Scottish Referendum / Independence - Vol 10

[Lim]

Kenny MacAskill on James Wolffe

kenny said:

It’s the actions of the Lord Advocate and a coterie surrounding him that are tarnishing the entire institution. Judgement, competence and even the role itself are now called into question.

https://wingsoverscotland.com/heavy-is-the-crown/

[is-uk]

Lord Foulkes has been trying to get answers from BBC Scotland on their continued Covid briefings with the FM but without success https://twitter.com/GeorgeFoulkes/status/136458689...

[Pastor Of Muppets]

is-uk said:

Lord Foulkes has been trying to get answers from BBC Scotland on their continued Covid briefings with the FM but without success https://twitter.com/GeorgeFoulkes/status/136458689...

We need much more of this, known names standing up to this absolute scandal, it is nothing more than televised
propaganda for the masses, it needs ending pronto, how this relates to BBC impartiality is anyones guess, it's a disgrace.

[malks222]

Pastor Of Muppets said:

I would like to ask this.... Why does BBC Scotland allow Sturgeon to use a health briefing to put her side of the
story against Salmond, without Salmond being allowed a national TV platform to answer her?, because
that scenario alone absolutely stinks to high heaven of blatant corruption thrust forcefully straight at the British
public.

I dont support Salmond or his political beliefs, but this SNP PPB / BBC affiliation is utterly disgusting.

To be fair to her, I think she is trying to give a daily update on how we are doing with covid. When she started doing these and wanting to be in front of the camera every day, she probably didn’t expect to be doing this for so long. She also feels she can’t stop doing them now.

On the flip side- journalists have figured out its a pretty good time to ask awkward questions about anything whilst she is on tv! I’d guess with the current goings on she’d rather not be answering some of those questions, but would face too much criticism to duck out from them now

[Ajax Treesdown]

Twitter bots incoming!

[Dr Jekyll]

Ajax Treesdown said:

Twitter bots incoming!

Why didn't they at least vary the wording? Did they really think nobody would notice?

[is-uk]

XCP said:

Why has Sturgeon got it in for Salmond?

Here is your answer courtesy of former SNP MSP Alex Neil -

Mr Neil said Mr Salmond believed Nicola Sturgeon and her inner circle had been “stitching him up” to prevent him making a political comeback.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19117120.alex-...

[s2kjock]

malks222 said:

To be fair to her, I think she is trying to give a daily update on how we are doing with covid. When she started doing these and wanting to be in front of the camera every day, she probably didn’t expect to be doing this for so long. She also feels she can’t stop doing them now.

She could (and should) have started sharing the briefings with her panel of medical people or other senior members of government a long time ago. She would have had a lot more respect (and not had to face difficult questions on this rumbling farce) if she had been seen to spend more time focussing on governing the country - she doesn't have the luxury of a cohort of competent government ministers to do that for her.

[irc]

Ridgemont said:

https://youtu.be/6bzlbfywowM


It was much better than the usual snooze fest: Bailey was particularly good.

What is frustrating is that Sturgeon is stonewalling responses and redirecting to the committee. A committee which has shown itself unwilling to pursue this and has consistently been subject to the disruptive effects of a chair who has shut down debate, and has a blocking SNP/Green majority.

I know that Holyrood was intended to consciously step away from the culture of Westminster but I think that has been to it’s detriment over the last few months.

Kevin Drummond from the link above, a former Sheriff nails it.

"“It should come as no surprise that a constitutional arrangement cobbled together for the general election in 1997 has failed"

The committees were supposed to be the check and balance on the govt since there was no second chamber. So far it looks like the committee has been blocked at every turn and disrespected by witnesses "forgetting" , lying, and failing to answer questions. The Salmond enquiry was set up to fail. No proper legally qualified person on it as far as I know and only meeting half a day per week when the parliament was in session so running out of time despite being ongoing for the best part of two years.

[hidetheelephants]

Now she's slagging the opposition for traducing the scottish judicial system, which given she did exactly that on national TV yesterday is quite brazen even by her standards.

[is-uk]

Jim Sillars has lodged a formal complaint of breaching the Ministerial Code by Sturgeon in her attack on Salmond during the Covid briefing. It has gone to Leslie Evans so nothing will come of it but it will certainly be raising doubts in voters minds.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/nicola...

[is-uk]

Good to see political humour has not died out.

"That's another fine mess you've got me into!"

[biggbn]

is-uk said:

amusingduck said:

Ruth Davidson on fine form!

Good support from Jackie Baillie and even Willie Rennie as well in the questioning. Sky stayed on it for a good length of time and their Scotland correspondent James Matthews pulled no punches in his summation of the exchanges either.

Sturgeon is clearly rattled and now using deflection as her main weapon and is conflating herself with the entire country of Scotland. No doubt that one will land with the diehards but she went to McDefcon 1 and put the boot well and truly into Salmond so will undoubtedly have alienated a fair swathe of his loyal support base.

She just looked like any other politician today, absorb, deflect, attack. Pathetic.

[Lim]

She looks in control of the situation though. I guess it's not a complete coincidence she has such a firm grip on the leadership.

[Leithen]

Lim said:

She looks in control of the situation though. I guess it's not a complete coincidence she has such a firm grip on the leadership.

[Pastor Of Muppets]

is-uk said:

Jim Sillars has lodged a formal complaint of breaching the Ministerial Code by Sturgeon in her attack on Salmond during the Covid briefing. It has gone to Leslie Evans so nothing will come of it but it will certainly be raising doubts in voters minds.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/nicola...

Sturgeon is basically saying her SNP court is correct, and the actual court decision is wrong. Surely that in itself is enough
for her to be removed, if that isn't contempt of a court verdict then WTF is?

[biggbn]

Lim said:

She looks in control of the situation though. I guess it's not a complete coincidence she has such a firm grip on the leadership.

If Johnson acted like she did today, which he often does, he would get slated and rightly so. First time I have seen her acting in such a text book politician way, if you can't answer the question, insult the one who asks it, discredit them. She is becoming a laughing stock.

[hidetheelephants]

Lim said:

She looks in control of the situation though. I guess it's not a complete coincidence she has such a firm grip on the leadership.

In control of what? The best she could summon in response was to whatabout Ruth going to the Lords; an amusing bon mot that is wearing thin given it's been used every other day since Ruth subbed for DR. No refutation, not even a denial, just whataboutery fodder for the peanut gallery.

[amusingduck]

citizensm1th said:

Good to see people who breach court orders doing time for it

I understand why that moron got jailed for identifying accusers, I just can't understand why the numpties who have provided a two-piece jigsaw puzzle are seemingly beyond reproach.

[is-uk]

She is really going "all in" on this now. Tomorrow should be interesting.....

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19118371.nicol...