geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
so one not proven nullifies 8 not guiltys?? Hope I never have you and many others who hold this opinion on any jury!
"Scottish Politics is an absolute Wasteland"
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Ĝasper
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Salmonds is an ex banker, and a friend of bankers. He flew specially down to Westminster to vote in favour of restricting abortion and he cosied up to Trump to try and get golf courses built here. Now people like him and Kenny Macaskill (criminalising football support, Kirkcaldy Black police murder, pro poll tax) are playing at being lefties. Wake up.
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
Anyway, in 2022 Scottish Independence & the shadow boxing around will-they-won’t-they call a referendum next year, which no Section 30 order will be granted for anyway, seems to matter not a single fuck anymore.
Buried under the pyroclastic lavaflows of Brexit, Covid, democratic institutional collapse / state capture down south, and what appears to be WW3 beginning. Of course no one could have predicted these interlinked catastrophes in 2014 but…it’s hard to see how ir2 happens, let alone is won.
Buried under the pyroclastic lavaflows of Brexit, Covid, democratic institutional collapse / state capture down south, and what appears to be WW3 beginning. Of course no one could have predicted these interlinked catastrophes in 2014 but…it’s hard to see how ir2 happens, let alone is won.
Ĝasper
Well-Known Member
Under our current trajectory, a referendum next year seems very unlikely. But it's defeatist bollocks for people like Conter to smugly use this as a condemnation "against the Scottish establishment". It would be better to get off our arses and change the trajectory, rather than passively accepting decrees from on high.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Just as a point of information, Conter is only Cat and David. It’s two ex-Swappies looking for an audience.
Ĝasper
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Plus others such as Chris Bamberry who is Joanna Cherry's SPAD, and George Kerevan (Alba Party).
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Well, they’ve written pieces for them.
Ĝasper
Well-Known Member
Bamberry is the one who led a Swappie splinter, bit by bit leading to Conter. There's more than two, but maximum 20, I'd say.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Yup, he’s an ex swappie and ISG founder. But I thought he was Kerevan’s spad (ex SNP now Alba)? Didn’t know he was Cherry’s.
Ĝasper
Well-Known Member
Yup, according to his LinkedIn profile, he's "Parliamentary Assistant to Joanna Cherry MP", previously Kerevan's.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I don’t know who to shudder for most, him or her.
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
Chris Bambery is now a SPAD for a senior SNP politician? Er, what?
You might not like the people behind Conter but I find it pretty hard to counter much of what they say, unpleasant though it is.
Besides with the current state of geopolitics making Scots self-determination front & centre of your politics in 2022 seems just a wee tad self-indulgent. If we ever get back to a point of relative peace & security it’ll be time to pick up that baton again.
Fairly obvious the SNP are all piss & wind on the subject. A calcified, tired government with no viable opposition has absolutely no incentive to change a status quo that suits its leading cadres very nicely. The SNP’s rightward drift in the last while is undeniable.
You might not like the people behind Conter but I find it pretty hard to counter much of what they say, unpleasant though it is.
Besides with the current state of geopolitics making Scots self-determination front & centre of your politics in 2022 seems just a wee tad self-indulgent. If we ever get back to a point of relative peace & security it’ll be time to pick up that baton again.
Fairly obvious the SNP are all piss & wind on the subject. A calcified, tired government with no viable opposition has absolutely no incentive to change a status quo that suits its leading cadres very nicely. The SNP’s rightward drift in the last while is undeniable.
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
The War And The National Question
Jonathon Shafi argues that the diplomatic realities created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine mean the SNP leadership are even more unlikely to pursue independence.Editorial note: This is an abridged version of an article that can be found on Jonathon Shafi's substack Independence Captured. Though
www.conter.scot
No shit Sherlock!
(for those who cba clicking, Shafi's world-leading analysis suggests the SNP are "less likely" to pursue independence after the Russian invaion of Ukraine
