SNAPS ON SUNDAY

Congratulations, Dave. We know this is what you were working for.

God knows what we would have to put in the Lords to keep
the doddering old fools awake. I suggested dynamite
but no one took me up on it.

Certainly does Winnie.

Our new buses.

And another one crosses the floor, telling us that there is a sizable
number of Labour activists who will vote yes, secretly
because they are scared to come out.

Yep... yer mum was right
A waste of space

And you thought your taxes were used to support you. Wrong.

What a cheering site

This does a disservice to chickens everywhere
for which I apologise in advance

There's two oppressors for you
I wonder what Blair is thinking about Iraq right now.
Probably trying to work out how he can make some money out of the mess

Yes, how easily we forget, eh Jakie

Another cheering sight

If I oversaw that kind of rise in human misery
I'm not sure I could face another day.

I'd give good money to see Willie after that debate.

Proud Labour?

Better do some serious crawling then... Oh you already are.

Dirty is putting it  mildly.
I still say we haven't seen the worst.

Indeed it is. Quite seriously the rich have got a lot richer
while the poor have been committing suicide in increasing numbers
Still that should suit IDS. Fewer to pay benefits to.

We ARE all in it together
No REALLY we are...

We've heard a lot about the abuse that Lally was getting .
We've heard less about what has been said about Yes supporters.
I found some tweets, but decided against putting them up
because the language was unsuitable for this blog
Suffice to say the words "fat" and "c***" "shemale", and setting on fire
were included. Anyone remember lally getting any of that?

I wonder what they are having today in Buckingham Palace.

Given the choice at the bottom of my garden I know what I'd prefer

And they start off being paid more than twice what nurses are paid.
If we could have either nurses of MPs, which would you choose?

Darling and Osborne didn't half sort them out.

They'd better start thinking about how they are
going to refloat the good ship
Britain.

Seems you have some big fans up your way, Dan.

STOP THE WORLD - SCOTLAND IS ABOUT TO GET ON

Winnie Ewing is now 83 and looking forward to the referendum in 2014 but has  in the wake of Mr Cameron's speech in Edinburgh, warned against empty Tory promises.

She said:


"When I heard David Cameron say last week that if people voted No to independence in the referendum, then he would deliver more powers for Scotland, my mind went back immediately to the scandal of 1979 when Scotland was cheated out of a parliament.


"In February 1979, just days before the devolution referendum, former Conservative Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home told Scots that if they voted against the assembly then on offer, a future Tory Government would deliver a better scheme.  And we know fine what happened. 
“Scotland actually did vote Yes - though not in sufficient numbers because of the infamous 40 per cent rule - but we didn't get a parliament.  Instead, we got Margaret Thatcher - and 18 long years of a Tory government Scotland didn't vote for.

"I was a very good friend of Alec Douglas-Home. I would meet him when we were both MPs, on the Terrace of the House of Commons in the morning, where we would both draft our speeches to be made later in the day. We would often exchange jokes that we would include in Burns Supper speeches. 

“It was on one of these informal occasions that he once said to me: 'Winnie, I am a nationalist in my heart but not my head'. I remember that I replied to him quoting Burns: 'The herts aye the pert that aye maks us richt or wrang'. So we got on very well. And, therefore, I am sure that he himself was sincere at the time when he made this promise to Scotland, to deliver a better Bill. But of course the promise was never fulfilled by the Tories, and unfortunately Alec's name will forever be associated with this breach of faith by his party.
"So let's not have a repeat of history, and not be gulled by empty promises from David Cameron.


"When Alex Salmond comes forward with the referendum in autumn 2014, grab with both hands the opportunity for Scotland to become an equal and independent nation.  Alec Douglas-Home offered Scotland "jam tomorrow" in 1979 - and we got 18 wasted years.


"Scotland has another opportunity to take a step forward - and I'd advise the people of Scotland to trust themselves, not Mr Cameron."