news & politics:discussion

[eFestivals]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I thought they were the cult of Sturgeon and brooked no dissent?  You can't have it both ways.

 

[steviewevie]

9 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

The current state of the Scottish nationalists .  If the unionist parties got their acts together and agreed tactical voting we could get rid of this Indy thing and get back to dealing with Covid, the disgraceful drop in educational standards, our terrible drug problem, council cutbacks etc. The things politicians should be concentrating on. 

As for Salmond his ego driven party will probably hurt the greens the most 

yeah...but what about..

[Ayrshire Chris]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

I thought they were the cult of Sturgeon and brooked no dissent?  You can't have it both ways.

Cults have a habit of breaking up into different factions! Don’t think sturgeon will be bothered too much by Salmond. It will however create a distraction away from the real issues that are affecting the country and focus on the single issue of independence. she might be glad of that. There are signs that labour might be regaining a slender foothold back in their traditional areas in the central belt. Early days, they have to regain the voters they lost a few decades ago. 

[eFestivals]

2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

yeah...but what about..

The sterling mel gibson statue

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/26/alex-salmond-launches-new-independence-focused-political-party-alba?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

It will however create a distraction away from the real issues that are affecting the country and focus on the single issue of independence. 

So you don't think the pay rise for NHS workers was "an issue that affects the country". Or nationalising the railways?

[Ayrshire Chris]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

yeah...but what about..

About as fictitious as the people’s front of Judaea! 

[Ayrshire Chris]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

So you don't think the pay rise for NHS workers was "an issue that affects the country". Or nationalising the railways?

Good decisions yes, but Funded by the barnet formula and underwritten by the Bank of England, the lender of last resort. We need specific details of currency, taxation etc to make a reasoned decision on separation.  That’s when we can all make up our minds without flag waving and rhetoric. But its going to be yet again pretty divisive after the last one. 

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Good decisions yes, but Funded by the barnet formula and underwritten by the Bank of England, the lender of last resort. We need specific details of currency, taxation etc to make a reasoned decision on separation.  That’s when we can all make up our minds without flag waving and rhetoric. But its going to be yet again pretty divisive after the last one. 

No one bothered with reasoned decisions last time the white paper was a crock of shit. 

[eFestivals]

5 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Good decisions yes, but Funded by the barnet formula and underwritten by the Bank of England, the lender of last resort. We need specific details of currency, taxation etc to make a reasoned decision on separation.  That’s when we can all make up our minds without flag waving and rhetoric. But its going to be yet again pretty divisive after the last one. 

No one bothered with reasoned decisions last time the white paper was a crock of shit. 

[efcfanwirral]

Edited to remove- got taken in by leftie hysteria on twitter 

Edited March 26, 2021 by efcfanwirral

[Ozanne]

 

[efcfanwirral]

1 minute ago, Ozanne said:

 

Almost as if once brexit was done they're back to normal...maybe there are some lessons for Labour there 

[Crazyfool01]

Bristol marching again ... 

[Ozanne]

Just now, efcfanwirral said:

Almost as if once brexit was done they're back to normal...maybe there are some lessons for Labour there 

Yeah I think you could be right. It’s not gonna be an instant thing for some in the North but it’s good to see some seats are going back to Labour. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

22 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

No one bothered with reasoned decisions last time the white paper was a crock of shit. 

It took the late intervention of Gordon Brown and others to expose the failings in that white paper to influence the result. Basing an economy on an oil price of 100 dollars a barrel, no decisions on currency, borrowing, pensions etc was madness and reckless. Interesting that the Scottish greens must be the only Green Party in the world that props up a government who would base an economy on a fossil fuel. A wee sniff of power and their principles go out of the window. 

[efcfanwirral]

(Yes this is relevant) Not that I'm complaining on the sport side but there's such a clear thought process there from the Tories. "We've been sent in to deal with planning and development in a city that hates us, how can we make them hate us less? Oh yes, those neanderthal poor northerners love football, let's approve the stadium and they'll like us and forget about everything we've done to them over the years".

It won't work, and the city will fight to the end to stop the place becoming one of their "freeports" 

Edited March 26, 2021 by efcfanwirral

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

It took the late intervention of Gordon Brown and others to expose the failings in that white paper to influence the result. Basing an economy on an oil price of 100 dollars a barrel, no decisions on currency, borrowing, pensions etc was madness and reckless. Interesting that the Scottish greens must be the only Green Party in the world that props up a government who would base an economy on a fossil fuel. A wee sniff of power and their principles go out of the window. 

For it properly ripped to shreds see chokkablog

[gizmoman]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

My kid made it into the NY Times.

 

They're at it again in Bristol tonight, seems pretty laid back so far,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojpbjFsr04c

 

[Ryan1984]

 

[Ryan1984]

Not sure I entirely agree with this article but it feels like Starmer will have a similar plan? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/26/joe-biden-left-parties-power-radical-winning

[efcfanwirral]

 

Sort of thing you see in authoritarian states. They've clearly been told there will be no consequences to their actions.

Edited March 27, 2021 by efcfanwirral

[mcshed]

13 hours ago, Cherry Tree said:

However it is whether the average independence voter has the intelligence to realise that using their two votes to vote for two different parties is the best way of forwarding their cause.

If you had essentially an SNP constituency party and an SNP list party it would game the system but splitting in two because you hate each other makes that sort of coordination unlikely.

[mcshed]

12 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Or nationalising the railways?

The same Scot Rail that the government already nationalised last time a private company made a hash of it but after getting it back in order they put back out to tender so we had this Abellio fiasco.

Nationalising the railways is a good thing but it's clearing up a mess of the SNP's own creation so I don't think they deserve too much credit.

[Homer]

12 hours ago, gizmoman said:

They're at it again in Bristol tonight, seems pretty laid back so far,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojpbjFsr04c

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-56542893

[mattiloy]

16 minutes ago, Homer said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-56542893

I’ve encountered a few police in my time who were alright but many, many more who were horrible little fascists just waiting for the next opportunity to take out their anger ar the world on someone.

Fuck them. Miserable, snidey, inhumane scumbags.