In Times To Come
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October 19, 2024 by
Chris Cairns
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Nice one Chris
Nice touch. I like this.
Exactly! One is worthy of remembrance, the other only with disdain.
Chris, absolutely brilliant and really sad. None of us will be here in 80 years to see that.
I think Sturgeon might get a statue at Traitor’s gate in her beloved Tower of London.
It won’t be paid for by public subscription though, will it ?
No need to go so far, Astonished. There’s a handy Traitors’ Tower in Rutherglen and the nearby Town Hall still proudly flies the union flag.
Spooky.
Assuming an independent Scotland continues the tradition of bonfire night, I can think of a suitable effigy to replace Guido Fawkes.
“Penny for Auld Nic”
I’d like to see a statue of Sturgeon in my local park.
It’d be life-sized, so about three feet tall…
Something else for the dogs to cock their legs upon.
If sturgeon looks behind her as she runs from justice, she will turn to stone.
Very apt.
Scotland has lost Margo, Winnie and Alex.These three changed Scotland for the better.
Those who have followed – Sturgeon, Humza and Swinney – don’t deserve to be recognised.
Really can’t be easy doing a cartoon in the circumstances.
So Sturgeon’s Chief of Staff was a suspected (by Alex Salmond) MI5 agent…
The same Liz Lloyd responsible for the the most pivotal act in the whole long saga… leaking the story to the Daily Record against the wishes of the victims and of course Alex Salmond.
Clearly she is exactly what he suspected her of being.
And that is the person Sturgeon had as her Chief of Staff. Her right hand woman.
Given all we have seen of her these last 10 years there is little doubt left in me what Sturgeon is and in my view she will be remembered, as being one of the biggest rats in Scottish history. She is right ‘up’ there.
FFS she was put in charge of the 2014 campaign…
What Alex Salmond achieved, given what he was surrounded by, is nothing short of miraculous.
Incredible man.
Absolutely brilliant as always Chris. Of course the man could have replied “why on earth would they build a statue of a fish”?
Spot on Chris. Spot on.
Ooooo she won’t like that one bit.
Yuup. But she better get used to it. It won’t be long until everyone finds out what an utter rat she is.
And Liz Lloyd will spend the rest of her miserable existence wondering if justice will catch up with her. And I think it will.
I agree, anything published widely undermining her “control, authority and reputation” well irritate her no end. Go on people, rip her loud and wide across social media.
And we should be aware that previous Fm’s can be investigated.
Sorry, “will” not “well”. Aaaargh!
I rather hope that Sturgeon, instead of falling into obscurity, I remembered for the prison time she gets.
I know people are hurting, and dealing with loss in their own way. But for me, honouring Alex Salmond means getting Independence over the line. Nothing short.
While I support it, and even like the idea, it needs more than just a statue or renaming his bridge in his honour. It’s only Independence which will see the soul of Alex Salmond truly resting in peace…
We have work to do.
Given time, oblivion and obscurity will consume the parasitic “nobodies” and tr@itors, as indeed will Hell, when their own day of judgement comes.
Breeks, absolutely, no finer tribute. Continuing the fight and delivering Independence must be the focus from here on in.
As for ‘the parasitic “nobodies” and tr@itors’, their time may well be nigh!
Well said.
Dr. Who will be remembered longer than she will. 🙂
No I think she has earned her place in history all right but not for serving Scotland.
It has always slightly baffled me why David Cameron ever agreed to the referendum in 2014. But then if he knew that the SNP were infiltrated at the highest levels and that they had an agent running the referendum campaign it certainly would explain his (over-)confidence in agreeing to it.
They really thought they had a lock on it. That is why they agreed to it. Yet despite all that, thanks to the brilliance of Salmond and the WBB, the campaign got away from them, they lost control….
Even with Sturgeon ‘running’ it… they realized they’d fucked up.
Salmond was a Maradona level player in politics, he could carry an average team to win major trophies. Even when some other team players were actually working for the other side. They underestimated him.
They attacked Alex so viciously post 2014 because they feared him. They feared him because he was a great man. Greater than most realize (for now at least).
They’ll never allow it to happen not in our lifetime, but it should.
Until we come together as a nation we’ll always be a after thought in the minds of our colonial masters and Unionist jailers.
At the moment we are spineless individuals looking for reasons to exist when we should be marching and demanding the claim of right is acted on by our useless Scottish government.
Belter – rainbow tickling stick in the right and the left aiming a skelp on Anthea Red ferns cheeky bum for completeness.
Different era, maybe, but considerably less fear for so much as a sneeze, for all that.
Ah’ve bin seekin oot a Sturgeon pinata on ebay. Nae luck. Ah’ll mak ma ain.
I’m selling these superb lavender-scented pin cushions if you’re interested? 🙂
I’ve got her favourite book. How to lose friends & influence absolutely no one. Not even a dug.
Brilliant as usual Chris. But there is a statue of sturgeon there, its behind Alex holding a knife.
I am starting to understand the malice and hatred behind the attacks on Alex.
He embarrassed them. They thought it was safe to play out the referendum in the knowledge they had people on the inside to spy and sabotage.
When that poll came out with YES in the lead they realized they had made a hideous mistake and complete panic broke out.
Cameron was round seeing the Queen assuring her it would be fine, the Queen herself was out answering fictitious questions to scare the old folks, train loads of MPs arriving in Glasgow, The Vow… they crapped it. It was so visible, all hell broke loose.
They planned the referendum to be a comfortable NO and it would put the question to bed forever and a day…but instead along came Alex Salmond and Wings and others and totally ruined their fucking day. Made them look like fools in the eyes of their bosses…
Because now the opposite of what they had promised had been achieved. Despite all the destruction inflicted by Nicky and Lizzy the question of independence was still burning and much stronger than before and it was not going away. You can kill the party, you can kill the man, but you cannot kill the idea.
Alex irreversibly changed the scene and in doing so he made them look like idiots. They could not forgive him that.
Alex Salmond is a truly heroic figure in Scottish history.
All the poisonous articles after he died are testament to the fact that they fear him still.
They fear him more now. He has gone beyond being just another man.
Very apt and would be fully deserved.
A true man of the people, national hero and international statesman.
Hounded to his death by the full force of the British establishment,judicial,media/BBC,smear,corruption,lies,perjury,political plots and machinations,
not a bullet a bomb or poison but assassinated all the same.
I couldn’t agree more
But his statue sited in Edinburgh? Na! Na! Na! Surely a statue of Alex Salmond belongs in the middle of Scotland in Stirling, closely associated with Wallace and Bruce as one of the very few true patriots Scotland has ever had.
In the Wallace Monument Hall of Heroes
Lastly, what disturbs me most is that Alex Salmond was such a decent man, a politician widely recognized as someone of high integrity and honesty and he was also completely ‘by the book’, everything was done peacefully and legally and by the power of persuasion. He was comparable to Ghandi in India in this regard IMHO, a complete pacifist and democrat, dedicated and committed to the non-violent peaceful attainment of independence for his country, highly intelligent, highly articulate. So he was our Ghandi… yet look what they did to him or at least tried to do to him.
Look what they have done to the SNP… the same really.
Clearly then the conclusion must be that we truly are a prisoner in this ‘union’.
What was done to Alex (and the SNP) brings it into sharp relief.
And I think it is going to continue to do so, for more and more people…. Yet again they underestimate the man.
It is not a word I thought I would ever use but by crucifying him they have made a bona fide martyr out of Alex Salmond.
Re the 2014 referendum. Alex S was a true parliamentarian and trusted parliamentary processes would be honoured. Unfortunately, there are many dishonourable politicians and the UK establishment undermined those processes and fairness as much as they could, using the media, foreign politicians, threats, empty promises against democratic process.
I cannot decide about this – it’s either EEEEVIL or just wicked.
Alex Salmond was younger than me, so I will think myself lucky.
I had my doubts about him until the fishwife took over and then I realised that in comparison to her, he was purer than the driven snow.
I hope it comes true Chris.
I’m sure if they can erect a statue of Donald Dewar – they can do the same for Alex Salmond – who spent much of his life, trying to free Scotland from this illegal union.
Alex Salmond IS a national hero.
Finding a sculptor isn’t the problem – its the funding, and the most difficult of all – getting permission to place the statute, but Alex Salmond’s endeavours for Scotland – should see it happen.
Perhaps Mr Dewar’s statue could be removed and there’s a plinth already prepared ?
Although, in truth, I did like the previous suggestion of a monument in Stirling.
I am sorry Alex Salmond died. He had many admirable qualities and abilities. It is terrible what the conspirators did to him.
Alex Salmond spoke of the sovereignty of the Scots but, he was an oath man of the King of England, sworn to defend the sovereignty of the English / so-called British Crown, as an MP / MSP. He remained a UK Privy Counsellor of the English Crown till he died.
His / SNP / Alba strategies were founded on the sovereignty and consent of his sovereign English Crown in UK Parliament.
The reality is Scotland did not achieve independence in 2014 and Alex walked away at the time and backed Sturgeon to take over.
Now, it is unlikely Scottish independence will ever be achieved via the election of MPs or MSPs.
Spot on Breeks . Independence would be his true legacy
Alex agreed the referendum with David Cameron in 2012 and two years later we nearly got it over the line.
It’s 2024 and the Scottish Elections are in 2026 – we did it before, we can do it again. What are we waiting for- there is work to be done!
Spot on Chris.
There should be a number of statues to Alex all across Scotland in times to come. While I’d have no problem with a traditional one on a plinth outside the Parliament, I also think there should be one on ground level, to represent the Alex Salmond who doled out soup for the homeless, shook hands with the sma’ fowk, and maintained policies to benefit all Scots. A statue to remind that for all his statesmanlike qualities, he never forgot who he was fighting for.
EL RETRATO EN LA ROCA
by Pablo Neruda (extract).
Miré y allí estaba mi amigo:
de piedra era su rostro,
su perfil desafiaba la intemperie,
en su nariz quebraba el viento
un largo aullido de hombre perseguido:
allí vino a parar el desterrado:
vive en su patria convertido en piedra.
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PORTRAIT IN THE ROCK
(Extract after Pablo Neruda)
I looked and there was my friend,
his features sculpted in stone,
his face opposing the storm;
the gale rending from his nose
a long groan of persecution.
There the banished man is now found:
settled in his homeland; enduring as rock.
——
PORTRAID SA CHREIG
(Earrann às dèidh Pablo Neruda)
Thug mi sùil agus siod mo charaid.
Bha aodann mar chloich,
a bhathais a’ toirt dùlain dhan droch shìde,
a’ ghaoth na shròn a’ dùisgeadh
donnalaich duine fo gheur-leanmhainn.
Sin far a leigeas an dìobarach a sgìos dheth:
ri còmhnaidh na thìr fhìn; cho maireann ri creag.
Clarification — the above Neruda material is by Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh.
That is wicked 🙂
Sturgeon has further to fall from grace!
The moment and history belongs to Alex Salmond.
Schools in an independent Scotland will read about how Westminster corruption and the Sturgeon Cable tried to ruin the truly great Scot of our times.
Thank you, Chris. May it come to pass before too long. Two statues – one to replace the Dewar one, and another in Stirling.
I for one will be attending any memorial service for Salmond just as I will attend Nicola’s court hearing.
When she goes down it will be with a cheer.
Next for Swinney
Another great tribute to a TRUE Scotsman Chris ,The statue I agree with and salute , the location I disagree with , that MONSTROSITY is a festering sore on our beautiful country and a reminder that the butchers apron OVERSAW and manipulated everything by deliberately placing their VICHY placemen in their TROJAN horse
On independence I want to see that disgusting reminder of our colonised past and subservience destroyed to dust, it is only a constant reminder of the Tre@ chery carried out within by the enemas (correct spelling) of Scotland
Scotland has many beautiful ancient buildings illustrating our historic past one of them should be adapted , NI has the beautiful stormont, Scotland’s SERVANTS should have similar
I’m up for this and so’s everybody I know- he gave us back ourselves
When we pulled up behind the line of cars on the slip road at Dyce we were staggered to see so many. It was only the previous evening that we had heard about the convoy so to get it out in time was a challenge. But indy supporters didn’t let Alex down. Just as he never let us down. There were 60 cars in that slip road. Plus others gathered up another junction. Not to mention the many cars that joined us en route. Then there were the bikers. Magnificent. So while it was disgraceful that the establishment let him down, the people didn’t. North Macedonia was magnificent. Coming into Fraserburgh and seeing the crowd with the pipers playing on the corner had us greeting. Well, it spoke volumes about Alex. I reckon it’s what he would have wanted in some ways – the “sma folk”.
Chief. You’re gone, never forgotten. Your spirit lives on.
I trust this will come to pass:-)
Has anyone seen any evidence of Swinney ever running a dynamic election-winning organisation?
In fact she she stood in the Falkirk council by-election on Thursday, but lost to Labour’s Claire Aitken.