Dear All
It seems that Scotland’s unpopular future
lame duck First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that the UK should only be
allowed to leave the European Union if all four home nations agree.
Unsurprisingly Prime Minister David Cameron
has completely dismissed that idea out of hand.
Sturgeon is now finding out that she is
entirely irrelevant in British politics, there are six SNP MPs at Westminster
and they are meaningless.
It is looking increasingly likely that
there will be a vote in 2017 regarding whether Britain should stay as a member
of the European Union.
The rise of Ukip down south makes that
possible as well as a Labour Party struggling to appear as a government in
waiting under Ed Miliband.
Although proposals for an in/out referendum
on the UK’s future membership have been put forward by the Conservatives, the
leadership want to stay in and be part of the European project, their problem
is that ordinary people are looking less favourably on it.
The issue of immigration is an issue, but
the issue of free movement of labour could have been addressed by the EU having
an EU internal immigration policy.
Free movement of labour is fine while a
balance can be achieved by when the balance is out of sync it creates problems.
Sturgeon believes for any vote to leave the
EU to be valid must have a majority of voters in England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland to agree to leave.
That isn’t correct; a majority of people in
Britain is all that is needed for an EU exit. In this issue there will be no
SNP voice passing itself off as Scotland.
When Sturgeon says Scotland should not
“drowned out” by anti-European sentiments in England what she is saying is that
the democracy will only applies if she and the SNP agree. Alex Salmond is stepping
down as SNP leader in disgrace, he is a loser and losers have got to go, but
equally Sturgeon is as much a loser as Salmond as she was the ‘face of
independence’.
Sturgeon isn’t the ‘new generation’, just
the tail end remnants of the old.
As she
starts her a series of rallies, if is typical old dullard thinking that she
thinks she is leading a government, changing the name from Scottish Executive
to Scottish Government doesn’t make her case any less vacuous.
When legislation for an EU referendum is
introduced at Westminster, the SNP will table an amendment.
That amendment will fail for two reasons,
no one likes the SNP at Westminster and can be bothered with them, and secondly the amendment is a load of
rubbish as it seeks to undermine the sovereignty of Parliament, in this case
Westminster and change the voting system.
Sturgeon said:
“It is clear from recent by-elections in
England that the anti-European politics of Ukip is on the rise. An in/out
referendum on EU membership in 2017 now seems inevitable - almost regardless of
who wins the general election next May.”
Apparently it looks like Sturgeon doesn’t
like democracy because Ukip’s rise is because they are addressing the views of
ordinary people.
She added it is “entirely possible that the
UK as a whole could vote to exit the EU, but that Scotland would vote to stay”.
This vote will be a British vote; Sturgeon
had her chance at independence and was rejected.
My funny bit of Sturgeon’s rambling was
when she said that:
“I don’t think the EU is perfect. Far from
it. It badly needs change and reform”.
If that was the case why was Tasmina
Ahmed-Shiekh selected as a candidate then?
Why was the SNP President Ian Hudghton?
Why was Alyn Smith?
Why did the SNP only select cronies of
Salmond and Sturgeon?
The SNP even selected serial loser Chris
Stephens of Pollok as a candidate, admittedly he was placed last on the list
and wasn’t elected much like Tasmina.
Sturgeon added:
“But I do believe - strongly - that our
interests are best served by being in, not out, of the EU. The impact of an
exit on jobs and on the economy would be disastrous. And to be taken out
against our wishes would be democratically indefensible. So I am making this
proposal. Should a Bill be tabled in the House of Commons for a referendum on
European Union membership, my party will table an amendment. That amendment
will require that for the UK to leave the EU, each of the four constituent
nations - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - would have to vote to
do so, not just the UK as a whole.”
Just peddling grudge, I am sure it will
have the ‘idiots’ impressed in the SNP who don’t do any thinking but blindly
accept the rubbish that the leadership spouts. But in reality, Sturgeon isn’t going to alter anything.
And she is utterly wrong that this proposal
“transforms the terms of the UK debate on Europe - which so far has been all
about the Westminster parties dancing to Ukip’s tune”.
One thing which will not be happening is Westminster
parties dancing to the SNP’s tune; people don’t listen to broken records.
It is interesting that ‘home rule’ Sturgeon
presumably to secure free seats in the Royal box at Wimbledon said:
“What I’m suggesting is the kind of double
majority system you see in some federal states like Canada and Australia, that
for the UK to leave the European Union it would require not just the UK as a
whole to vote for that but for each one of the four home nations also to vote
for it. I think that is right, it’s sensible, it’s reasonable. It would also be
in line with what the Westminster parties told us during the referendum on
Scottish independence was the case that is that the UK is a family of nations,
a partnership of equals.”
And she can take comfort that a Scotsman
can have exactly the same voting rights as an Englishman that is a partnership
of equals which will apply in this debate, the SNP don’t speak for Scotland,
they don’t speak for me.
Sturgeon cannot manipulate the vote, the
question or timing like the SNP could in the Scottish independence referendum,
it’s all out of their hands.
Ordinary people have a right to decide
whether they wanted Scottish independence, the majority said No, that question
has been settled for now, people of Britain have a right to decide if they want
to leave the EU.
But the SNP don’t want people to have their
say if it looks like they will not agree with them, so want to change the rules,
this really is pathetic stuff.
Sturgeon’s intervention looks like an attempt
to use any excuse to call for an independence referendum on a made up pretext.
You lost Sturgeon, your party lost
Sturgeon, your ‘jolly fat man’ Alex Salmond lost Sturgeon.
Not even in the top job and already talking
utter trash on EU!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
6 comments:
So she now hijacks the quote" family of nations"? Does she agree that the rest of the UK should be included in any future referendum on Scottish Independence?
Fairer society? But only for Scotland.
Dear Anon
Unpopular Nicola Sturgeon's rambling tripe was playing to the new members, 'Nicola's standing up for Scotland'.
I like the expression 'a load of dick', legally she doesn't have a leg to stand on her idea re EU.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Well said George " Family of Nationa " like military intelligence a bit of an oxymoron coming from her. :)
http://endzog.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/alex-salmond-calls-for-end-to-indigenous-scots-people/
Cannie be true Georgie boy eh?
Crookie
That female makes it up, as "it" goes along,, so two faced. Wants the rest of the UK when it suits her, but excludes them to try and win a referendum. A total loser!!
the snp need to get it into there heads that the uk is not a mini british EU made up of 4 individual member states , we are ONE UNITED KINGDOM!!!!
Post a Comment