| Nicola is resigning 10:01 - Feb 15 with 3027 views | GlasgowBlue |
About time too. |  |
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| Nicola is resigning on 10:14 - Feb 15 with 2352 views | belgablue |
Absolutely.
Problem is she'll be replaced by someone equally awful. |  |
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| Nicola is resigning on 10:16 - Feb 15 with 2339 views | Keno |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:14 - Feb 15 by belgablue |
Absolutely.
Problem is she'll be replaced by someone equally awful. |
when you say "Problem is she'll be replaced by someone equally awful"
do you just mean Scottish? |  |
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| Nicola is resigning on 10:19 - Feb 15 with 2322 views | belgablue |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:16 - Feb 15 by Keno |
when you say "Problem is she'll be replaced by someone equally awful"
do you just mean Scottish? |
Ha, na, I'm a lover of most Scots. | |
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| Nicola is resigning on 10:24 - Feb 15 with 2304 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
Former Tory member and vocal Brexit supporter in "doesn't like successful SNP leader" shocker.
I think her record stands up pretty well against any of the Tory Prime Ministers she has seen come and go:
Cameron- the Captain who abandoned ship before anyone else had a chance to get in the lifeboats
May- inherited a shtshow, failed to improve things
Johnson- illegally shut Parliament, appointed Priti Patel, refused to sack her for bullying, implemented Rwanda scheme, went to war with the RNLI, National Trust etc, sacked her, appointed a known sex abuser as a Whip, lied about too many things to list, bunked off Cobra meetings, took dodgy loans, made a Russian KGB Colonel's son a peer (giving him access to Confidential Financial, Foreign Affairs and Defence briefings, amongst others), broke his own Covid laws, sacked decent Tory MPs by text. I'll let Harry tag in here with the rest of the list...
Truss- somehow achieved the unique distinction of being cause and victim at the same time: the Prime Ministerial equivalent of both the fungus and the zombie hordes of The Last of Us rolled into one barely animated being.
Sunak- Mr Good Guy, Mr Clean Up, Mr No Sleaze, Mr Steady Hand on the Tiller. Just don't look too closely at anything he says or does, who he promotes, who he protects, who he enriches or who he enables.
So, yeah: "Nicola is resigning. About time too." Why? Because it's bad form for Scotland to have a reasonably competent adult as First Minister showing up the Tory boys and girls who will stab anyone in the back for power but don't have a clue what to do once they get it? |  | | |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:27 - Feb 15 with 2279 views | Swansea_Blue |
About time too, she was rubbish in Girls Aloud |  |
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| McKenna in the frame? (n/t) on 10:28 - Feb 15 with 2259 views | Bloots |
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| Nicola is resigning on 10:29 - Feb 15 with 2255 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:14 - Feb 15 by belgablue |
Absolutely.
Problem is she'll be replaced by someone equally awful. |
She tied herself in knots over the trans prisoner issue, has overseen a massive drop in education standards, an NHS crisis, the highest drug deaths rate in Europe after cutting drug rehabilitation funding, the Salmond “memory loss”, misinformation about renewables, yet she prioritised a referendum that the majority of Scots didn’t want.
The Westminster coup was the start and she lost her hold on power after a special conference to go against her policy of the next election being a de facto referendum, which would have ended up with the SNP humiliated at the next election. | |
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| Nicola is resigning on 10:31 - Feb 15 with 2244 views | DJR |
She's head and shoulders above any other UK politician in terms of intelligence, coherence and passion. |  | | |
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| Nicola is resigning on 10:37 - Feb 15 with 2161 views | Keno |
I think she wants to spend more time with Elton John
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| Nicola is resigning on 10:40 - Feb 15 with 2098 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:31 - Feb 15 by DJR |
She's head and shoulders above any other UK politician in terms of intelligence, coherence and passion. |
Didn’t realise you were into sarcasm.
At least we now have a better understanding as why Ian Blackford stood down as parliamentary leader. [Post edited 15 Feb 2023 10:52]
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| Nicola is resigning on 10:43 - Feb 15 with 2080 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:29 - Feb 15 by GlasgowBlue |
She tied herself in knots over the trans prisoner issue, has overseen a massive drop in education standards, an NHS crisis, the highest drug deaths rate in Europe after cutting drug rehabilitation funding, the Salmond “memory loss”, misinformation about renewables, yet she prioritised a referendum that the majority of Scots didn’t want.
The Westminster coup was the start and she lost her hold on power after a special conference to go against her policy of the next election being a de facto referendum, which would have ended up with the SNP humiliated at the next election. |
Trans debate: she took a side. The opposite side to JK Rowling (£££s) and Cherry (significany SNP power broker)
Education standards: Covid is a significant factor
NHS crisis: Brexit is a significant factor
Drugs deaths: mostly fair to lay it at her door
Salmond: politics is nasty and personal, sometimes. She is clearly a sharper operator than her public image suggests
Renewables: an issue, but in 8 years of Government not a huge thing. The Island ferry debacle is more significant, perhaps?
Referendum posturing: she got the strategy wrong to keep all her MPs and MSPs onside. They don't want to lose their seats. A bit like with Johnson and Pincher, you can't lead a party if your backbenchers feel personally vulnerable, for whatever reason. This cost her.
Too many enemies in the end. | | | |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:46 - Feb 15 with 2041 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:43 - Feb 15 by ArnoldMoorhen |
Trans debate: she took a side. The opposite side to JK Rowling (£££s) and Cherry (significany SNP power broker)
Education standards: Covid is a significant factor
NHS crisis: Brexit is a significant factor
Drugs deaths: mostly fair to lay it at her door
Salmond: politics is nasty and personal, sometimes. She is clearly a sharper operator than her public image suggests
Renewables: an issue, but in 8 years of Government not a huge thing. The Island ferry debacle is more significant, perhaps?
Referendum posturing: she got the strategy wrong to keep all her MPs and MSPs onside. They don't want to lose their seats. A bit like with Johnson and Pincher, you can't lead a party if your backbenchers feel personally vulnerable, for whatever reason. This cost her.
Too many enemies in the end. |
Re the trans debate. I had no issue with the side she took. But she folded quickly at the first case to be highlighted and tied herself in knots over it.
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| Nicola is resigning on 10:53 - Feb 15 with 1951 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:46 - Feb 15 by GlasgowBlue |
Re the trans debate. I had no issue with the side she took. But she folded quickly at the first case to be highlighted and tied herself in knots over it.
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Me neither. But in terms of her position within the Party, being against Cherry, who is the SNPs big hitter on Constitutional matters, and Rowling, who could be the vital funder of any "de facto Referendum" campaign, was probably more politically significant than the Trans prisoner muddle. But a self-inflicted mess and a battle that she probably fought at that time for tactical reasons: another example of evil Westminster Tories thwarting the will of the Scots, but actually completely misjudged as her own ranks were divided on the matter. | | | |
| Nicola is resigning on 11:00 - Feb 15 with 1885 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:53 - Feb 15 by ArnoldMoorhen |
Me neither. But in terms of her position within the Party, being against Cherry, who is the SNPs big hitter on Constitutional matters, and Rowling, who could be the vital funder of any "de facto Referendum" campaign, was probably more politically significant than the Trans prisoner muddle. But a self-inflicted mess and a battle that she probably fought at that time for tactical reasons: another example of evil Westminster Tories thwarting the will of the Scots, but actually completely misjudged as her own ranks were divided on the matter. |
Completely agree with you on on her reasons and her overreach. | |
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| Nicola is resigning on 11:03 - Feb 15 with 1842 views | GeoffSentence |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:19 - Feb 15 by belgablue |
Ha, na, I'm a lover of most Scots. |
That's a lot of sex you are having there. |  |
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| Nicola is resigning on 11:06 - Feb 15 with 1815 views | DJR |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:53 - Feb 15 by ArnoldMoorhen |
Me neither. But in terms of her position within the Party, being against Cherry, who is the SNPs big hitter on Constitutional matters, and Rowling, who could be the vital funder of any "de facto Referendum" campaign, was probably more politically significant than the Trans prisoner muddle. But a self-inflicted mess and a battle that she probably fought at that time for tactical reasons: another example of evil Westminster Tories thwarting the will of the Scots, but actually completely misjudged as her own ranks were divided on the matter. |
My understanding is that JK Rowling is no supporter of Scottish independence. | | | |
| Nicola is resigning on 11:09 - Feb 15 with 1771 views | BloomBlue |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:53 - Feb 15 by ArnoldMoorhen |
Me neither. But in terms of her position within the Party, being against Cherry, who is the SNPs big hitter on Constitutional matters, and Rowling, who could be the vital funder of any "de facto Referendum" campaign, was probably more politically significant than the Trans prisoner muddle. But a self-inflicted mess and a battle that she probably fought at that time for tactical reasons: another example of evil Westminster Tories thwarting the will of the Scots, but actually completely misjudged as her own ranks were divided on the matter. |
She has certainly struggled in a couple of interviews since the the Trans gender rights and that's unusual for her.
But it is a job with huge pressure, see New Zealand a couple of weeks |  | | |
| Nicola is resigning on 11:09 - Feb 15 with 1768 views | Keno |
| Nicola is resigning on 11:03 - Feb 15 by GeoffSentence |
That's a lot of sex you are having there. |
aye ...
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| Nicola is resigning on 11:10 - Feb 15 with 1760 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Nicola is resigning on 11:06 - Feb 15 by DJR |
My understanding is that JK Rowling is no supporter of Scottish independence. |
Considering the vile misogynistic abuse she receives from the CyberNats, even if she was she has probably changed her mind. | |
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| Nicola is resigning on 11:10 - Feb 15 with 1758 views | blueasfook |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:37 - Feb 15 by Keno |
I think she wants to spend more time with Elton John
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Keno's take on political debate is always the most informative and entertaining. |  |
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| Nicola is resigning on 11:11 - Feb 15 with 1753 views | Darth_Koont |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:31 - Feb 15 by DJR |
She's head and shoulders above any other UK politician in terms of intelligence, coherence and passion. |
Indeed. And constantly under attack from the mainstream parties, media and social media fanboys that have made the UK a measurably worse place to live, work, grow up and grow old in.
Good luck to her – and I hope her replacement keeps up the good fight. |  |
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| Nicola is resigning on 11:29 - Feb 15 with 1653 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Nicola is resigning on 11:11 - Feb 15 by Darth_Koont |
Indeed. And constantly under attack from the mainstream parties, media and social media fanboys that have made the UK a measurably worse place to live, work, grow up and grow old in.
Good luck to her – and I hope her replacement keeps up the good fight. |
You should take that to this year’s fringe Koonters. It could be a contender for best joke. | |
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| Nicola is resigning on 11:34 - Feb 15 with 1622 views | Darth_Koont |
| Nicola is resigning on 11:29 - Feb 15 by GlasgowBlue |
You should take that to this year’s fringe Koonters. It could be a contender for best joke. |
Nah. You’ve got that sewn up. 😀 | |
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| Nicola is resigning on 11:42 - Feb 15 with 1562 views | usm |
| Nicola is resigning on 10:24 - Feb 15 by ArnoldMoorhen |
Former Tory member and vocal Brexit supporter in "doesn't like successful SNP leader" shocker.
I think her record stands up pretty well against any of the Tory Prime Ministers she has seen come and go:
Cameron- the Captain who abandoned ship before anyone else had a chance to get in the lifeboats
May- inherited a shtshow, failed to improve things
Johnson- illegally shut Parliament, appointed Priti Patel, refused to sack her for bullying, implemented Rwanda scheme, went to war with the RNLI, National Trust etc, sacked her, appointed a known sex abuser as a Whip, lied about too many things to list, bunked off Cobra meetings, took dodgy loans, made a Russian KGB Colonel's son a peer (giving him access to Confidential Financial, Foreign Affairs and Defence briefings, amongst others), broke his own Covid laws, sacked decent Tory MPs by text. I'll let Harry tag in here with the rest of the list...
Truss- somehow achieved the unique distinction of being cause and victim at the same time: the Prime Ministerial equivalent of both the fungus and the zombie hordes of The Last of Us rolled into one barely animated being.
Sunak- Mr Good Guy, Mr Clean Up, Mr No Sleaze, Mr Steady Hand on the Tiller. Just don't look too closely at anything he says or does, who he promotes, who he protects, who he enriches or who he enables.
So, yeah: "Nicola is resigning. About time too." Why? Because it's bad form for Scotland to have a reasonably competent adult as First Minister showing up the Tory boys and girls who will stab anyone in the back for power but don't have a clue what to do once they get it? |
Yeah but... |  |
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| Nicola is resigning on 11:43 - Feb 15 with 1533 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
| Nicola is resigning on 11:09 - Feb 15 by Keno |
aye ...
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Cultural appropriation |  |
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