Scottish Politics / Independence - Vol 11

[Gecko1978]

BBC News - SNP chief executive Peter Murrell resigns over membership row
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65000606

[Silverbullet767]

It's finally happening. Hopefully big news stories breaking next week.

[Gecko1978]

So have the SNP (party core) done stuff thats so bad that it might destroy itself. Have people gone to jail based on lies for example

[Jasey_]

Love to see both those s in jail.

[munroman]

Gecko1978 said:

So have the SNP (party core) done stuff thats so bad that it might destroy itself. Have people gone to jail based on lies for example

In answer to your questions

Yes

Not yet, but hopefully soon.

Looking forward to next week!

[Viper201]

Its all about the membership numbers apparently. A newspaper reported that there had been a fall of 10,000 since the Gender Reform bill. Murrell instructed the press officer to renounce this as nonsense. It turns out to be correct.

They'll run off together and hide in Portugal.

[CambsBill]

Gecko1978 said:

BBC News - SNP chief executive Peter Murrell resigns over membership row
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65000606

Wow, the snowballs really rolling now, with nothing in sight capable of stopping it . . .

Will he ask for the rest of his loan back now? Has the SNP got the readies to pay it?

[NRS]

So many leaving, you have to wonder what the real reason is behind all of this. They’ve never taken responsibility for their previous messes before so what is different this time? It’s like rats leaving a sinking ship - they’re all trying to escape.

[General Price]

TheJimi said:

The house of cards really is collapsing.

My friend would also like to know the quickest way to wipe multiple hard drives beyond recovery.

I bet there is plenty of overtime available this weekend in nat hq.

[Roderick Spode]

I've been waiting for this day for a long time. I hope this pair of lying devious scumbags feel the full force of the law for their duplicitous actions.

There's me racing in again to breathlessly post some SNP-baaad news.

[dxg]

I wonder how much paperwork and computer servers get "accidentally" damaged beyond repair in the Bute House construction work...

[technodup]

MI5 have played a blinder.

[irc]

It does look an awful lot like people jumping before a new broom sweeps clean. The only way forward for a new FM is a clean break from the past and full disclosure of past "errors".

So anyone closely linked to the old regime is history. One way or another.

So many things. Where do you start? Personally the jiggery pokery about appointing candidates needs sorted. I don't think Scotland is well served by having MSPs who are there solely because they have diabetes for example. Disability of any kind should not be a barrier Neither should it be a passport.

[irc]

The Sun headline is Peter-ing Out.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/

[Jockman]

irc said:

The Sun headline is Peter-ing Out.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/

Scotland has a Sun?

[Master Of Puppets]

Cheerio to Whiff Weasel and Stinky Stoat, now lets gloat.

I'm going to relish this profusely.....

[Silverbullet767]

Any nat loving poster wish to comment on the possible reason for everyone jumping ship? Or has the SNP machine collapsed and they haven't told everyone what to say yet?

[Rick_1138]

This does raise the question, if he was overseeing the election, that's going on NOW, will it be delayed. Giving the 2 candidates gi en no time to prepare, a better swipe at Humza?

[Hill92]

i4got said:

Viper201 said:

Its all about the membership numbers apparently. A newspaper reported that there had been a fall of 10,000 since the Gender Reform bill. Murrell instructed the press officer to renounce this as nonsense. It turns out to be correct.

They'll run off together and hide in Portugal.

30,000

Yep, Sunday Mail reported membership had fallen by 30,000 last month. They didn't quite define the timescale.

The SNP falsely claimed that was wholly inaccurate and that only 300 members had left and they had been replaced by about 300 new joiners.

The number published this week confirmed the 30,000 loss was between 31 December 2021 and sometime in the last month (not sure if it was as of this week or the start of the leadership campaign).

But we also learned that membership at 31 December 2022 was apparently 2k so that meant 10k of the loss had occurred since new year.

[Roderick Spode]

Faceache is rich with memes at the moment. Profusions of great joy and outpourings of celebration at the real time implosion of the SNP. Were this the Tories, the SNP would be calling for an election. I think the opposition should let them destroy themselves further, there is plenty of scope for even more devastation.