Take the Secretary of State for SNP-bashing (Jim Murphy) and his Depute-Assistant to the Under-secretary (or Scottish Labour leader) Iain Gray:
"The SNP have broken all their promises on everything - what about that diet Alex Salmond promised?" BUT
"Why are they wasting all our money on an independence referendum? [their number one promise and reason for existence]"
IAIN GRAY (pictured right) ANNOUNCING TRANSFER OF AIR GUN POWERS
"The SNP know they can't get their referendum bill through parliament, they're bluffing" BUT
"We [the disloyal opposition] accept all the findings of the Calman commission but we're not doing anything for a few years, and the Tories don't like it at all and the Lib Dems, em, they say maybe [so really we're bluffing to, we're not interested in more reforms].
And at the end of the day everyone knows the bill is going to fail and Alex Salmond's srategy is to make all the other parties look bad rejecting it.
But of course apparantly the honeymoon is over, the SNP Government and the Scottish public are sleeping in seperate bedrooms. They've thrown Fiona Hislops blouses in a black bag and left it at the doorstep. They're asking for the wrong kind of divorce....
....Is it just me who thinks that its just because the general election "phoney war" has started and the media is focused on the Tory/Labour fight? That the Scottish public, worried about a Tory government, are returing to the Labour bosom? Do they really think life would be better if Iain Gray and not Alex Salmond were leading Scotland? Do they even know who Iain Gray is yet? I doubt it.
Maybe the SNP will be marginalised a bit till the election. Maybe they'll start losing some votes, maybe they won't get their referendum. But, in all probability there'll be a new Prime Minister and a whole new ball game this time next year.....
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ReplyDeleteForgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't it the Scottish government who want to bring in a referendum? If they can't get the bill passed through the SCOTTISH parliament which it has to go through, then more people should have voted for the SNP at the SP elections which were done on proportional representation and list representation. A more fairer system than first past the post Westminster elections.
ReplyDeleteThe basis of the SNP argument is that Norway is a small oil rich country and "we" can be just like them.
Reality - No we can't. North Sea oil production has peaked and the industry is likely to remain profitable until 2020. Unlike us, Norway has the Government Petroleum Fund where surplus oil revenue has been invested since the early 90s thus providing a safety net when income from oil collapses. We however have nothing.
Secondly, the banking sector which is central to our economy is in complete disarray. There is no way that an independent Scotland would be able to support the banks they way in which the UK government have.
The whole independence argument is based on half truths and romanticised distortions of history. However it is convenient for the SNP to use the 'it's Westminster's fault/we could do it if we were independent' excuse when their policies are floundering.