tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post8025321266410328368..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: The Demise Of Scottish Labour?subrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-21609696922760829982015-02-06T11:22:46.325+00:002015-02-06T11:22:46.325+00:00I dunno, Rosa. While it would be great never to ha...I dunno, Rosa. While it would be great never to have a Labour Government in England again, you chaps may care to recall the fable of 'King Log and King Stork.'<br />The S.N.P. is a deeply unpleasant party of nannying authoritarians. OTH, Scotland has form for this, remember the Covenanters?Oswald Thakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337549623375669882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-26065171629018774252015-02-06T10:51:20.249+00:002015-02-06T10:51:20.249+00:00Having got rid of Labour, what then?
If the Scots ...Having got rid of Labour, what then?<br />If the Scots aren't careful they will end up with a one part state, which I certainly wouldn't want regardless of the party.<br />Well at least in England we are safe from that possibility (at the moment).English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-68934826841189044462015-02-06T01:57:24.559+00:002015-02-06T01:57:24.559+00:00Hi Carol42. You speak for a lot of west coast peo...Hi Carol42. You speak for a lot of west coast people. I’m a Dundonian and Dundee was also Labour controlled for decades, but now it’s SNP and things are moving more in the direction they should have been going 30 years ago.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-45490222907292441882015-02-06T01:55:20.248+00:002015-02-06T01:55:20.248+00:00I don’t think it’s faux these days OR. The cat’s o...I don’t think it’s faux these days OR. The cat’s out of the bag!subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-6561385861722857552015-02-06T01:54:31.965+00:002015-02-06T01:54:31.965+00:00My father was a life long labour supporter JRB and...My father was a life long labour supporter JRB and I know he would be horrified at its state today. <br /><br />I agree, it is rather sad; particularly when we know those responsible are our fellow men.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-58260622074193933722015-02-06T01:52:02.648+00:002015-02-06T01:52:02.648+00:00It will Joe. Remind me in May please. It will Joe. Remind me in May please. subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-5029270242099407272015-02-06T01:51:35.352+00:002015-02-06T01:51:35.352+00:00JimS, certainly Westminster receives much greater ...JimS, certainly Westminster receives much greater bar subsidies than Holyrood. :Dsubrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-33171305527800390002015-02-05T22:46:05.252+00:002015-02-05T22:46:05.252+00:00I am a Scot, born and reared in Glasgow though I h...I am a Scot, born and reared in Glasgow though I have lived in England for the past 20 years. I have no experience of the SNP as a government though most of my family are still there and seem quite happy. It is well past time Scotland broke away from Labour, they treated Scotland as their own personal fiefdom and, at least in Glasgow, didn't do much as the electorate was taken for granted. Maybe some new party will rise from the ashes. As for Brown, I never could stand him.carol42https://www.blogger.com/profile/04800081110262351341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-11464952411092883072015-02-05T19:20:38.623+00:002015-02-05T19:20:38.623+00:00Anything which reduces the faux socialism pretendi...Anything which reduces the faux socialism pretending to be Labour gets my vote, Subrosa!Oldrightiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192587284458430556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-37658106054712188582015-02-05T13:48:05.594+00:002015-02-05T13:48:05.594+00:00Though not a Labour supporter, I find the demise o...Though not a Labour supporter, I find the demise of this once illustrious party with its proud political and social history, more than a little sad.<br /><br />I firmly believe that there has always been in the Scottish character that element that goes beyond ‘self’ – be it socialism / the milk of human kindness / care and compassion for others – call it what you will, be it religious or secular.<br /><br />Politically, one might argue that such consideration of others was represented by ‘Labour’; sadly since the advent of ‘New Labour’ and its successors that has no longer been the case.<br />Labour has abandoned its ‘socialist’ principles and roots in its lust for power. Now PPE graduates run for office with little or no experience of, or regard for, the life of the average working man or woman.<br /><br />By all accounts and from the latest polls it would appear that the people of Scotland will very soon abandon Labour and find a home for their caring and compassionate nature elsewhere – and rightly so.JRBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864418763227369458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-63322161148828231122015-02-05T11:20:19.992+00:002015-02-05T11:20:19.992+00:00Looks like you might have some extra work to do, R...Looks like you might have some extra work to do, Rosie.<br /><br />Your Political Map will need updating.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-69231637006337827842015-02-05T10:41:34.788+00:002015-02-05T10:41:34.788+00:00Vote for monkeys or chimps, it is all the same, yo...Vote for monkeys or chimps, it is all the same, you will get peanuts.<br /><br />Labour/SNP all the same, winging, small-minded, merchants of envy and discontent, reliant on a feckless, dependent electorate to keep the politicians in the trough they think they deserve. Living the life on benefits from 'free' oil, over-priced water and EU hand-outs.<br /><br />Meanwhile, for anyone with talent, the lights of London etc. still burn bright.JimShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295953179246578687noreply@blogger.com