Whatever Can Have Happened?
Yesterday afternoon John Swinney announced an independent review into the dual roles of Scotland’s main law officers, the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General, which have been a subject of great controversy since the Scottish Parliament was re-convened in 1999.
Wings welcomes this development unequivocally, albeit we’re slightly concerned that the former judge leading the review is himself a former Lord Advocate who may be inclined to regard any suggestion that the role – in which the LA is an independent law officer but also a government minister answerable to the First Minister – carries a huge conflict of interest as a personal slight.
But what’s interesting is that the SNP promised such a review way back in 2021, in its manifesto for that year’s Holyrood election.
We can’t imagine what can have caused them to delay it until now.
Cannot for the life of me guess why this has arisen Rev.
Maybe Big John of the Independent minds she’s some ships with bad news hoving onto the horizon.
The big man must be seeing something and it most possibly have something to do with legal consideration. I WONDER IF THE Big Man might soon, along with others be seeking sanctuary in London town.
In March 2026, just two months ahead of the last Holyrood election, the Scottish Government published an initial internal report on the law officers’ roles. That report, produced by former Scottish Law Commission chief executive Malcolm McMillan, concluded that the existing dual-role arrangements were “appropriate”.
At that time, ministers stated that any structural changes would be pushed to the next parliamentary term, essentially kicking the decision into the long grass.
I wonder how long they can stall the decision this time before, no doubt, kicking it into the long grass again?
Interesting nugget Colin Dawson about arrangemnts not so long ago being considered as ” appropriate “.
Well according to Big John they are maybe not so appropriate now with intimation of independent review.
No doubt something has changed for Big John of the independent mind. Something is stirring, But what could it be?
Thoughts folks.
It’s colonialism! Am I the winner?
Sadly no. You forgot a pithy quote from a prominent intellectual who was working with the CIA.
As a matter of fact, Andy, Memmi predicted exactly this in one of his publications.
But I’m not telling you which one, or what he exactly wrote. You’ll have far more fun, and learn more, reading them through from start to finish for yourself.
Because the English translations are suspect, I strongly recommend you read them in the original French. That will help you with your own, personal journey to decolonisation.
Render unto Césaire, that which is Césaire’s.
There will be no meaningful change. The politicians have the police and the judiciary firmly within their grasp. They won’t relinquish the power which this grants them.
Expect this to drag out at some length just so the likes of John Swinney can side-step further criticism by claiming the matter is “under review”.
The likeliest eventual outcome is that the politicians will award themselves even easier control of the police and courts than that which they already enjoy.
The cherry on top will be a new ministerial post being created to exercise this control, to be filled by some loyal SNP functionary appointed on the understanding that the ‘party’ must always take precedence over any ‘public interest’.
“the former judge leading the review is himself a former Lord Advocate”
I see.
Everybody else must have been already contracted to do other jobs.
Let’s try to summarise this:
“After a lot of pressure from various sources, the Scottish Government has been dragged, kicking and screaming, into rigging a sham review whose decision is already a foregone conclusion.” (Hatey)
There lies but to determine for how long this farce will play out, and how much the long suffering Scottish taxpayer is on the hook for paying for it.
One thing’s for sure. A few loyal apparatchiks are gonna enjoy a good Christmas in 2026. Heck, play their cards right, and next summer’s holidays will be into bucket list territory too.
Perhaps Swinney now knows that pretty soon, he, Sturgeon and others will have to answer questions on oath in front of a Westminster Committee.Then, following on, there will be the pending ‘malfeasance in public office’ case to come. Justice is coming for the corrupt!
Must be an election in a couple of days and our rancid SNP Government needs to appear, I stress appear, to be open and honest and conciliatory and all things decent and wholesome.
Prior to marking it’s own homework and returning to normal service once the ballots have been counted.
Come Friday the ‘pigs’ will again be walking on two feet and back at the Holyrood gaming table with the other yoons, leaving Indy supporters on the outside trying to determine who’s who.
I sincerely hope they get their arses kicked on Thursday.
Coincides with Murrell having legal aid withdrawn.
Hmm. To quote Mr. Spock, “Fascinating”. Entirely disconnected to certain recent going on, I’m sure.
“…only when required..”
Required for what? Not that we don’t trust a word they say.
When required to register for the daily attendance allowance.
Just like in the HoL.
« They will attend meetings of the Scottish Government cabinet only when required. »
Apologies to Mark Beggan. I was 2 minutes later than you.
It’s all very well the Scottish Government consulting on this. However, s44(1)(c) of the Scotland Act 1998, which establishes that the Lord Advocate shall be a member of the Scottish Government, and s48(5), which establishes that his, or indeed her, decisions as head of the prosecution system shall continue to be made independent of any other person (which is what puts the Lord Advocate above the law) cannot be changed by the Scottish Parliament. This really is a “made in England” problem.
No major institutional or governmental objection was raised by Scotland against section 44(1)(c) of the Scotland Act 1998, which makes the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland members of the Scottish Executive (now the Scottish Government).
Remind me what institutions “Scotland” had to raise against these sections in 1998?
“which is what puts the Lord Advocate above the law”
Indeed, which also tells us that it is not the case, as suggested elsewhere btl, that Scottish “politicians have the police and the judiciary firmly within their grasp”; rather, the issue is the (English) Crown acting as supreme authority in annexed Scottish territory through the Lord Advocate. Which reflects our colonial reality as well as the history of the Lord Advocate role since 1707.
And he’s back. And he’s put the cracked record on again.
Readers new to this saga might not know that the HR government has right of veto over the appointee to the Lord Advocate’s position.
Or that by taking the appropriate Vote of No Confidence, the HR government may remove from office any Lord Advocate who incurs their displeasure.
But these facts aren’t going to dissuade somebody who has a vested interest in flogging stuff about “Scotland’s colonial status”.
Conflicts of interest are everywhere you look.
The “the HR government” is merely an arm of the England-as-UK government Hatey. As well as ‘justice’ system questions this also explains why HR is imposing other Westminster policies on Scottish territory, such as AI, Freeports etc. Most folks here now understand our ‘status’ is colonial, as Mr Lavrov implied.
“Most folks here now understand”
Where’s “here” then, Alf?
Wings BTL, or Scotland, or the inside of yer heid?
Loving your use of “Mr” there. Can’t be too careful with these cants. Incapacitate you with poison in a trice if you cause offense.
Maybe you should try “Excellency Lavrov” in future? Can’t do any harm!
Yeah, because “Mr Lavrov” is such an impeccable, credible, neutral source with no axe to grind at all, eh Alf…
Ever heard of the expression: “useful idiot”? Your citation sources get worse by the day.
@CC – Lavrov and his boss “P” enjoy a favourability rating of around 3% in the U.K. So tying the independence movement to these derided and hated figures is obviously a very smart move from a hearts and minds perspective.
Noo, noo, CC, nae need tae be sae harsh.
“Mr” Lavrov will be a bit of an expert on taking expendable men of military age from the colonies and impressing them into the imperial fighting forces. Then shipping them overseas to be minced in the meat grinder of the latest aggressively imperialist, colonising venture.
So “Mr” Lavrov and Professor Baird no doubt have much to talk about.
To be fair to Professor Baird, he will probably claim that in Scotland’s case, this was something done generations ago.
And thus he will chide “Mr” Lavrov for his country’s use of, and indeed aggressive ramping up of, this method of waging war in 2026.
So I imagine it will go, but of course, Alf can speak for himself.
To be fair again, if I found myself face-to-face with an orc like “Mr” Lavrov, I’d probably start bowing and scraping too.
Sorry Alf, that’s complete and utter pish.
You can’t accept the simple truth (Occam’s Razor applied) that we’ve been shafted by our own kind because they boarded the gravy train and don’t want to get off.
We know you have a book to sell but not *everything* is linked to your pet soapbox subject.
And quoting Sergei Lavrov absolutely destroys any credibility you have.
“we’ve been shafted by our own kind”
Well noticed, although postcolonial theory does tell us that ‘colonialism is always a co-operative venture’ (Fanon) with native elites plus an assortment of other ‘colonial functionaries’, a number of whom seem to inhabit this site, mebbe e’en yersel Spartan?
Fortunately the penny eventually draps for a doun-hauden fowk, tho thay micht need tae be telt thair actual wretched ‘status’ by ithers, sic as the UN itsel:
link to yoursforscotlandcom.wordpress.com
You cut a truly lamentable, laughable figure, Alf.
No one to blame but yourself I’m afraid.
“sic as the UN itsel”
Last time I checked, Alf, Scots wasn’t a language recognised by the UN.
Or at least, not one of the languages into which it translates its memos, treaties, judgements, etc.
Ye’ll hae tae mind that and address them alwise in the language o’ the coloniser.
Much like you do on here with us, when you have a serious point to make.
“This really is a “made in England” problem”
Of course it is.
How many times must we be told? Scotland and the Scots can never be held responsible for anything.
I mean, get real. We’re expecting that the people who tell us they have the capacity and the smarts to run an aspiring, first-world, independent country; who expect to strut the world stage and get taken seriously by their international counterparts; that they should be able to get together and thrash out some kind of protocol that would manage conflicts of interest at the highest levels of Scottish government.
Seriously? Is that what we’re asking our brightest and finest and most handsomely paid and pensioned to do?
Jeezo. We’ll be wanting them to be toilet trained next.
Exactly what legislature do you think passed the Scotland Act 1998?
@ am firinn says:30 September, 2026 at 8:58 pm
“Exactly what legislature do you think passed the Scotland Act 1998?”
I don’t fucking care!
Why can’t Scots stand on their own 2 fucking feet, just for once?
Salmond managed to prise apart the cabinet and the LA. Why can’t his successors?
Why can’t the Scots constituting the Scottish Government sort something out and dare “the fucking law” to take them to task. What’s going to happen to them? Ten years in Barlinnie?
Just for once, why can’t our government, and its pathetic apologists and blinkered sycophants like yourself, stand up and be counted?
Jeezo. This is supposed to be a movement fighting for independence, yet its motto seems to be:
“Gonnay no dae that”.
They’re no so feart of the law when they’re stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds off ordinary Scots.
Playing devil’s advocate…
Who will the Lord Advocate be accountable to if not the Govt?
The Parliament?
Adopting Alternative International Frameworks
The review is explicitly tasked with examining alternative Law Officer models used in other jurisdictions. The primary comparisons include:
• The English Model: In England and Wales, the Attorney General is a politician who advises the government, while criminal prosecutions are directed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), a non-political public official heading the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
• The Irish Model: In the Republic of Ireland, the Attorney General advises the government, while criminal prosecutions are managed entirely independently by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
* Maintaining the Status Quo
The review retains the option to leave the role unchanged if it concludes that the current system operates effectively. First Minister John Swinney noted that the existing configuration has historically ensured that government policy is guided by the rule of law while maintaining direct prosecutorial accountability to parliament.
* Next Steps for the Options
Lord Boyd will consult with the judiciary, the Law Society of Scotland, and MSPs through 2027. Because the Scottish Government indicates that a full public consultation may follow the report, any preferred option that requires a structural split will ultimately require the UK Parliament to amend the Scotland Act 1998.
Time to start kicking the can down the road, slowly and judicially with only the public paying.
No doubt the result of any enquiry (it may just be another carrot for the remaining gullible SNP members) will be ring=fenced from other policies but simultaneously be woven through them.
I received an email from CHAS , Childrens Hospice Appeal SCOTLAND from their Chief Executive Rami Okasha stating ,
“I wanted to let you know of a major milestone that takes place this week: work has commenced on the major £17m transformation of Rachel House.
The final families staying at Rachel House left yesterday, marking the end of an era for a place that has provided care, comfort and unforgettable memories for thousands of children and families over the last 30 years ”
“A new temporary home for Rachel House services will open to families this Thursday in the form of MINA House in nearby Kinglassie”
I find it very concerning that our Scottish culture and history is being eradicated at an ever increasing pace , I have never known the name MINA to be considered as a popular Scottish choice for a Scottish child , I always considered and associated that name with being of Indian origin
Couldn’t Rami Okasha the Chief Executive of a Scottish charity think of a proper Scottish girls name to call the replacement accommodation , or is this just him stamping his version of diversity , inclusion and equality on another Scottish institution
Could have been worse. He might have wanted to call it after some rubble-strewn shithole in the ME. Plenty would.
You raise some interesting points.
One of the frequent justifications for unlimited inwards migration is that we are failing to breed. It therefore follows logically that it’s the immigrants doing most of the breeding, and therefore, it’s their kids for whom CHAS facilities will be mostly needed. On that basis, it’s only fair that the new facilities should be more obviously tailored to their target clientele, and run by somebody with a sympathetic world view.
But there’s a more general point, arising from any institution that has targeted immigrants deliberately (such as the NHS and Social Services), or been targeted deliberately by them (such as the BBC and the Immigration & Asylum system). It’s inevitable that these institutions will be hijacked by the people within them. Where the interests of the immigrants diverge from the interests of the indigenous, it’s inevitable that it’s the indigenous who will lose out.
Anyhoo, “Rachel”, eh? Given its provenance, plenty of indigenous Scots wouldn’t defend a name like that one these days. So why expect our replacements to bother?
I support Chas and I think the clue might be in the word temporary. Rachel wasn’t that Scottish either unless you class biblical names as Scottish, but the work done is superb regardless of the name.
“unless you class biblical names as Scottish”
Superb ignorance of our historic Scottish Christian heritage there.
Every now and again, we really do encounter a post for which there are no words adequate enough.
James
John
Andrew
Mary
Elizabeth
Ruth
Plus their diminutives, alternative spellings, and Gaelic and Scots equivalents.
One of the more depressing discoveries for me has been the lack of knowledge and understanding among so many who self-identify as defenders of Scotland.
I wonder just what they think they are defending.
Long ago I knew the name Mina as the name of a woman who was of Scottish origin.
It seems to be a name that occurs widely with links to Germany, Wilhelmina, and Poland as well as Africa and Persia.
In Scotland it could be a diminutive of Williamina. Williamina Fleming was a Scottish woman astronomer.
Your writings are almost always entertaining and absorbing, meenister, but when you come away with such achingly pretentious nonsense like, “since the Scottish Parliament was reconvened in 1999” it diminishes their content and projection. It’s silly. Stop it.
Jeez… The Rev was simply quoting from Winnie Ewing’s speech at the opening proceedings in 1999, and whilst some may argue that the Scottish Parliament is not the same sovereign body as the Parliament of Scotland and cannot be a continuation of the same, there’s no need to come across as being a complete dick.
Dr Ewing:
“We are indebted to the clerks, who have been masters of efficiency throughout this long and difficult day. [Applause.]
I have the opportunity to make a short speech and I want to begin with the words that I have always wanted either to say or to hear someone else say: the Scottish Parliament, which adjourned on 25 March 1707, is hereby reconvened. [Applause.]
I could not say those words until all members had been sworn and the Parliament really had been convened.”
link to parliament.scot
youtu.be/PB_aOAO0c4g?si=PQ8Y3STq02n_sB44
C’moan, Bob, now do the bit where they all awarded themselves medals.
Come tae think on’t, that might be the first and so far the only time where the policy arrangements all worked without a hitch.
Other than when they’re passing motions awarding themselves pay rises. Natch.
JM is making a true and interesting point. The Scottish Parliament, which adjourned on 25 March 1707, would never have appointed the likes of Yousaf to lead the country. Neither would the Scotland of 1707, or quite possibly, the Scotland of 2026.
Not because the Scotland of 2026 is some kind of regressive, racist shithole. Although if it is, then it is no more so than is Pakistan. The good and patriotic people of that country aren’t about to allow their government to foist a white Christian on them as their leader before hell freezes over.
The simple truth is that the wee, pretendy HR parly has done more harm to Scotland than good. It should be dissolved, closed, and the troughing grifters that infest it turfed out on the streets to sink or swim without the Scottish tax payer’s cash to keep them afloat.
If you believe the HR white elephant is some kind of continuation of the 1707 Scottish Parliament, then you’re just confirming that was a shithole deserving to be closed down too.
Yes, some interesting comments and speculations why Big John has shifted position and now wants an independent enquiry. One thing for certain something has changed, and he is running for cover.
Maybe in the not to distant future there may be a bombshell about to explode exposing shall we say malfeasance, criminal malfeasance at the heart of our so called government and the arms of the state.
But to digress a tad this Thursday morning I read with huge interest the shenanigans being visited on Northern Ireland and on why.
After 28 years of no Orange marches at Drumcree through a catholic Irish nationalist neighbour hood the incendiary and sectarian symbol of the British state has for some reason hove onto the horizon with approval having been given to the march going ahead.
Since the Good Friday agreement steady progress has been made with regard to peace and ever increasing unity. So why then has this incendiary march, and a triumphal symbol of the old days been.
So 28 years of no marches, then permission given, with the Orange Order declaring that with the authority of the Orange Orders grand master ….” the Portadown District will not surrender the fundamental principle, not now, not last week, not next week, not ever – ever ”
Its a strange one but maybe not such a strange one. Northern Ireland is moving forward. Peace and unity grows and the prospect of Northern Ireland leaving the British fold now looms large.
And with NI leaving could it be that such change could Scotland too exit the disintegrating United Kingdom. Certainly seems a real possibility, and against that background, what better way for the establishment dark deed brigade to turn the progress clock back and stir division. No surrender, not now not ever, and Drumcree is the touch paper.
Its an interesting thought in a UK that is disintegrating and a UK that cannot afford to lose Scotland.
Something gives, things happen for a reason, and the British state has been known to play dark and deep.
Thoughts folks?
“28 years of no marches, then permission given”
Correct, permission given. By the same legal decision making process that didn’t previously give permission.
Let’s just say that as long as the legal decision making process favoured one side, both sides were prepared to abide by it.
Now that the legal decision making process favours the other side, one side is not prepared to abide by it.
“the prospect of Northern Ireland leaving the British fold now looms large”
You make that wild claim, willie, but partisan intransigence on the part of your imminent “victors” isn’t going to hasten the day.
Should the day happen, it’s defo gonna hasten the flight of the Unionist colonists back to their ancestral homeland. You probably think the history of Scotland’s colonialism can be airbrushed out of history as an inconvenient truth. But it can’t.
A Scot who put Scotland’s interests first and foremost above everything else, would not celebrate the idea of Irish reunification. So what’s your excuse?
Just another day in the NI. We don’t care. If you care so much then go live there.
I think the issue is many from NI coming to live here. Unionists. Protestants. Stubborn, opinionated ones.
And what that means for Indy.
But willie will tell you himself. Although I deduce from his post that he suffers from a common malady we see a lot of on Wings BTL.
The inability to think things through.
Selective memory too. So that makes two common maladies.
I’ve just realised that the “Three Phases of Decolonization” text functions like a mythic narrative built on the same structural pattern Joseph Campbell identified in the hero’s journey.
Joseph Campbell’s monomyth – described in his 1949 book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” – has three broad movements:
– Departure — the hero leaves the ordinary world
– Initiation — trials, ordeals, revelations
– Return — transformation, liberation, new knowledge
The “Three Phases of Decolonization” text appears to mirror this in many ways:
Phase I — Departure
The naive national party rises; betrayal begins; the people are ignorant of their true condition.
This is Campbell’s “Call to Adventure” and “Crossing the Threshold”.
Phase II — Initiation
The rupture, the persecution of radicals, the calcification of elites, the suffering of the people.
This is Campbell’s “Road of Trials”, “Abyss”, “Ordeal”.
Phase III — Return
The people awaken, cast aside false leaders, confront oppression, and begin liberation.
This is Campbell’s “Transformation” and “Return with the Elixir”.
In Campbell’s structure, the hero is guided by mentors, sages, and truth-revealing figures — those who “see the world as it really is”.
The leading proponents of a Scotland-as-colony narrative position themselves as these guides:
– the ones who understand colonial reality
– the ones who see through illusions
– the ones who reveal the truth to the people
– the ones who interpret the “three phases”
– the ones who explain the path to liberation
They aren’t the heroes… they’re the mentor archetypes — the Campbellian “wise guides”.
Campbell’s influence permeates modern liberation narratives: postcolonial literature, liberation theology, revolutionary theory, anti-imperial movements, Fanon, Freire, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and even Star Wars (George Lucas was a direct admirer of Campbell).
These traditions all use mythic structure to turn political struggle into a story of awakening, ordeal, and transformation.
Joseph Campbell didn’t invent the hero’s journey — he described a universal storytelling pattern dating back millennia.
An independence movement built on mythic-Scotland narratives will naturally adopt this structure.
Could “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” be Scotland’s real story?
– the ones who dream.
Dreaming is free. Everything else has a price. Even death has a price. But dream on, don’t mind us.
this is why anglos rage – when their theft is blatant, no longer protected by cheap sophistry
link to archive.ph
“When the island was partitioned in 1922, the north-east was the wealthiest corner, its citizens almost twice as wealthy on average as the southern Irish. But in the past three decades, the Republic of Ireland has averaged annual economic growth of more than 3pc, while Northern Ireland has managed just 1.3pc. Ireland has grown faster than the UK or Northern Ireland. Wages are more than one third higher in the Republic’s more skills-based economy. Adjusted for how much things cost, southerners enjoy a standard of living 18pc higher than northerners.”
– once the anglo GETS TO FUCKING FUCK, you can actually start to live; it’s like having a filthy thieving vagrant squatting in your front room, eating all your food, drinking your beer and hogging the tv remote – you can’t get on with your life until this cunt is booted
Any unionists in NI, if they are rational – like double the state pension, rational – might go for a united ireland; and the thing is the irish will not stop you from marching up and down and burning huge towers of palettes; I doubt they give a shit. Have your cake and eat it. More money and still cling to your bizarro earth is 6000 years old, dinosaurs in the garden of eden, parody and perversion of christianity.
“Loyalists” (loyal to what? have you seen the state of the british caliphate recently?) are notoriously pigshit thick stupid though and when they see a union jack they cum in their pants; the queer thing about this is – NI by some margin, gets the best A-level results in the UK – but then what happens is the smart prods move to england for their education … and then stay there, better off, and embarrassed by their peepil and our-culchur
“perversion of christianity”
Careful, Confused, mask is slipping.
We get it mate – you hate the English, and thanks to a complete accident at birth you are somewhere where the state provides you a place to live in. I’ve no doubt the windows are smashed and there are faeces all over the wall and on the surfaces of which have been there for months – but nevertheless you could be living in a slum in Johannesburg screaming at passing cars whilst paralytic and following young women around making loud animal noises.
The idea that you have a large quantity of flammable liquid stored somewhere is terrifying for people living nearby and obviously something the police should be aware of. At least it’s diesel, which is harder to ignite, although based on your contributions here I’m guessing you drink it rather than use it to operate any machinery.
How you haven’t been banned is a mystery to me. I guess you have been from most places – both in-person and online.
Inebriated idiot.
“Squeal, piggies, squeal”. LOL.
It’s not “squealing”, Fatso, it’s “unrestrained, raucous laughter (and pointing)” at you hilariously deranged foamers. Fucking state of you embittered, illiterate, innumerate, inebriated, insane, intoxicated, impotent hate-filled ne’er-do-wells and nutcases. 😀
Please do continue, though. Gives me a good laugh every single day. The “Chimps Tea Party” has got nothing on you simpletons. 🙂
Aye, that it is Cap’n. The sheer hatred dripping off its posts is mortifying and amusing in equal measure.
That said, as a strong believer in free speech I don’t believe in banning anyone. Sunlight is the best disinfectant and if pissed low-IQ rambling jakies want to post their disgusting drivel publicly and then open themselves up to utter ridicule then that’s best for all concerned.
And James, it’s sheep up here we Teuchters are after, not piggies.
“….they smelt of pubs….
and Wormwood scrubs….
…and too many right wing meetings….”
What a shower of unionist twats….
“it’s like having a filthy thieving vagrant squatting in your front room, eating all your food, drinking your beer and hogging the tv remote – you can’t get on with your life until this cunt is booted”
Was this the reference you got from your last landlord, Confused?
Classic 🙂
Wings very own Father Jack Hackett.
‘Drink, Drink! Arse. Feckin Girls! Drink!’
Sometimes I end up watching the news through the night – it was during such that trump started all this persian shite : I thought – that’s well fucked, but then next day I went and I filled up all the vehicles and got some cans filled too, when the diesel price was still at 1.40
if you didn’t know the real world runs on diesel
a fair enough article – talks about the importance of refineries near the bottom
link to archive.ph
– but no pointing the finger at “who did this”
– trump at the behest of AIPAC/ADL/the gangster state
link to archive.ph
yeah, yer all fucked
link to archive.ph
The real world loves a winner, Confused.
That’s the big problem with you instinctive tea towel sympathisers.
You’re always sympathising with the losers.
Personally, I’ll pay £3 a liter for diesel if it means the foul medievalist regime that’s been fucking up the ME for the past 40 years finally gets bombed back to the Stone Age.
They’ve been besides themselves with uncontrollable rage for all of my life, just because one tiny part of the enormous world-girdling empire the Religion Of Peace carved out from all the other long gone nations, races and empires has managed to revert back to its original owners.
From the Straits of Gibraltar, all the way through to Indonesia in the Pacific, they stole it all. Yet it’s still not enough.
Now they’re here, taking my country too, turning me into a second-class citizen, and my female relations into fourth-class citizens, while the likes of you cheer them on, under the guise of “supporting Scottish Indy”.
Polling in NI says that the current opinion is that support for a united Ireland is at 34%.
Polling by Amarach Research says that if a referendum were held tomorrow on a united Ireland in the EU, 59 percent in the Irish republic would vote in favour and roughly one in five (22 percent) against. In Northern Ireland, almost two out of three (63 percent) support a united Ireland as part of the EU while 29 percent are against the idea.
A Yougov poll of British opinion in June found 57% of people polled thought leaving the EU was the wrong decision.
So your polling says that support for a united Ireland in the EU is both 34% and 63% does it?
It depends on the question asked. Is that hard for you to understand?
Check for yourself.
As far as I can tell both questions are the same, so yes it is hard for me to understand a post which is saying two contradictory things at the same time.