tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post8951854995302987206..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: "And great was Labour's Lamontation..."Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-22317835523924345012011-12-19T12:22:53.595+00:002011-12-19T12:22:53.595+00:00"our native language"
LOL.<i>"our native language"</i><br /><br />LOL.RevStuhttp://wingsland.podgamer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-56751518334122951182011-12-19T00:20:36.687+00:002011-12-19T00:20:36.687+00:00Sarwar, like Harris, hasn't a socialist bone i...Sarwar, like Harris, hasn't a socialist bone in his body. He's vice-chair of Progress: a more perfect Blairite one couldn't wish to meet.An Duine Gruamachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-86246956870063348372011-12-18T23:50:37.041+00:002011-12-18T23:50:37.041+00:00Tony, while McIntosh is a Blairite, he didn't ...Tony, while McIntosh is a Blairite, he didn't run as one. He came out with a lot of Old Labour rhetoric. The centre-piece of his campaign was a pledge to pursue full employment, for instance. Trade unions members didn't trust him to deliver on any of it, but I think the constituency members did. I also suspect Tom Harris only ran so that McIntosh wouldn't look like the Blairite candidate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-50497494264333751342011-12-18T22:07:30.273+00:002011-12-18T22:07:30.273+00:00Talking about Gaelic.
It totally escaped me that ...Talking about Gaelic.<br /><br />It totally escaped me that Lamont is in fact a Gael..............who knew! Both her parents are from the isles, and yet she has never to my knowledge been at the forefront of the restoration process of our native language.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-42237905356620366932011-12-18T21:27:56.316+00:002011-12-18T21:27:56.316+00:00I am intruiged that a majority of ordinary members...I am intruiged that a majority of ordinary members actually voted for the Gaelic language hating Ken Mcintosh, sorry but memories of his part in that debate linger.<br /><br />He is so nulabourish, something that we are supposed to believe was not really liked in Scotland. I'm not sure that labour can claim to be a party of the left with any credibility when it's members are still voting for people like that.<br /><br />Anyone know if the Westminster Mp's vote counts for more than the MSP's?<br /><br />Yer man Sarwar, I had him at my door for a minute campaigning during the Westminster elections...............that boy can sure move fast! He wasn't short of election workers throughout that campaign, who apart from Frank McAveety were seconded from his Da's warehouses.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-14627731442521567312011-12-18T19:48:12.173+00:002011-12-18T19:48:12.173+00:00Since we know the size of the Parliamentarian'...Since we know the size of the Parliamentarian's section - 80 - we can work backwards from the percentages to the actual numbers.<br /><br />La-Mont 40 : Macintosh 31 : Harris 4 : Couldn't be bothered to vote 5.Oldnatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-16784015500980169822011-12-18T18:33:26.070+00:002011-12-18T18:33:26.070+00:00Another fascinating breakdown. What a weird electo...Another fascinating breakdown. What a weird electoral process - almost guaranteed to produce internal disaffection.<br /><br />Galloway has said of Lamont<br /><br />'If there is a less appealing political figure in world politics, I've yet to meet them.'<br /><br />which seems a tad over the top even for His Gorgeousness.<br /><br />Brian Wilson is generous in his account of Lamont in today's Sunday Times but he ends by saying 'Good luck' - which seems like a disassociation rather than an endorsement.<br /><br />The little I know of Lamont indicates a figure of some dourness but Dewar was also a dour bugger and the voters never seemed to mind. I hope she may surprise us all.Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-5552087647001657192011-12-18T17:40:16.789+00:002011-12-18T17:40:16.789+00:00Davidson is also secretary to the Trade Union Grou...Davidson is also secretary to the Trade Union Group of Labour MPsJames Dolemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774046346905734191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-14787272121859139882011-12-18T14:55:00.443+00:002011-12-18T14:55:00.443+00:00Davidson is very Old Labour, even to the point of ...Davidson is very Old Labour, even to the point of being Eurosceptic and wanting an elected head of state. Hence the support from trade unionists and antipathy from MPs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-36724848512874814902011-12-18T11:54:39.061+00:002011-12-18T11:54:39.061+00:00Wow. Fascinating to see Davidson's overwhelmin...Wow. Fascinating to see Davidson's overwhelming popularity with the unions for deputy, fairly decent second-place showing with the membership, but absolutely crushing failure among parliamentarians, who know him best. I wonder how much of a part his various outbursts ("Who cares", "neo-fascists", "doing") played in that. Why on Earth would the unions want to inflict him on the party?RevStuhttp://wingsland.podgamer.comnoreply@blogger.com