The Scottish Politics thread

[arista]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

EXCLUSIVE: One to one interview with Kate Forbes coming live on
@SkyNews
as she confirms she is considering SNP leadership bid.

➖ “Membership needs to be behind the next leader & process needs to reflect
that”. Strong hint a contest is needed

➖Says she has “a lot of support” in SNP

Full interview imminent.

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https://x.com/murdo_fraser/status/1785305261374046706

[arista]

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[Oliver_W]

LT I thought you were one of those who considered Scotland a separate country?

[Crimson Dynamo]

LT I thought you were one of those who considered Scotland a separate country?

It is a separate country with the island of Great Britain, the other 2 countries being Wales and England.

[Oliver_W]

It is a separate country with the island of Great Britain, the other 2 countries being Wales and England.

Of course it is.

I just wondered why you were sharing anti-devolution posts.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Of course it is.

I just wondered why you were sharing anti-devolution posts.

Because this thread is about Scottish Politics and the total failure of the SNP has put the question of the merits of devolution back on the table for discussion

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

Yousaf Live in Hollyrood


SkyNewsHD

Debate on motion of no confidence in Scottish Gov.

[arista]

Greens now not asking for no confidence

[arista]

So only Labour, Conservatives & LibDems calling for this vote


Not sure on Alba

[Alf]

Lib Dems back Labour plan to force early Holyrood electionOut of the frying pan, into the fire.

[arista]

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.


It failed today
as the Greens did not vote on it.

[Alf]

In other news. All Western countries are currently being invaded (that's, "being colonised" for you Western haters)

Trump 2024

[arista]

Meanwhile Swinney

Keeps saying he has to ask his family
it said that days ago.

How can he keep saying it today.


Is his Family far away?

[bots]

Meanwhile Sweeney

Keeps saying he has to ask his family
it said that days ago.

How can he keep saying it today.


Is his Family far away?

he wants a free run at the leadership, he won't get involved if it's a contest

[arista]

he wants a free run at the leadership, he won't get involved if it's a contest


he goes back too far.

[arista]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

John Swinney confirms SNP leadership bid

Kate Forbes will not stand (wise move)

[arista]

he wants a free run at the leadership, he won't get involved if it's a contest


Yes he is.

He told SkyNews Reporter
Kate will get a top job.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Yes he is.

He told SkyNews Reporter
Kate will get a top job.

She was bought off but is wise to wait until after the GE

[arista]

She was bought off but is wise to wait until after the GE


Yes later this year
or even January 2025

[joeysteele]

I quite like John Swinney actually.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I quite like John Swinney actually.

He oversaw pornography in primary school

[user104658]

I'm not convinced that Swinney isn't just more of the same thing, and it feels like a frustrating indication that they really think Yousaf's unpopularity and reason the SNP has been tanking is down to the "stuff with the Greens" which it clearly is not. People also oversimplify it as being about "gender issues" as well and I don't think it's that either.

The issue that's tanking the SNP, is that Scotland actually does (and always has) had a strong sense of social justice -- by which I mean, REAL social justice. Social consequences. You act like a ****ing idiot and people will tell you so/joke about it/take the piss and that person is then free to return fire... safe in the knowledge that they can have a bit of aggressive/"offensive" back and forth without the government stepping in and the police turning up at people's doors.

That's it. That's what people want. That's a fundamental part of Scottish culture and IMO a good part of it. The loss of that is what people are voting against. The SNP does not seem to realise that at all.

[bots]

i think Swinney will basically give the greens what they want to get the majority back. It's not good for Scotland

[user104658]

i think Swinney will basically give the greens what they want to get the majority back. It's not good for Scotland

I think they're underestimating the extent to which they'll need a lot more than the Greens to keep a majority. Their popularity has plummeted, I'd estimate it's worse than the Tories' situation south of the border at this point. SNP had massive support and it's totally tanked. It'll tank even further if Labour do indeed sweep the board in England at the next GE ... because the SNP are partially bolstered by anti-Tory sentiment - Wee Nic for example leveraged Scottish dislike of Tories very often (and very effectively). If that "enemy" is out of play for a while that is a strategic "loss" for the SNP as well. Plenty of "new" (post-2008) SNP voters will flip back to Labour if they see Labour as a viable option.

[user104658]

My dad (who is 70) for example was a life-long Labour voter... my parents even used to have one of those little signs for the living room window. He's been SNP since Cameron entered No. 10 but I strongly suspect he'll happily flip back to Labour at the next GE.

[bots]

I think they're underestimating the extent to which they'll need a lot more than the Greens to keep a majority. Their popularity has plummeted, I'd estimate it's worse than the Tories' situation south of the border at this point. SNP had massive support and it's totally tanked. It'll tank even further if Labour do indeed sweep the board in England at the next GE ... because the SNP are partially bolstered by anti-Tory sentiment - Wee Nic for example leveraged Scottish dislike of Tories very often (and very effectively). If that "enemy" is out of play for a while that is a strategic "loss" for the SNP as well. Plenty of "new" (post-2008) SNP voters will flip back to Labour if they see Labour as a viable option.

the SNP also benefited in the past from labour being almost unelectable in england, so it was like a protest vote against the tories. If labour look like they are going to win, then it makes much morse sense to have as many scottish representatives within that party as they can, to increase the scottish influence

[Crimson Dynamo]

the labour leader up here is every bit as vile and deluded as useless

its not a good outlook

[Crimson Dynamo]

Upset by a cartoon.

Not so upset smiling next to a "decapitate terfs" sign.

Typical SNP.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMpubfIW4AAiKum?format=jpg&name=smallhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMpubf4WIAAl6qr?format=jpg&name=360x360

https://x.com/AgentP22/status/1786361628700663918

[Mystic Mock]

Upset by a cartoon.

Not so upset smiling next to a "decapitate terfs" sign.

Typical SNP.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMpubfIW4AAiKum?format=jpg&name=smallhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMpubf4WIAAl6qr?format=jpg&name=360x360

https://x.com/AgentP22/status/1786361628700663918

She should probably think before she speaks next time.

Because what a hypocrite.:laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

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Based on Humza Useless racist tirade at the Scottish Parliament

[Cherie]

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Based on Humza Useless racist tirade at the Scottish Parliament

:joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Tommy R, Darren Grimes and Lozza also re-posted this on X so it went far and wide

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[bots]

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Based on Humza Useless racist tirade at the Scottish Parliament

hate speech :nono:

[Crimson Dynamo]

hate speech :nono:

:oh:

[Beso]

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Based on Humza Useless racist tirade at the Scottish Parliament

The man used to complain against sport getting involved in politics. What's happened to you young blue nosed numpties?

[Crimson Dynamo]

The man used to complain against sport getting involved in politics. What's happened to you young blue nosed numpties?
in Scottish Politics?

when?

[Beso]

in Scottish Politics?

when?

politics and sport should never be a thing, that saying has always been a thing shouted by the people. You can go way back to the controversy over the british lions tour of south africa way back in the late sixties or early seventies or maybe early 80s.

Just cause tobacco companies can now sponsor sports doesnt mean sports fans should be getting political seeing as there forebears fought loud it for years

[user104658]

Oh aye never been any politics involved in the Old Firm. :joker:

[arista]

[I'm not convinced that Swinney isn't just more of the same thing]

Yes,
this will be the SNP problem, SB

He is like a Military man
no slips ups, no arresting him.

No falling over.

Today or Tomorrow he can take over

[arista]

Swinney is now the New Cocky Leader

[Crimson Dynamo]

the man who oversaw porn being spread to school kids because he thought it made him look "progressive"


:umm2:

[arista]

Now Live
on all 3 News Ch.


SNP New Leader

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[arista]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

Powerful speech today in Holyrood

:shocked:

https://x.com/addicted2newz/status/1788274036528558435

[Mystic Mock]

the man who oversaw porn being spread to school kids because he thought it made him look "progressive"


:umm2:

He did what?:umm2:

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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I heard of the Scottish Ferry
Money problem........................................

[Oliver_W]

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Let me guess: keep building and building until there are no green spaces left?

[user104658]

There isn't a shortage of physical homes, there's a shortage of affordable accommodation because like everywhere else rental process are going through the roof. It's an economic problem not a resources problem... until that's tackled, there is no solution. Honestly just glad that we're in the position/process of buying property now, because I would not want to be a renter in the UK in 5+ years time. It's only going to get worse.

[arista]

From Tweet X:
[Scots paedo who transitioned to woman after being
caught abusing kids moans about
accessing trans drugs in jail]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GN6mU18WkAAtaIW?format=jpg&name=small

[Crimson Dynamo]

Scottish Greens expel 13 members for declaring that ‘sex is a biological reality’

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/politics/2024/05/19/TELEMMGLPICT000378405650_17161304360780_trans_NvBQ zQNjv4BqPCx10Sxvlv3R7jRZHluGsttPhXNwaZk-PKkG-tDXe0Q.jpeg?imwidth=600

Robin Harper, the party’s first parliamentarian, calls decision ‘utterly laughable’
and urges vote of no confidence in leadership

A former leader of the Scottish Greens has called for his successors to be
ousted after party activists were expelled for declaring that “sex is a
biological reality”.

The party has kicked out 13 members who signed a declaration stating that
biological women were entitled to sex-based rights and protections, and
expressing concern that gender critical views were being “silenced”.

The Greens decided that they posed a risk to the “safety of all trans and non-
binary members”. In 2018, the party adopted a rule that said “trans-
exclusionary individuals of any kind are not welcome as members”.

The eight-point declaration said “sex is a biological reality” and asserted that
women have a right to maintain the sex-based protections enshrined in the
Equality Act.

It declared that “women and girls have the right to discuss policies which
affect them without being abused, harassed or intimidated” and that lesbians
were “women who are same-sex attracted”.

Some trans activists claim that it is transphobic for a lesbian biological
woman to not want to enter relationships with men who identify as women.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/19/scottish-greens-expel-members-for-claiming-biological-sex-i/

[arista]

Scottish Version


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[arista]

Here are the 9 SNP MPs who are standing down:

Mhairi Black, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire
South since 2015 (2019 majority: majority 10,679)
Ian Blackford, MP for Ross, MP for Skye
and Lochaber since 2015 (2019 majority: majority 9,443)
Douglas Chapman, MP for Dunfermline
and West Fife since 2015 (2019 majority: majority 10,699)
Angela Crawley, MP for Lanark and
Hamilton East since 2015 (2019 majority: majority 5,187)
Patrick Grady, MP for Glasgow North
since 2015 (2019 majority: majority 5,601)
Peter Grant, MP for Glenrothes since 2015
(2019 majority: majority 11,757)
Stewart Hosie, MP for Dundee East since
2005 (2019 majority: majority 13,375)
John McNally, MP for Falkirk since 2015
(2019 majority: majority 14,948)
Philippa Whitford, MP for Central Ayrshire
since 2015 (2019 majority: majority 5,304)

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/all-the-labour-snp-mps-not-standing-general-election-3071729

Not Worthy of a thread
so, I shoved them on this good thread

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

Scottish Conservatives
scotTories
·
In key seats across Scotland at the General Election, it's a straight fight between the
scotTories
and the SNP.

On July 4, lets vote together to beat the SNP and get the focus back on your real priorities.

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[Mystic Mock]

Scottish Greens expel 13 members for declaring that ‘sex is a biological reality’

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/politics/2024/05/19/TELEMMGLPICT000378405650_17161304360780_trans_NvBQ zQNjv4BqPCx10Sxvlv3R7jRZHluGsttPhXNwaZk-PKkG-tDXe0Q.jpeg?imwidth=600

Robin Harper, the party’s first parliamentarian, calls decision ‘utterly laughable’
and urges vote of no confidence in leadership

A former leader of the Scottish Greens has called for his successors to be
ousted after party activists were expelled for declaring that “sex is a
biological reality”.

The party has kicked out 13 members who signed a declaration stating that
biological women were entitled to sex-based rights and protections, and
expressing concern that gender critical views were being “silenced”.

The Greens decided that they posed a risk to the “safety of all trans and non-
binary members”. In 2018, the party adopted a rule that said “trans-
exclusionary individuals of any kind are not welcome as members”.

The eight-point declaration said “sex is a biological reality” and asserted that
women have a right to maintain the sex-based protections enshrined in the
Equality Act.

It declared that “women and girls have the right to discuss policies which
affect them without being abused, harassed or intimidated” and that lesbians
were “women who are same-sex attracted”.

Some trans activists claim that it is transphobic for a lesbian biological
woman to not want to enter relationships with men who identify as women.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/19/scottish-greens-expel-members-for-claiming-biological-sex-i/

Any activist saying that is a ****ed up individual imo.

You can't force people to be attracted to a type of person if they're just not attracted to it, I still can't believe that there are some people that don't understand this in the 21st century.

[arista]

Conservative Douglas Ross
was to stand down.


He has changed his mind
Now Standing in a seat the other fella is in hospital


Ch4HDnews Live

[Crimson Dynamo]

Conservative Douglas Ross
was to stand down.


He has changed his mind
Now Standing in a seat the other fella is in hospital


Ch4HDnews Live

yes David Duguid is ill

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1289518669022797825/zHknfEDE_400x400.jpg


Today I announced that I will be standing down as leader of the Scottish
Conservatives after the General Election. You can read my statement below:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GPtJZaiWMAA20Pm?format=jpg&name=900x900

[bots]

One of his Scottish Tory colleagues told me last week it had been received "like a bucket of cold sick". :joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

why is he doing this?

[bots]

why is he doing this?

apparently stories have come out about dodgy expenses between serving in both houses. How can he represent both. It's weird

[arista]

So he could be in Wesminster

[arista]

SkyNewsHD Scottish reporter,
reporting SNP have dirt on the
Conservative Douglas Ross


Bring the Fight ON.......................

[Crimson Dynamo]

Open 'swift' probe into Douglas Ross expenses, SNP urge watchdogs

https://www.thenational.scot/resources/images/18181975.jpg?type=mds-article-962

THE SNP have written to two Westminster watchdogs calling for an investigation
to be opened into embattled Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross.

"The Sunday Mail reports, ‘his team identified the 28 [claims] where he wrongly
used parliamentary-funded travel to facilitate ref work’, including ‘multiple
cases where Ross had combined parliamentary travel with linesman work or
claims for parking while refereeing on expenses’. These claims were allegedly
‘hushed up by worried aides’.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24379678.open-swift-probe-douglas-ross-expenses-snp-urge-watchdogs/

[arista]

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Also posted on the General Election thread

[Crimson Dynamo]

Dr Hilary Cass has been very clear that a ban on so-called ‘conversion therapy’
would prevent appropriate counselling for gender-confused young people. Looks
like the SNP have already decided to reject her review recommendations.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQvuw1hWsAAjEwF?format=jpg&name=small

https://x.com/murdo_fraser/status/1804798602419527881

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

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[arista]

S. Flyn
Westminster SNP is Live on this morning ITV1HD

in a T-Shirt

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

Gotta love the graffiti :joker:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GRQvrTWXIAEwpul?format=jpg&name=medium

[arista]

Gotta love the graffiti :joker:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GRQvrTWXIAEwpul?format=jpg&name=medium


He missed that on the wall.

[bots]

the snp will do much better now than they would have with the old leader

[Crimson Dynamo]

the snp will do much better now than they would have with the old leader

And one that is Scottish and not one who only cares for Palestine and is a racist

[Crimson Dynamo]

The SNP said the election was a de facto referendum on independence.

Well, the results are in:

Yes 34.4%
No 64.7%

The people of Scotland have given the pro-UK parties an overwhelming
mandate to maintain the Union.

The matter is now settled.

[arista]

John Mason SNP

Kicked out of the party

[SNP MSP John Mason has been stripped of the party whip
after "completely unacceptable" social media posts
about the conflict in Gaza.]

BBC

[arista]

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[arista]

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[Oliver_W]

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Does the Cringe need saving? It's pretty mainstream nowadays, kinda defeats the point.

[Cherie]

Free prescriptions, university tuition, bus travel and school meals could all soon be axed as ministers attempt to cover a massive Budget shortfall.

A number of cost-cutting measures are understood to be on the table, after Finance Secretary Shona Robison halted all but essential government spending.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/free-prescriptions-under-threat-shona-robison-university-tuition-scottish-government-4757268

blimey if the Scots lose all these freebies, what will people in England end up paying

[Oliver_W]

Free prescriptions, university tuition, bus travel and school meals could all soon be axed as ministers attempt to cover a massive Budget shortfall.

A number of cost-cutting measures are understood to be on the table, after Finance Secretary Shona Robison halted all but essential government spending.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/free-prescriptions-under-threat-shona-robison-university-tuition-scottish-government-4757268

blimey if the Scots lose all these freebies, what will people in England end up paying

Maybe they're trying to invalidate the arguments against independence? If the people of Scotland had chose to separate they'd have lost all those things, so maybe they want to be able to say "you don't have them anymore anyway, HAH!"

[bots]

the scottish government haven't been able to fund their grand schemes for years and it's finally caught up with them

[arista]

The SNP have their Conference right now
they are not worthy of a thread.

Westminster Flynn is live now
in Edinburgh

SkyNewsHD

[arista]

[Humiliation for SNP as police launch another
investigation after Nicola Sturgeon arrest
Operation Broadcroft centres on the handling
of sexual misconduct allegations
against Alex Salmond,
the former First Minister of Scotland.]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1942888/snp-police-investigation-broad-croft-Nicola-sturgeon-Alex-Salmond

[arista]

Miserable John Swinney
on the 2 News Channels (SkyNewsHD / BBCnewsHD)


Giving his SNP leader speech now

[arista]

He shouted

Labour will bring in Outside private helpers to the National Health Service

He then Shouted


We will not

[arista]

He also Pointed Out
the current Labour PM stated
things will only get worse

[arista]

At last
the Misrable Bugger has finished his Moans and Groans


John Swinney SNP Leader.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Police Scotland recording policy (based on self-id) is statistically incoherent, but
to tell a Scottish Parliament Committee that it promotes 'a strong sense of
belonging', in the context of recording rape, is appalling.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GW8XHgBWIAAw2Or?format=jpg&name=small

https://x.com/kathmurray1/status/1832728331285852626

[Cherie]

Police Scotland recording policy (based on self-id) is statistically incoherent, but
to tell a Scottish Parliament Committee that it promotes 'a strong sense of
belonging', in the context of recording rape, is appalling.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GW8XHgBWIAAw2Or?format=jpg&name=small

https://x.com/kathmurray1/status/1832728331285852626

:idc: as long as the rapists feel like they belong thats okay then

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

Fridays Front Page

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[arista]

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[arista]

Russell Findlay Elected New Scottish Tory Leader

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYf8iRDXEAEm6wy?format=jpg&name=small



https://x.com/GuidoFawkes/status/1839716641183076510

[arista]

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[arista]

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[Cherie]

Holyrood was accused of having 'lost the plot' last night after voting for asylum seekers to have free bus passes while vulnerable pensioners lose winter fuel benefits.

The Scottish Conservatives said the situation was 'downright *scandalous' after the SNP U-turned on its plan to ditch the scheme.

The SNP and Liberal Democrats backed a Green call for the Scottish Government to 'extend free bus travel to people seeking asylum as soon as possible' before the 2026 election.

Last year, the then First Minister Humza Yousaf vowed to invest £2million in a free bus travel scheme for asylum seekers, saying it would make public transport 'fair and accessible to all'.

His successor John Swinney ditched the pledge in August amid a spending crisis. But the SNP yesterday hinted at a U-turn if the Greens backed the forth*coming Budget.


What on earth is going on, no wonder young people dont want to work you pay taxes all your life and then you get treated like this...... crazy

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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Typical of Her

[UserSince2005]

Do you still get told what to do by a Pakistani?

[arista]

Do you still get told what to do by a Pakistani?

What are you talking about?


This is Scottish Politics thread

[UserSince2005]

What are you talking about?


This is Scottish Politics thread

The Pakistani was ruling them

[arista]

The Pakistani was ruling them


Go Away you utter Fool


FACT John Swinney is Scottish


The leader of the Scottish National Party is the highest position within Scotland's Scottish National Party (SNP).

[UserSince2005]

Go Away you utter Fool


FACT John Swinney is Scottish


The leader of the Scottish National Party is the highest position within Scotland's Scottish National Party (SNP).

oh youre right it seems they have managed to get rid of their pakistani master. Well done scotland.

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Cherie]

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Just coming in to post this, tbh I always thought she was gay, I was shocked when I found out she was married to a man

[Crimson Dynamo]

Just coming in to post this, tbh I always thought she was gay, I was shocked when I found out she was married to a man

it was a marriage of convenience

[Cherie]

it was a marriage of convenience

Yes I think so, to promote their careers... any news on where the campervan will be parked now they have split :laugh:

[bots]

isn't it also the case that they have probably got away with the fraud they were up to and no longer need to be married in order to protect each other

[arista]

The SNP Leader
stated he will not ban cats in Scotland.
Live on Ch5HDnews

It was in the news today
as some on the SNP wanted to.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The SNP are a genuine laughing stock now

[bots]

first time i've agreed with the SNP

[arista]

Sorry Edited it
SNP will NOT Ban cats

I put now
but should have been not


He said Some wanted to ban them
in his party.

But has a Said NO

[bots]

oh, then i still disagree with the SNP :smug:

[Crimson Dynamo]

first time i've agreed with the SNP

Wee Nicola would never have restricted pussy in Scotland...

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjkdOYyXcAAC5NJ?format=jpg&name=small

[Oliver_W]

Sorry Edited it
SNP will NOT Ban cats

I put now
but should have been not


He said Some wanted to ban them
in his party.

But has a Said NO

They're still a joke, this discussion should have been shot down before it even reached the point where the press caught a sniff.

Just ridiculous.

[Crimson Dynamo]

SNP picks former council chief with 'abhorrent' views as new CEO ahead of
Holyrood election

Carol Beattie shared tweets calling for the royal family to be murdered but has
now been handed a top job within the party

https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article33927245.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/1_JS326703625.jpg

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/snp-picks-former-council-chief-34829570

As if they could not get any worse....

[arista]

[Carol Beattie shared tweets calling for
the royal family to be murdered but has
now been handed a top job within the party]

Nasty Lady

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Carol Beattie shared tweets calling for
the royal family to be murdered but has
now been handed a top job within the party]

Nasty Lady

really nasty far left

[arista]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Nicola_Sturgeon_2021.jpg/440px-Nicola_Sturgeon_2021.jpg
2021 photo.



The Former Leader Lady
of the SNP
will now stand down next year
at their election.


All Media

[Livia]

Imagine the irony if Carol Beattie was to be murdered.

Surely calling for the royal family to be murdered is hate speech? Shouldn't she be in jail?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Shameful :bored:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gl3WPwHWUAATsOn?format=jpg&name=small

[arista]

Peter Murrell
Former SNP Chief Executive
appears in court.

Stinking Corruption


4 years of investigation,
was just Live on SkyNewsHD

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/03/20/13/96394147-0-image-m-7_1742479166768.jpg


How Nice for her,
she is cleared.

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/03/20/13/96394147-0-image-m-7_1742479166768.jpg


How Nice for her,
she is cleared.

what a sad lady

[bots]

there is no way on gods green earth that she is innocent

[Cherie]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/03/20/13/96394147-0-image-m-7_1742479166768.jpg


How Nice for her,
she is cleared.

what a sad lady

there is no way on gods green earth that she is innocent

Farcical

[Crimson Dynamo]

So Murrell buys a £110,000 motorhome with money embezzled from the party - the party
his wife signs off the accounts for, yet she isn't complicit?


this stinks of cover-up

[Mystic Mock]

The SNP Leader
stated he will not ban cats in Scotland.
Live on Ch5HDnews

It was in the news today
as some on the SNP wanted to.

The SNP had people that wanted to ban Cats?:joker:

That might be a new level of pathetic in Politics.

[user104658]

The SNP had people that wanted to ban Cats?:joker:

That might be a new level of pathetic in Politics.

Not ban cats entirely, potential restrictions on outdoor activity for cats. Australia for example has this in place in many areas; you can have a cat, it just has to stay indoors, or in secure enclosed areas if they're allowed outdoors.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Not ban cats entirely, potential restrictions on outdoor activity for cats. Australia for example has this in place in many areas; you can have a cat, it just has to stay indoors, or in secure enclosed areas if they're allowed outdoors.

Australia - more insects snakes and wildlife that can kill you than anywhere else in the world

Also Australia - keep your cat in at night in case it kills mice

:facepalm:

[Mystic Mock]

Not ban cats entirely, potential restrictions on outdoor activity for cats. Australia for example has this in place in many areas; you can have a cat, it just has to stay indoors, or in secure enclosed areas if they're allowed outdoors.

Who wants to copy Australian policies?

If you're sane I mean.

[user104658]

Australia - more insects snakes and wildlife that can kill you than anywhere else in the world

Also Australia - keep your cat in at night in case it kills mice

:facepalm:

It's actually because they kill the weird critters that only exist in Australia. Bit of an odd place really, biodiversity-wise. I'd let the cats take root, personally, but woke wildlife type folks would rather have the strange Aussie insects and rodents thrive than let the cats kill them.

[Crimson Dynamo]

It's actually because they kill the weird critters that only exist in Australia. Bit of an odd place really, biodiversity-wise. I'd let the cats take root, personally, but woke wildlife type folks would rather have the strange Aussie insects and rodents thrive than let the cats kill them.

In NZ they have cat-killing contests (true)

[bots]

i love the diversity in Australia and I like that they are so protective of stuff that they let in the country to protect their bio diversity. But i'm not going to lie, there is no way i could cope with all the slithering and crawling creatures that can kill you. Even kangaroos, emu's and ostriches are blinking lethal

[Cherie]

So Murrell buys a £110,000 motorhome with money embezzled from the party - the party
his wife signs off the accounts for, yet she isn't complicit?


this stinks of cover-up

at best she wasn't paying attention, at worst she was complicit....either way its pretty poor that she has got off scot free...get it...scot

[bots]

Wee Niki has never come across as stupid. Calculating and conniving describe her character far more accurately. She knew exactly what was going on, the camper van was even designated the election bus

[user104658]

at best she wasn't paying attention, at worst she was complicit....either way its pretty poor that she has got off scot free...get it...scot

Clever enough to have hubby take the fall. Icon. Pre-ordering her book as we speak :hee:

[Cherie]

Clever enough to have hubby take the fall. Icon. Pre-ordering her book as we speak :hee:

That's the way, fund her lifestyle ...:laugh: personally I wouldn't put it in my toilet :hee:

[Livia]

So... does she get to keep the camper van?

[arista]

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[Cherie]

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Yeah I mean the idea that employers are crying out for disabled people to apply for jobs is just laughable, yes they will put Disability Confident on their branding but at the end of the day they will always employ an able bodied person over someone who might need some adjustments to be employable. The government are basically gaslighting the disabled community at this point

[Crimson Dynamo]

Scottish Labour leader @AnasSarwar

Stands in front of a Pakistani flag, urging Pakistanis to take power in councils, parliament, political parties and countries — so they can dictate what’s taught in schools.

He claims “a change is coming”.

Just a few days ago, a clip allegedly of his father, circulated where he was calling for blasphemy laws.

SHORT VIDEO HERE: https://x.com/alexharmstrong/status/1916585676138598680

His father in George Square: https://x.com/SusheelJuneja/status/1916318011327193486

[Cherie]

Scottish Labour leader @AnasSarwar

Stands in front of a Pakistani flag, urging Pakistanis to take power in councils, parliament, political parties and countries — so they can dictate what’s taught in schools.

He claims “a change is coming”.

Just a few days ago, a clip allegedly of his father, circulated where he was calling for blasphemy laws.

SHORT VIDEO HERE: https://x.com/alexharmstrong/status/1916585676138598680

His father in George Square: https://x.com/SusheelJuneja/status/1916318011327193486

Sorry what, when did he become Labour leader in Scotland?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Sorry what, when did he become Labour leader in Scotland?

hopefully this will lead to his hasty exit

:fc:

like the horrific racist humza useless

[arista]

Yesterday....


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[arista]

Yesterday.......


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[arista]

Yesterday.....

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[arista]

Yesterday..........

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[arista]

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[arista]

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Reform UK made this

[Crimson Dynamo]

Dan Wootton
DANwootton

Nicola Sturgeon finally admits she has “never considered sexuality, my own included, to be binary”.
Translation: She’s a big old lesbian.
The woke mob will herald her.
As a gay man I say total coward hiding the truth until her political career was finished.
She’s no hero.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gx2ihKEXYAATBzh?format=jpg&name=small

https://x.com/danwootton/status/1953896508589547666


She’s always been a fraud on so many levels

[arista]

Typical of her
keeping it a secret

[Oliver_W]

Had she been pretending to be straight?

[Cherie]

Had she been pretending to be straight?

:joker: So obvious

[Crimson Dynamo]

Like Scofield it was a career move

Vile woman

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GyxEScmXEAAxnfK?format=jpg&name=small

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gyxac0AWEAA3PYB?format=jpg&name=small

[Crimson Dynamo]

First week back after a 9 week summer recess and the SNP are devoting an
entire afternoon ⁦@ScotParl ⁩ to discussing Gaza. A total waste of Parliamentary
time when there are so many issues under Holyrood’s remit to debate.

https://x.com/murdo_fraser/status/1962949246375895285

:rolleyes:

[arista]

SNP Conference

Was just on Sky News.

But only for a few mins?


BBC not showing it


Sod the Scottish, it seems

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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