Dear All
In real terms, Alex Salmond is finished as
a political force in politics; he is still a big fish in a small Scottish pond
for the time being until working class Scots get rid of him.
And he has to go.
The Scottish National Party is being used a
vehicle for the Alex Salmond Party, a vicious nasty clique that pollutes the
Nationalist community in Scotland.
And they don’t have talent; no work was
done to prepare Scotland for independence, no radical reform.
A key plank of reform was supposed to be
work done for a Scottish currency; Salmond opted for a sham of saying to Scots
that they could keep the pound.
A promise he had no right to make or can
keep, he has no say, it is and always will remain a province of the Westminster
Government.
Equally in other key areas such as the EU
and Nato, he is utterly clueless.
Salmond said it was commonsense for
Westminster and the English people to go into a currency union.
Well that nonsense has well and truly hit
the buffers as English businesses have reject Salmond's currency union plan.
This means that Salmond and unpopular
Nicola Sturgeon now have to lay out Plan B, and plan B is a Scottish currency.
Already we know that Scotland will lose Triple AAA rating and will be marked
down.
That means cost of borrowing rises for the
Scottish Government if independence and it is hard to sell Scottish debt on the
open market.
Alex Salmond’s bogus claim the remainder of
the UK would agree to share the pound with an independent Scotland has been undermined
by the very people he says would welcome it with open arms.
A new survey shows that only a third of
businesses south of the Border support the plan.
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) poll
of 2,400 of its members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland found only 35
per cent think a formal currency union would be in their best interests.
An interestingly 85% of businesses think
Scotland should remain part of the UK, Salmond and Sturgeon only managed to
convince a miserable 11%.
How long have they been campaigning for
independence?
How long has their bogus campaign using Yes
Scotland been running?
11%.
As I said, a real lack of talent in the
SNP.
It’s a one man band run using the cult of
personality, a failed idea that doesn’t promote ideas.
After being told no, Salmond insisted the
three main UK parties were bluffing by ruling out a currency union.
No, they are not, no party is entering the
Westminster 2015 without reaffirming that point, they will speak out again, the
closer the independence vote draws near.
They entered a pact and no one can get out
of it.
Salmond’s argument was that it would be in
the best interests of the English, Welsh and Northern Irish and they would
rally together and force a change from Westminster.
There will be no eurozone-style deal.
As to the wider population, only 23 per
cent of voters south of the Border support a deal to share the pound.
John Longworth, the BCC’s director general,
said:
“In the event of a Yes vote, cross-border
trading and currency arrangements loom large in businesses’ thinking. Business
communities across the UK have diverse views on the Scottish independence
debate. Yet one thing is for certain. Regardless of how Scotland votes in
September, things will never be quite the same again.”
The new poll is in line with a similar
survey by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce, they aren’t buying into Salmond
and Sturgeon’s poisonous vision.
They say nearly one in five companies north
of the Border are either intending to or considering leaving Scotland if there
is a Yes vote.
I wrote an article on what I described as
‘white collar flight’ if there is a Yes vote in September’s referendum.
Ian Murray MP, Labour’s Shadow Business
Minister, said:
“Hundreds of thousands of Scots are
employed by firms based elsewhere in the UK, so it's important that the voice
of these large employers is heard in this debate. Our UK single market means
that businesses can sell their goods throughout the whole of the UK without any
barriers between them and their customers. Why would we want to put that at
risk?”
Now, Salmond must publish Plan B, which is
now Plan A, funny how things seem to be coming round to the George Laird view.
Right at the start, I have always said it
must be a Scottish currency, Salmond will probably continue to sell the con of
a currency union, he can’t really change course now and doesn’t want to admit
he was wrong!
Scottish independence was lost long ago due
to stupidity, arrogance and lying.
Time for a couple of quotes:
“My problem is that I have too many
talented people and not enough Cabinet positions”.
Alex Salmond.
“Rather than 'The A Team' it looked
more like 'The GAY Team' in nature”
George Laird.
Everything Alex Salmond and unpopular Nicola
Sturgeon got wrong of note, George Laird got right.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow
University
Yes it will increase costs for English business's. But they will simply pass these costs onto Scottish consumers. Your quite right.. the SNP have made a complete arse of this campaign.
ReplyDeleteEverything will not be alright on the night.
Reminds me of the "North American Union" talk in the early '90s, only in reverse here across the pond.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of a currency union was floated around quietly and got pretty much the same level of acceptance in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Regarding Alex Salmond, as the saying goes, "No one gives a rat's ass about asshats playing the bugle."