Sturgeonland

[TheDeeDon]

“The negotiation” referred to by RZ is the other massive stumbling block that I’ve referred to before, unless The Party finds a collection of capable, trusted, and experienced negotiators with the necessary knowledge and skills to deal with some fearsome big establishment beasts who will spot weakness and exploit it.

I don’t know where they’ll emerge from in the next decade, as it’s going to take a long time to weed out the current lead-swinging careerists, and more importantly the culture of cronyism that supports such a lackadaisical approach. There are few respected big beasts in The Party, which currently has the demeanour of a school debating society-cum-Rotary club, who have the necessary clout and knowledge to play the well-informed hardball necessary in any such negotiations.

“Ach, fûck it, it’ll be all right on the night and the fûcking English bástards will just roll over and cave in like the cûnts did at Flod… er Falkir…er… BANOCKBURN!” just won’t cut it.

I'll accept what you write about the SNP. It is nearly impossible to argue, but...

Do you think our leaders down in London (the Tories) are doing a better job as a whole than what is happening up here?

[57vintage]

I'll accept what you write about the SNP. It is nearly impossible to argue, but...

Do you think our leaders down in London (the Tories) are doing a better job as a whole than what is happening up here?

No, of course I don’t. But it isn’t binary. That’s Animal Farm stuff again, “Surely you don’t want Jones to come back?” It’s been the flawed SNP defence of failure since they took power, ie “we’re not as bad as….” “our failure rates aren’t as bad as…” and so on. Apart from drugs deaths and nautical construction which are “taking the eye off the ball”.

I said previously that post-1999, the Scottish people have got used to looking to Holyrood for governance and leadership. It’s not a pretty picture, and I have every right to point out that both governments are filled with feckless, spin-addicted shysters and chatlatans who like the lifestyle but not the toil required. The fact that we now freely admit that we have ‘a political class’ should be like a mega-megawatt klaxon ringing in every lug.

I remain disenfranchised.