Wee Willie Krankie is issuing threats.
Nicola Sturgeon has given Theresa May a two-month deadline to compromise over Brexit – hinting she will call a second independence vote otherwise.
There’s a fairly simple answer to blackmail attempts – for that is what this is – and that is; “go ahead, do it.” Oh, and while you are at it, if you are planning to overturn the act of union, then let we English have a vote. You can be sure then that Scottish independence will be in the bag.
Ms Sturgeon said she had seen no evidence that her proposals – including for Scotland to stay in the EU single market – were being taken seriously.
Well, why should they? it’s stupid proposal. The UK as a whole is leaving. Any negotiations will take place for the UK as a whole. And an independent Scotland, should such a thing come to pass, will not be a part of the EU and will not be part of the single market. And if she thinks that entry in their own right is a goer, then she is reckoning without Spain, for they will not be happy about setting a precedent that will effectively give the go-ahead for their Catalan province to do a Scotland. Yeah, I can see that happening. Krankie is deluding herself.
However, it would be an enormous gamble by the SNP leader, given that recent polls have suggested declining support in Scotland for breaking up the UK.
Like I said, give us a vote. I, for one, will be happy to no longer have to listen to this dreadful woman whining and complaining.
There is the small matter that she has no power to call a referendum and no money with which to hold one.
Didn’t she read about the recent ‘Miller’ ruling by the Supreme Court that told her to get back in her box?
It’ll take more than that to put her back in her box.
Are we talking garlic necklaces, crucifixes and stakes?
Oooh… that’s good…!
Just ignore the [woof woof].
A Loganair check-in girl in the wrong job, well out of her depth.
Jesus, Sturgeon has to have the worst negotiation hand ever. Do as I say or I’ll call another referendum, one I’m guaranteed to lose? And one that if by some miracle I do win I get to be the Head of State of a bankrupt country that would have to impose cuts in spending that would make even a baby eating Tory b*stard wince?
Theresa May might take, oooh a nanosecond to reply Go on then you stupid Scottish cow, have your referendum, either way you’re screwed.
If the whining faced Scots want another referendum about breaking up the Union then as it will affect every country in the Union, the English and the rest should be given a say in the matter.
I know that if this WAS the case, then the English would vote overwhelmingly to boot the sour faced lot out.
Before she calls the referendum, she might want to contemplate some facts. From memory, four out of five jobs in the Renfrew/Paisley area are reliant on central government (such as Tax offices etc.). Those jobs could, and indeed SHOULD be repatriated to England (you don’t want a foreign country to handle your financial affairs, eh?) along with the Faslane base – Milford Haven in Wales is a suitable candidate for that and in the meantime, Barrow in Furness could temporarily house the submarines – they built them in the first place. I’m sure that the Welsh would welcome the injection of jobs and cash into their economy.
Now, all we need to do is divvy up the portion of the national debt based on population and dump their share on Scotland and let the haggis munchers stew in their own juice.
As Mama Cass Eliott sang, “I can dream, can’t I?”
Government (mostly local government and the NHS) accounts for 21% of employment in Scotland – 526,000 people; and around 15% of employment in London and the South-east – that’s 676,000 in London alone. Scotland is 50 times the area of London, with around 62% of the population.
And remember that the No vote won by a bigger margin than Leave*.
*Even though I’m in NZ at the moment, I made sure I did my bit. Both times.
JimS is quite correct. She can huff and puff all year long, but the decision to hold a referendum does not lie with her. As is usual with her it’s all bluster and bollocks.
If she really wanted independence then she should insist the English vote on it. They’d be independent in a jiffy; and they’d have the English to thank for it (and that’s probably why the won’t ask us)