Reply to: Brexit is sure working for Scottish independence

[Mordac]

The whole pocking fun at Scotland cause they're doing better is exactly the same attitude the unionists are making of the EU despite having left it. What gives? What's their end game?

For those of you wondering, Google Translate doesn't have a "Mad Scotsman who's been in the pub all day" option...

[scooterscot]

The whole pocking fun at Scotland cause they're doing better is exactly the same attitude the unionists are making of the EU despite having left it. What gives? What's their end game?

[Old Greg]

Compared to what ? Cameron/May and BloJo's running of rUK ?

Stop talking the country into a recession.

[JozefBlofeld]

Compared to what ? Cameron/May and BloJo's running of rUK ?

Bozo : the guy that boasted about shaking hands with COvid19 infected patients. World class.

[malvolio]

When does the Salmond party start?

I cant wait for this to happen.

Nor me. At least you can have fun poking holes in his economic theories for an independent Scotland. Wee Burnie is far too self-centred for that to be possible - not that her plans make any sense either.

[minestrone]

You don’t have to vote SNP in an independent Scotland.

HTHBIDI

When does the Salmond party start?

I cant wait for this to happen.

[TestMangler]

However her record on running Scotland, its health service and schools has been utterly appalling.

Westminster are furious because she is popular despite being a failure and also deliberately confusing the UK approach to the CV crisis.

Compared to what ? Cameron/May and BloJo's running of rUK ?

[Batcher]

The SNP play to their slavish base rather well. Kudos to them, but they're appallingly bad at running the country. Just awful. The threat of a rumoured, second nationalist party stealing their thunder might focus their minds for a bit, but they're continually distracted by their "self-id" agenda and the women of Scotland are waking up to it... that could spell some difficult times ahead for the Tartaniban.

You don’t have to vote SNP in an independent Scotland.

HTHBIDI

[Zigenare]

the mixed messages and lack of clarity from bojo and his stooges are confusing the english people enough, you don't need any help in that regards.

Nicola Sturgeon doesn't give a **** about wenstmister nor does she have to. Her responsibility is to care about the people of Scotland and that's what she's doing. People south of the borders can die for all we care

What will you freeloaders do for cash?

[PCTNN]

deliberately confusing the UK approach to the CV crisis.

the mixed messages and lack of clarity from bojo and his stooges are confusing the english people enough, you don't need any help in that regards.

Nicola Sturgeon doesn't give a **** about wenstmister nor does she have to. Her responsibility is to care about the people of Scotland and that's what she's doing. People south of the borders can die for all we care

[wattaj]

The SNP play to their slavish base rather well. Kudos to them, but they're appallingly bad at running the country. Just awful. The threat of a rumoured, second nationalist party stealing their thunder might focus their minds for a bit, but they're continually distracted by their "self-id" agenda and the women of Scotland are waking up to it... that could spell some difficult times ahead for the Tartaniban.

[malvolio]

She's on track to outlasting 4 failed Tory PM's. She has been voted in by the public time and time again. Democracy was served, deal with it.

It amuses me when Westminster are failing left right and centre, operand modus takes over and it is through mud to distract. She is popular because she is saving lives, unlike Boris. No amount of education can make him understand that, however.

Well if that's what you believe, who am I to argue.

[scooterscot]

However her record on running Scotland, its health service and schools has been utterly appalling.

Westminster are furious because she is popular despite being a failure and also deliberately confusing the UK approach to the CV crisis.

She's on track to outlasting 4 failed Tory PM's. She has been voted in by the public time and time again. Democracy was served, deal with it.

It amuses me when Westminster are failing left right and centre, operand modus takes over and it is throw mud to distract. She is popular because she is saving lives, unlike Boris. No amount of education can make him understand that, however.

[malvolio]

Her intentions don't judge, her actions do. Her record on managing the outbreak has been superb and Westminster are furious.

However her record on running Scotland, its health service and schools has been utterly appalling.

Westminster are furious because she is popular despite being a failure and also deliberately confusing the UK approach to the CV crisis.

[scooterscot]

It is scary that the Scots haven't twigged Sturgeon's actual intentions. Nothing to do with devolution or independence, all to do with her being in charge. Even Salmond is looking to get her out of the way now.

Her intentions don't judge, her actions do. Her record on managing the outbreak has been superb and Westminster are furious.


PS: WTF was Boris intentions of those last 4-5 years but anything to get himself into the top seat of the land. Narcissistic mode turned too full.


From the NYT recently:

In Tackling Coronavirus, Scotland Asserts Its Separateness From England

For now, Scotland’s approach has made it a bright spot in coronavirus-ravaged Britain. New cases have dwindled to a handful a day, and deaths to a trickle. If Scotland maintains this progress — a big if, given its open border — it could stamp out the epidemic by the fall, public health experts say. Such a goal seems fanciful in England, which is still reporting hundreds of new cases and dozens of deaths every day.

But what happens in England inevitably spills over into Scotland. In the case of the virus, the stark contrast in daily numbers has reanimated old grievances for the Scots, who voted against leaving the United Kingdom in 2014 but overwhelmingly rejected Britain’s vote to leave the European Union two years later.

Nationalist sentiment has surged during the pandemic: Fifty-five percent of Scots now favor independence, according to a recent poll — a solid majority that analysts said reflected a perception that Scotland’s nationalist-led government has handled the crisis better than Mr. Johnson and his pro-Brexit ministers have.


Scotland imposed its lockdown on March 23, the same day as England did, but has lifted the restrictions more selectively. It kept pubs closed a few days longer. It requires people to wear face masks in shops, which England does not. And unlike England, it left Spain, a popular holiday destination, off a list of countries to which Scots can travel without isolating themselves when they return.


“We’re quite stubborn and steadfast because Nicola has handled it elegantly and we’ve seen how England is flapping around,” said Katy Koren, the artistic director of Gilded Balloon, a company that stages live performances during the Edinburgh Festival, which has been canceled this summer.


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So far, she said, Scots have given Ms. Sturgeon, 49, the benefit of the doubt because she has been willing to make tough decisions and has convinced people that her overriding goal is the public health. Her no-nonsense briefings have become a reassuring daily ritual, even providing grist for comedians.

Ms. Sturgeon’s fans liken her to New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, who has come closer than perhaps any other leader to stamping out the virus. The unspoken contrast is to Mr. Johnson, who has been all over the map in his response and has often seemed reluctant to deliver bad news.


“Men like to be popular,” said Ms. Koren’s mother, Karen, who runs the festival company with her daughter. “For women, it’s not about ego.”