Dear All
Time for a quote by
Alex Salmond:
“My problem is that I
have too many talent people and not enough cabinet positions”!
Support for Scottish
independence has collapsed under the leadership of Scotland’s unpopular Deputy
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
The scale of the
collapse is total as under Ms. Sturgeon’s leadership, support for independence has
dropped considerably to now an embarrassing 23%.
Previously I blogged
that it was a serious mistake to make Nicola Sturgeon, the ‘face of
independence’ and to shift her from the health brief!
George Laird right
again.
The latest figure of
only 23% is the worst level since 1999.
There is further to
drop unless Nicola Sturgeon is removed as the Independence Minister and
replaced by someone young, dynamic and visionary or old, dynamic and visionary.
The simple fact which
is borne out by poll after poll after poll is that she isn’t clever enough to
lead Scotland to independence.
You only have to look at
the Glasgow Council Election of 2012 in which Team Sturgeon totally mismanaged
that election due to stupidity, arrogance and exceptionally poor leadership.
Glasgow Labour Party
won by a landslide, losing only one seat from a nearly perfect record.
With a track record of
failure, Nicola Sturgeon was wrongly handed the independence portfolio after
losing what many saw as the most important election on the road to
independence.
The taking of the City
of Glasgow!
Nicola Sturgeon and
her ‘outsiders’ were rebuffed by the people of Glasgow, much like Ms. Sturgeon
was recently rebuffed by EU President José
Manuel Barroso. That was another embarrassing episode and PR disaster which
shows from top to bottom in society that Ms. Sturgeon can’t attract an audience
to hear her point of view.
People aren’t buying
what she is selling, fairness, equality and social justice are just words she uses
to get votes, people have seen through her like a sheet of glass.
The latest poll has
been warmly welcomed last night by pro-UK campaigners, who said voters were
growing “increasingly sceptical” of independence.
In trying to salvage something
from the failure of Nicola Sturgeon, pro-independence Yes Scotland said the
findings failed to take into account recent developments, particularly caps to
welfare benefits.
Like Wendy Alexander
before her, Ms. Sturgeon has spectacularly failed to connect to the poorest and
most disadvantaged in society.
Professor John
Curtice, research consultant at ScotCen Social Research, said last night:
“During the course of
the last twelve months, the independence debate moved firmly to the top of the
Scottish political agenda. Yet the proponents of independence have apparently
struggled to capitalise on the resulting opportunity to persuade Scots of the
merits of their case. Instead, more voters appear to have become concerned
about the prospect of leaving the UK.”
Scottish Secretary
Michael Moore said last night:
“We are making a
strong and positive case for Scotland staying in the UK family and even more
people are agreeing with us.”
Scottish Labour’s
constitutional spokesperson, Patricia Ferguson, said:
“The people of
Scotland are really concerned about jobs and a strong economy.”
Scottish Conservative
leader Ruth Davidson MSP added:
“This survey shows
Alex Salmond is failing spectacularly to sell his dream of separation to the
people of Scotland.”
US President Harry S
Truman once said ‘the buck stops here’, when will Nicola Sturgeon take personal
responsibility for her failure to garner support and realise that her vision of
an independent Scotland stinks to high heaven and no one is buying it?
The sooner she realises
that she is part of the problem, the sooner a solution can be found, it is time
to replace her as independence minister; she is like a Patrick Thistle Manager
who believes she has the talent to run Manchester United.
Yet again, the genuine
lack of talent in the Scottish National Party is laid painfully bare.
The independence
campaign has been badly run, badly organised, crony ridden and not relevant to
the people of Scotland.
Nicola Sturgeon is the
independence minister who is draining support away as each day passes!
The evidence is overwhelming
as 23% shows!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human
Rights at Glasgow University
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