Tag: SNP

Oh, to be stupid!

~ Peter A Bell ~ 13 Comments

Sometimes I envy the fantasists I so often criticise. I occasionally wish I could enjoy the Panglossian perspective of the Sturgeon/SNP loyalists who see the protracted dithering and supine inaction of the SNP/Scottish Government in the face of an accelerating British Nationalist onslaught as part of Nicola's Great Secret Plan to "win" Scotland's independence. I … Continue reading Oh, to be stupid!

What’s the point?

~ Peter A Bell ~ 11 Comments

Alex Salmond is correct, of course. Having, to date, done absolutely nothing to progress Scotland's cause for the entirety of her incumbency as First Minister and SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon would be hard-pressed to have everything in place for a referendum in September(?) 2023. If the intention is to prepare an updated version of Scotland's … Continue reading What’s the point?

Concrete crumbles

~ Peter A Bell ~ 5 Comments

The following was intended to be a comment on James Kelly's Scot Goes Pop article suggesting ways to achieve/restore unity in the Yes movement. It probably wouldn't get past the censor-monkeys so I had intended to copy it here anyway. But it transpires that I can't even post it because there's a daft character limit. … Continue reading Concrete crumbles

Multiple failures of leadership

~ Peter A Bell ~ 26 Comments

I didn't hear Ian Blackford's address to the crowd gathered on Glasgow Green at the end of the Yes march in Glasgow on Saturday (9 October) and I have been unable to find a full transcript of his speech. It might be more accurate to say that I couldn't hear Mr Blackford's address. My hearing … Continue reading Multiple failures of leadership

A challenge to all SNP/Sturgeon loyalists

~ Peter A Bell ~ 15 Comments

If you wish to maintain that the SNP/Scottish Government has made progress towards restoring Scotland's independence then share with us the evidence and/or reasoned arguments which have persuaded you of this. Please use the comments section for responses. If for want of the ability to formulate a meaningful response to the first challenge, you wish … Continue reading A challenge to all SNP/Sturgeon loyalists

A British Nationalist speaks the truth!

~ Peter A Bell ~ 6 Comments

Linger a while over the title of this article. You will surely never have seen its like before. You are unlikely ever to see it again, and certainly not outside the confines of the British media. For the most part, such a statement would be regarded as a contradiction in terms. Few combinations of terms … Continue reading A British Nationalist speaks the truth!

The rosy view – with added glitter!

~ Peter A Bell ~ 7 Comments

I take it that headline was intended to be ironic. The only complacency I see here is coming from Richard Walker. And it's coming in huge, all-engulfing, sense-swamping, reality-defying, panglossian waves. As I read Richard's column I found myself trying to figure out whether it reveals his own personal take on the situation; or whether … Continue reading The rosy view – with added glitter!

Don’t read this! Read that!

~ Peter A Bell ~ 6 Comments

No great political sophistication is required to intuit that when a politician says we should be looking at this thing it's because they don't want us looking at that thing. Everybody knows that when a politician insists on answering what they refer to as the 'real' question rather than the question they've been asked it's … Continue reading Don’t read this! Read that!