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Going to see One Life this evening. My daughter had suggested that Mrs Alibi and I should go to see Wonka but doesn't interest me in the slightest.
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5 minutes ago, hampden_loon2878 said:
Speaking to an associate yesterday who is the most active activist I know within the snp, he’s saying the response is absolutely dire on the door steps of late and even spoke about us having less seats than the tories at a GE,, I haven’t seen him so disillusioned before
It's a pity the SNP don't have a proper leader who could come out fighting and reverse the trend. I honestly can't understand anyone who believes in independence deciding to vote for a Labour party that opposes indy, supports brexit, proposes policies that are pretty much Tory and a couple of dozen other points that should make them unelectable in Scotland. With talk of a spring UK general election, a decent leader would be campaigning already, but Yousaf just remains mute and in denial. Oh, and it's pretty clear now why operation branchform is being spun out.
Is anyone on here who wants indy proposing to vote Labour either in a UK election or a Scottish election? If so, why? What's your logic?
I will never, ever vote for any unionist party. And I'm becoming more and more convinced that the current shitshow is being orchestrated.
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2 hours ago, hampden_loon2878 said:
the next step is the scrapping of holyrood, its coming. if there is not a strong SNP then this is a real possibility,, could this have been the plan all along
I think if they try that, they are asking for a significant degree of civil unrest. Bear in mind that we had to have a specific vote to get our parliament; removing it without a specific vote to test our agreement would pretty much be an act of war.
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5 hours ago, Diamond Scot said:
Totally agree. My post was more in responce to the point that everything SNP do should be geared towards independence. Sometimes a government need to take unpopular choices in order to govern.
Banning smoking in pubs, minimum alcohol pricing etc
The big problem with the GRR is that its too easy for opponents to spread misinformation about it. For example a lot was made out of male abusers gaining access to rape centres by claiming they are a women now etc however there has always been and was proposed to continue with a clause allowing centres to refuse entry if they had any concerns etc.
Another big issue is whats happening in schools. A quick way to lose votes is to make parents think they are losing control over the raising of their kids. Rightly or wrongly thats where we are at with alot of peoples views towards the SNP.
The big problem is mainly with the concept of self-ID. Sturgeon insisted that "transwomen are women" when that is just not true, right down to chromosome level as Robert Winston pointed out. If you base a policy on a lie, people are going to object. And you end up with the illogical mobius strip where everyone is Schroedinger's human. Any politician worth their salt should have had nothing to do with self ID, but so many were desperate to be seen as wokey, not realising they were lauding the emperor's new clothes. and now the SNP are holding the baby despite Labour also backing it, and the LibDems too. Stupidity, malice or naivety? You decide.
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13 minutes ago, Diamond Scot said:
Even though the aim of the SNP is independence, the minute they were elected as a ruling government they also have to govern in the best interests of the country.
I agree that the gender recognition issue and some other "progressive" polices have been an error however when the SNP have been in power for a number of years, they need to first show that they are a competent government but after that they need to show that an independent Scotland would differ from the rUK. A good way of doing that is by implementing progressive polices that in particular are vote winners with the younger generations.
In this sense I can understand why not every action they did was safe or clearly to further the cause.
Policies that lose votes by the barrowload should be avoided. The GRR stuff is extremely unpopular with the general public, in particular the self-ID bit which is an affront to scientific fact. A sensible path could have been worked out but instead Nicola Sturgeon bullied her way through - and then fled the scene when she talked herself into a position where she couldn't say if a man was a man or a woman. I wish someone would ask her if the damage she caused to the indy movement was worth it.
We need a Ctrl Alt Delete and build back stronger.
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3 hours ago, hampden_loon2878 said:
everyone needs to ask themselves this question. If the SNP are in existence for independence and all policies they peruse should be to get us closer to the goal of independence directly or indirectly, then why would the sturgeonists chase after the GRA when it cost them half their members(at least) hundreds of thousand of voters, msp's,MP'S and thousands of pounds? this isn't just incompetence and when you add in the whole scenario regarding salmond, the answer is staring right at you. i know i bang on about the salmond saga a lot but i just want to add one more thing and that i believe the stitch up goes very deep, not even to a uk level but even crossing into American politics, wild yes! but i have my reasons to believe this
I have thought that for some time. The US don't want Trident to be removed. I believe they are heavily involved in the attempts to prevent indy. They have long interfered in other countries to suit their own aims (and I'd include the current Gaza situation in that - there are substantial quantities of gas, and possibly oil, off the coast of Gaza and I believe that's probably the real reason that Israel is trying to destroy Gaza completely). The US would think nothing of interfering in Scotland to suit their world view.
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5 hours ago, PapofGlencoe said:
I happen to know an MP who was unable to say whether UK intelligence services were friend or foe. I actually the like the person and won't divulge who it was but I don't think they truly believe in independence anymore. They never talk about independence and actively attempted to take any momentum out of a defacto vote. Got too comfy down there and enjoying their foreign trips ironically with UK services. Unconsciously or consciously they've been turned. I believe some hard working activists, both the radical and the pragmatists, are being strung along by a few.
That sounds awfy like Stuart Mcdonald, or maybe that other guy with whom he was photographed in army clothing, smiling happily.
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10 hours ago, StirlingEgg said:
There are plenty of opinion pieces around now on the affair with wonderment as to why Cameron put her in the House of Lords in the first place. Are they really that clueless or deliberately not mentioning her Independence ref 'contribution'?
Probably because he fucks pigs...
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On 12/18/2023 at 8:37 PM, Ally Bongo said:
The phrase "embarrassment to Scotland" is oft used but she fucking is big time
A hundred times worse than Ruth the Mooth to put it in perspective
Neither of them are an embarrassment to Scotland - they themselves would insist that they are an embarrassment to Britain.
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5 hours ago, vanderark14 said:
The dust will settle on this budget. It's down to the snp to make people aware that the budget is the result of having one hand tied behind their back on this fight. As AB says above, they have to rob peter to pay paul.
The only way out of this is independence.
Spot on. We need a decent leader who will prioritise indy. Yousaf certainly isn't that.
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17 hours ago, Malcolm said:
Its over for the independence. The missing piece of the jigsaw was the middle class centerist voters that were in the balance. Those that were in the yes ballot a week before the referendum and shat it after the vow and voted no. Ironically i was a no until about two weeks before and then voted yes.
like it or not, they will all be hard no now as they can see the snp for the commies they are.
Sure, we all want to be ruled by a cabal of pink or blue fascist crooks in London, rather than by Scots.
People need to look at the reason why this budget is happening. There is a concerted attempt to impoverish Scotland and its population,to portray it as an economic basket case, while at the same time they are putting in place the infrastructure to steal our resources and ship them south, and to make it as difficult as possible for Scotland to flourish. TV & radio pumping out endless stories to demoralise Scots or try to instill a sense of Britishness. All the while, the SNP leadership have become supine, scared to make a fuss, bowing and scraping to the fucking monarchy and to the British establishment. I'm certain there has been infiltration and/or some people being compromised. Maybe the Salmond case will flush out some of the political corruption.
I notice UKaye this morning was in full "SNP bad" mode, with her first caller being a Labour apparatchik with a prepared attack of unverified shite. We are at war, a war of independence, and so many people don't even realise what is going on.
I have no idea where we go from here. We need to find leaders who will actually lead, not the bland anodyne nonentities we have at the moment.
The UK political parties and their leaders have no compunction in accepting genocide in Gaza; let's not pretend they would exhibit higher moral standards when it comes to Scotland. they will fight dirty; in fact they are right now.
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That new song by Cher is pretty good. Not quite Maria Scary good but catchy.
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Just say you'd forgotten to buy something so went back later in the day to get it.
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On 12/16/2023 at 2:23 PM, Ally Bongo said:
AN extract from legal advice which argues the Supreme Court overreached into judicial activism by blocking Holyrood from holding indyref2 has been published by the Alba party.
The advice, written by constitutional law specialist Aidan O’Neill KC, argues that the Supreme Court's decision "to prohibit the (democratically elected and legitimate) Scottish Parliament from directly consulting the Scottish people which elected it ... is, to say the least, paradoxical".
I'm sure an SNP spokesperson (pronouns he/she/it) will be along soon to rubbish that view and stress that they have full confidence in the UK "supreme court".
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19 hours ago, Rich NATA said:
Just saw the Mone/Barrowman interview.
She says they've done nothing wrong, but what they provided was not fit for purpose. Sadly, Kuenssberg never made that point.
That was the thing that struck me right away. However bear in mind that lots of other companies or individuals also supplied unusable PPE - going down that route might spread the contagion to other folk who are hoping to walk away with their loot without any concern about their crimes being exposed to the wider public. Mone seems to have links to Michael Gove - both nominally Scottish, so "no great mischief if they fall" as the saying goes. I think Kuensberg knows exactly which questions not to ask. Remember Medpro are already being sued by the UK government, but why are the many others who supplied defective PPE not also being sued? There's a bigger story here...
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There was a lot of comment in 2014 along the lines of "We must offer to take on our share of the national debt even though legally we don't have to". Why? We weren't responsible for running up the massive debt. We've had so many of our resources stolen from us, getting rid of the debt is the least we deserve.
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6 minutes ago, hampden_loon2878 said:
i am really starting to doubt if humza will make the next GE, the suggestion of tax rises to fill the black hole he has created should put the feaqr into all independence supporters. the previous tax rises were marginally acceptable due to being a choice and not having to do it for pure financial reasons, this however will send out a message that and indy scotland would need tax rises to fill shortfalls in finances,,, him and robinson couldnt run a bath, never mind a SG or independent scotland,,,,shambles
Can't argue with the optics of that. However an indy Scotland would, if done properly, raise taxes from exploitation of our resources rather than all monies heading south. Things that need to be done at the moment are due to being in the union. If they would only explain that in simple terms, people might be more accepting and also might see the need for indy, but they won't do it because they're too fucking thick or don't actually want indy - you decide. Any tax rises need to be accompanied by a statement along the lines of "We are having to do this because currently our finances are controlled by another country. Indy would mean we could avoid these extra taxes as Scotland freed would be a wealthier country." or words to that effect. Not holding my breath.
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I find it hard to believe that support for Labour in Scotland is showing a resurgence. Apart from all the stuff listed up the page a short distance, Labour are now strongly Brexity, and very anti-indy - Lisa Nandy wants indy supporters beaten up by the polis, or so she says. Labour would never countenance Scotland having the same arrangement as NI because we don't really do bombing stuff. Starmer is strongly pro-Israel and is happy with Gaza being obliterated with tens of thousands killed. His policies are pretty much Tory with a few minor cosmetic changes - Labour is the Morris to the Tories' Wolseley for anyone who remembers 60s badge engineering. Labour will not be good for Scotland. What a pity we no longer have an actual Scottish party that will stand up for Scotland in a meaningful way, but all we get are daft policies and woke wankers putting their pronouns in their signatures, things that drive away support.
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2 hours ago, hampden_loon2878 said:
It’s all connected by the look of it
Yes, but Salmond didn't raise this case - which apparently has today been decided. The SG lost and have to comply with whatever they were asked to comply with. See Wings for a brief resumé.
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There is a severe shortage of tinned anchovies. Due to El Nino affecting the shoals off Peru apparently.
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Don't think this latest case is driven by Salmond. Not directly anyway.
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13 hours ago, Ally Bongo said:
Wonder what the remaining SNP loyalists think of this - those that know about it that is
https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-spiders-web/
The Scottish Government will make history tomorrow. For the first time ever since the advent of devolution 24 years ago, it will take the Scottish Information Commissioner to the Court Of Session to prevent disclosure of information.
What they’re trying to keep from public view is the written evidence received by James Hamilton, who wrote the report into whether or not Nicola Sturgeon broke the Ministerial Code during her government’s unlawful investigation into false allegations concerning Alex Salmond.
My membership expired recently and I haven't renewed so far.
IMHO no government should be attempting to do this. It's on a par with the lying alphabet women (I assume they are women but hard to be sure given the secrecy) being given lifetime anonymity. My thoughts are "what are they trying to hide?". I very much hope they don't manage to prevent the release of the information, although no doubt someone higher up the UK establishment food chain will decide.
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20 hours ago, hampden_loon2878 said:
If there was an election tomorrow, I believe it would be a 5 point lead. The snp would get a thumping no question about it, I do however think we would gain support right back with a quick change back to old school snp policies
Agreed about the need for policy changes, but the SNP need to start campaigning now. Labour are there for the taking with their policies. No matter how Sarwar tries to differentiate "Scottish" Labour, in a UK general election he can't be allowed to get away with that. He is by definition pro-brexit, anti Scottish democracy whether he wants to be or not cos that's what London Labour dictates. Any half decent SNP leader would be ramming that home daily, but Yousaf seems more interested in making ultimately pointless gestures about Middle East politics - virtue signalling like his old boss. Trouble is he's not really a leader.
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4 hours ago, aaid said:
I wouldn’t put money on that case even coming to court. The reason why he’s lodged a case now is because the SG conceded his case in Jan 2019 and he has five years before he can bring a case.
Its a very high bar that he has to prove which is why cases such as this rarely go to court and wins are even rarer.
Yes, the timing is clearly to avoid the case going beyond the time limit. May well get settled out of court anyway although how embarrassing would that be for Sturgeon? I can see why Salmond is not willing to let it go.
Indyref 2 (2)
in Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhere
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No idea what that bit about his sister is about, but are you suggesting that approaching Souter is a move deliberately designed to harm the SNP and/or the wider indy movement? Humza's just a bystander - he reacts to events, he doesn't actually make things happen. He's only where he is because he's an appalling choice who was shoehorned in. Anyone who actually voted for him as leader needs to have a word with themselves.
I'd say Souter is toxic due to his section 28 stance. Electoral suicide to be seen to have anything to do with him. Maybe that's the idea.