A number of people in Scotland say they could never vote Tory. When asked why they often say "after what Margaret Thatcher did to Scotland". When asked what she did they say "she closed the Coal Mines". How many Coal Mines have the SNP or Labour opened since Maggie left office?
For years the outside world has looked at Scotland and it's noisy separatist minority and assumed it was on the road to separation from the United Kingdom.
Every now and then the silent majority turn out and correct that impression.
God Save The King.
Apparently people are outraged that this street art has been vandalised. Best not to share this too widely. It may give other scallywags ideas and then even more people would be upset.
Nicola Sturgeon claims Scotland needs to leave the UK because it has no veto at Westminster.
Also Nicola Sturgeon wants Scotland to join the EU, where it will have no veto.
Nicola Sturgeon and her Separatist Band want to make the Holyrood Elections in May all about Independence and joining the EU. They don't want to talk about Care Homes, Drug Deaths, Suicide Rates, Education, Ferries, Unopened Hospitals, Bi Fab, Govanhill, and Sleaze. Wonder why?
Scots NATs justify the flying of the EU flag from public buildings in Scotland by saying the Scottish People voted to remain in the EU. 🤔Did they not also vote to remain in the UK? 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Nicola Sturgeon tells us, "Boris Johnson has at the very least a very, very loose relationship with the truth".
It's always good to hear expert opinion from someone with relevant experience.
Humza Yousaf tweeting today that Independence has become the settled will of the Scottish people. Last time I looked the settled will of the Scottish people as expressed by over 2 million voters was to remain in the UK.
1. SNP is not Scotland.
2. Kate Forbes is not Scotland.
3. Sunak has a first name.
4. Rishi is busy trying to minimise the damage to the country.
5. SNP and Kate Forbes are busy trying to destroy the country.
Nicola Sturgeon was repeatedly asked today about the 2 metre rule and said she has asked for the scientific advice but that won't be delivered till next week. The UK has that advice today but that can't be used as it's not Scottishy enough.
Rishi Sunak gave Nicola Sturgeon additional funding to deal with COVID. She decided to give public servants a bonus then asked the UK Govt not to tax it. Which is essentially saying thanks for the cash Rishi now give me more to make me look good. Shameless
If you are outraged at Boris Johnson having a glass of wine on his patio, I can't imagine how angry you must be at Nicola Sturgeon covering up the Nike Conference COVID outbreak.
Nicola Sturgeon when asked about her softly softly approach to Scotland fans travelling to London said "I can't stop people from travelling".
That's the same Nicola Sturgeon who told us travelling to Manchester was banned.
Humza Yousaf tweeted that the Hostile Environment created by the UK Govt is not welcome here. Nope we've got a Very Hostile Environment created by Nicola Sturgeon's SNP.
Nicola Sturgeon tells you one minute she doesn't have the data and the next minute she is claiming she has to make judgements based on the data provided to her.
Is that code for I'm just winging it?
Nicola Sturgeon has banned drinking alcohol outside. 🤔In Scotland. 🤪In January. 🤪When the pubs are closed. 🤪Not been out much lately. Are there massive crowds of people drinking in the streets, parks and public squares? Or is this just the latest empty gesture? 🤡
Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinney and their SNP, happy to jump in to bed with the political wing of the IRA, in their quest to destroy the UK.
Trampling on the graves of Scots murdered by terrorists.
When Nicola Sturgeon said she "detest the Tories and all they stand for", did that include Margaret Thatcher enabling her parents purchase of their council house?
Things you wouldn't have believed 40 years ago.
Scots would be heading to England for a better Hogmany.
Scots would be heading to England for more freedom.
Nicola Sturgeon announced an aid package for Ukraine.
Would be more appropriate if she announced an aid package for Govanhill.
Spending your money on her PR campaigns.
Chris Law SNP claims, any attempt by the UK Government to block the Scottish Governments Gender Reform Bill, would be attempt to block the will of the Scottish people.
Is he having a laugh or is he on the deludemol?
Nicola Sturgeon likes to compare Scotland with England.
Here's a comparison.
In Scotland every pound you earn between £43662 and £50720 costs you 54.25p in Tax and National Insurance.
In England it costs you 33.25p
You see a lot of people comparing Nicola Sturgeon to Margaret Thatcher.
There is no comparison. Margaret Thatcher's time in power was littered with achievements.
Nicola Sturgeon's record of achievement is a blank sheet.
How did the
@afneil
interview of Nicola Sturgeon go? I'll give you a clue, The SNP, Peter Murrell, Nicola Sturgeon, Pete Wishart and the two Perthshire MSPs are not posting links to it. Nor are they recommending you watch it. Nor are there "great job Nicola" tweets. 😎
Susan Aitken the SNP council leader in Glasgow is going after a 9th tier football team for the crime of playing David Goodwillie.
What has she said about a top tier football club associated with 9 convicted pedos?
The SNP continue to hound David Goodwillie for crimes they say he committed 12 years ago.
He was under 25 years old at that time.
In their eyes his brain was not fully developed at that stage and he can't be held fully responsible for his actions.
When it suits them.
Nicola Sturgeon now stands alone in the UK as the Leader with the greatest appetite for restricting people's freedom. Strange for someone who claims to be driven by a desire for Independence.
Some NATs were mocking Boris Johnson coming all the way to Scotland to visit Rosyth Dockyard and see the progress on the ships being built for the Royal Navy.
When was the last time Nicola Sturgeon popped in to Ferguson's to check on progress?
The SNP are up in arms because Rishi Sunak is allocating money directly to projects in Scotland. Apparently not allowing Holyrood to decide where the money is spent is disrespecting Holyrood.
When the EU allocated funds directly to projects were they also disrespecting Holyrood?
Kate Forbes, SNP script reader has written to Nadhim Zahawi asking for increases to the Scottish Government budget to deal with the many issues it is facing.
He might want to suggest she looks again at what she is wasting her already generous budget on.
Nicola Sturgeon has stated that adding 300 000 people a year to the UK population has not created downward pressure on salary levels. 🤔Either she doesn't understand the basic laws of supply and demand or she is a bare faced liar. 🤥🤥
Having watched the damage the Nationalists have done to Scotland over the past 14 years, if you are voting SNP, Green or Alba, don't pretend you care about the Scottish people.
Nicola Sturgeon is now trolling the Scottish Public. She's tweeting "there's never been a more important time to support small businesses". Aye good one! Did she forget that she shut them all down?
Humza Yousaf claims there's no record he was aware of Post Office Horizon issue when he was Justice Secretary.
Which proves that officially he took no interest in the justice being delivered to more than 100 wrongly accused Scots.
Not fit for office then. Not fit for office now
Nicola Sturgeon blames the Union, Westminster, Boris Johnson, Margaret Thatcher, Tories and Brexit for anything that is wrong with Scotland.
Guess who she never blames.
Alex Salmond once claimed the SNP could demonstrate the potential of an Independent Scotland by doing a great job of running the devolved administration.
Nicola Sturgeon must have been on holiday that day.
Nicola Sturgeon tonight tweeted "Solidarity with those on the side of democracy". A real road to Damascus moment for the woman who never accepts votes that go against her? Or just more opportunistic hollow PR?
People ask who the silent majority in Scotland are.
They are the people who quietly put their cross in the No box on the 18th September 2014, in a once in a generation referendum and expect the UK Government to ensure that vote is respected.
Jim Fairlie SNP MSP tweeted that unionists need to prove why we should stay in the UK.
Actually we don't need to prove anything.
Separatists need to prove why we should change.
Nicola Sturgeon has tweeted that the cut to the overseas aid budget is deplorable. If she feels so strongly about it she could volunteer to take a reduction in the Scots Govt's Budget to pay for it to be maintained. Unless of course it is just cheap political point scoring.
John Swinney tells us the Downing Street party issue is the most appalling thing he has heard in his political life.
More appalling than
1. An M.P. stealing from a foodbank?
2. A govt minister grooming a young boy?
3. Salmondgate?
4. Margaret Covid?
5. Asking kids about sex?
Nicola Sturgeon's ex boss charged with sexual assault and attempted rape. Her ex deputy was having an affair with a journalist who was also having an affair with an MP. Her ex Finance chief was grooming a schoolboy. In each case we are told it was a complete surprise to her. 🤔😉
SNP - we will double the State Pension in an Independent Scotland.
SNP - we will guarantee every family a minimum income of £37000 per year in an Independent Scotland.
Same SNP - we can't tell you what the currency or exchange rate will be in an Independent Scotland.
Douglas Ross is Boris's right hand man in Scotland.
Today he publicly declared he has no confidence in Boris's leadership of the party and the country.
He picked the losing side.
If he has any principles he must now resign.
Gillian Martin SNP MSP tweets that Liz Truss got 81000 votes to become Prime Minister and questions her mandate.
Did she question Nicola Sturgeon's mandate when she was appointed leader of the SNP with no votes?
Nicola Sturgeon said that it is a democratic outrage, that Rishi Sunak has been appointed as PM, with no public vote and there needs to be a general election.
Same Nicola Sturgeon appointed FM, with no public vote in 2014.
Does she think we all have memory problems?
Nicola Sturgeon has just said that patient confidentiality was a reason that prevented her from making a Covid19 outbreak in February public. If that's the advice she is getting she needs to change her advisers.
Rangers complained about only getting 2000 fans in Ibrox for a game when the EURO2020 games at Hampden were allowed 12000.
Scot Govt said staging flagship events can't be compared to domestic football.
Is that like comparing a pretendy parliament at Holyrood to a real govt?
If you are voting for Nicola Sturgeon's SNP in the Holyrood Elections in May, what was it that won your vote? Was it because they would pay the tuition fees for students from all across the EU while limiting places for Scottish Students?
Nicola Sturgeon said "even though we are all fed up of the impact of Covid on our lives."
Correction. It's not Covid which has had an impact on my life it's her.
I am however fed up to the back teeth of the impact she has on my life.
Humza Yousaf tweets "never has there been someone so unfit for public office as Suella Braverman".
Are you sure about that Humza?
Had a look in the mirror lately Humza?
Ibrox, Rangers Stadium has a capacity of 50 000.
Today the attendance was limited to 500 by Nicola Sturgeon.
No doubt some pubs had more people in watching the game today.
Science though?
When any sporting Scot does anything of note. Nicola Sturgeon is usually all over it basking in the reflected glory.
Tom Stoltman just won the World's Strongest Man Competition and she has nothing to say.
Wonder why?
Jenny Gilruth said the SNP can't deliver free laptops to every child because we're not independent.
We weren't independent when the SNP made that promise.
There was no prospect of being independent when they made that promise.
So either they lied then or she lies now or both?
Nicola Sturgeon's SNP are promising every child will get a laptop, chromebook or tablet if they are elected. Is this the same SNP who promised all kids who needed them would get laptops, chromebooks or tablets to facilitate home schooling during lockdown. How did that work out?
Yesterday a wealthy, obese, ex banker travelled 600 miles at the height of a pandemic to lecture the UK Government on food banks, poverty and their management of the pandemic. SNP Self Awareness.
Nicola Sturgeon thinks it's a disgrace that she has to take her case for Indyref2 to the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile normal people think it is a disgrace that someone with legal training has wasted so much government time and money over the years on lost causes in court.
We have had more than 20 years of devolution in Scotland.
The people of Scotland are sick to the back teeth of this divisive, useless experiment and demand a referendum on scrapping Holyrood.
Jenny Gilruth the SNP Transport minister announces in her twitter header that Scotland is a nation in waiting.
Yep.
Waiting on buses, waiting on trains, waiting on Ferries waiting on potholes being fixed, waiting on bikes and sometimes waiting on bridges being reopened.
They've recalled the Pretendy Parliament at Holyrood, for posing, posturing and a pointless vote on the EU Trade Deal. Meanwhile the real Government at Westminster will get on with building back Britain. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
She's now looking for the sympathy vote. Nicola Sturgeon tells us she hasn't had a day off in a year..... and don't we know it! She can take the rest of her life off is she wants.
Today reported cases in Scotland 3117.
Cases confirmed as Omicron 110.
Nicola Sturgeon tells us Omicron makes up 27.5% of cases in Scotland.
It's maths Jim but not as we know it!
Humza Yousaf the Scottish Justice Secretary tweets giving his opinion on what the outcome of the Salmond Inquiry will be before the Inquiry is finished. Respecting the Process? Respecting Parliament? Acting with the integrity expected of his own position?
Nicola Sturgeon is no doubt outraged that the 27 EU countries have voted to accept the trade deal with the UK and in turn disrespected the will of the Scottish people. That will be them off the Xmas card list.
Joanna Cherry has resigned from the SNP NEC because she can't improve transparency or scrutiny and can't uphold the Party Constitution.
A QC casts doubts on the integrity of Nicola Sturgeon's SNP. What does that suggest about Nicola Sturgeon's Scottish Government?
People complain that Nicola Sturgeon has misled parliament. They may be correct. Her alleged dishonesty in parliament however is nothing compared to the years of lies and misinformation she and her party have fed to the Scottish Public.
McVities are closing their Tollcross site in Glasgow costing more than 500 jobs to address excess capacity in their UK Business.
Meanwhile they are expanding facilities in England.
SNP - Stronger for Scotland?
Scottish Nationalist Minister Lorna Slater tells us, Scotland's hands are tied by Westminster and there is so much more we could do with Independence.
Our local council's hands are tied by Holyrood. There is so much more they could do if Holyrood was scrapped.
Nicola Sturgeon said she wants to be the most open, honest and transparent politician in the Country.
Same Nicola Sturgeon has refused an invitation to appear before the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster.
Humza Yousaf has declared that Scotland is willing to be the first country in the UK to provide safety and sanctuary to refugees from Gaza.
1. How will he pay for it given his regular whinging about inadequate funding?
2. How will he ensure that the refugees are not terrorists?
John Swinney tweets today that Scotland needs Independence so that it can get access to cheap foreign labour.
According to him that's the case for Independence.
Intellectual giant of the Independence movement.
Nicola Sturgeon said she is happy to have a debate with the next Prime Minister of the UK.
Why would the PM do that? They wouldn't have a debate with Sadiq Khan or Andy Burnham.
Nicola Sturgeon claims voting SNP will leave Boris Johnson in no doubt about the anger felt about the cost of living crisis.
Alternatively a vote for the SNP will send a message to Nicola Sturgeon that you don't care about SNP failures, lies or corruption.
Like me, more than 73% of the Scottish Electorate did not vote for Nicola Sturgeon's SNP or their gardening wing the Scottish Greens in the last Holyrood elections. So bin the referendumb talk and let's debate the SNP record of failure in government.
Nicola Sturgeon's SNP's emergency COVID powers expire in September.
They want to extend them until March 2022 and are also considering extending until September 2022.
You only need emergency powers in an emergency.
There is no need for any extension. Opposition. Block it now.
I hear Nicola Sturgeon, justified the exclusion of journalists, from the local govt campaign launch, by saying she answered more questions than any other UK politician over the past two years. 🤔
How many were answered - openly, honestly, transparently and fully?
Nicola Sturgeon's Gender legislation and the reputation of the Scottish Parliament are in tatters.
All because she was too arrogant and stubborn to listen to the genuine concerns of politicians and the public.
The Wallace Tower in Ayr will remain lit up in red, white and blue up to and including Monday 19 September to commemorate the life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Nicola Sturgeon has made much about the clarity of her message. It is stay at home, unless you are at work, shopping, getting prescriptions, or for taking exercise as many times a day as you like. So the message is clear. Stay at home unless you are out. 👍
Scot Govt has given the vote to 16 years olds, foreign residents and prisoners.
They're going to Supreme Court to attempt to change the laws on referendums.
Nicola Sturgeon tweeted that "only those who fear losing feel the need to change the democratic goalposts."
Confession?
The most senior judges in Scotland have accused Nicola Sturgeon's Scottish Government of interfering with the rule of law and an Independent judiciary.
1. No surprise to most people.
2. They try to interfere with and control every aspect of life.
Nicola Sturgeon is travelling around the world on official business but won't release information on how she travelled or how much it cost.
Secrets for Scotland.
When I was at school giving the answer to a problem was not sufficient. You also had to show your working out.
Perhaps Kate Forbes can show us her working out that led her to the conclusion that Scotland is a wealthy country which more than pays it's way?
Or is she winging it?
Nicola Sturgeon is betting the house that the Scottish Electorate don't care what promises she has broken, what lies she has told, or what backdoor deals and underhand tactics she has used. The silent majority need to step up to the plate in May as they did on 18 09 2014.
Humza Yousaf said the strike on the hospital in Gaza must be condemned in the strongest possible manner.
So if it turns out to be a Hamas rocket that hit the
Hospital, he will condemn Hamas?