Sturgeon’s Realisation of Not Being Relevant; SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon sets out failed strategy to garner support from EU 27 states for indyref 2 campaign, attention seeking SNP leader attempts to muscle in on publicity as UK leaves EU, Sturgeon looks tense, needy and wretched as SNP admit Scots don’t support their campaign

Dear All

Having failed to rallied Scots, having failed to sweet talk the UK Government, having failed to deliver a second Scottish independence referendum, Nicola Sturgeon will use the backdrop of Brexit Week to secure a ‘grand alliance of support for indyref2’ from the SNP's "European friends" across the 27 EU member states.

So, what does that mean?

Does it mean, the EU officially will come and give support?

Does it mean the 27 EU as individual nations will come and give support?

Basically no to everything, the grand alliance of "European friends" is a joke; they aren’t going to be the powerbrokers of the EU because the next step of Brexit is trade negotiations. It is highly unlikely that in that sensitive period that the EU having lost the UK as a member already will seek to also lose a trade deal which can affect severely major corporations such as car manufacturers. A huge number of jobs in Germany depend on British customers by German cars, and less we forget about 1 in 7 German cars are sold in the UK.

It is an important market, anyone think that the EU or European nations are doing to tamper with that economy reality, along with all the other goods and services we buy, we buy more from Europe than they do from us. It is the UK which is in a strong position not the other way round.

The panto that SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has set up is going to be a farce; we can expect former politicians, former business leaders, and a whole motley crew who probably couldn’t run a hotdog stand championing her cause.

But in the end, it means nothing, this is as all SNP initiatives generally are, a PR stunt, and having no formal role, Nicola Sturgeon, an attention seeker has concocted a scheme to try and get in on the act. The reality is that she isn’t on the stage, she is in the ‘cheap seats’ watching the parade go by. In some respects she is like the two guys who did a ‘scene’ at the Scottish Parliament, a few minutes of hot air before being dragged off by the relevant authorities or in her case, the next stunt. As we as the alleged grand alliance of "European friends", Sturgeon is promoting the falsehood that if there was an independent Scotland it would be fast-tracked into becoming a new EU member state. Scotland’s debt makes fast track or slow track a distant dream. Of course if there was independence, Nicola Sturgeon would be keen to give away Scotland’s assets like fishing even before EU entry, she is that weak and needy.

Britain formally leaves the Brussels bloc after a relationship spanning 47 years which is all the fault of the EU and its policies, which are anti worker and anti country. If there is an EU Super State down the line, we can expect an EU army, and as I previously said, this will be a suppression force; democracy in the EU is creeping towards an end. Everyone can see it, few are willing to speak out about it. The EU is in the pocket of big business, but due to stupidity in the ‘day job’ the Europeans lost Britain, the cash cow. Now the UK can fund more building of our infrastructure instead of rebuilding Europe while our own services are run down.   

Apparently Sturgeon is due to reveal her strategy to confound the Prime Minister’s cast-iron refusal to facilitate another vote on Scotland’s future. Laughingly, we should remember that that she has nothing that Boris Johnson wants. Boris Johnson is already the leader of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon just ‘manages’ some devolved services. What makes this farce even better is the fool that is Ian Blackford, who leads the Nationalists at Westminster, will meet ambassadors from the EU27 in London to seek to garner their backing for the Scottish Government’s cause. So, what power does an ambassador have, well, they are a listening post for their government abroad, they don’t make policies, they don’t make decisions, they listen and then pass it along their chain of command.

SNP leader Ian Blackford is just delivering a message, and I would assume he has already been given a pre-scripted address. Why pre-scripted, well if you have ever heard this fool speak, you would know why. Asked about the grand alliance proposal on the BBC’s Sunday Politics Scotland, Blackford said:

“We have to mobilise public opinion. One of the things the FM will be doing is outlining that on Wednesday”.

‘Moblise public opinion’?

That can only mean an admission that Scots don’t want a second referendum.

He added:

“Simultaneously, I will be meeting with EU ambassadors in London to press the case for Scotland’s right to have that referendum and for our European friends to stand with us.”

How do you press a case when the UK Government will not be in the room?

They supposed to read about it on the BBC?

Blackford acknowledged and denied he would ask for official support from the EU as a whole, explaining:

"We would begin a process of engagement with our European friends and [ask them] to keep a light on for us”.

How much more pathetic can these clowns get? A light on for us, not only can they not do so, but even an ordinary member of the public can work that out for themselves. To join the EU, you join a queue, you get vetted and if you don’t get vetoed and pass the finances and other hoops, you get in. But you don’t get in by application on Monday, memebership card the same day.

In a whining admission, he said also:

“One of the things we will be doing is seeking to engage with civic Scotland. I’m grateful many figures in the Labour movement have recognised it is about Scotland's right to choose. Are people in Scotland prepared to sit back and see Government in London ready to ignore their democratic rights? This is the beginning of a process.”

Civic Scotland will no doubt include phoney wee groups that will be setup and run by the SNP members and their cohorts; expect to hear from Business for Scotland, an SNP mouthpiece group. When was the last time the SNP talked about how wonderful nirvana will be in Scotland! Expect tales of ‘we are a wealthy nation’ but at the same time, we are loaded down with debt and can’t pay our way even on the daily spend without the help we get from Westminster.

In recent weeks, we have seen a ‘surge’ from the SNP  idiots talking about indyref 2, Michael Russell, the Scottish Government’s Constitutional Relations Secretary, referred to how the SNP administration had “many options” to further its case for indyref2. But did not elaborate, he won’t tell, it’s all a mystery, even to him.

Mhairi Black, the SNP’s Scotland spokeswoman and well known for using the toilets at Westminster, insisted she wanted another referendum to be done “by the book”. If there is an emergency, the book can be torn up as used as loo roll. Her gaffe on saying that there could still be “mileage” in pushing for an unofficial Catalan-style poll was rather stupid. Humouring an idiot is one thing, when it goes too far, Mhairi Black and the rest of the SNP will find out just how effective the UK Government will be in shutting them down. 

The SNP leadership has not formally ruled out a court challenge but that is more nonsense, if they had a case, they would be off to court toot sweet. But the SNP don’t have a winnable case because referendums are reserved.

Even three in a bed SNP MP Angus Brendan MacNeil has floated the idea of making the 2021 Holyrood poll an effective referendum. That is mighty brave of him but again let’s look at reality here for a minute or two, given the opposition parties have been so weak and ineffective, the SNP might cross that line. If you look particularly Scottish Labour which needs new leadership and reform, they stand at a crossroads in terms of direction, policies and work ethic. 

The SNP as I mentioned might get a majority, not by getting more support to their failing cause but rather due to the continual drop in opposition support. That to me hardly a risk, it is like beating a man with a lead pipe, breaking his arms and legs and then challenging him to a fight, a square go!

A senior Conservative MP said:

“There is absolutely no way Boris is going to allow another referendum. As long as he is in Downing St, it will just not happen.”

Finally, in four days, Brexit will happen, Nicola Sturgeon has lost, all her little schemes will come to nothing, we can expect no chance however in her plans, because she can’t go to the country on her government’s record. Holyrood 2021 will be about indyref 2 for the SNP, in effect, it is the ‘big lie’ strategy, conning the voters for money, power and position. What is needed in Scotland is a new politics, someone to take on the SNP and be right in their face. The main problem is Holyrood, due to the poor quality of some MSPs, they are politically ineffective and have been using the building much like it is a private club, everything is too cosy, no one wants to rocket the boat.

Who is the real people’s champion at Holyrood?

You struggling with that question, you should be!

Yours sincerely

George Laird

The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University