SandyCromarty

Alba will struggle to get a foothold in Scottish politics as long as glib Soapy is running the party.

Jonathon Gullis on his feet today at PMQ's praising the tories and Sunak while listing what he thought was glorious tory government achievements. It was embarrassing cringeworthy tripe. He's obviously touting for a peerage as he is clearly shitting himself of losing his marginal seat and the gravy train that came with it that he seems to have profited by. Doubt if he sees himself back teaching.

Andrew Neil is a pompous twat spouting shite that pleases his masters, bigger fool him.

The other three London based parties are very much against Scottish Independence, as you point out the Greens are all for Independence.

I would write that off as nonsense, even the likes of the wealthy Savage or Sutherland would not be as daft as put that up.

I would agree with that scenario. There is support for Forbes among the membership including two of my own family and giving Forbes a cabinet job would satisfy them, just as long as the job didn't include close liaison committee work with the greens.

Fact is given the PR system it is unlikely we will see an outright majority party at Holyrood so coalitions to govern outright will be the norm. Arsehole Cole Hamilton would relish a pilot fish cosy with Labour.

And they may well do again if Swinney decides to court them.

Probably the Ferguson hard buy was touted by Gardiner. Anybody walking by the stadium with a Rangers top on could be offered a job.

Maybe the reason that Imrie applied for the job at ICT once he heard the salary being offered.

Lord Mackay of Clashfern, the Lord Chancellor and top law officer in Margaret Thatchers government, an Invernessian and the son of a railway worker was severely admonished by the Free Church for attending the funeral of two Roman Catholic colleagues in London, he was suspended as an elder and asked to repent and vow that he would not attend a Catholic service again. The Free Church regarded a Roman Catholic Mass as an abomination against god. He resigned from the Free Church and worshipped in the Associated Presbyterian Church here in Inverness. He had an illustrious career from humble beginnings but in religion he stood by his principles.

The tories right when a Scottish Parliament was first suggested were dead against it and have continued attacking Holyrood ever since, I put it down to the tory imperialists who as their colonies went Independent away from westminster ruling saw Scotland as their last colony. As a wee aside, some time back I used to fly regularly from London to Inverness, at the Heathrow gate passengers behaved as we all do when waiting by either quietly reading or having a quiet chat with the people beside them, however that dramatically changed when the same english people arrived at the Baggage carousel at Inverness airport then it was all very much raised voices with many expressing upper class english as if they wanted the locals to know they were gentry, embarrassing themselves without knowing it.

As Deputy when he had to stand in for the FM he was competent in handling FM questions and good at put downs.

I'm horrified at the thought that a London based party led by a leader who is vehemently against Scottish Independence would be governing Scotland.

Wouldn't work as glib Soapy would be in their trying to outfox the rest.

Plus there would be many joining you, including some senior names, the last thing the party needs right now is more division.

SNP Membership and among MSP's.

The Free Church with an average attendance of 8,000 is steeped in the past and it's core beliefs are well out of kilter within a modern Scotland, especially with the young, but there is no denying that Kate Forbes is a forceful capable intelligent woman, however her adherence to the Free Church social disciplines would not see her in any way popular with the majority. But with John Swinney popular with the membership he will be FM but I bet that Kate Forbes will figure in his cabinet. And there is a tough mean streak in Swinney that the membership is well aware of.

The westminster government funds the UK military to the tune of £50 Billion annually, then the UK military does what the Pentagon tells them to do, the recent RAF strike against Iranian drones is testament to that, as is strikes against Daesh in Syria and strikes against The Houthi in Yemen, even the £35 Billion Trident missile system is leased from the US where the UK are not allowed to even service the missile guidance systems but have to be sent back to the USA for servicing. So where does that leave us? simply as being viewed by the rest of the world as the USA's puppet leaving us wide open to retaliatory terrorist attacks.

There's no doubt that Forbes has the intelligence and quick fire ability to hold her own against the likes of Dross, however her beliefs are firmly in a time past which will always be brought up and into political discussion. And I know that if she was elected there would be resignations close to the core. Middle of the road, and hugely popular within the party, John Swinney will probably become FM, he has noticeably taken time out in the last year, the reason should now be obvious. I note that Angus Robertson has been mentioned earlier, he may stand but as far as I know he is quite happy in his present role between Parliament and the Scottish office in Brussels.

Beaten by 5 goals at home by a team that had only 1 point out of their previous four games seems to give some substance to Fergusons remarks on Arbroath 'players downing tools on their club and manager' after relegation confirmed. Doubt we'll see a Statement from the Arbroath Board.

What happened?

And Livingston to beat Ross County which will see a return of the local derby next season when county lose the playoff.

Poor game which looks more like an athletic meet with all the useless running up the park.

You have to question how a player got on the pitch with a smoke bomb down his shorts, surely there should be some sort of airport security that players have to pass through.