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03-02-2020, 01:32
(This post was last modified: 03-02-2020, 01:32 by hibeejim21.)
Westminster will fight tooth and nail to keep Scotland in the UK. Philip Hammond the ex chancellor in a rare moment of candour basically admitted the exchequer would suffer severely without Scotlands contributions.
Politically we get patted on the head, but we are a cash cow there to be milked.
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Westminster should fight tooth and nail to keep Scotland!! I would be very disappointed if they didn't do that!!!
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(03-02-2020, 00:58)0762 Wrote: Matt, THEY ARE FASCISTS - THE BEHAVIOUR IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS AND BORDERING ON DICTATORSHIP WITH NO RESPECT FOR ANY POLITICAL OPPONENT WHATSOEVER!!!!! You may not wanna say that but that is what is clearly self-evident based on the toxic narrative and arrogance attached to said extreme antics and witnessed for a very long time - it is an absolute disgrace and an affront to proper progressive governance and regard for contrary and constructive political dialogue. The words "head buried in the sand" come to mind TBF!! But everyone to their own opinion all the same!! 
I think they are a bunch of clowns who are incompetent and couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery. I agree they have no respect for any political opponent but neither do any of the other parties. I watched a debate on Youtube between Tony Benn and Roy Jenkins from 1975 about the Common Market and even though they were both in the Labour Party and they disagreed with one another on the subject they argued their case and viewpoints without shouting each other down or talking over one another or calling each other names and it seemed to be rather grown up. You look at politics and debates in 2020 and from the last 4-5 years and it seems to be tribal on both sides with name calling, abuse, shouting each other down and the facts and information get lost and when that happens it becomes like a punch and judy show and the media love it and lap it up as it adds to the drama.
The far left and far right have a lot in common as they are both intolerant. The far left don't seem to grasp that people have different viewpoints or opinions to them and anyone who does then they call them right wing or Conservative when they might be centrist or centre left. The far left seem to be ashamed of their country and unpatriotic and want to cancel or get rid of things they don't agree with or like. They deem most things as racist or offensive. The far right are racist bigots who are nationalistic who harp on about the war all the time and want to go back to an age and time which never truly existed in the first place and will say racist things and then say it's 'free speech' to excuse what they've said. They both believe whoever shouts or screams the loudest wins.
The centrists use facts to win an argument but they come across emotionless and rather robotic.
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Finance minister Derek Mackay has to step down after sending inappropriate texts to a 16year old schoolboy. On the day he was about to announce Scotlands budget.
Stupid,Stupid man.
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This story really makes me wonder if these people are "brain dead" with political enemies "hovering around" looking for a yoon fest when it comes to this kinda shit and desperate because they are political non-entities up here in Scotland!! The timing by the Sun Newspaper is very convenient and Nicola Sturgeon's demeanour in the Scot Parliament really "said it all" - absolutely raging with Mackay and no f####### wonder!! All I can say is that no man or woman is bigger than the Scot indy movement itself and Nicola eloquently explaining that a high standard of accountability is required from all parliamentarians, never mind it being an SNP offender in this case! IMO this won't be the last time we watch such human frailties either - just the way it sadly is these days and all political parties have their "demons to burn" on occasions!!
They continue to stoop low, and we will aim high as many of our allies globally (plus "closer to home!) and far away from these shores watch with interest who is the real aggressor and who is trying to follow the proper constitutional path.