Dear All
One of the things which I commented on was
how there would be ‘an act’ by the mainstream political parties of coming
together for the ‘sake of Scotland’.
Apparently the Conservative deputy
presiding officer at the Scottish Parliament John Scott has decided that the
time is right for a mood of reconciliation. He bases this on the fact that the country
approaches Remembrance Day.
Perhaps as he stood in Ypres, he was
overcome by the emotion of it all, there will be a political coming together
but that is to maintain the status quo on the surface at least. The Scottish
independence campaign will be remembered as Alex Salmond and unpopular Nicola
Sturgeon’s greatest political failure.
Aside from that it will also be remembered
for the vast hatred generated by Nationalists and their allies against people campaigning
to stay within the Union.
Getting all weepy eyed isn’t going to fix
that, there is and there will be no reconciliation other than the sham by
politicians.
I don’t know what planet John Scott
inhabits but it isn’t the one I am standing on. Perhaps during this campaign he
was spared the hate campaign directed towards him and doesn’t understand how
deep it goes.
The fight on 18th September wasn’t
about independence it was about stopping fascist Scotland rising. It was about stopping Scottish working class
people becoming even more second class citizens than they already are. It was
all about fighting the ‘big lie’.
John Scott:
“There is a tremendous feeling of
connection with all of our brave Scottish ancestors who gave their lives for
the freedom and democracy.”
He added:
“Today is indicative of the sense of
reconciliation across what we previously knew as the British Isles, but today
the Scots, the Irish, the English and the Welsh have come together to
commemorate those who were there to be counted and stood up for the freedoms
that it was felt necessary to stand up for 100 years ago. I believe there is
now a mood of reconciliation in Scotland following the referendum allowing us
in Scotland to move forward and build with the new powers that we believe will
come to Scotland and build a new and more prosperous Scotland.”
Firstly, just because there is a ceremony
doesn’t change a thing, and secondly, we already know that no one is working to
build a new and more prosperous Scotland.
Perhaps John Scott needs to spend time
looking at how the poor and disadvantaged are treated and how nothing is done
to help but plenty is done to make their situation worse. The Tory Government
did a great job in helping deliver a Yes vote in Glasgow by their actions.
By actions I mean Government policy to
punish the poor, now lots of people are politically active and they want
another referendum, not on the basis of ‘milk and honey’ that as we all know
doesn’t exist, but to get rid of English rule.
The central belt Nationalist campaign was
seen by many as ‘hate the English’ vote Yes.
It maybe with the decline of the Labour
Party that a new referendum will be held in under 10 years whether Westminster
likes it or not.
Westminster was given a final chance.
Currently the Labour Party is going through
some type of soul searching exercise and infighting as they try to “discover
their roots”, however it is highly doubtful that this will be successful in my
opinion without a fundamental culture change in how they operate.
Changing their name won’t help.
The Union maybe saved at present however
the Labour Party needs to wake up to internal political executions of elected
members.
That's assuming they are interested in survival.
That's assuming they are interested in survival.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
2 comments:
The fight on 18th September wasn’t about independence it was about stopping fascist Scotland rising. It was about stopping Scottish working class people becoming even more second class citizens than they already are. It was all about fighting the ‘big lie’.
Spot on George. ;)
Conservative deputy presiding officer at the Scottish Parliament John Scott says the mood right for “reconciliation” after Scottish independence referendum, does he do paint and decorating, because trying to paper over a crack with shit doesn’t produce a good finish
HA HA HA
Crookie
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