Dear All
The Scottish National Party if it is about anything is about
self interest and personal wealth. When Angus Robertson lost his seat, many
people in Scotland
rejoiced as this pompous fool was kicked out by the electorate.
It was good, a night of celebration which also saw Alex
Salmond, even more pompous than Robertson get slotted, their agony was even
more severe as they both lost to Scottish Conservatives.
The failure for the worse SNP defeat in living memory rests
with Scotland ’s
own ‘Poundland’ Angela Merkel, unpopular Nicola Sturgeon.
As Robertson got slotted there became a vacancy for leader,
with a pool of stagnant talent to choose from, Ian Blackford emerged as the person
to be the new SNP leader at Westminster .
If you think back to my previous posts, I highlighted the
four groups that make up the SNP Cult, rich, muslim, homosexual and sein fein
lite, Blackford is out of the rich clique. Having become leader, he hasn’t made
an impact, he never will, his position is time sensitive, you see at some point
Ian Blackford is going to lose at the ballot box possibly in the next election.
Many SNP MPs hang by a thread, they must know whether there
is an election in 5 years or less, they are out the door, especially in Glasgow which saw Anne
McLaughlin defeated recently. Some in Glasgow
hang by less than a 100 votes, Glasgow East and Glasgow South West being two
seats which presumably Scottish Labour will target along with holding Glasgow
North East.
Blackford is in my opinion not a full time MP because he has
made clear he will not be giving up his lucrative extra-parliamentary financial
interests.
My view is that no MP in any party should have secondary
paid employment, I think this is one of the major things which is massively
wrong with our democracy, it is an outrage. Blackford probably knows that his
position isn’t secure by any means, it is undermined by SNP stupidity on
indyref 2, so he wants to keep raking in almost £50,000 a year on top of his
£75,000 MP’s salary.
You can understand his logic; he knows he will be kicked out
so why give up a steady and profitable earner.
Blackford said:
“I have been a hard-working MP and I will continue to be so.
I do think there is a benefit from MPs having experience of life. The fact that
I have had interests in business are something, which have helped shape my
ability to make sure I can deliver as an MP.”
This is nonsense, it is just meaningless prattling, maybe he
can expand and explain how his interests in business tied in with the people on
benefits or people with other problems such as housing issues?
The fact is wider experience may or may not be useful.
If we look at this statement by him:
“My priority is, firstly, to represent my constituency and,
secondly, to represent the SNP here in Westminster
as group leader and I work extremely hard to ensure that I deliver on both of
those priorities.”
What happens on a day that his outside interests which make
him money clash with his SNP duties? Anyone daft enough to think he will
endanger his £50,000 a year, it isn’t
like his MP salary can be affected by anyone.
The issue of MPs’ outside interests has been a bone of
contention for years because it saw many people in most parties basically abuse
public trust and the system of democracy.
In 2015, Labour failed to get MPs’ second jobs
banned which is why they should make this a commitment in any future manifesto,
no more ‘guns for hire’.
Pete Wishart whose job hangs by a mere 21 votes said MPs
should have one master, declaring:
“There should be no second jobs, no paid directorships, no
outside interests with a financial return.”
I agree with him but I don’t see the political will to enact
such a measure.
Maybe if there is a future Labour Government under Corbyn
this matter can be looked at again, however if a careerist like Blair clone
Owen Smith gets in, nothing will change.
Blackford can make 3,000 a month for eight hours’ work per
quarter as Chairman of Golden Charter Trust Ltd, nice work if you can get it
eh? He obviously has an eye on the future and his future as an MP is looking
bleak.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
5 comments:
vermin
There are now no safe seats for the SNP anywhere in Scotland and each election allows us to perfect tactical voting and inflict yet further damage on them at the next election. The next GE should be very interesting - current polling subsamples suggest the SNP will be reduced to 12 seats.
Stuffing his pockets before he does a bunk. Damn him.
In the current climate George like them all he's grabbing as much as he can while he can. Unfortunately I don't see an election soon although that could be taken over by events, however another 25k votes could see them holding their parliamentary meetings in a phone box they wan't an election even less than the conservatives. I wonder how many of them would find excuses if a tight vote of confidence came up just to keep hold of the cash they're raking in.
Yes, as long as Nicola Sturgeon remains leader, the SNP will remain locked into a downward spiral. Under her, there will always exist a small constituency that will remain in thrall to her warped logic and incoherent rhetoric, but that will prove to be of diminishing importance.
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