news & politics:discussion

[Neil]

12 minutes ago, gary1979666 said:

Nice one.  I am foolishly running the London Marathon in 3 weeks and raising money for the Stroke Association.  Hats off to anyone supporting their work and the like.

well done, collection at my mum's funeral was for the stroke association. i'm doing stuff for a competitor - Bristol After stroke. who've been doing good work for 30 years 🙂 

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

Kate Forbes apparently was offered rural affairs but she told Hamza to fuck off. 

[Neil]

23 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Kate Forbes apparently was offered rural affairs but she told Hamza to fuck off. 

rural affairs is surely the proper ruler of scotland, as its all so rural

[steviewevie]

9 minutes ago, Neil said:

rural affairs is surely the proper ruler of scotland, as its all so rural

and backward

[LJS]

39 minutes ago, Neil said:

rural affairs is surely the proper ruler of scotland, as its all so rural

 

29 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

and backward

you are such lovely people

[Neil]

13 minutes ago, LJS said:

 

you are such lovely people

According to people like you we're your colonial master's.

[steviewevie]

14 minutes ago, LJS said:

 

you are such lovely people

We are your colonial masters.

[LJS]

3 hours ago, fraybentos1 said:

What cause he mentioned a wealth tax that he has no intention of actually doing lol?

He’s been elected by SNP members and even then barely scraped half (of those that could be arsed to vote). The snp are meant to be left wing.
 

Corbyn (an actual socialist) got 40 percent of the vote in an actual election from average joes. 

whilst Yousef got 53.7% in an actual election from average Jocks

...and Labour came second with 32.7% .

What's you point?

[steviewevie]

I am watching the Thatcher documentary from a few years ago on iPlayer cause I'm a cool muthafucka. Actually quite interesting...old footage of 70s shite and Maggie being all mental thatcherite.

 

[steviewevie]

7 minutes ago, LJS said:

whilst Yousef got 53.7% in an actual election from average Jocks

...and Labour came second with 32.7% .

What's you point?

Average?

[Guest]

There's another thread for Scottish politics, why don't you guys have that argument in there?

[LJS]

17 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

There's another thread for Scottish politics, why don't you guys have that argument in there?

There is not a thread for Scottish politics   - there is a thread about Scottish independence which despite Douglas Ross and Neil's obsession is not the sum total of Scottish politics

...and because your side insist that we are all one big happy family in the United Kingdom and what happens in Scotland may impact Sir Keir's ability to form a majority government. I would suggest UK Labour's Tory appeasement policies lessen their chances of a breakthrough in Scotland.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, LJS said:

There is not a thread for Scottish politics   - there is a thread about Scottish independence which despite Douglas Ross and Neil's obsession is not the sum total of Scottish politics

...and because your side insist that we are all one big happy family in the United Kingdom and what happens in Scotland may impact Sir Keir's ability to form a majority government. I would suggest UK Labour's Tory appeasement policies lessen their chances of a breakthrough in Scotland.

 

 

 

 

 

Just saying there's seem little point in having the discussion across 2 threads, seems best to have Scottish chat in the one for Scottish chat.

[steviewevie]

6 minutes ago, LJS said:

There is not a thread for Scottish politics   - there is a thread about Scottish independence which despite Douglas Ross and Neil's obsession is not the sum total of Scottish politics

...and because your side insist that we are all one big happy family in the United Kingdom and what happens in Scotland may impact Sir Keir's ability to form a majority government. I would suggest UK Labour's Tory appeasement policies lessen their chances of a breakthrough in Scotland.

 

 

 

 

 

I think SNPs track record in power and their recent infighting help labour's chances much more...

[Neil]

9 minutes ago, LJS said:

There is not a thread for Scottish politics   - there is a thread about Scottish independence which despite Douglas Ross and Neil's obsession is not the sum total of Scottish politics

...and because your side insist that we are all one big happy family in the United Kingdom and what happens in Scotland may impact Sir Keir's ability to form a majority government. I would suggest UK Labour's Tory appeasement policies lessen their chances of a breakthrough in Scotland.

I suggest that the SNPs erecting barriers to your biggest market is bad except when it's SNP policy ruins the chances of indie for Scotland.

[steviewevie]

SNP need to forget independence for now and just concentrate on sorting out public services...they need to look like they know what they're doing and then try again for a referendum... probably at least a decade away...

[mattiloy]

13 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Just saying there's seem little point in having the discussion across 2 threads, seems best to have Scottish chat in the one for Scottish chat.

 

This is an ENGLISH thread for ENGLISH politics.

I hate hearing all this foreign chatter when I’m trying to concentrate on copy pasting tweets about the ENGLISH leader of the ENGLISH Labour party’s lovely gammony ENGLISH chops.

Showing your arse here Nige. Policing the thread for foreign content like its a beach near Dover.

[steviewevie]

Summer heatwave and wildfires already started in Spain. It's March.

[Guest]

Just now, steviewevie said:

Summer heatwave and wildfires already started in Spain. It's March.

Er....this isn't the weather thread mate.

[Neil]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

SNP need to forget independence for now and just concentrate on sorting out public services...they need to look like they know what they're doing and then try again for a referendum... probably at least a decade away...

they're going nowhere until they  sort out their disaster of a gender recognition act.

[LJS]

1 hour ago, Neil said:

they're going nowhere until they  sort out their disaster of a gender recognition act.

You would be amazed at how little real people in the real world think this is a priority.

Anyway, I'm still waiting for you to tell me how our law is a disaster when similar laws work fine in loads of other parts of the world.

[Neil]

4 minutes ago, LJS said:

You would be amazed at how little real people in the real world think this is a priority.

sturgeon made it her priority. when she chose to put that law thru but not others.

 

4 minutes ago, LJS said:

Anyway, I'm still waiting for you to tell me how our law is a disaster when similar laws work fine in loads of other parts of the world.

a rapist self-id'd as female, and sturgeon bottled out of sending her to a female prison.

Edited March 28, 2023 by Neil

[LJS]

16 minutes ago, Neil said:

sturgeon made it her priority. when she chose to put that law thru but not others.

 

a rapist self-id'd as female, and sturgeon bottled out of sending her to a female prison.

You clearly have absolutely no idea what the law says.

[Neil]

37 minutes ago, LJS said:

You clearly have absolutely no idea what the law says.

The law makes the selfid the gender to apply for all situations.