Scottish Politics / Independence - Vol 11

[Olivera]

"The minimum pricing salvage job"

https://snowdon.substack.com/p/the-minimum-pricing...

[NRS]

86 said:

Sturgeon claims today she had no knowledge re the loss of 30000 members. She treats the public as fools. Can’t believe a word that comes from her mouth

You have to wonder what she and her husband ever speak about? It seems to not be the SNP which is a bit weird given their former positions.

[SpeckledJim]

NRS said:

86 said:

Sturgeon claims today she had no knowledge re the loss of 30000 members. She treats the public as fools. Can’t believe a word that comes from her mouth

You have to wonder what she and her husband ever speak about? It seems to not be the SNP which is a bit weird given their former positions.

Dishonest or incompetent. The normal choice with this sort of thing.

They always go for incompetent.

I think I'd rather dishonest. At least it's a bit sexy.

[Vipers]

Klippie said:

rossub said:

To be fair, the MOD doesn’t have a great track record of cost control either

You have a point...but three times the original cost for ferries, no military tech on a ferry.

And five years late and yet the shipyard bosses get a 90k bonus whilst the tax payer fork out £9 million to hire a ferry meanwhile.

Still haven’t accounted for the missing £600k missing either.

Heads must roll. Oh and over £13 million looking into why Edinburgh trams were well over budget and time, yet not one sheet of paper on the investigation has been published.

[ruggedscotty]

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-new...

lost od issues at the flagship hospital in Glasgow in her constituancy. and also the new hosptial in edinburgh.

Not that good. and a damn shame. we could jave done a lot better with the right leader

[irc]

NRS said:

86 said:

Sturgeon claims today she had no knowledge re the loss of 30000 members. She treats the public as fools. Can’t believe a word that comes from her mouth

You have to wonder what she and her husband ever speak about? It seems to not be the SNP which is a bit weird given their former positions.

You would think a party leader and a party Chief Executive would talk to each other now and then on any relevent matters. Like losing a quarter of their membership. Especially when they share a house.

Nicola! Do you want a coffee? By the way we lost another hundred members this week. Will you have a biscuit with it? Quite a few said they were leaving because of your gender reform campaign.

[irc]

Don't forget the taxpayer funds used to publish her book of speeches.

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politi...

[irc]

A journalist finally realises what half the population here have known for years. Nippy talked a good game but was actually useless.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/nicola-sturgeo...

[irc]

And of course the old ones are the best. Comedy gold. "A result that everyone will respect"

[ninepoint2]

NRS said:

You have to wonder what she and her husband ever speak about? It seems to not be the SNP which is a bit weird given their former positions.

From Sunday Times 13 Dec 2020, here is Nicola Sturgeon, speaking in the Scottish parliament this week: “I deal with confidential matters every day of my life . . . I do not gossip about those things, even to my husband. I am the first minister of the country, not the office gossip, and I take my responsibilities in that role extremely seriously.”
And here is Nicola Sturgeon, speaking to the Daily Record in 2012: “Being in the same kind of line of work [as my husband] has its upsides and its downsides. The upside is that Peter [Murrell] understands what’s going on and why I am late home all the time. The downside is that you just end up talking about it all the time and you never leave it”

As usual her defence would be she would be unable to "recall" either of these

Edited by ninepoint2 on Wednesday 22 March 09:13

[Garvin]

irc said:

A journalist finally realises what half the population here have known for years. Nippy talked a good game but was actually useless.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/nicola-sturgeo...

What Iain Macwhirter still doesn’t get is that he, and his fellow dumb journalists, were taken in by what was clearly an obvious con merchant and they became part of the problem. They simply did a thoroughly crap job in not calling out Sturgeon despite the clear and unequivocal evidence of her real performance and just thought that a good performance in front of a camera and a tyrannical approach to politics was the hallmarks of a good politician. The man is an imbecile and this article just admits as much.

[eccles]

ruggedscotty said:

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-new...

lost od issues at the flagship hospital in Glasgow in her constituancy. and also the new hosptial in edinburgh.

Not that good. and a damn shame. we could jave done a lot better with the right leader

That article is from 2019....

[Master Of Puppets]

Anyone here interested in Sea fishing, Wildlife watching, Swimming, Kayaking, Surfing?, better have a read of this just so you know the
type of controls the SNP and Greens want to have on your activities.

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politi...

[ZedLeg]

Classic Express reporting

Headline
DRACONIAN LEFTIES BAN SWIMMING

Body
We’re not actually banning swimming

[Master Of Puppets]

In some respects I hope this clown gets the job, the resultant calamity would be priceless.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1638280075215814656

[irc]

ZedLeg said:

Classic Express reporting

Headline
DRACONIAN LEFTIES BAN SWIMMING

Body
We’re not actually banning swimming

How do you "manage" swimming without banning it at certain times and places?

[ZedLeg]

irc said:

ZedLeg said:

Classic Express reporting

Headline
DRACONIAN LEFTIES BAN SWIMMING

Body
We’re not actually banning swimming

How do you "manage" swimming without banning it at certain times and places?

I don't know, maybe there will be restrictions on particularly ecologically fragile areas. Which would be fine with me.

It says in the article that it'll be managed by local authorities and no council who relies on people visiting their beaches is going to ban swimming at them.

[dxg]

irc said:

And of course the old ones are the best. Comedy gold. "A result that everyone will respect"

Look at the size of her signature compared to the others (and the space on the document). A psychologist could have a field day...

[Viper201]

dxg said:

irc said:

And of course the old ones are the best. Comedy gold. "A result that everyone will respect"

Look at the size of her signature compared to the others (and the space on the document). A psychologist could have a field day...

Yes, it matches her ego.

[s2kjock]

Master Of Puppets said:

Anyone here interested in Sea fishing, Wildlife watching, Swimming, Kayaking, Surfing?, better have a read of this just so you know the
type of controls the SNP and Greens want to have on your activities.

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politi...

This is a monster banana skin for any government, especially one that wins seats in fragile rural economies and regularly bigs up Scotland as being world leaders in renewable energy and marine aquaculture. I presume it was a sop to the Lorna and Paddy show, so can't see any eventual impact being anything other than light touch unless they can find a way to achieve their 10% by only affecting larger scale commercial fishing.

Lots of money to be made by consultants and facilitators though.