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ronmcd · **#13161** by **ronmcd** » Aug 28, 2017 7:12 am

OlivierK wrote:It's almost as if he's unaware of devolution. Very odd indeed.

At least it was seemingly just ignorant this time, rather than outright lies as some of his previous comments about Scotland have been.

Still, he's pulling in the big crowds on his North Britain tour, no doubt:

https://wingsoverscotland.com/storming-the-nation/

Scot Dutchy · **#13162** by **Scot Dutchy** » Aug 28, 2017 7:30 am

Great bigly crowds? Well Leith Links on a Sunday Morning is only for dog walkers.
In the past that was where the Orange men met for the marching season when they marched up Leith Walk.

ronmcd · **#13163** by **ronmcd** » Aug 28, 2017 9:31 am

Doh!

https://twitter.com/sparkyhamill/status ... 6917867521

Byron · **#13164** by **Byron** » Aug 28, 2017 10:00 am

Not to worry, always another u-turn.

Whatever Corbyn thinks, realpolitik's gonna deliver up a hard choice between the EEA for Scotland in some form (whether UK-wide or a special status), or Indyref2. Even if the SNP leadership wanted to backtrack, if they fold after planting their flag on this hill, they'll be replaced by the members, so they've gotta follow through.

Faced with that choice, Corbyn will, judging by his climbdowns on Trident and now the EEA, do what's necessary to keep Scotland in the union.

ronmcd · **#13165** by **ronmcd** » Aug 28, 2017 11:37 pm

What Corbyn actually said is worse than the report I read, amazingly.

https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/ ... 8495597570

I ... I don't understand.

ronmcd · **#13166** by **ronmcd** » Aug 28, 2017 11:38 pm

Is ... is Corbyn ... is he an actual idiot?

OlivierK · **#13167** by **OlivierK** » Aug 29, 2017 2:04 am

The statement above is certainly very odd - a spewing of campaign phrases without any care for whether they're coherent. It certainly doesn't inspire confidence that he has the slightest idea what devolution means.

ronmcd · **#13168** by **ronmcd** » Aug 29, 2017 7:49 am

I hope everyone in UK is enjoying the gushing from the media, BBC, SKY, ITV, about the new British engineering feat that is the new Queensferry Crossing over the Forth.

Brown claiming that #queensferrycrossing is "a British project".

UK gov tried to stop it. It was funded entirely by Scot Gov.

https://twitter.com/RogueCoder250/statu ... 7066569728

Think about that.

The BBC even have Gordon Brown doing a documentary about it! Makes sense. Surely he supported the bridge, politically and financially, as his party must have?

Wait. His govt went as far as blocking the funding.

SKY:

The amount of steel cable used on this new bridge can almost stretch around the equator - take a look at the British engineering triumph

twitter:

I see that Salmonds vanity project has now become a British engineering triumph.

And don't even mention Labour's claims last year that it was SNPs fault the old bridge had a crack in it, the party which claimed a new one wasn't needed, and was a vanity project. Now it's a British engineering feat.

Fucksake.

ronmcd · **#13169** by **ronmcd** » Aug 29, 2017 8:30 am

The largest free-standing brass neck in the world.

https://twitter.com/RogueCoder250/statu ... 5464516609

Scot Dutchy · **#13170** by **Scot Dutchy** » Aug 29, 2017 9:46 am

ronmcd wrote:Is ... is Corbyn ... is he an actual idiot?

Been saying that for years. :whistle:

ronmcd · **#13171** by **ronmcd** » Aug 29, 2017 10:35 am

That's Gordon Brown, who's govt refused to allow funding, his party claimed it was a Salmond vanity project, and now it's a great British success story, narrated by the clunking fist himself. Astonishing.

Tracer Tong · **#13172** by **Tracer Tong** » Aug 29, 2017 11:42 am

Probably not the most well-rounded perspective, all things considered.

ronmcd · **#13173** by **ronmcd** » Aug 29, 2017 10:04 pm

Kezia Dugdale resigns as Scottish Labour leader, with immediate effect.

I guess there's only so many times she could shake the hand of the Labour leader she didn't want, at events where he displayed his utter ignorance of the country he was visiting.

ronmcd · **#13174** by **ronmcd** » Aug 29, 2017 10:05 pm

A senior Scottish Labour source tells me Kezia Dugdale was "hounded out by JC's mob".

https://twitter.com/JamieRoss7/status/9 ... 8440524800

To be fair, I'm not sure Neil Findlay qualifies as a mob.

ronmcd · **#13175** by **ronmcd** » Aug 29, 2017 10:15 pm

https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/stat ... 8291239946

We may be opponents, but @kezdugdale led her party with guts and determination and I admired her for that. I wish her well for the future.

ronmcd · **#13176** by **ronmcd** » Aug 29, 2017 10:35 pm

seriously, though - what a petty, spiteful last act quitting hours before the new bridge opens is.

https://twitter.com/WingsScotland/statu ... 8280607756

Byron · **#13177** by **Byron** » Aug 29, 2017 10:50 pm

ronmcd wrote:Kezia Dugdale resigns as Scottish Labour leader, with immediate effect.

I guess there's only so many times she could shake the hand of the Labour leader she didn't want, at events where he displayed his utter ignorance of the country he was visiting.

Ignorance would be charitable. There's no way he wasn't briefed on the basics, and it stretches credulity that he honestly didn't know that Scotland has a separate legal system. Affected ignorance to mask his centralizing instincts, however ...

As for Calamity Kez, good luck, though it's only upwards from here. Whatever else she does now, she couldn't do it any worse.

Scot Dutchy · **#13178** by **Scot Dutchy** » Aug 30, 2017 6:51 am

Corbyn does not surprise me one bit any more and capable of almost anything. He is floundering almost everywhere.

OlivierK · **#13179** by **OlivierK** » Aug 30, 2017 9:59 am

Except in the polls.

Scot Dutchy · **#13180** by **Scot Dutchy** » Aug 30, 2017 10:04 am

What polls. The GE? Please.

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