01-19T08:17:29.186+00:00Voters /bloggers from any part of the world are fr...Voters /bloggers from any part of the world are free to comment on Scottish politics / Scotland yes glad we agree on this. <br /><br />I agree with your last sentence, but know of no blogger who has tried to interfere in the democratic process then that's just a hypothetical statement. Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895447888993922494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-7250252188564131632021-01-19T08:15:19.537+00:002021-01-19T08:15:19.537+00:00Incidentally, I checked the electoral commission w...Incidentally, I checked the electoral commission website and it says you need to 'live in Scotland' to vote here.<br /><br />This doesn't apply to either blogger discussed.<br /><br />Of course if they took advantage of great British unionism and they were lucky enough to have say family in Scotland they could register with, they could lie and say they lived here, registering themselves to vote temporarily. <br /><br />They would be a liar though, knowing that in their heart.Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-46035657371957594762021-01-19T08:02:34.672+00:002021-01-19T08:02:34.672+00:00You posted all this in response to a typo? Heavens...You posted all this in response to a typo? Heavens. S/SW England. <br /><br />English voters / bloggers are free to attack scots / the Scottish government all they like from England. <br /><br />It's only if they try to interfere in the Scottish democratic process is this wrong morally. <br /><br />I don't make such a complaint above. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-57507618332064692652021-01-19T00:16:43.409+00:002021-01-19T00:16:43.409+00:00That poll would tend to be either a political part...That poll would tend to be either a political party internal poll or it would be for the Observer. I doubt it is for the Observer as they haven't so far done an exclusively Scottish poll.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11303213282884555577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-57402568465075965662021-01-18T23:40:51.353+00:002021-01-18T23:40:51.353+00:00My main point was what blog were you referring to ...My main point was what blog were you referring to when you mentioned a 'SE England blog' obviously it was not Wings as he's not based in SE England, so I did a quick search, if it was the Tax research blog then maybe you can highlight the one it is.<br /><br />Obviously only people registered on the Scottish electoral roll can vote in Scottish Elections, ie the residents of the country, so people living 'else were' don't get to have a say. As you say this is completely correct. <br /><br />Of course commenting / reporting on another countries politics is completely normal and has been going on for years. I'm sure governments don't like it but they understand that is the price that has to be paid for a free and open democracy. Its only places like China and North Korea that think that their citizens should not read what people write from other countries about their Government - that's why they block the internet etc Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895447888993922494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-19821776831934605422021-01-18T23:08:29.314+00:002021-01-18T23:08:29.314+00:00Can someone please list all the prospective SNP MS...Can someone please list all the prospective SNP MSPs that 'conspired' against Salmond?<br /><br />Apparently it's all of them, all the councilors too, which is fruitcake stuff. So we are back to none of them.<br /><br />Unless a list of opposing factions can be produced - with roles in the grand conspiracy - which I keep asking for but unionists can't produce...<br /><br />Thought not. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-72400775621605803692021-01-18T23:05:00.055+00:002021-01-18T23:05:00.055+00:0051% is a disappointing figure both compared with e...51% is a disappointing figure both compared with earleier Survation polls, and also with figures ranging up near 60% from other pollsters. I wonder what gems you may have to offer for those who want independence now, not in 2099?<br />Tonight I filled in a poll from Opinium. It too was obviously about Independence. Well the first half was about attitudes to parties and leaders and given it included Sarwar, Baillie, Lennon I wonder if it might have come from Labour, or someone wanting to gaze in a Labour crystal ball.<br />The second half asked some nuanced questions intended (I think) to work out which factors I thought more important: e.g. a liking for Brexit, v an acceptance it had happened but wanting it reversed somehow. A party that was strong on 'constitution' or strong on managing the economy on behalf of people's wellbeing. Or strong on the union v independence: I can't remember the wording of the last of these, but that's what it came down to. Oh and there was strong leadership, versus weaker but more sympathetic leadership.<br />Now I know your own poll is complete, I'm left wondering who this poll is for.Del Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09276622773915054973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-79601187351682732162021-01-18T23:00:41.840+00:002021-01-18T23:00:41.840+00:00Sarwar comes from a millionaire background and sen...Sarwar comes from a millionaire background and sends his weans to private schools.<br />If, (big if) Labour is really a socialist party then Monica Lennon should skoosh it.<br />Unless of course their Unionism trumps their socialism. <br />London will definitely have a view on this. <br />There will be blood on the walls. <br />WATCH THIS SPACE! ramstamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10764651142754131538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-32548671513526288052021-01-18T22:58:28.539+00:002021-01-18T22:58:28.539+00:00I'm not sure of your point.
Surely you'd ...I'm not sure of your point.<br /><br />Surely you'd agree that the residents of a country are best placed to decide how it should be governed and that people living elsewhere are not really in a good position to judge?<br /><br />This is after the fundamental basis of democracy, not something controversial.Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-66431610968788885172021-01-18T22:46:22.114+00:002021-01-18T22:46:22.114+00:00No worries found it:
https://www.taxresearch.org.u...No worries found it:<br />https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2021/01/15/for-those-who-thought-scotland-has-the-kind-of-leadership-we-should-aspire-to-it-may-be-time-to-think-again/<br /><br />Your right he does have a lot to say about Scottish politics for someone living in England (although Cambridge were his business is based and Norfolk were he lives are considered Eastern not South East England)Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895447888993922494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-23817946795446727672021-01-18T22:41:38.999+00:002021-01-18T22:41:38.999+00:00Are you arguing that pensions will be worse in an ...Are you arguing that pensions will be worse in an independent scotland?<br /><br />Sounds rather unionist. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-63132895161261498552021-01-18T22:33:05.294+00:002021-01-18T22:33:05.294+00:00What is this SE English blog you mention? What is this SE English blog you mention? Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895447888993922494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-22004301463519816362021-01-18T22:13:47.226+00:002021-01-18T22:13:47.226+00:00I hear Sturgeon is stating that she will hold anot...I hear Sturgeon is stating that she will hold another referendum by 2023? Is that when she, Pension Pete and bobbing John can cash in their pensions.M boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02831661909154742065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-87105630523006113372021-01-18T22:09:38.948+00:002021-01-18T22:09:38.948+00:00TestTestM boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02831661909154742065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-87485530102248346062021-01-18T22:02:41.464+00:002021-01-18T22:02:41.464+00:00'Jings', I just had a look. Apparently Pet...'Jings', I just had a look. Apparently Peter Murrell controls police Scotland, the UK civil service / Whitehall and the Scottish courts personally. He must have ordered them them to find Mark Hirst had 'no case to answer' in the same way he ordered that Salmond be allowed to win both his cases against the UK civil service then.<br /><br />Scary stuff. Now where'd I put my tinfoil see you jimmy hat. <br /><br />I think I left it in a somerset warm beer garden. Somerset is of course where people say 'jings' in Scotland.Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-68446758846373735022021-01-18T21:51:09.217+00:002021-01-18T21:51:09.217+00:00So's support for the union, i.e. in minority.So's support for the union, i.e. in minority. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-53000852519238387292021-01-18T21:49:51.956+00:002021-01-18T21:49:51.956+00:00Is this the SE English blog that says the SNP shou...Is this the SE English blog that says the SNP should make election about indy while at the same time saying there's not enough support for independence to be sure of this being a success?Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-4476520843481855132021-01-18T21:25:56.616+00:002021-01-18T21:25:56.616+00:00Wings have not mentioned this as they are commenti...Wings have not mentioned this as they are commenting on some scary stuff if true.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465657702698320609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-67107511590455187802021-01-18T21:23:06.325+00:002021-01-18T21:23:06.325+00:00Oh come off it.Oh come off it.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.com