It’s Friday and I’m home from my break up north. Left on Monday and it was great being away and better being home. I loved the journey and it was an adventure. Visited Stirling, Perth, Pitlochry, Inverness and my favourite – Queen’s View. It was a coach trip and many of the people were really… Continue reading Holiday in North of Scotland
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The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 32
The assumption of English moral turpitude is an ingrained tic in nationalist circles. Both SNP members and senior figures in the party jab constantly at England’s opposition to immigration and racist and imperialist attitudes. This of an England which has, proportionately and of course absolutely, by far the largest population of immigrants and their descendants… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 32
The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 31
When Boris Johnson said no to another referendum on Scottish independence, Alex Neil, a former health secretary in the Scottish government, called on Scots to force the PM’s hand by emulating Mahatma Gandhi. Passive resistance, “securing rights by personal suffering” as Gandhi put it, was the way, thought Neil, to shame the British oppressor into… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 31
The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 30
The level of poverty in Scotland in 2007 was running at 17 per cent, quite rightly described as a sign of serious political and economic failure. The problem for the SNP, even if it currently does not appear to be an electoral one, is that after 12 years of SNP government poverty is now the… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 30
The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 29
It is widely thought that over and above disillusionment with eight years of Tony Blair’s New Labour government there were two specific policy areas that got the SNP over the line in front of Labour by a single seat in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections. The first was the pledge to abolish the council tax,… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 29
The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 28
After such a period of uninterrupted power and popular support, actually increasing their share of the constituency vote at each election, it would be easy to excuse the thought that the SNP had earned its political success by bold promises, and then delivering on them, changing the face of Scotland in the way that some… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 28
Aug 2021. Sturgeon and Failed Scottish Covid Response
Nicola Sturgeon was accused of receiving a “free pass” on her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as an MSP pointed out areas Scotland has performed worse when compared to the rest of the UK. Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser appeared on Talk Radio where he agreed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of getting a “free pass” by… Continue reading Aug 2021. Sturgeon and Failed Scottish Covid Response
Jun 2021. The Forgotten Scots
Neil Oliver – “We’re in failed state territory. I hang my head in disbelief and sadness at what Scotland has become – the state of the economy, the state of the health service, of education, the fiasco of the ferries, the drugs deaths. It’s a shambles and shameful and I look on at the country… Continue reading Jun 2021. The Forgotten Scots
The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 27
An SNP Failure – “aim to decouple ownership and usage of cars. We will persuade and not punish car users to use other modes. We will take three specific measures each of which will bring about a modal shift” – SNP 2011 Manifesto, page 26 The Scottish Government website tells us that “The percentage of… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 27
The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 26
An SNP Failure – “increase the provision of free nursery education for 3 and 4 year olds by 50 per cent. That means increasing the entitlement from 400 hours a year to 600 hours a year” – SNP 2011 Manifesto, SNP 2011 Manifesto, page 51 Local authorities had not met the 600 hours target by… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 26