Wee Eck deid

[islaydarkblue]

I liked him,SNP went downhill once he left after referendum.Genuinely thought he wanted the best for Scotland,just my opinion tho.

Alex Salmond’s main priority was Scotland becoming an independent country.
The SNP controlled Scottish Government published a White Paper headed Scotland’s Future before the 2014 independence referendum.
After the referendum was over my MSP Michael Russell told me that a lot of what was stated in the Scotland’s Future White Paper would never have taken place.
Normally a Government White Paper states exactly the details of a new law they are proposing to bring in but in the case of the Scottish Government White Paper Scotland’s Future it was basically a ‘wish list’.

[Deeranged]

Alex Salmond’s main priority was Scotland becoming an independent country.
The SNP controlled Scottish Government published a White Paper headed Scotland’s Future before the 2014 independence referendum.
After the referendum was over my MSP Michael Russell told me that a lot of what was stated in the Scotland’s Future White Paper would never have taken place.
Normally a Government White Paper states exactly the details of a new law they are proposing to bring in but in the case of the Scottish Government White Paper Scotland’s Future it was basically a ‘wish list’.

No different from any other political party's election manifesto then? A list of hopes and dreams designed to lull the gullible into voting for them that get immediately abandoned once the target is achieved only to be used against that party by the opposition for the next four years.

[eric_sinclair]

No different from any other political party's election manifesto then? A list of hopes and dreams designed to lull the gullible into voting for them that get immediately abandoned once the target is achieved only to be used against that party by the opposition for the next four years.

I agree but these days most political parties are hopeless so labour got in as the Tories were terrible.
No new ideas,no control on immigration and things might get worse.
Labour will blame the Tories,Tories will blame COVID.

[Returnofrros]

Court case continuing according to the herald.

Sturgeons reputation needs to be trampled into the gutter.

[jdfc]

Court case continuing according to the herald.

Sturgeons reputation needs to be trampled into the gutter.

fingers crossed, but why no fast track, if she posted on Facebook she’d have been up in court by now

[BCram]

As a point of law, is the British supreme court whatever that is called, able to overrule the Scottish supreme court?

[islaydarkblue]

No different from any other political party's election manifesto then? A list of hopes and dreams designed to lull the gullible into voting for them that get immediately abandoned once the target is achieved only to be used against that party by the opposition for the next four years.

A White Paper is not a political party’s manifesto.

[Deeranged]

A White Paper is not a political party’s manifesto.

A white paper listing all the intents of a party in the event that they're elected into power is pretty much a manifesto.

[BCram]

A white paper is a persuasive essay that uses facts and logic to promote a recommended solution to a certain problem. A manifesto is not the same, imo.

[Deeranged]

A white paper is a persuasive essay that uses facts and logic to promote a recommended solution to a certain problem. A manifesto is not the same, imo.

A white paper should fully describe the problem its addressing and propose effective and practical solutions. When a white paper is a wish list (Islay's description) of unqualified ambitions if elected into power it's nearer to a manifesto.

Not disagreeing on what a white paper is or should be.