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Regular PBers will know that at this stage before a general election I take much more notice of leadership ratings than voting intention polls. With the former those sampled are asked for simply an opinion whereas with voting questions they are asked to predict what they might or might not do in 3/4 years time when they could not even turn out. When tested in real elections such as 1992 and 2015 the leader ratings have got the outcome right while the voting polls have been wrong.
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Bozo despised in Scotland. Coleslaw is his fall guy.0
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Every second counts0
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Oh no, how ever will Boris manage with only the 98.4% of his seats that come from outside Scotland? Truly an irrecoverable disaster, and Starmer nailed on, or something...2
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I'm susprised they managed to find 17 people 'very unfavourable' to Starmer. It's like being 'very unfavourable' toward a tepid cup of tea. What on earth can you find to be so annoyed about?1
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Pilots Union Balpa: BA pilots have voted to accept a package of job losses and pay cuts aimed at avoiding more redundancies
Big fail for McCluskey and Starmer who backed the Unite union in proposing strike action1 -
After that gawdawful hijacking of Mike's site a day or two ago by some sort of digital bank I haven't been able to sign into the usual site. If this be true for everybody, then it can't help attract new punters (pronounced p-u-n-t-e-r). It's happened before and was mended eventually.0
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It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.0 -
All in good time.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
Boris needs to conclude brexit then call it a day0 -
FTFY.SandyRentool said:Bozo despised in Scotland.
Coleslaw is his fall guy.Bear shits in woods.0 -
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
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fox327 said:
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
I think that answers your point @fox327, and not in a good way.BluestBlue said:Oh no, how ever will Boris manage with only the 98.4% of his seats that come from outside Scotland? Truly an irrecoverable disaster, and Starmer nailed on, or something...
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If they find an even halfway effective vaccine then they are going to want to jab the whole country with it. If it has significant deleterious side-effects then that could turn out to do more damage than Covid. The approval process can, therefore, only be hurried along by so much.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
It's arguable that the Union is beyond saving, or at the very least that it might be salvageable but neither the Tories nor Labour are willing to try, for their own selfish reasons. No number of leadership changes is liable to deal with that.0 -
Please don't fall for the weak pish that Carlaw was forced out by Downing Street.SandyRentool said:Bozo despised in Scotland. Coleslaw is his fall guy.
The senior SCons had their preferred replacement lined up and ready to go the nano second Carlaw announced he was. Some even mentioned Ross in their "so sad to see Carlaw go" statements so eager were they to get on with the defenestration.0 -
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Listen to Newscast episode this week, "Inside AstraZeneka". Not true to say traditional slow regimes are being adhered to. They are busting a gut on this.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
Aim is for a vaccine with at least one year`s effectiveness. UK gov has already placed order.1 -
That's a hopeless proposition. Any kind of Tory/Labour pact (which isn't going to happen in any event) will simply result in Labour being denounced as Tories by the SNP and half of Labour's vote believing them and defecting.geoffw said:
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
If the opposition to the SNP consists entirely of Tories then they'll keep winning 60% or more of the popular vote every time an election is held.0 -
VISIT RUTLAND AND DO THE OBVIOUSTheuniondivvie said:0 -
A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.0
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Like others, I am finding the site almost inaccessible.3
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Labour Unionists tying themselves to Bozo will be tainted by the association. Nailed on for Indy Scotland if they do.geoffw said:
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.0 -
Is there any particular reason Boris is so disliked in Scotland? Is he just too English?0
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It works where I'm sitting. Con and LibDem unionists support the Labour candidate against the SNP threat. Elsewhere there could be unionist pacts in favour of other parties.Black_Rook said:
That's a hopeless proposition. Any kind of Tory/Labour pact (which isn't going to happen in any event) will simply result in Labour being denounced as Tories by the SNP and half of Labour's vote believing them and defecting.geoffw said:
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
If the opposition to the SNP consists entirely of Tories then they'll keep winning 60% or more of the popular vote every time an election is held.0 -
https://twitter.com/ottocrat/status/1289273421306580992Foxy said:Labour Unionists tying themselves to Bozo will be tainted by the association. Nailed on for Indy Scotland if they do.
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By hook or by crook, Carlaw had to go.Alistair said:
Please don't fall for the weak pish that Carlaw was forced out by Downing Street.SandyRentool said:Bozo despised in Scotland. Coleslaw is his fall guy.
The senior SCons had their preferred replacement lined up and ready to go the nano second Carlaw announced he was. Some even mentioned Ross in their "so sad to see Carlaw go" statements so eager were they to get on with the defenestration.
It was obvious he was a massive drag on SCon popularity.
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3.000 new cases in Spain. Ouch-ola0
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When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
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Laying the groundwork for a Scottish Tory Surge. Can't do that if you are already ahead, can you?Theuniondivvie said:
By hook or by crook, Carlaw had to go.Alistair said:
Please don't fall for the weak pish that Carlaw was forced out by Downing Street.SandyRentool said:Bozo despised in Scotland. Coleslaw is his fall guy.
The senior SCons had their preferred replacement lined up and ready to go the nano second Carlaw announced he was. Some even mentioned Ross in their "so sad to see Carlaw go" statements so eager were they to get on with the defenestration.
It was obvious he was a massive drag on SCon popularity.
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You think everyone in the rest of the UK is against Scottish independence?Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
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They’re a generally more discriminating people?dodrade said:Is there any particular reason Boris is so disliked in Scotland? Is he just too English?
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What about launching a few backfires:Black_Rook said:
That's a hopeless proposition. Any kind of Tory/Labour pact (which isn't going to happen in any event) will simply result in Labour being denounced as Tories by the SNP and half of Labour's vote believing them and defecting.geoffw said:
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
If the opposition to the SNP consists entirely of Tories then they'll keep winning 60% or more of the popular vote every time an election is held.
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> Shetland Home Rule Party
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Done that in 2014. Nobody believed these astroturf efforts.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
What about launching a few backfires:Black_Rook said:
That's a hopeless proposition. Any kind of Tory/Labour pact (which isn't going to happen in any event) will simply result in Labour being denounced as Tories by the SNP and half of Labour's vote believing them and defecting.geoffw said:
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
If the opposition to the SNP consists entirely of Tories then they'll keep winning 60% or more of the popular vote every time an election is held.
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> Shetland Home Rule Party
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The Gaels of Change?SeaShantyIrish2 said:
What about launching a few backfires:Black_Rook said:
That's a hopeless proposition. Any kind of Tory/Labour pact (which isn't going to happen in any event) will simply result in Labour being denounced as Tories by the SNP and half of Labour's vote believing them and defecting.geoffw said:
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
If the opposition to the SNP consists entirely of Tories then they'll keep winning 60% or more of the popular vote every time an election is held.
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If you mean Britnats and Brexiters, yes. Certainly in my experience. Two old gents with politics fixed before Suez denounced Mr Johnson as an utter clown and couldn't thole the idea that he was now PM.geoffw said:
He's disliked by the Nats.dodrade said:Is there any particular reason Boris is so disliked in Scotland? Is he just too English?
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So? Basically you are focussed on constitutional politics to the expense of all else.geoffw said:
It works where I'm sitting. Con and LibDem unionists support the Labour candidate against the SNP threat. Elsewhere there could be unionist pacts in favour of other parties.Black_Rook said:
That's a hopeless proposition. Any kind of Tory/Labour pact (which isn't going to happen in any event) will simply result in Labour being denounced as Tories by the SNP and half of Labour's vote believing them and defecting.geoffw said:
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
If the opposition to the SNP consists entirely of Tories then they'll keep winning 60% or more of the popular vote every time an election is held.
Which is what the Unionists are doiung all the time.
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With respect, I think that's the worst thing the Tories and Labour can do. The best thing they can do is remain different, opposed, and tackle the SNP from two sides. No point in being Malc's 'two cheeks of the same arse'.geoffw said:
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.0 -
Gibberish.Carnyx said:
If you mean Britnats and Brexiters, yes. Certainly in my experience. Two old gents with politics fixed before Suez denounced Mr Johnson as an utter clown and couldn't thole the idea that he was now PM.geoffw said:
He's disliked by the Nats.dodrade said:Is there any particular reason Boris is so disliked in Scotland? Is he just too English?
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Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
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I can't understand it either - even the most right wing and Brexiter types can't cope with the idea of him as PM. Including folk whom one would expect to knuckle their brows to a laird, however Anglicified at Eton. .dodrade said:Is there any particular reason Boris is so disliked in Scotland? Is he just too English?
Maybe the problem is with the English voters ...0 -
Land?SeaShantyIrish2 said:
VISIT RUTLAND AND DO THE OBVIOUSTheuniondivvie said:0 -
The new Scon leader will have their work cut out for them.
Yes, it doesn't seem realistic to literally combine, but I hope that their unionism is strong enough that they accept the necessity of working togetherwhen facing the nationalists. More that unites than divides.Luckyguy1983 said:
With respect, I think that's the worst thing the Tories and Labour can do. The best thing they can do is remain different, opposed, and tackle the SNP from two sides. No point in being Malc's 'two cheeks of the same arse'.geoffw said:
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.0 -
Labour never recovered from joining with the Tories in 2014. Though Ms Dugdale and Mr Murray did advocate voting Tory in 2017 to keep the SNP out. Fat lot of good it did the Labour Party, whethjer in Scotland or the UK.Luckyguy1983 said:
With respect, I think that's the worst thing the Tories and Labour can do. The best thing they can do is remain different, opposed, and tackle the SNP from two sides. No point in being Malc's 'two cheeks of the same arse'.geoffw said:
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.0 -
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I've been telling the Southron here for years to solve the West Lothian argument (Midlothian is where Gladstone gave his speeches ...). But they won't break up England to make a decent federation of the UK.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
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The potential of loss of unionist appeal and strength in Scotland is a concern even if Boris personally can indeed get by in the next few years without it.BluestBlue said:Oh no, how ever will Boris manage with only the 98.4% of his seats that come from outside Scotland? Truly an irrecoverable disaster, and Starmer nailed on, or something...
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Trial protocols are there for a reason. Thalidomide is what happens when you don’t have proper testing*fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
The government has been very proactive in their strategy - providing funding, accelerating from phase 1/2 to phase 2b/3 immediately, securing supply agreements and purchasing their own vaccine manufacturing strategy. Kate Bingham deserves a lot of praise and, I hope, a peerage in due course
The government has made a lot of mistakes and deserves criticism. Their vaccine strategy is an area they should be praised
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I am telling you: two key prime target voters, in Scotland, for the Tories and Brexit could not cope with the idea that he was now Prime Minister of the UK.geoffw said:
Gibberish.Carnyx said:
If you mean Britnats and Brexiters, yes. Certainly in my experience. Two old gents with politics fixed before Suez denounced Mr Johnson as an utter clown and couldn't thole the idea that he was now PM.geoffw said:
He's disliked by the Nats.dodrade said:Is there any particular reason Boris is so disliked in Scotland? Is he just too English?
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Didn't know HYUFD was that influential. Will you call off this indy lark if we deliver him, hog-tied, to an agreed location? I feel it's what he would want.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
Either you regard Scottish MPs as MPs, or you don't, in which case the Union is a lie and a phantasy.
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A solution that carves up England like that is not a solution. It may well be it is not solvable, but if you change so something so radically in order to save it you can lose part of what you were attempting to save in the first place.Carnyx said:
I've been telling the Southron here for years to solve the West Lothian argument (Midlothian is where Gladstone gave his speeches ...). But they won't break up England to make a decent federation of the UK.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
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Probably too late, but it may have been the only option if it had happened from the start of this particular phase of the UK.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
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More representative than influential, perhaps. But a canary in the mine.Luckyguy1983 said:
Didn't know HYUFD was that influential. Will you call off this indy lark if we deliver him, hog-tied, to an agreed location? I feel it's what he would want.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
Either you regard Scottish MPs as MPs, or you don't, in which case the Union is a lie and a phantasy.
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I'm not saying they trim their policies but that they accept that only one of them stand as the unionist candidate in their constituency. In South Edinburgh this has happened in a self-organised manner without central direction. Elsewhere there could be more or less explicit alliances.Luckyguy1983 said:
With respect, I think that's the worst thing the Tories and Labour can do. The best thing they can do is remain different, opposed, and tackle the SNP from two sides. No point in being Malc's 'two cheeks of the same arse'.geoffw said:
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
Perhaps it's a pipe dream.
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Of course it is - I'm just responding to the absurd spin in the header that the loss of 6 seats - even if they were all lost, which i doubt - would be a 'matter of real concern'. Besides, if Starmer's all that, then he should be able to contribute to the effort to return some SNP seats to the Unionist side by winning them for his party.kle4 said:
The potential of loss of unionist appeal and strength in Scotland is a concern even if Boris personally can indeed get by in the next few years without it.BluestBlue said:Oh no, how ever will Boris manage with only the 98.4% of his seats that come from outside Scotland? Truly an irrecoverable disaster, and Starmer nailed on, or something...
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Quite so, re return to A/S Heptarchy.kle4 said:
A solution that carves up England like that is not a solution. It may well be it is not solvable, but if you change so something so radically in order to save it you can lose part of what you were attempting to save in the first place.Carnyx said:
I've been telling the Southron here for years to solve the West Lothian argument (Midlothian is where Gladstone gave his speeches ...). But they won't break up England to make a decent federation of the UK.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
Either you regard Scottish MPs as MPs, or you don't, in which case the Union is a lie and a phantasy.0 -
I think there's still a risk in doing it too obviously. Allocation of funding and human resource sort of does that anyway.geoffw said:
I'm not saying they trim their policies but that they accept that only one of them stand as the unionist candidate in their constituency. In South Edinburgh this has happened in a self-organised manner without central direction. Elsewhere there could be more or less explicit alliances.Luckyguy1983 said:
With respect, I think that's the worst thing the Tories and Labour can do. The best thing they can do is remain different, opposed, and tackle the SNP from two sides. No point in being Malc's 'two cheeks of the same arse'.geoffw said:
Unionists of the left and the right should drop their mutual antipathy and combine to see off the Nats.fox327 said:It looks to me possible that a second wave of the virus is coming, but it will probably peak like the first wave did. Social distancing has failed to prevent a second wave, and it will go on failing, then succeeding for a bit, before failing again.
There is only one thing that can stop this, a vaccine. Only the government can approve a vaccine - not the public. Why is it taking so long to progress a vaccine? There are several good candidates, but there is an insistence on following the traditional slow testing regimes that were not designed for the crisis we are in, which calls for the fastest possible response. The government has to move soon on this, or it is likely to lose control of events later in the year.
OT. If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
Perhaps it's a pipe dream.0 -
I really appreciate HYUFD's contribution here, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him representative. If anything, he's a one-off.Carnyx said:
More representative than influential, perhaps. But a canary in the mine.Luckyguy1983 said:
Didn't know HYUFD was that influential. Will you call off this indy lark if we deliver him, hog-tied, to an agreed location? I feel it's what he would want.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
Either you regard Scottish MPs as MPs, or you don't, in which case the Union is a lie and a phantasy.2 -
Stand corrected as to which Lothian is which. And what's East Lothian? Chopped haggis?Carnyx said:
I've been telling the Southron here for years to solve the West Lothian argument (Midlothian is where Gladstone gave his speeches ...). But they won't break up England to make a decent federation of the UK.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
Either you regard Scottish MPs as MPs, or you don't, in which case the Union is a lie and a phantasy.0 -
England doesn't need to be broken up into a collection of artificial cantons for any reason, least of all in an effort to satisfy Scotland that will most likely fail anyway.Carnyx said:
I've been telling the Southron here for years to solve the West Lothian argument (Midlothian is where Gladstone gave his speeches ...). But they won't break up England to make a decent federation of the UK.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
Either you regard Scottish MPs as MPs, or you don't, in which case the Union is a lie and a phantasy.
In principle there's no reason why a federal system comprising four states, in which one of them just happens to be much larger than the other three, cannot work. In practice, excuses are invented because it doesn't suit the two major parties at Westminster to split up the big train set. Therefore, the unresolved tensions within the structure of the United Kingdom will continue to build until it collapses.1 -
Nah, golf courses, seaside resorts and high farming with a postindustrial fringe on the [edit] west. If there was a county dish it'd be haddock and chips (albeit the fish is now landed just outwith the county at Eyemouth).SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Stand corrected as to which Lothian is which. And what's East Lothian? Chopped haggis?Carnyx said:
I've been telling the Southron here for years to solve the West Lothian argument (Midlothian is where Gladstone gave his speeches ...). But they won't break up England to make a decent federation of the UK.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
Either you regard Scottish MPs as MPs, or you don't, in which case the Union is a lie and a phantasy.0 -
I think the cause of Unionism would be advanced somewhat by separate Scottish Unionist parties like NI's UUP and DUP. I've thought for some time that what a lot of Scottish voters want is for Scotland to be fiercely defended within the Union, not necessarily to be cut adrift from it.0
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The unpopularity of Boris in the North kind of solves itself. He is certain to refuse a new referendum, if he is likely to lose it. That is all. The SNP can rage and puff, but it matters nought. If the Tories think they will lose indyref2, well, then, they have nothing to lose by saying No (and by deliberately not losing from the off, as it were)Carnyx said:
I've been telling the Southron here for years to solve the West Lothian argument (Midlothian is where Gladstone gave his speeches ...). But they won't break up England to make a decent federation of the UK.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
Either you regard Scottish MPs as MPs, or you don't, in which case the Union is a lie and a phantasy.
There won't be a referendum until 2024. The Tories will tempt the Nats to do a suicidal UDI (I don't think Sturgeon is that stupid, other Nats may be).
So the next indyref will be in the latter half of the 2020s, under probable PM Kier Starmer. Justifiably a generation after the latter, but with much water and Brexit under the bridge. Hard to call.1 -
Years ago went though East Lothian on train from York to Edinburgh, was a sunny day and a wonderful view, would definitely like to check it out closer to the ground.Carnyx said:
Nah, golf courses, seaside resorts and high farming with a postindustrial fringe on the [edit] west. If there was a county dish it'd be haddock and chips (albeit the fish is now landed just outwith the county at Eyemouth).SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Stand corrected as to which Lothian is which. And what's East Lothian? Chopped haggis?Carnyx said:
I've been telling the Southron here for years to solve the West Lothian argument (Midlothian is where Gladstone gave his speeches ...). But they won't break up England to make a decent federation of the UK.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
Either you regard Scottish MPs as MPs, or you don't, in which case the Union is a lie and a phantasy.0 -
Boris seems to have the same effect on his detractors Homer Simpson had on Frank Grimes, as if his general levity is somehow a personal affront.Carnyx said:
I can't understand it either - even the most right wing and Brexiter types can't cope with the idea of him as PM. Including folk whom one would expect to knuckle their brows to a laird, however Anglicified at Eton. .dodrade said:Is there any particular reason Boris is so disliked in Scotland? Is he just too English?
Maybe the problem is with the English voters ...
He has a considerable working class following though in England and Wales that isn't replicated in Scotland. Do they simply prefer dour personalities?1 -
The Tories in Scotland - the UNionist Party - historically declined from the moment they joined with the Conservatives in England in the mid-1950s. .Luckyguy1983 said:I think the cause of Unionism would be advanced somewhat by separate Scottish Unionist parties like NI's UUP and DUP. I've thought for some time that what a lot of Scottish voters want is for Scotland to be fiercely defended within the Union, not necessarily to be cut adrift from it.
B ut there may be other reasons ...0 -
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Oh, that does give an excellent impression.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Years ago went though East Lothian on train from York to Edinburgh, was a sunny day and a wonderful view, would definitely like to check it out closer to the ground.Carnyx said:
Nah, golf courses, seaside resorts and high farming with a postindustrial fringe on the [edit] west. If there was a county dish it'd be haddock and chips (albeit the fish is now landed just outwith the county at Eyemouth).SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Stand corrected as to which Lothian is which. And what's East Lothian? Chopped haggis?Carnyx said:
I've been telling the Southron here for years to solve the West Lothian argument (Midlothian is where Gladstone gave his speeches ...). But they won't break up England to make a decent federation of the UK.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
Either you regard Scottish MPs as MPs, or you don't, in which case the Union is a lie and a phantasy.0 -
Describing Yorkshire as an 'Artificial Canton' wouldn't go down too well round these parts!Black_Rook said:
England doesn't need to be broken up into a collection of artificial cantons for any reason, least of all in an effort to satisfy Scotland that will most likely fail anyway.Carnyx said:
I've been telling the Southron here for years to solve the West Lothian argument (Midlothian is where Gladstone gave his speeches ...). But they won't break up England to make a decent federation of the UK.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
Either you regard Scottish MPs as MPs, or you don't, in which case the Union is a lie and a phantasy.
In principle there's no reason why a federal system comprising four states, in which one of them just happens to be much larger than the other three, cannot work. In practice, excuses are invented because it doesn't suit the two major parties at Westminster to split up the big train set. Therefore, the unresolved tensions within the structure of the United Kingdom will continue to build until it collapses.0 -
BoJo simply doesn't make the comedic bar compared with Edinburgh Fringe Festival (the one NOT held at Holyrood).dodrade said:
Boris seems to have the same effect on his detractors Homer Simpson had on Frank Grimes, as if his levity is somehow a personal affront.Carnyx said:
I can't understand it either - even the most right wing and Brexiter types can't cope with the idea of him as PM. Including folk whom one would expect to knuckle their brows to a laird, however Anglicified at Eton. .dodrade said:Is there any particular reason Boris is so disliked in Scotland? Is he just too English?
Maybe the problem is with the English voters ...
He has a considerable working class following though in England and Wales that isn't replicated in Scotland. Do they simply prefer dour personalities?0 -
THere may be a bit of that - I don't think that English commentators can quite understand how Mr Brown ex-PM and Ms Sturgeon come over better in Scotland than they can imagine. But it's clear there is something toxic in the Johnsonian pudding mix.dodrade said:
Boris seems to have the same effect on his detractors Homer Simpson had on Frank Grimes, as if his levity is somehow a personal affront.Carnyx said:
I can't understand it either - even the most right wing and Brexiter types can't cope with the idea of him as PM. Including folk whom one would expect to knuckle their brows to a laird, however Anglicified at Eton. .dodrade said:Is there any particular reason Boris is so disliked in Scotland? Is he just too English?
Maybe the problem is with the English voters ...
He has a considerable working class following though in England and Wales that isn't replicated in Scotland. Do they simply prefer dour personalities?0 -
Something the current Tory leadership appears at least somewhat to be getting. They haven't sent Douglas Ross to Coventry for defying Doris (my portmanteau word for Dom and Boris).Carnyx said:
The Tories in Scotland - the UNionist Party - historically declined from the moment they joined with the Conservatives in England in the mid-1950s. .Luckyguy1983 said:I think the cause of Unionism would be advanced somewhat by separate Scottish Unionist parties like NI's UUP and DUP. I've thought for some time that what a lot of Scottish voters want is for Scotland to be fiercely defended within the Union, not necessarily to be cut adrift from it.
B ut there may be other reasons ...1 -
It was in 1965, actually, after their decline had started.Carnyx said:
The Tories in Scotland - the UNionist Party - historically declined from the moment they joined with the Conservatives in England in the mid-1950s. .Luckyguy1983 said:I think the cause of Unionism would be advanced somewhat by separate Scottish Unionist parties like NI's UUP and DUP. I've thought for some time that what a lot of Scottish voters want is for Scotland to be fiercely defended within the Union, not necessarily to be cut adrift from it.
B ut there may be other reasons ...1 -
One thing to pretend to be a bit detached from Messrs Cumming and Johnson and quite another to formally declare indy, of course.Luckyguy1983 said:
Something the current Tory leadership appears at least somewhat to be getting. They haven't sent Douglas Ross to Coventry for defying Doris (my portmanteau word for Dom and Boris).Carnyx said:
The Tories in Scotland - the UNionist Party - historically declined from the moment they joined with the Conservatives in England in the mid-1950s. .Luckyguy1983 said:I think the cause of Unionism would be advanced somewhat by separate Scottish Unionist parties like NI's UUP and DUP. I've thought for some time that what a lot of Scottish voters want is for Scotland to be fiercely defended within the Union, not necessarily to be cut adrift from it.
B ut there may be other reasons ...
In the last leadership election (or the last but one - I can't remember if Mr Carlaw was opposed) Prof Tomkins actively espoused a split-off and got a flea in his ear, hence the election of Ms Davidson.
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Joseph R. Biden Jr. has entered the final stage of his deliberations about choosing a running mate as he prepares to talk one-on-one with the finalists next week
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Isn't support or lack thereof for EU verus Brexit the X factor that is separating Scots from English (and Welsh) voters?Carnyx said:
THere may be a bit of that - I don't think that English commentators can quite understand how Mr Brown ex-PM and Ms Sturgeon come over better in Scotland than they can imagine. But it's clear there is something toxic in the Johnsonian pudding mix.dodrade said:
Boris seems to have the same effect on his detractors Homer Simpson had on Frank Grimes, as if his levity is somehow a personal affront.Carnyx said:
I can't understand it either - even the most right wing and Brexiter types can't cope with the idea of him as PM. Including folk whom one would expect to knuckle their brows to a laird, however Anglicified at Eton. .dodrade said:Is there any particular reason Boris is so disliked in Scotland? Is he just too English?
Maybe the problem is with the English voters ...
He has a considerable working class following though in England and Wales that isn't replicated in Scotland. Do they simply prefer dour personalities?0 -
I think the words of the great Irish parliamentarian and wit Sir Boyle Roche are apt here:kle4 said:
A solution that carves up England like that is not a solution. It may well be it is not solvable, but if you change so something so radically in order to save it you can lose part of what you were attempting to save in the first place.Carnyx said:
I've been telling the Southron here for years to solve the West Lothian argument (Midlothian is where Gladstone gave his speeches ...). But they won't break up England to make a decent federation of the UK.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't trying to resolve the Midlothian Argument by means other than cutting the Gordian knot via Scottish independence one key reason for establishing English parliament(s)? A Federal United Kingdom.Carnyx said:
When we have people like HYUFD actively espousing colonial administration of Scotland, it's only to be expected that there is a reaction.Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
Either you regard Scottish MPs as MPs, or you don't, in which case the Union is a lie and a phantasy.
‘Mr Speaker we must be willing to give up not just a part, but if necessary the whole of our constitution, in order to preserve the remainder of it!’
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I'm not that kind of guy!LadyG said:Fuck me its 25C and nearly 10pm
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1965.Carnyx said:
The Tories in Scotland - the UNionist Party - historically declined from the moment they joined with the Conservatives in England in the mid-1950s. .Luckyguy1983 said:I think the cause of Unionism would be advanced somewhat by separate Scottish Unionist parties like NI's UUP and DUP. I've thought for some time that what a lot of Scottish voters want is for Scotland to be fiercely defended within the Union, not necessarily to be cut adrift from it.
B ut there may be other reasons ...
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Indeed, but whether that transfers over to views on Mr Johnson is perhaps a different matter. Could be right though I think the clown as PM isue is also imprtant.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't support or lack thereof for EU verus Brexit the X factor that is separating Scots from English (and Welsh) voters?Carnyx said:
THere may be a bit of that - I don't think that English commentators can quite understand how Mr Brown ex-PM and Ms Sturgeon come over better in Scotland than they can imagine. But it's clear there is something toxic in the Johnsonian pudding mix.dodrade said:
Boris seems to have the same effect on his detractors Homer Simpson had on Frank Grimes, as if his levity is somehow a personal affront.Carnyx said:
I can't understand it either - even the most right wing and Brexiter types can't cope with the idea of him as PM. Including folk whom one would expect to knuckle their brows to a laird, however Anglicified at Eton. .dodrade said:Is there any particular reason Boris is so disliked in Scotland? Is he just too English?
Maybe the problem is with the English voters ...
He has a considerable working class following though in England and Wales that isn't replicated in Scotland. Do they simply prefer dour personalities?0 -
Lets hope it doesn't continue for very long....LadyG said:Fuck me its 25C and nearly 10pm
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Temp in north Seattle at 1.45pm 76F which is 24C. And it's way cooler than yesterday. Temp outside my cabin door (facing south) now is 85F / 29CLadyG said:Fuck me its 25C and nearly 10pm
Few in Seattle have A/C, which I'm guessing is situation for most in UK?0 -
Karen Bass getting lot of attention in the NY Times piece on veep.0
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They don’t and they won’t.fox327 said:If the Conservatives want to save the Union, they should replace Boris.
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Got one of those upright cylindrical fans going in our living room.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Temp in north Seattle at 1.45pm 76F which is 24C. And it's way cooler than yesterday. Temp outside my cabin door (facing south) now is 85F / 29CLadyG said:Fuck me its 25C and nearly 10pm
Few in Seattle have A/C, which I'm guessing is situation for most in UK?0 -
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There is a fix. It's not complex.
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No.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Isn't support or lack thereof for EU verus Brexit the X factor that is separating Scots from English (and Welsh) voters?Carnyx said:
THere may be a bit of that - I don't think that English commentators can quite understand how Mr Brown ex-PM and Ms Sturgeon come over better in Scotland than they can imagine. But it's clear there is something toxic in the Johnsonian pudding mix.dodrade said:
Boris seems to have the same effect on his detractors Homer Simpson had on Frank Grimes, as if his levity is somehow a personal affront.Carnyx said:
I can't understand it either - even the most right wing and Brexiter types can't cope with the idea of him as PM. Including folk whom one would expect to knuckle their brows to a laird, however Anglicified at Eton. .dodrade said:Is there any particular reason Boris is so disliked in Scotland? Is he just too English?
Maybe the problem is with the English voters ...
He has a considerable working class following though in England and Wales that isn't replicated in Scotland. Do they simply prefer dour personalities?0 -
In our house this afternoon there must have been a 10degC difference between the south facing and the north facing rooms.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Temp in north Seattle at 1.45pm 76F which is 24C. And it's way cooler than yesterday. Temp outside my cabin door (facing south) now is 85F / 29CLadyG said:Fuck me its 25C and nearly 10pm
Few in Seattle have A/C, which I'm guessing is situation for most in UK?0 -
"England doesn't need to be broken up into a collection of artificial cantons for any reason, least of all in an effort to satisfy Scotland that will most likely fail anyway.
In principle there's no reason why a federal system comprising four states, in which one of them just happens to be much larger than the other three, cannot work. In practice, excuses are invented because it doesn't suit the two major parties at Westminster to split up the big train set. Therefore, the unresolved tensions within the structure of the United Kingdom will continue to build until it collapses."
In principle there is, actually: a federation in which any one part can routinely over-rule any combination of the other parts by being much bigger is never going to work as a union of equals. See "The Breakdown of Nations" by Leopold Kohr. Hence Germany and the USA are successful federations because no one state can rule the roost, and Europe is a less successful federation because Germany is so strong. But I agree with the first sentence: the UK in its present form is probably not going to persist, so it's hardly worth breaking up England to make a federation work.
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I thought it was Murdo Fraser who proposed it. It may yet happen, and would probably be a good thing.Carnyx said:
One thing to pretend to be a bit detached from Messrs Cumming and Johnson and quite another to formally declare indy, of course.Luckyguy1983 said:
Something the current Tory leadership appears at least somewhat to be getting. They haven't sent Douglas Ross to Coventry for defying Doris (my portmanteau word for Dom and Boris).Carnyx said:
The Tories in Scotland - the UNionist Party - historically declined from the moment they joined with the Conservatives in England in the mid-1950s. .Luckyguy1983 said:I think the cause of Unionism would be advanced somewhat by separate Scottish Unionist parties like NI's UUP and DUP. I've thought for some time that what a lot of Scottish voters want is for Scotland to be fiercely defended within the Union, not necessarily to be cut adrift from it.
B ut there may be other reasons ...
In the last leadership election (or the last but one - I can't remember if Mr Carlaw was opposed) Prof Tomkins actively espoused a split-off and got a flea in his ear, hence the election of Ms Davidson.0 -
It was, yes - sorry - too much Aussie red for dinner.Luckyguy1983 said:
I thought it was Murdo Fraser who proposed it. It may yet happen, and would probably be a good thing.Carnyx said:
One thing to pretend to be a bit detached from Messrs Cumming and Johnson and quite another to formally declare indy, of course.Luckyguy1983 said:
Something the current Tory leadership appears at least somewhat to be getting. They haven't sent Douglas Ross to Coventry for defying Doris (my portmanteau word for Dom and Boris).Carnyx said:
The Tories in Scotland - the UNionist Party - historically declined from the moment they joined with the Conservatives in England in the mid-1950s. .Luckyguy1983 said:I think the cause of Unionism would be advanced somewhat by separate Scottish Unionist parties like NI's UUP and DUP. I've thought for some time that what a lot of Scottish voters want is for Scotland to be fiercely defended within the Union, not necessarily to be cut adrift from it.
B ut there may be other reasons ...
In the last leadership election (or the last but one - I can't remember if Mr Carlaw was opposed) Prof Tomkins actively espoused a split-off and got a flea in his ear, hence the election of Ms Davidson.1 -
95%? Huh?Bournville said:A system where England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially held hostage by secessionists in Scotland throwing a tantrum and threatening to plunge the other nations into a horrendous, disruptive, drawn out negotiation over secession every time a PM is elected that the secessionists don't like is not sustainable - yeah, you might dampen secessionism in Scotland in the short term, but it's going to engender bitterness in the 95% of the country that doesn't support secession.
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/english-independence-polling-by-panelbase-1-67455420 -
In Maryland 29 of July's 31 days have climbed into the 90s F. As today was one of the two exceptions, that was 29/30 days in the 90s. The other day was 88.FrancisUrquhart said:
Lets hope it doesn't continue for very long....LadyG said:Fuck me its 25C and nearly 10pm
https://www.lbcnews.co.uk/uk-news/government-warned-that-police-will-need-army-support-to-fight-summer-of-serious/0 -
Plenty of us South of the Border can see through the fat fuckwit too.Carnyx said:4 -
I know, but why the quantitative difference??Foxy said:
Plenty of us South of the Border can see through the fat fuckwit too.Carnyx said:
I have an elderly family friend who goes on and on about how wonderful Brexit is, taking back control etc. But he cannot bear Johnson and regards him as a clown.0
