tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post129570082746389786..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: Parliamentary jiggerypokery in Holyrood...Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-59031933108568331682010-02-05T11:17:17.936+00:002010-02-05T11:17:17.936+00:00On point (1), there is not a snowball's chance...On point (1), there is not a snowball's chance in hell that is going to happen. And quite right too. I'm sure that the Maximum Eck would never ask and am equally sure I know where Margo would tell him where to go if he tried. <br /><br />On the second point, you may well be right. Certainly, this isn't in the spirit of fair dealing - nor is it the mark of a confident Unionism, brashly throwing down the gauntlet. I agree with you - the Welsh example is particularly problematic in constructing a defensible referendum-hostile position. I argued as much a while back after seeing Rhodri Morgan. Admittedly, the hasty Richard Thomson had already beaten me to it...<br /><br />http://lallandspeatworrier.blogspot.com/search/label/WalesLallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-43120756847977820882010-02-04T20:28:42.592+00:002010-02-04T20:28:42.592+00:00Perhaps the chicanery has a course to run, if Marg...Perhaps the chicanery has a course to run, if Margo can be persuaded by Alex Salmond to withdraw her bill and have it reinstated after the referendum?<br /><br />The hypocrisy in the Unionist position is blatant and breathtaking. Considering that the PM is punting for constitutional changes in the UK Parliament with the promise of a referendum. Trying so desperately to keep Labour in power.<br /><br />The coalition deal between Labour and Plaid Cymru included a pledge to hold a referendum, if there was sufficient support, on primary law-making powers before elections in May 2011.<br /><br />Yet we see the petulance and self-interest of the Unionist cabal in Hoyrood, denying Scotland just such a referendum to let Scots have a say on their constitutional future. As Iain Gray said in Holyrood, “we know the result.”<br /><br />The Unionist parties are just adding to the flames of independence by treating the Scottish electorate in such a shabby hypocritical manner. There is fear driving their decision making, as they see the ground falling beneath their feet. Independence is now inevitable because of them.Key bored warrior.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05192681529004653727noreply@blogger.com