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13 minutes ago, Jedi2 said:
Your hope has to be that the SNP sort themselves out..and soon
Ditch the comedy act as FM..put a serious candidate in place instead.
Come up with a credible plan for post-Independence which isn't a bankers bonanza, but seeks to fund public services properly.
But, yes, the current political climate is a mess. If the SNP get a shoeing at the GE with the Humza at the helm and 'most seats does it' defeated, they will set the case back some time
Or, alternatively, don’t let the opponents of independence define what it is “we” need to do to gain it.
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12 minutes ago, Jedi2 said:
While technically true..it would be the SNP who would be in charge of the initial negotiations for Independence, as they would have 'won' the most seats/Referendum, whatever.
Yes, while they could be voted out if/when their austerity pledges were more apparent, I reckon they could still have enough core support to see them back in at the start (and off the back of the euphoria of winning Independence).
The best bet is for them to ditch these plans now, and come back with a much better prospectus...as said, get on board with an EFTA route, thereby negating the need for deep cuts to public services. Outline where the funding for public services will come from, how they are intending to trade, and have a timescale for a Scottish currency.
'Then' their plan for Independence becomes more appealing.
Utterly transparent desperation, manifesting as concern trolling.
Gotta love the Yoons .
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1 hour ago, orfc said:
The same Scottish press that coughed and looked the other way when LORD STUART WINGS was banging the drum about the missing 600k.
And what’s the output from that? Any charges laid yet?
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18 hours ago, Jedi2 said:
I don't entirely have a 'staunch' backing of the Starmer project, as of course I would prefer to see a more socialist orientated Labour Party. No question that Starmer needs to both accept genuinely left wing voices in the party and try to work with them, not ostracise them. He also needs to be far more consistent on sticking to positions he takes up, and not try to row back on previously held pledges..there is no argument from me that he does that, and it needs to change.
I do have genuine concerns about the SNP's current vision for Independence..I am not now or ever have been, opposed to Independence as a better overall future for Scotland. However, I wouldn't want to see it potentially wasted by a near decade of austerity, but rather to hear more left orientated voices in the SNP speaking up, and making the case, not for a 'socialist paradise' as I don't think its realistic they would do that, but at least for a prospectus which doesn't look to put the bankers, multinationals and big business interests in the driving seat.
Quite right. We have been protected from austerity by the strong arms of the Union up till now.
I’m guessing Westminster imposed austerity is better than Holyrood austerity?0 -
16 hours ago, Jedi2 said:
You would indeed think that he would have to go after the GE..(current poll prediction SNP 25 Labour 24). 'If' that was indeed the result not sure how a 1 seat win can be spun as an 'achievement' (with a loss of 18 seats)
At a time when they knew that there were 'troubles ahead' (Branchform, Salmond, Covid Enquiry), they still chose to put the comedy act in as First Minister..at a time when they needed a serious leader Yousaf is who they thought could take the fall.
Again, a loss of 18 seats at a GE compared to NS’s loss of 21. She didn’t “have to go” so why would he?
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17 hours ago, Trogdor said:
I think you're comparing apples and pears with that one. Maybe show your workings?
Not entirely sure what you mean here? I’m comparing apples with apples
in the 2017 UK General Election, the SNP went from having 56 seats to having 35 (a loss of 21 seats). The Tories took 13 seats in Scotland, all from the SNP.
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16 hours ago, Trogdor said:
Humza is toast after the General Election.
He's already framing it as the SNP winning the most seats (not a majority) being a good result. If the SNP win say 32 constituencies out of 57 (it drops from 59 this GE) it is still a pretty spectacular loss from the last GE when they won 48.
If the polls and the general mood are anything to go on I don't think the SNP vote is going to turnout as so many people are scunnered with the party. Meaning they will be up against it in a lot of constituencies. Especially if the unionist vote coalesces around Labour, as seems likely.
I genuinely think we need to take one step backwards to have a reset. Humza isn't the man to reset it, he's had long enough to do it and he is Mr Continuity. I had hoped he would break with the old regime and govern as a minority but alas he's a bit feart of that, for reasons I cannot understand.
Like 2017 when the SNP went from 56 to 35? Did that result mean that Nicola was toast in 2017?
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Great to see Lozza Fox losing his defamation case after calling people peadophiles on Twitter. Also failed in his counter claim that he had been defamed when they called him racist.
Hopefully the damages cripple him and he never works again.
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17 minutes ago, beefybake said:
Well then, let's hear your take, backed up by respected source material.
Why, it won’t change the minds of anyone on here? It would be like screaming into the void.
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10 hours ago, Freedom Farter said:
The defence pact was Syria and Jordan seeking Egypt's protection. It was only created after the Israeli incursions into their territories mentioned above. Then regarding Egypt's intentions, Lyndon Johnson wrote this in 1971:
The interpretation I gave above could well be wrong, though, affected as it will be by my biases. Also, I agree that the '48 war was a very different case.
It is massively wrong, affected as you say by your biases.
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11 hours ago, Halbeath Raith Rover said:
Are there not two clubhouses behind the 18th ? The one pictured here, plus Leven Thistle off to the right...
Exactly. Chances of the story being true are nonexistent
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On 16/01/2024 at 15:43, Cosmic Joe said:
You'd be wrong then sunshine
Of all the things that didn’t happen, this didn’t happen the most.
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1 hour ago, Cosmic Joe said:
There was deepish bunker nearby
Luckily, the 18th was no where near the clubhouse, so nobody knew or chased him?
I call bullshit.
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1 hour ago, AyrExile said:
Cocaine - white!
Ecto - white!
Surely the post traumatic stress of the Gaza war will get him off the hook. Can’t be long before we are reminded on the Westminster mp’s with wrong uns in the family
It’s surely a bit early on a Sunday to be this pished
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New series of Silent Witness, which jumped the shark a long time ago.
However, this was the best one for a number of years. Hopefully it is a return to form.
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On 01/01/2024 at 01:28, Lurkst said:
It had its moments. Definitely an upgrade on the admittedly low bar that was latter day OAE.
The Alba ceilidlh's been superb though. Bliadhna Mhath Ùr to P&B
Agreed - watched QOTNY on catch up, and it wasn’t as bad as is being made out.
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Ok, drinks been taken, but I loved that. Might have been Clyde getting a point yesterday, and that’s filled me with false bonhomie, but brilliant.
Ruby could be a cracking companion, and what a Doctor!
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1 hour ago, SLClyde said:
Yeah you’re hearing it was almost impossible on this site, as credible as the record saying the managers job was Mick Kennedys if he wanted it.
@FREDDYFRY on the last page said that. I was quoting
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1 hour ago, SLClyde said:
The board have been justifiably criticised at times, but to pin this decision on them isn’t in my opinion.
Really? We’re just hearing that it was “almost impossible”. If that’s the case, why go on with it, and not move to Plan B?
if it’s not the Boards fault for proceeding with something that was unlikely to happen, whose fault is it?
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Fucking shambles of a Board.
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It certainly hasn’t fallen off a cliff. It is 6 months further down the line than any cliff edge would have been. The suggestion was that there were events in March / April 2022 which caused a massive spike. If that had been all, then 12 months later it should have been back to “normal”. It wasn’t, which was clear to all of us who actually could see it was multi factorial.
Another complete and utter riddy for @Todd_is_God
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15 minutes ago, alta-pete said:
I note @lichtgilphead seems absent from the Mone thread similarly enthusiastically advocating the ‘innocent until proven guilty’ premise.
Imagine a Rangers fan coming out with Whataboutery! Who would have guessed it?
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20 hours ago, Blue Brazil Forever said:
Nothing to see. All just a wicked conspiracy
Well, they did assassinate Willie MacRae, so it’s not outwith the bounds of possibility.
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2 hours ago, orfc said:
Having a car worth nearly a quarter of the value of your house? That's usually the preserve of neighbourhood coke dealers
This is actually quite funny.
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What is the point of Labour ?
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Well done for spending so much time demolishing @Jedi2’s arguments. I simply wouldn’t have the energy to go through that.