Dear All
Talking rubbish can be great fun, chew the
fat, having a blether or spinning a yarn can all be very good in the right
setting.
SNP MSP Fiona Hyslop says Scotland should
be given direct representation in the European Union and other international
bodies in the package of powers currently being negotiated by the Smith
Commission.
Firstly, this isn’t within the power of the
Smith Commission, this is also not in the gift of the UK Government either, it
is however extraordinary ignorance.
The EU is made up of members States; those
member States have the right to seen people as elected MEPs to the European
Parliament. Scotland has six MEPs, Two Labour, two SNP, one Ukip and one
Conservative.
There is no provision for part of a country
in this case Scotland to be recognised as a member in its own right while not
having a distinct membership.
Legally what Fiona Hyslop is saying is
bullshit.
Laughingly Hyslop has trotted out this
ignorant ill thought-out rubbish to a Brussels think-tank, I have been to
Belgium, I recommend the country and the chocolate. It is also a great place to
feed the ducks as I recall.
That happy episode was more productive that
Hyslop’s journey of fantasy.
Scottish interests are currently
represented in the Council of Europe and other international state gatherings
by UK ministers.
It is and remains a closed shop, it is
closed shop run by rules and regulations.
If and I do say if the Smith Commission and
then the UK Government went along with this crap, it would never in a million
years pass at the EU given other member States having a veto, it is a receipt
for internal social disorder.
Nationalists believe Scotland should have its
own voice in the EU and internationally; and even take the lead role “in areas
such as fisheries, where Scotland has the predominant interest within the UK”, by Scotland they mean the SNP.
The SNP also believe in independence and
couldn’t deliver on that either, so belief is one thing, reality is something
else. If the SNP want their own voice in the EU and internationally, then they
need to win an independence referendum.
Simples!
And that is as they say the ‘end of the
story’.
Having lost the vote, the SNP say Scottish
ministers say the Smith Commission must live up to pre-referendum unionist
pledges of “devo max”.
There weren’t pledges of “devo max”, this
is the SNP trying to hoodwink voters and cause trouble.
Additional powers were offered but that
isn’t why people voted No, people voted No because they didn’t trust Alex
Salmond and unpopular Nicola Sturgeon. The Nats are trying to make out this was
widely interpreted by people as the devolution of all powers but foreign
affairs and defence.
The Smith Commission will have an offer,
but there will be a limit to get to and not beyond.
During Hyslop’s jaunt she told the European
Policy Centre that the package of powers must also include an element of direct
foreign representation as well.
She said:
“Following the referendum, proposals for new
powers will be developed by a Commission established by the UK Government and
headed by Lord Smith of Kelvin. The important point here is that we are looking
for powers for a purpose. We want to reflect Scottish views of the world with
the aims of improving the lives of people in Scotland and contributing as a
good global citizen. We are making the case that additional powers should
include specific competence for Scotland to act directly in the European Union,
and internationally, to improve Scotland’s sustainable economic performance,
maintain the integrity of Scottish Government policy in its areas of
responsibility and make a distinctive contribution to global challenges. Scotland’s
relationship with the European Union is particularly important in this new
debate”.
Unpopular Nicola Sturgeon will be getting
nothing in relation to this idea. Sturgeon is a caretaker leader, she will do
her 10 years or so eating strawberries and cream sitting in the Royal box at
Wimbledon before the less than gifted click on to the fact, she isn’t leading
them to independence.
Then she will piss off.
The less than gifted will then gather round
a new Messiah promising to lead them to the “Promised Land” and the cycle will
be repeated again.
Scotland won’t sign up to an SNP agenda for
independence; and as Ms. Hyslop clear demonstrates she is completely out of her
depth on foreign affairs. Prior to this ‘job’ which she now has she had to be
removed from the education brief because she was deemed incompetent by many
people who vocally complained about her performance!
As to her comment about:
“Scotland remains an outward facing nation,
keen to share our talents, goods and ideas with those around the world”.
I would agree that Scotland is talented but
she isn’t and neither is the Scottish National Party, in a party of 80,000 not
a single person stood up and told her not to spout this shite.
Not a single person.
I don’t know about you but that certainly tells
a story!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow
University
1 comment:
This is just pure ignorance from Fiona Hyslop. Here we have yet another useless SNP MSP who is a failure from the past. She was "sacked and demoted" in 2009. To think that 5 years on she comes out with ignorant rubbish like this says it all.
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