Neale Hanvey MP is to be applauded for saying “No independence supporter should have been pleased to see the East Kilbride West by-election result”. It is truth of kind we lamentably seldom hear from politicians. Unfortunately, this high-point in his commentary does not survive well sandwiched as it is between folly and nonsense.
The folly is yet another plea for unity with nothing offered…
The only reason "independence negotiations" would be on the cards is if the de facto referendum were not a referendum for independence but a referendum for a Section 30 request. Because that is the only possible reason or basis for those negotiations.
The estimable Angus Brendan MacNeil MP famously stated that the SNP leadership (The Clique) is “clueless” when it comes to a process by which Scotland’s independence might be restored. This can hardly be disputed. If they had a clue, surely they would have given us a hint. All that we know of their ‘strategy for independence’ is that it begins and ends with a Section 30 request. A Section 30…
Power is not given. Power is only taken. By asking for this power, Neale Hanvey implies acceptance of the British state's 'right' to withhold it. When you ask someone to say yes, you acknowledge their right to say no.
Neale Hanvey’s Scotland (Self-Determination) Private Members’ Bill is fundamentally flawed in a number of ways. It is flawed that it concedes to the British parliament the authority to veto the right of self-determination that is wholly vested in the sovereign people of Scotland. He is asking that the British political elite graciously grant the Scottish Parliament the legislative competence to…
As individuals, voters may look at specifics and be pleased and supportive or angry and opposed. The electorate, however, goes by general impressions. Its choices are based on a blurry overview.
Panicked by the polls, the SNP is frantically swatting at British Labour hoping to inflict enough damage to turn things around. They have a point, of course. British Labour is just as dishonest and hypocritical as the SNP claims. But British Labour bad does not in any way imply SNP good. Although this is how the SNP hopes it will be perceived. I can’t see it working.
Think about it! Think of all…