Dear All
As some people are regular readers of this blog, you
couldn’t have failed to notice that I describe Alex Salmond as Scotland ’s ‘jolly fat man’ and Nicola Sturgeon
as Scotland ’s
unpopular Deputy First Minister.
In a previous existence Alex Salmond was a Westminster MP
who was known for sticking the political boot in opponents no matter how low.
Then he stepped down from the leadership of the SNP because the party was going
nowhere. He then came back when it looked like Nicola Sturgeon was going to
lose leadership contest to Rosanna Cunningham!
The expenses scandal hit Westminster and in 2007, the SNP became the
people running the Scottish Executive which they changed the name to call the
Scottish Government. Salmond came back with a big smile on his face and a
softer tone to be everyone’s friend and buddy.
It was just an act, while playing the humble man; Alex
Salmond had no problem diving into a life of luxury at the taxpayers’ expense.
To sell the ‘I am your pal and I am sticking up for Scotland ’, the SNP Cabinet took
their cabinet on the road to do a 'meet the people' drive. So, you get Alex
Salmond and his Cabinet in Church halls creating a certain image of
transparency and openness while at the same time their modus operandi was
completely different. £2,900 a night hotels on taxpayer funded trips, sound like
pious living to you?
They were literally taking the piss out of Scottish people……
we were conned!
Every now and then, Hamish turns up at the blog to complain,
but along with him, someone called Michael Rossi stopped by to ask why I keep
calling Nicola Sturgeon ‘unpopular’. In my reply to him and in numerous blog
posts, I highlighted my experience of the Govan by-election meeting residents. The
women of Govan repeatedly told me that Nicola Sturgeon is an ‘arsehole’. In the
press, TV and to some extent social media, Nicola Sturgeon has been marketed as
some kind of caring ‘super woman’.
So, on the one hand you have people she represents calling
her ‘arsehole’ and on the others side of the fence, you have the political
establishment and others trying to call her a ‘super woman’.
Obviously this doesn’t tally up, some people appear to
either be getting it wrong or there is an anomaly. I think the way to explain
why this is so, is that Nicola Sturgeon has ‘more than one face’ depending on
who stands in front of her.
While in the SNP, I got around quite a bit during my time,
because among other things I wanted to get a sense of what the party was, in
some respects, the Scottish National Party leaves a lot to be desired.
Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon in my opinion aren’t
Nationalists, which is rather odd considering they lead a Nationalist party.
Over years, these two clowns have secured their positions as leaders by
creating a party within a party; a clique is the best way to describe it. The
members of the SNP are deliberately kept ignorant as Salmond and Sturgeon try
to hold together various anti British establishment groupings. At the same time
as promoting grudge, grievance and malcontent at every party conference to whip
up hate, they declared themselves as ‘civic nationalists’.
This was done to appeal to non Scots that they were
‘Scottish’, if you type in Google, ‘SNP Vote Rigging’, you can see the
contribution to racism among other things that these people fostered while the
SNP leadership of Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon stood idly by and allowed
Scots and others to be cheated within their own party and during elections.
Have you noticed how guilty unpopular Nicola Sturgeon is looking
these days, like someone who has done something so obscene, they think everyone
knows and is sitting in judgment of them? When I attend SNP socials where
Sturgeon turned up, she couldn’t wait to get the ‘hell out of dodge’ once she done
her speech to the Pollok SNP branch. At first I thought this was something to
do with being busy next day, but I began to wonder whether she hated being
around working class people.
Some people say that ‘like attracts like’.
Anyway, someone got in contact with me to refer me to a jpeg
picture which you can see on this blog post.
Jeff Breslin made a name as a blogger, and runs a blog
called Better Nation; he tweeted on twitter regarding the imploding SNP
independence campaign:
“The only foreseeable game changer that could deliver a Yes
Victory is Salmond announcing an imminent retirement from Scottish politics”.
An interesting wee tweet but whether Salmond stays or goes,
it will make no difference to the independence campaign, he is too vain, loves
luxury and Nicola Sturgeon doesn’t sell well with the Scottish public.
The reply to the tweet came from Nationalist blogger Stuart
Campbell who calls himself Rev Stuart Campbell. His blog is called ‘Wings over Scotland ’, not that he lives here; he is parked
in Bath , England . He is probably the most
famous of what is termed the cybernats.
His reply, I feel lends weight to my proposition that Nicola
Sturgeon isn’t ‘superwomen’ portrayed by the SNP and the media:
“@jeffbres wouldn’t work. Woman I just spoke to with all-anti-Salmond
friends said they hate Sturgeon just as much”.
Even in Bath ,
England , the
pro independence blogger cannot escape noticing that people ‘hate’ Nicola
Sturgeon. In the press, Sturgeon is written up as a ‘social justice campaigner’
which I think can be summed up with one word….. bollocks!
I think the press promoting this rubbish really do need to
take a long hard look at their self imposed delusion. I can understand them
wanting to maintain ‘contacts’ to network but really, there are limits to
toadying.
In less than 35 days, Scotland ’s
‘jolly fat man’ Alex Salmond and unpopular Nicola Sturgeon are going to see a
historic and epic No vote by the people of Scotland . In some respects it will
finally kill of the myth of Salmond and Sturgeon’s “popularity” and expose them
as they really are.
Alex Salmond and unpopular Nicola Sturgeon have turned the
Scottish National Party into a party within a party, it is a rather nasty
vicious clique whom I call it what is actually is, a ‘rat ship’, and the
torpedoes will be sinking it on the 18th September.
This tweet by Wings over Scotland just proves that George
Laird is right again. Alex Salmond and unpopular Nicola Sturgeon have no future
in Nationalist politics post 19th September.
A Nationalist doesn’t leave people to die of cancer by
refusing to end the postcode lottery regarding availability of cancer drugs to
the sick, Nicola Sturgeon, unpopular Nicola Sturgeon is no Nationalist!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
HI George –
ReplyDeleteI have thought for years that the reputations of Salmond and Sturgeon as being super-politicians have been completely nonsensical – what I see is a couple of nasty, inadequate, not-very-bright amateurs, who happened to get lucky. It’s rather satisfying that both the media and the electorate are now snapping out of their catatonia and beginning to see what I see with regard to Salmond. Only Sturgeon to go – my money is on her being similarly found out in the run up to the 2015 general election (assuming that she is leader of the SNP by then).
Cheers, Derrick
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Mark Armstrong
1:56 PM on 14/8/2014
P Astor Jack Glass was expelled from the SNP and has a personal axe to grind, read it here dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-activist-faces-disciplinary-hearing-1166336
It seems you are being libeled
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/independence-referendum-police-launch-probe-4045010
The really hate your honesty!
Dear Anon
ReplyDeleteMark Armstrong is upset, like a little upset little budgie.
Politically he isn't worth the effort.
That said I will raise the issue with him because I wouldn't want him to victimise the wrong man, woman or child.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Sturgeon decided on Tuesday this week to put the fear of God into the disabled. 100,000 of them. Also a made up story about NHS funding being cut. What woman is it that targets the sick and vulnerable to gain a few votes? How sick in the mind must you be to target those folk? Of course if you vote Yes it will not happen.
ReplyDeleteWho's scaremongering now Nicola?
No wonder Scotswomen think she's an arsehole.
How's Prestwick coming along?
Defunct airfield or life saving drugs? Not hard is it?
I seem to recall a photograph of a grumpy fat man (former fitness instructor) posing smugly with Nicola Sturgeon.
ReplyDeleteCould we see it again please George.
Salmond and Sturgeons problem is that they cannot move from the politics of opposition, grudge grievance and hatred of the British State,to one of government and grace. They now appear to be saying anything to get across the finishing line, as seen by the 'positive scaremongering' of the hideous prospect of 10s of thousands at foodbanks, 10s of thousands of disabled people left destitute by benefit cuts, and of course the spectre of NHS privatisation. Now we have Swinney claiming that he has had talks with BOE re a currency union. All very amateruish and poor, but as Salmond says scaremongers melt in the light of the sun like some Hammer House Horror film.
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