Dear All
There are some fights in life that it is
better to stand out the way and just observe, if you think back to ‘The Quiet
Man’ picture starring John Wayne, there is a classic line that applies:
“Gentleman, this is a private fight if you
please, now will you kindly remain in neutral”.
And that is what the Conservative Party
leadership contest is, a private fight, but the SNP like ‘attention whores’ can’t
keep out of the way and let the battle commence but seek to try and push their
way in.
The SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford shows
what utter contempt he has for the House of Commons by saying Conservative Tory
leadership contender Boris Johnson was "not fit for office"
and then claimed he was "racist".
Speaking under the protection of
parliament, Blackford asked:
"Does the Prime Minister realise not
only is the member racist, he is stoking division in communities and has a
record of dishonesty?"
In the House of Commons, the rule of thumb
is not to act in such a manner, but the reality is that the SNP don’t care. The
outburst by Blackford is ‘protected’ so he cannot be sued, unlike Alyn Smith
MEP who ran his mouth off about the Brexit Party and then had to eat humble pie
and retract his words.
SNP MEP Alyn Smith clearly went too far
when he accused the Brexit Party of being “a shell company that’s a
money-laundering front”, especially when there is no evidence at all of money
laundering by anyone in the Brexit Party. When things started to turn legal, he
buckled under the pressure and had to say sorry.
That smear didn’t work, wasn’t welcome and
also not protected.
Ian Blackford's diatribe however is safe,
unless he repeats his nonsense outside, but his comments did prompt Speaker
John Bercow to intervene and urge him to "weigh his words" as Conservative
MPs shouted "withdraw".
Mr Bercow added:
“I think it would be much better if for now
he would withdraw any allegation of racism against any particular member.
I don’t think that this is the forum and I don’t think it’s the right way to
behave.”
The SNP have been a continual embarrassment
to Scotland but bolstered by numbers since 2015 and then the 2017 elections,
they feel they can be a little bit more brave in a bigger gang.
Blackford replied:
“The member has called Muslim women
‘letterboxes’, described African people as having ‘watermelon smiles’ and
another disgusting slur that I would never dignify by repeating. If that’s not
racist Mr Speaker I don’t know what is. Does the minister honestly believe that
this man is fit for the office of prime minister?”
In a dig at Nicola Sturgeon, Theresa May
replied:
“I can say to (him) that I believe
any Conservative prime minister in the future will be better for Scotland than
the SNP.”
You can also hear the Nationalist ragebuilding
as they work out the dig is all for Nicola Sturgeon.
If today tells us anything is that when the
SNP have a go, they are unable to be subtle and crafted with wit, this
Blackford intervention left him looking the fool again. And sometimes, you have to realise that
private fights should be private, but if you have to jump in, then mockery and
humiliation makes much better weapons than grievance.
And at least everyone can get a laugh.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow
University
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Ian Blackford should have a walk about in Govanhill sometime in his clown's outfit. Then he would see that sturgeon is not fit for office. This is brilliant George. Are the SNP on meltdown??
ReplyDeleteHilarious when they fuck up like this!
ReplyDeleteMr Blackford should be more concerned about schools with contaminated water. It's getting tiresome this constant bit bitching about Westminster and the tories.
ReplyDeleteChutzpa, thy name is Ian Blackford: complaining about ‘stoking division in communities’ when that is the raison d’être of the SNP, ever vigilant as they search for yet another minor issue to try to escalate into a national crisis.
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