The New Fat Scotland 'Thanks for all the Fish' Thread.

Shaka_Zulu

Reality beginning to bite........

Another nail in Nats dream



The tide has gone out for Nicola Sturgeon and the struggling SNP

https://reaction.life/tide-gone-nicola-sturgeon-struggling-snp/

Nicola single handidly pushing Scotland in to recession.

Tick tock........

Shaka_Zulu

Sturgeon’s government is in a dismal place right now, and not having the humility to recognise the reality of the consequences of her party’s failings will be at the root of its demise. Yes, the SNP won the Westminster election, but it lost the campaign, and with it went more than just the 21 MPs and the scalps of totemic figures like Alex Salmond. It has lost momentum, and after three successive elections that evidence a trajectory of down, gone too is that spirit of reinvention, of a seemingly inexhaustible ability to pick itself up and shake itself down.

And worse, Sturgeon, a giant of a politician, appears shrunken, cut down to size, reduced to name calling and defensively sniping from the sides. And it isn’t worthy.

Tick......tock

Shaka_Zulu

Scotland, 2017: businessman "contacted by the Scottish Government" for expressing his not state-approved opinion




Are we becoming the North Korea of Western Europe?

Beware the thought police are watching!

Shaka_Zulu

Tell me if I'm wrong.

Surely if as according to the faNATics the Gers figures were a load of hogwash, then the latest GDP figures that Keith Brown is waxing lyrical about today are also load of hogwash? They are both produced by the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser.

Oh wait a minute these will be different............lol

TrickyTree83

Shaka_Zulu wrote: »

Tell me if I'm wrong.

Surely if as according to the faNATics the Gers figures were a load of hogwash, then the latest GDP figures that Keith Brown is waxing lyrical about today are also load of hogwash? They are both produced by the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser.

Oh wait a minute these will be different............lol

They lost the arguments, they lost the battles and it now seems that they're losing (or have already lost) the war.

Shakethedisease

Shaka_Zulu wrote: »

Tell me if I'm wrong.

Surely if as according to the faNATics the Gers figures were a load of hogwash, then the latest GDP figures that Keith Brown is waxing lyrical about today are also load of hogwash? They are both produced by the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser.

Oh wait a minute these will be different............lol

Nae luck Shaka. A bad week all round for news for you.

So... Scotland now officially has the highest growth, the lowest unemployment and the best NHS in the UK, right?

Had to laugh at the papers, the journos, BBC, STV etc running stories and building up expectations and narratives for weeks now about Scotland and recessions. Dugdale and Davidson all prepped for an SNP bad feeding frenzy. Only to have to swallow it all and rip up the press releases.

Anyway quick greetings from Cote D'Azur ( no roaming costs for now ). Not liking the echo chamber here in this thread at the moment. Very boring.

A_Medium_Size_Jock

Am I the only one thinking "Someone's had too much sun, obviously." ? ? ?

Bill Jamieson on the figures:

GDP figures are a welcome boost but we must not read too much into them, writes Bill Jamieson.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/bill-jamieson-scotland-escaped-recession-but-can-we-trust-figures-1-4496204

The best NHS?

Care being provided to many of Scotland’s elderly and vulnerable people is “obscene and illegal”, the head of the industry group representing care providers has said.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/care-policy-failing-vulnerable-in-scotland-1-4496994

Shaka_Zulu

Shakethedisease wrote: »

Not liking the echo chamber here in this thread at the moment.

Just keeping the boot firmly on the throat of the vampire Nats, lest they attempt to rise again. Need to ensure they are totally dead before taking the pressure off.

Shaka_Zulu

How to shut down criticism of Scottish independence in four easy steps


Step One: Businessman criticises independence.
In this case, Les Montgomery, chief executive of the Highland Spring mineral water brand. On Sunday, he told PA: ‘Businesses are fed up. The Scottish Government should be getting on with the job they are there to do. Focusing on employment, investment, those kinds of things. Independence isn’t the job that the Scottish Government is supposed to be doing.’

Step Two: Scottish Government calls businessman.
After being told of Montgomery’s remarks, SNP economy minister Keith Brown instructed officials to contact Highland Spring to see if they would like to ‘discuss them further’. Highland Spring confirmed that it was approached by the Scottish Government but wouldn’t say if discussions involved ministers or just civil servants.

Step Three: Businessman withdraws criticism of independence.
On Tuesday, Highland Spring issued an Orwellian apology in which it claimed Montgomery, who explicitly talked about independence in his original interview, ‘did not mention indyref2’. And he hadn’t, in much the same way that you might denounce Theresa May’s ‘plan for EU withdrawal’ then point out you never actually used the word ‘Brexit’.

Step Four: Businessman swears Step Two had nothing to do with Step Three.
As questions began to surface about ministers’ role in Highland Spring’s decision to bottle it, Montgomery put out a second apology — this one apologising to anyone who misunderstood the first apology: ‘Our explanation to those who may have taken personal offence at recent comments was made independently to address any concerns raised, and categorically not as the result of any influence from, or conversations with, the Scottish Government with whom we have an open, positive and collaborative relationship.’ The only thing missing was a Polaroid of a dishevelled Montgomery holding up that morning’s edition of the New York Times.

An interesting article on Nat bullying of any business that does not tow the party line.

Shaka_Zulu

One bright spot is Justin Trudeau thinks Niocola is fanny too.