Dear All
In a war, there
are always casualties, and the first casualty of war is usually the truth, in
the war between Team Salmond and Team Sturgeon, there will be no winners, but a
lot of popcorn will be consumed by avid watchers.
Although the ‘War
on Sturgeon is going well for Team Salmond, he has decided to use what some
people term as the ‘Lady Di’ tactic, the tactic of being reasonable, the tactic
of playing the victim, the tactic of winning over more supporters. Yes, in his
best ‘Lady Di’ voice, he has let it be known that he and his mob; are to be more
statesmanlike and called for an end to hostilities. Previously, they were in
the gutter with their political combat knives trying to ambush Sturgeon allies
and end their careers.
Some good news in
the war, more a byproduct of the feud is that a new poll shows that the SNP’s
credibility has been damaged by Alex Salmond allegations. These are the allegations
that Alex Salmond sexually harassed two women. After the attempt to stitch up
Salmond in an unfair process crashed onto the rocks at the Court of Session, an
outbreak of civil war between two factions in the SNP has been played out in
the party and media.
A survey of 1,000
Scots was carried out in the wake of a Court of Session ruling asked the
question and found a bleak picture for Nicola Sturgeon. Team Salmond was
leaking a Cambridge spy ring, the goal, damage Sturgeon and it worked, very
well, aside from the poll results, you would see it in Nicola Sturgeon’s face,
and in her hair as she let her grey roots show through. Incidentally, when at
Westminster, you could see it also in the faces of her MPs, who stood behind
her, miserable as sin, and looking like they were getting looking forward to
eating a plate of sick.
Scotland asked
respondents:
“Has SNP
credibility been damaged by handling of the Salmond harassment allegations?”
The answer is of
course, you don’t need to be Einstein to work that out, but with the spiral of
decline already in the Sturgeon Government, this is another straw on the camel’s
back.
42 per cent said
Yes; 32 per cent said No and 26 per cent were Unsure, the tide is turning, and
the long lasting effects could usher in a shock result at Holyrood 2021 for the
SNP.
Conservative MSP
Annie Wells said:
“What the public
see is a battle of two egos at the top of the SNP. Instead of sorting domestic
issues and getting on with governing, the SNP is completely distracted by
internal warfare”.
Prior to that
event, they were distracted by indy, indy indy and of course indyref 2.
An oily
spokesperson for the SNP said:
“With the clock
ticking down to Brexit date - and with the Tory government incapable of
governing and Labour incapable of effectively opposing - the SNP will continue
to focus on standing up for Scotland’s interests in the face of a disastrous
Tory-driven Brexit and further austerity, and setting out the case for Scotland
thriving as an independent nation.”
Stock answer, a
tired reply not even given a serious update, you have to wonder how things are
in the Bute House Bunker, with Sturgeon under pressure and no way out.
Team Salmond know
that they face a long road, their pushing for a second poll on independence is
a good gag, because it is designed to stick the knife into Sturgeon when she
doesn’t deliver in this term of the Holyrood Parliament. The longer there is no
date, and that would be an agreed date with the UK Government, the more support
will leach away from Sturgeon to Salmond.
As there is no one
to take on the leadership of the party, this leaves ‘Lady Diane Salmond’, who
would answer the call, the call coming from his own side naturally.
Then there is the ‘cleansing’,
the day of full revenge, the removal of the bad seeds, the unbelievers; the
false prophets, those who worship the ‘fake’ Queen and didn’t pay true homage
to the ‘Return of the King’.
This assumes that Alex Salmond lasts the pace and
doesn’t drop dead of a heart attack.
Finally, is this
the end of the SNP Civil War?
The short answer
is no, there is plenty more action coming down the pipeline, more victim
playing, more attacks, and more fireworks to be lit. In the movie, Highlander,
there is a signature quote;
“There can be only
one”.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for
Human Rights at Glasgow University
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