Dear All
You know a political campaign is in deep
trouble when the leadership keeps rehashing the same old nonsense.
Scotland’s ‘jolly fat man’ Alex Salmond
says he assembling a team comprising politicians from across the political
divide and key experts from outside politics to negotiate with Westminster in
the event of a Yes vote.
I suspect that these people best not do any
packing, they are going nowhere either.
Last polls show that Alex Salmond and unpopular
Nicola Sturgeon are a busted flush, the independence campaign is petering out;
the Nationalists are simply going through the motions.
Salmond and Sturgeon can’t even get their councilors
in Glasgow look like professionals on a doorstep.
In sales there is such a thing as a
presumptive close, you ask a question which assume the answer is what you want
and ask them to agree with it.
This is want Alex Salmond is doing using presumptive
close to make people think he has already won.
He has lost.
Not to be out done, Labour said it will
invite the SNP to work with it to make devolution work if Scotland votes No.
And we are all going to vote No.
It is an issue of trust.
Salmond’s rehash of details of the so-called
Team Scotland was done in a speech in Inverurie in his Aberdeenshire East
constituency to mark the 15th anniversary of the reconvening of the Scottish
Parliament.
He said:
"The independence opportunity gives
the Scottish Parliament the chance not just to entrench the gains of the last
15 years but to raise our game to match the best. We should raise our sights
and now look for comparisons not against the UK average but in light of the best
in Europe. We should look to achieving Scandinavian levels of childcare, the
Norwegian husbanding of natural resources and the German system of
apprenticeships. That is the independence agenda of social and economic advance
for the next 15 years which will inspire the people."
After the jokes of Scots getting Nordic
welfare levels, exposed as a con trick, he commented on the negotiating team,
he said:
"The independence team will secure
expertise from across the political spectrum and beyond, and from Scotland and
beyond, to begin talks with Westminster before the end of this September -
marking the point at which the real negotiations will begin. I understand that
people on the other side of the political debate cannot accept that at the
moment, but hope and expect that they will be fully part of the Team Scotland
approach once the votes have been cast. It is also the case that a number of
people outside party politics - but with key expertise - have already been
approached and the response has been universally positive. More clearly than
anything else this demonstrates the wish of those of us on the Yes side to move
forward in a consensual way once the people have spoken."
You can see Labour signing up to work on
the SNP manifesto pledges around the Cabinet table!
Not!
Salmond added:
"A mere 15 years after the reconvening
of our Parliament we are currently engaged in the most exciting debate in
Scottish democratic history with unparalleled levels of public engagement and
participation. Part of the process of politicians rising to the challenge of
the people is to commit to continue the mood of engagement after the result.
The Team Scotland approach is part of that commitment."
There is no excitement; people are going
about their daily business.
Labour's shadow foreign secretary Douglas
Alexander said it will be important to ensure Scotland does not ''divide more
deeply'' after the vote on September 18.
Too late for that one as the SNP ‘race row’
shows.
Salmond has a habit of trying to con the
unsuspected punters, only this time like the time in 2010 when he claimed he
would get 20 MPs, that joke is going to fall rather flat.
Given Salmond and unpopular Nicola Sturgeon
opted for a ‘GAY Team’ rather than an A Team is he saying he will swop these people
out post vote?
He is just adding in more cronies we have
seen declared yet.
Imagine using presumptive close, what a
buffoon!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow
University
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