Scottish Politics / Independence - Vol 12

We still have a long way to go and I dont hold out much hope for the % of the population that benefit from SNP policy giving up their stick it to the English mentality switching to another party.

I thought the Greens said they would resign - are they still co-leaders? Seems none of them can say one thing and do that.

Nope.

Swinney will serve two purposes as he is entirely expendable.

Firstly he's a palatable face for the pro-union parties to make deals with (the intentions of the past week always being for the SNP to get some clear air between themselves and the Greens Marxists). Sure it'll annoy some of the blue-face-paint mob that he is conniving with 'yoons' or, even worse, 'toarees' but that doesn't matter because part two of the plan is that he takes the hit at the General Election then vacates the leadership in order for the proper contender for Holyrood to take over.

For once I think there is someone in the SNP actually engaging their brain and thinking ahead. My now prescient prediction was that whoever takes over needs to get the party and the independence voters away from the idea that the SNP are wedded to the Greens Marxists because it severely narrows the Nat's options/attractiveness when trying to run/partake in a minority government.

I honestly never thought otherwise , I’m just astounded Alex evidently did

Amazing innit. Almost like a carefully orchestrated scheme by a close knit group of people, with a vested interest to see him silenced and defenestrated by depriving him of his liberty.

I'm not sure we'll see the SNP and Scottish greens back together as it sounds like the greens have been having just as much internal issues as the SNP have been.
And weren't they removed as there was the likely threat of them leaving the agreement anyway?
The political one-upmanship with Westminster was most obvious through COVID, but has bizarrely continued through to the party political infighting as well!
The SNP are disagreeing with the SNP and greens, while the greens are disagreeing with the greens and the SNP

For me the Greens in the UK at least are associated with the image of sandal wearing eccentrics that few working men take seriously . Like the Lib Dem’s they would willingly jump into any Political Allegiance that would lend them some gravitas . Opportunists .

I’m not a Nationalist though I wished the project well on the basis that my fellow Scots far from stupid would soon see the reality especially if it wasn’t beneficial .
It annoys me to see the likes of Starmer gloating and rubbing his hands for Labour will do nothing for Scotland and never have done in my lifetime

I think Mr Sweeney would be a bad choice
He looks too much like Peter Murrell to me. Confusion may cost him credibility and a bald leader never really works out well.

I missed that, what was that for? He always seemed fairly reasonable in his arguments, if very tenacious.

Not quite, his accusations that others held such views.