'The Death of a Failed Politician’, SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of betraying the Scottish Independence movement as Leading Yes website brands Nicola Sturgeon 'the betrayer' after Indyref2 is taken off the table by Sturgeon, why did it take so long for the Yes Movement to wake up to the fact that Sturgeon and the SNP tricked them, abused them and conned them, conned them all

Dear All

Freddie Mercury sang a song which rather fits SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon to a tee; she is without a doubt, the Great Pretender.

‘Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Pretending that I'm doing well
My need is such; I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLRjFWDGs1g

Nicola Sturgeon has been conning you, conning y’all!

She has played a confidence trick on Yes supporters hyping them up for a second independence referendum when all the time she knew, and everyone else knew that it was never going to happen this year. What was her ‘belief’ of indyref 2 based on, absolutely nothing, she was as I keep mentioning, playing for time. The idea was simple, much like many of her ideas, build people’s hopes up, string them along and then divert their hatred into support the SNP at elections. Remarkable crude, but it has worked on a gullible part of the population for so long because they believed they had found a ‘cause’ to end injustice in Scotland.

Having primed people for another fight, having primed people up for a big announcement today to try and overshadow Brexit Day, she has announced and admitted there may not be a second independence referendum this year, as she urged her supporters to remain patient and "stay the course". In case you are wondering where the ‘stay the course line’ came from, can I direct you to the Mel Gibson movie, The Patriot.  Having milked Braveheart to death, it seems the SNP have moved on to another Gibson movie, keep an eye out for them getting to Hacksaw Ridge, and using the line, ‘Please Lord, help me get one more. Help me get one more’, but currently we are at The Patriot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTMIFns_4g8

Sadly, despite the numerous attempts to elevate herself and the SNP Cult to the status of heroine, Nicola Sturgeon cannot get past being a devious nasty little small woman brimming with hate and malice. She is an attention seeker who has been made ‘the star’ in her own little play, if you have read or watched Death of a salesman  by American playwright Arthur Miller, you can see parallels with the main character, Willie Loman.  Willy Loman dreams of being a successful salesman, somebody who has both wealth and freedom. Willy believes that the key to success is being well-liked, and his frequent flashbacks show that he measures happiness in terms of wealth and popularity. One analyst of that play writes: "Society tries to teach that, if people are rich and well-liked, they will be happy. Because of this, Willy thought that money would make him happy. He never bothered to try to be happy with what he had …" Willy also believes that to attain success, one must have a suitable personality. According to another analyst, "He believes that salesmanship is based on 'sterling traits of character' and 'a pleasing personality.' But Willy does not have the requisite sterling traits of character; people simply do not like him as much as he thinks is necessary for success."

This is Nicola Sturgeon.

In the fast moving world of politics, people will only wait so long before they start to vent about what they see as betrayal. Now, one of the most powerful pro-independence websites has launched a furious attack on Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP in an article titled “the betrayer”.

What gets me is why it has taken so long for them to look right through Nicola Sturgeon; I have spent years telling them and everyone else that Nicola Sturgeon isn’t going to deliver independence or anything else. She isn’t a smart politician, she doesn’t care; she doesn’t deliver and is mired in identity politics, the nonsense of the EU flag at Holyrood is a perfect example of a petty small minded woman who is simply lost. I have to say that the awakening of the Yes Movement to what Nicola Sturgeon is amusing, Wings Over Scotland has accused the SNP a “colossal, criminal dereliction of duty”, and following a strategy that had “failed utterly”. The fundamental element of Government is delivery, Nicola Sturgeon hasn’t the talent to deliver a Better Scotland, the double failure is her indy efforts are equally as shambolic.

You see, the main problem is that Nicola Sturgeon isn’t a leader.

Wings over Scotland says he will “shut up shop permanently” on his website if  Sturgeon is still in charge after April, best get cracking as unless scandal hits Sturgeon, she will be sticking around for the money, power and position. In order to lead, you have to be able to give up power when needed, not give platitudes of staying on to do unfinished business! In Sturgeon’s case, that would be further topping up the bank account and pension. In a furious article, Wings says it had been “downhill all the way” under the current leadership. Downhill on indy and downhill on government, there has been a rollback of Scotland as a society and nation under the SNP. What surprises me is why Wings and his cohorts never spoke out about the lack of proper governance in Scotland, after all success follows success but there has been none of it to show, the SNP record in Government is appalling.

In pure movie mode, Sturgeon has brought out all the clichés, such as saying no “short cuts or clever wheezes” to independence, and urged them not to give in to “impatience and frustration”. The strategy to keep people hyped up and them divert them into SNP campaigning for Holyrood 2021 may not work this time. Do, you remember the line by the Nationalists, ‘SNP women will get things done’? What have they done other than had a catalogue of major failures right across government? Scotland is literally falling apart around our ears.  

In a change of tact, it appears Sturgeon is not ruling out seeking a consultative referendum in defiance of UK Government opposition, but added:

"My judgment at this stage is that we should use our energies differently.”

If you don’t grasp what she is doing, it is an attempt to stem the flow of support drifting away from her, trying to get to the SNP line to keep people onboard for Holyrood 2021. In her mind, Holyrood 2021 is all about secure another 5 years of First Minster salary and perks.

You didn’t think it was about indyref 2?

That is gone, and Sturgeon knows it is gone!

Referring to the SNP, Wings wrote:

“The party has been the custodian of the fight for independence for over 80 years, but through cynical careerism, stupendous incompetence or both, the current leadership has not merely dropped the ball, but punctured it with a garden fork, set it on fire and kicked it onto next door’s roof.”

You can’t do identity politics and expect to seem credible as force to deliver independence, it is not possible. Identity politics are the politics of state discrimination against the majority of the people. Nicola Sturgeon has never united Scotland; she is a polarising force as much as Alex Salmond but without his personality of winning over people. Nicola Sturgeon can’t sell independence and a recent poll held before Brexit Day saying that indy is ahead is whack.

Nicola Sturgeon has surrounded herself with a vicious nasty Southside clique which I have mentioned on and off over the years. Wings belatedly has said it “remains the view of Wings Over Scotland that only a complete change of the aforementioned leadership (and its toxically insular and incestuous modus operandi) offers any hope of success in the foreseeable future”.

Naturally George Laird right again and ahead of the curve.

In the grand scheme of things, Sturgeon is locked into trying the same failed tactics of 2014, but without the ability to be able to carry the arguments forward. It doesn’t matter if Wings plans to take a two-month break. Sturgeon’s mess will still be here, he makes a fair point that a change of management is needed, but the problem is there is virtually no talent in the SNP. The reason for the political leadership vacuum is that the SNP don’t promote people upwards and make them candidates if they are seen as a threat to the leadership of Sturgeon.

Wings added over his retreat from the frontline of indy:

“There may be posts now and then if something particularly significant happens, there’ll still be some social media chat and we’ll probably keep the cartoonist in cat biscuits, but otherwise it’s time to do something else for a bit and see where we are in April. If the answer to that is ‘still being led by Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell [Ms Sturgeon’s husband and the SNP’s chief executive]’, then the reality is that the war is probably lost and it’ll be time to shut up shop permanently. It’d certainly be difficult to see much point in starting a Holyrood list party that could do nothing but stand helplessly by while the SNP squandered yet another mandate.”

Finally, it took Wings over Scotland and his supporters years to wake up to the reality of Nicola Sturgeon and her Cult, and how painful that awakening must have been. Not only did Sturgeon successfully string him along, but he by default helped shore up her failure as First Minister by giving her carte blanche to treat government as a part time nuisance and vehicle of indy spin doctoring. Where was the holding to account on the issues that matter, where was the better Scotland, and where was the integrity? Death of a Saleman ends the realization of Willie Loman that he has no friends left to come to his aid in time of trouble. That play could be successfully turned into ‘The Death of a Failed Politician’ starring Nicola Sturgeon, who in the end will come to realize that she is out of time and out of friends just like Willie Loman.

Yours sincerely

George Laird

The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University