Dear All
Remember the ‘Declaration of Cineworld’
right at the start of the ill fated Scottish independence campaign?
It was all about the rich, powerful and
connected giving their public blessing to Alex Salmond on stage.
The event was a farce but let’s get a quote
from me in early on my take of the event:
“Rather than The A Team' it looked more
like 'The GAY Team' in nature.
I also said that the event was like a badly
organised concert party in ‘It Ain't Half Hot Mum’.
Hence I used the term GAY, if you are
familiar with the TV series, ‘It Ain't Half Hot Mum’, you would understand what
exactly what I meant by the term The GAY Team.
Now, things have changed, Alex Salmond is
now urged Scots to ignore the views of high profile people such as company
chief executives who have spoken out against independence.
Why is there something wrong about their
voice in the debate?
Well, the SNP don’t like free speech,
especially when it speaks out against them.
People in Scotland should look at
everything in this debate before making their mind up, the quick version for
those time management conscious people is that they should vote No!
No!
Why?
Alex Salmond and unpopular Nicola Sturgeon
cannot be trusted.
Salmond thinks he is a master strategist
that is so funny; and pathetic, he is an opportunist who shouts his mouth off,
he backed Royal Bank of Scotland and when that collapsed it nearly took the UK
to the brink.
He wants people to dismiss the concerns
raised by the bosses of BP and Sainsbury's this week as coming from members of
the "political elite".
What has Salmond done for working class
Scots?
Is Scotland a fairer country under his
leadership?
No!
He and his followers have set themselves up
as an unanswerable "political elite".
When recently asked about £50,000 of
unaccounted money, the Scottish public under his watch don’t have the right to
know.
On the main issues of health, law and order
and education, it’s a failure of leadership and cronyism.
Now, he says that the debate should focus
on issues such as childcare and bedroom tax because at present he is trying to
buy the vote using public money.
Salmond said to his opponents:
"Don't cite the elite, cite the people
of Scotland."
Well, they should cite me, I would say to
Alex Salmond's face on independence:
“You can go fuck yourself”.
My vote is not for sale at any price not to
you and not to unpopular Nicola Sturgeon.
The pressure is on the SNP after a disasterous
week which saw high-profile interventions by business leaders.
Tuesday, BP chief executive Bob Dudley said
there were "quite big uncertainties" over currency, EU membership and
tax regimes if Scotland were to leave the UK.
Well that is a statement of fact.
The next day Sainsbury's chief executive
Justin King warned the firm faced higher costs if Scotland was independent.
This could mean fears of prices rising
under independence, something that will not go down well with female voters.
Also Asda and Morrisons chiefs have chipped
in their ten cents worth towards highlighting the problems.
In response, Salmond said "many, many
chief executives" who supported independence.
Scots Labour leader Johann Lamont during
FMQs threw a political grenade in by saying back up the claim.
During FMQs she told him:
"The chief executives of BP,
Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons have all warned about the consequence of
independence. The First Minister says 'there are many, many chief executives'
who are in favour of his plan. Again, I ask him to name the 'many, many chief
executives' of businesses that are comparable to BP and the supermarkets who
actually back him."
Salmond didn’t name a single person of the
status of the chief executives of BP, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons.
Screaming with fear, Salmond said:
"Johann Lamont has talked about
nothing else but the political elite in this question.
"Let's talk the language of people -
let's talk about jobs, investment. Let's talk about the transformation of
childcare, let's talk about the bedroom tax, let's talk about what this
Parliament has achieved. Don't cite the elite, cite the people of
Scotland."
He doesn’t have the support of the majority
of the people of Scotland.
Despite being asked three times, Mr Salmond
declined to name a pro-independence company chief.
However, he did say that Business for
Scotland, a campaign group linked to Yes Scotland, had a list of hundreds.
Bob the builder?
What about Postman Pat?
Jimmy the joiner, odd jobs at reasonable
prices?
So, the net is closing in on the SNP, the
party within a party, the party of unfairness, the party of inequality and the
party against social justice.
They believe that people have rights if it
suits their social agenda.
The Scottish National Party isn’t helping
anyone unless they think it will help them.
If you think back you will remember the
former SNP leader Allison Hunter who said:
“everything the SNP do is a stepping stone
towards Independence”.
Here is someone else’s take on her:
And it wasn’t much better above her then or
now!
Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont really
scored a great goal on by asking Salmond to name the 'many, many chief executives' of
businesses that are comparable to BP and the supermarkets who actually back
him.
Well, there is Bob the builder, he can do
it……!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow
University
1 comment:
Your spot on.
Small business' s back Independence only in the hope they will be rewarded in the future. They can't crack it now and are being lied to that they will be bigger business's in the future. It must have shocked Salmond when put on the spot by Lamont. And as usual blustered his way out.
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