tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post616211218971900848..comments2024-03-29T01:33:01.670+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Cut the Lib Dems, and they bleed unionist red, not the federalist rainbowJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6039200392266453422012-01-13T11:30:05.020+00:002012-01-13T11:30:05.020+00:00As a biologist I sometimes like to apply evolution...As a biologist I sometimes like to apply evolutionary principles to sociological phenomena.<br /><br />The position of the LibDems and Tories would make a good test so here goes.<br /><br />There was a series of TV advert some years ago which were designed to challenge people as to whether they had the inspiration and ability to meet youngsters inquisitiveness and questioning. Just the right sort for a teaching job then?<br /><br />Clearly targeted to the potential Biology teachers was this question.<br /><br />"What is the purpose of an Eariewig?"<br /><br />Of course the Darwinian answer is that there is no purpose to an Eariewig as there is no purpose to any creature roaming currently or have previously roamed this earth.<br /><br />The question was a trick question. To believe that any creature has a purpose would mean that it was purposely there and who would do that? Not Darwin anyway.<br /><br />Creatures evolve by various mechanisms and those which adapt better to changes in environment tend to be more successful.<br /><br />So the great lesson from Darwin is those who evolve and adapt have a better chance of surviving.<br /><br />Thus what is the bloody purpose of the LibDems? The Tories in Scotland are already at near extinction levels and luckily for us the Pandas are a breeding pair.<br /><br />The LibDems have chosen an evolutionary traject which will ultimately lead to their political sterility and subsequent extinction.<br /><br />I am not going to explore the metaphor of Labour in Scotland except to say they are a parasitic party which has now been found to be just so. <br /><br />The medecine is being applied.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-84925051023917439332012-01-13T09:58:53.563+00:002012-01-13T09:58:53.563+00:00I believe that you can extend that constituency of...I believe that you can extend that constituency of LibDem voters to not just Scotland but most of the UK, despite the historic sandal & corduroy image, they are Tories, but too polite to say soAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-17695683075430937892012-01-13T09:49:29.067+00:002012-01-13T09:49:29.067+00:00I've always had the impression that the consti...I've always had the impression that the constituency of the lib dems in Scotland consists of goody goody middle class people who would probably vote Tory in England, but that wouldn't be nice, so they don't. All staunchly British. Just speaking from personal experience of course.Commenternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-25916128617902590042012-01-13T08:23:56.725+00:002012-01-13T08:23:56.725+00:00"...the Lib Dems (or more specifically the pa...<i>"...the Lib Dems (or more specifically the party leadership) are, in spite of Clegg and Moore's protestations, every bit as much an instinctive, "gut" unionist party as the Tories and Labour are."</i><br /><br />After Charles Kennedy, (now being touted as one of the top team for the no vote campaign), Ming Campbell, Nick Clegg, Nicol Stephen, Tavish Scott and now Willie Rennie does anyone think that the Lib-Dems are anything but true blue unionists.<br /><br />The only country, or in their terms British region, that they've ever looked at in terms of devolved or federal powers is Scotland and that's only because they reacted to the threat of the SNP just as Labour and the Tories have.<br /><br />The Lib-Dems were founded with a federal Britain as their aim and love talking about how federal they are but they never thought they'd ever have to do anything beyond talk about it.<br /><br />If Scotland leaves bang goes their only excuse that they have done anything federal in the last 24 years although even that is a lie.DougtheDughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02952281599715356995noreply@blogger.com