We’re seriously starting to think there’s some sort of competition going on among the Unionist parties of Scotland to see who’s the thickest. We’ve spent quite a bit of time pointing out the scarcely-believable dimness of the Scottish Conservative benches, but this week Scottish Labour really pulled out the stops to try to seize back the initiative.
Let there be no mistake about what just happened. Last night, Scottish devolution – an institution 111 years in the promising, just 19 years a reality – died. Iain Macwhirter summed it up concisely and accurately.
It’s probably fair to say that the voters of Scotland have been feeling a little put-upon lately. In the last decade they’ve been sent to polling stations on no fewer than 12 occasions (Holyrood elections in 2011 and 2016, UK elections in 2010, 2015 and 2017, council elections in 2012 and 2017, European elections in 2009 and 2014, and finally referendums on AV, independence and the EU).
And they’ve been subjected to endless weeks, months or even years of campaigning and haranguing each time. One woman – who only had to endure nine of those 12 – had famously had enough of it.
Yet Scots face possibly three more in the next 12 months or so, if various factions get their way, taking the total to 15 major votes in a decade. And if we want to secure the desired outcome in any of them, we’re going to have to ease the load on folk a bit.
robertkknight on Pandora’s Campervan: “The loan repayment to the Weirs allegedly using Indyref2 ring fenced funds is what I want to hear more about,…” Jun 2, 12:41
holymacmoses on Pandora’s Campervan: “I just have a feeling that Mr Murrell dealt with the small beer. Sturgeon was in charge of the ‘national’…” Jun 2, 12:41
Cynicus on Pandora’s Campervan: “McKenna is with you; “Only when John Swinney and his cronies are forced to resign can decency return to the…” Jun 2, 12:36
Alistair on Pandora’s Campervan: “The true motive for the conspiracy against Salmond and the treatment of Joanna Cherry also becomes clearer. If either had…” Jun 2, 12:35
Cynicus on Pandora’s Campervan: ““ .. if you view them through a lens of a chief executive with almost unlimited power to spend money…” Jun 2, 12:17
Morag on Pandora’s Campervan: “Suddenly rather a lot of things are clicking into place.” Jun 2, 12:15
duncanio on Pandora’s Campervan: “I note the Tommy Sheppard article in The National – “I was on the SNP NEC. This is what went…” Jun 2, 12:07
Alf Baird on The View From Row Z: “Colonialism works via cultural/colonial assimilation and here we know that imperial England ‘followed the politics of assimilation unrestrainably’ (Cesaire) in…” Jun 2, 12:03
DebatableLands on The View From Row Z: “London based Scot interviews another London based Scot. I wonder if after Murrell is sentenced more leaks will emerge? I…” Jun 2, 11:06
agentx on The View From Row Z: “Murrell was CEO of SNP from 2001. Murrell married Sturgeon in July 2010 The offences started 12 August 2010. ———————————————–…” Jun 2, 11:05
Geri on The View From Row Z: “& why was she told & by whom? That is what needs to be investigated. The UK is corrupt as…” Jun 2, 10:17
Captain Caveman on The View From Row Z: ““Spanish queer sauna” Good grief” Jun 2, 10:01
SilentMajority on The View From Row Z: “Quick…over there….a unicorn!” Jun 2, 09:45
Willie on The View From Row Z: “She resigned before she was ” burned out” of office. And “burned out” she would most certainly have been.” Jun 2, 09:43
SilentMajority on The View From Row Z: “Someone needs to ask Swinney, succintly, in front of a camera (and not ‘in camera’) exactly this question…about the ‘ring-fenced’…” Jun 2, 09:40
agentx on The View From Row Z: ““Sturgeon’s term ended on 29 March 2023, following her resignation announcement on 15 February, in which she claimed occupational burnout…” Jun 2, 09:33
agentx on The View From Row Z: “The SNP has been accused of using a “ringfenced” independence fund to repay a massive loan from EuroMillions winners Colin…” Jun 2, 08:58
TURABDIN on The View From Row Z: “THE SYSTEM will use this as a hammer to beat Scottish nationalism conveniently fogetting that it is the historic forensic…” Jun 2, 08:56
SilentMajority on The View From Row Z: “It is amazing that organisations are still ignoring the law, and are being quite blatant about it. Will it require…” Jun 2, 08:36
robertkknight on The View From Row Z: “The most credible explanation yet…courtesy of Rev Stu. https://x.com/WingsScotland/status/2061514899843682386 Where’s Izzie when you need her?” Jun 2, 08:10
Owen Mullions on Friends Without Benefits: “https://youtube.com/shorts/LgOS_ZvX-6c?si=Y7SE3tYJPio8bcLw” Jun 2, 07:22
Bilbo on The View From Row Z: “O/T https://archive.is/hY8Bk The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has called out the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) proposed updates to…” Jun 2, 07:11
Bilbo on The View From Row Z: “The left has been dazzled by the idea that giving parts of our society who have been marginalised in the…” Jun 2, 06:49
Bilbo on The View From Row Z: “@ Young Lochinvar Snobbery works both ways. This whole sordid episodes shows us that where despite having the same upbringing…” Jun 2, 06:40
James Barr Gardner on Nicola’s Summer Reading List: “Sanctifying Misandry: Goddess Ideology and the Fall of Man Katherine K. Young , Paul Nathanson” Jun 2, 05:39
James Barr Gardner on Marvola The Memory Woman: “That’s great coming from a misandrist !” Jun 2, 05:32
Young Lochinvar on The View From Row Z: “And that is supposed to mean? Only public school educated chaps and chappesses from nice areas are allowed to stand?…” Jun 2, 01:25
Buck Stradler on The View From Row Z: “This is what happens when you elect guttersnipes from Irvine.” Jun 2, 00:58
Young Lochinvar on The View From Row Z: “Hannah Bardell, former MP, lesbian and self professed “Queer” was aggressively pro Sturgeon on STVs Scotland Tonight. A quick Google…” Jun 2, 00:29
