JIMMY REID ON BLAIR AND BROWN AND THE EU

FOTOS ON FRIDAY

See... It worked!

We can throw in knitting patterns too...

Just going to the shops like only women do that!

Here's our Employment spokesWOMAN.
She wants to put a time limit on the dole.

Exterminate, Obliterate, Annihilate...
 in a nice warm feminine way, of course. 

Yeah, I'm having a slight problem with the geography here.
English Defence League, South Wales Division.
(Back to boy stuff here so we ditched the pink captions)

You could never accuse Irvine Welsh
 of failing to make his point.

Labour wants to sell off the NHS to save £20 billion.
Don;t forget that when you vote.
This dude is Murphy's right hand...whatever.

It's a mad world that the same state seems to think that
the Vile creature needs more  food money (on top of her massive salary)
than this woman needs to help her manage her disability.

EWWWWWWW!

Poor Murphy... easily confused.
By the way... what happened to the "Murphy's Law" sound bite?

You and thousands of other Mr Reid.

Another thing Labour is confused about...

Erm, and you were whining about someone calling you a cowbag on Twitter? Away you bloody daft woman and grow a spine.
Whit's gaed tae gie's no ill tae tak.
(Pink again because Margaret wouldn't understand
big butch blue writing.)

Perfectly put!

Well said Sir or Madam!

It's not just oil we do better in!

NOW WE KNOW WHY WE CAN'T BE INDEPENDENT: JOHANN EXPLAINED IT IN ONE (BADLY CONSTRUCTED) SENTENCE

What is the point of debating with a Scottish politician who says: "We are not genetically programmed to make political decisions in Scotland?

I presume that she really meant: "We, in Scotland, are not genetically programmed to make political decisions". The alternative would suggest that once outside Scotland, Scots would be able to operate effectively, but then that would rule out the genetics element (you take that with you), so we'll assume that the ex-English teacher had a momentary lapse!

Is it worth then, maybe, making the point that she and all her colleagues are drawing their salaries under false pretences? What is the point of them sitting there in Holyrood, all genetically incapable of making a political decision.

Is she aware of the provenance of Keir Hardie? Does she know of Jimmy Reid, or Ramsay MacDonald, John Smith, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling, or even Johann Lamont? I wonder if she had a moment of doubt about the country's safety when Mr Cameron announced that, although he was not Scottish, his grandfather used to live just outside inverness.

Maybe it's just me, but these few words made my flesh creep. It's almost like she felt that some sort of apartheid was justified. There are Scots and there are political masters, that is to say the white men, like David Cameron and George Osborne, whom, I suppose, she considers to be genetically programmed through their aristocratic and royal connections, to make political decisions.

Now I know why the No campaign don't want to see Scotland independent. They see themselves and their fellows as an inferior breed, of lesser political ability, there to be ruled by their betters.

I'm beginning to empathise, rather than sympathise, with native Americans, Australians, New Zealanders, Indians and other races across the world who found that Britnats considered them inferior and unqualified to rule themselves.

I wonder if she refers to Cameron as "sahib", or "massa", or if she just curtsies and stays quiet for fear of embarrassing her lesser self.

SNAPS ON SUNDAY

Johann, Ruth...girls, can I join your club...?
(some daft UKIP MEP wi the taste o an ingin)

...Erm, if we're not busy doing something else...

Yes, honestly, this happened. Manchester I think!

So why is yer mate Balls saying that he won't allow it to happen
(like he's going to have any say)

Cameron and Clegg right at the front. Cannon Fodder.

Bang on, Ted. He's a Liberal Democrat.
They only say what they are told to say by their betters.
Munguin says can he borrow your hoodie?

You'd better write it down. She'll never remember.
It's dark in that bunker. Is that Sarwar I see hiding in the shadows?

This kinda  thing will be the currency. We can tie it to sterling or not.
Your problem guys

You could have Humza, or you could have Wee Wullie Hague...
I know where my money is.

So much misery for so little return
(and that's before you take the cots of evictions into account)
But then, it's only the poor who are miserable, so that's OK, right?

Labour chancellor Dennis Healey

Labour Trade Union Leader

Well that's what London says, and they are never wrong...
...are they?

A ROUSING SPEECH FROM THE FIRST MINISTER

Alex’s speech to conference started with him talking about Delhi where he visited the Scotland team. He pointed out the Commonwealth Games is special because it is the only multi sport event where Scotland takes part as a nation, in our own right. He pointed out that Scotland had got a rousing cheer in the closing ceremony.


He reminded delegates that the SNP governs for Scotland, and the welfare of the nation, and all of its five million people.


He pointed out that there was a simple choice in the next election:


"Either Scotland stays in the Westminster straightjacket of low growth, public sector cutbacks and blighted futures or we take responsibility and deliver the better society we all want.”


Labour, he said, had created the crisis and the Tory/Lib coalition were making it worse.


According to a BBC MORI poll 42% blamed Labour for the mess; 39% the Coalition and only 13%, the SNP... (and he joked they were all Lord George Foulke's relatives!) Another poll showed only 9% recognise Labour’s leader in Scotland.


Alex offered the country clear leadership and a positive future.


He agreed that minority government placed limits on what could be done. He said that the government had tried to compromise where possible. He talked about the shared submission to the MoD on the looming cuts to airbases, ship yards and related employment. He said the SNP would fight for these jobs but he drew the line at deserting the cause of unilateral nuclear disarmament. Spending £100 billion we do not have on a weapons system we don't need, which takes much needed money from every other budget, is a criminal act.


He said that he didn’t believe the difference between the parties at Holyrood was so great. It was sad that Labour set itself against minimum pricing for alcohol. They really do agree but oppose for the sake of opposing... and that was pathetic when the real challenge is to public health.


The SNP government has won many victories, for example:

• Ended tuition fees

• Ended bridge tolls

• Frozen Council Tax

• Ended prescription charges

• Put a 1,000 extra policemen on our streets and an extra 1000 cleaners into our hospitals.



We now have the lowest crime rate for 32 years and the highest clear up rate in 30. Public confidence in the police is high and fear of crime is falling.



He welcomed some of Jimmy Reid’s family to the conference and spoke about his philosophy that that it was the job of human beings to control their circumstances not to allow them to devalue humanity.


On the economy and cuts, he said that his first duty is to protect the people of Scotland.


On Wednesday they will announce the most ferocious series of cuts witnessed in a lifetime. It will be hard, it will be deep and it will hurt. It risks ripping the social fabric of our nation.


The SNP cannot not let that happen. There will have to be pay restraint. There’s a fixed budget, The books must balance. We must restrict our spending. Pay will be a part of that.


While inflation goes up, VAT goes up and times are uncertain, there is no way that the households of Scotland should suffer more. For the next two years, the council tax freeze is on.


"Council tax bills doubled under first Tory then Labour but they have not risen under the SNP. And if this is to be a defining issue of the election then so be it.


He promised that if it came down to a choice between Bobbies on the beat and the boundaries of police authorities, then it was simple , policemen first – safety first – communities first – bobbies before boundaries.


He also promised that the NHS would get the entire NHS budget.

He also announced that Scottish water will not be privatised – “not a tap, not a drop”.


He said that Joe Stiglitz Nobel prize winning economist had agreed to advise the Scottish Government on our country’s economic future.

He announced a new commission into the future of public services chaired by Campbell Christie, former head of the STUC. He will look at how to deliver services in the new financial landscape while maintaining our social democratic ethos.


He also said that it was time for new powers for parliament. With economic powers we could grow the Scottish economy by an extra 1% pa, which year on year would make a huge difference.


A rousing speech, greeted with great enthusiasm by supporters.

Afterthought:

(This is very truncated because of space. The first paragraph links to the full text and this links to an excellent piece by James Kelly on the “independence question" and important part of the speech which I left out).