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Hard not to disagree with Femi today: I agree with Femi on this. The degradation of our human rights has been steadily increasing since our exit from the EU, led by some ultra-right wing tories who sees regulation as red-tape, holding back the industry that could be unleashed. What is worrying is the Labour party's matching rhetoric that accepts the right-wing premises underlying Tory policy.

Baron Goldsmith has nothing to fear from Sir Kier Rodney Starmer

Identity Marksists about the the only form of Marxism present in todays 'Labour' Party

Nice to get some clarity on this issue: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/electoral-commission-weigh-whether-scottish-155453213.html They are, "an optional identity mark". Lenny also has been sacked. Poor Lenny. He was too nice for them anyway.

We understand time well enough. Certainly enough to compensate GPS satellites to correct for their difference in relative time due to a. being somewhat outside the gravity well of the planet and b. travelling at speeds that slows their onboard clocks. What is less clear is the origins of the universe. It does appear that everything winds back to an apparent big bang, what is less certain is what happens at that point. There are several competing theories. all constantly being updated. Some are cyclical, the universe being series of iterations; some are more one-off affairs. We currently do not know. If something is timeless, spaceless and matterless how does it cause anything and what does it affect?

How do you measure support for parties? Votes appear the most effective way. So the majority of Scots (who expressed an opinion at the last election) support parties in favour of independence. Hence the majority in the Scottish Parliament. Alternatively you could go by membership numbers. How many members does the Scottish Labour Party have? None. There is only the UK Labour Party. Same for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and the so-called Scottish Lib Dems. Fictional parties with no members, because you cannot join those parties.

Not sure how you get that from wot @DeeTillEhDeh posted. Pretty sure he's pointing to the overwhelming number of elected MSPs that command the majority in our government. Our MMP system being more democratic and representative, it would suggest that independence is a very current issue. Under a functioning democracy; this would lead to negotiations between the two governments.

I can only disagree. I can name half a dozen policies off the top of my head that have benefitted the citizens of Scotland in the last decade. I would be hard pressed to name even one policy of the previous Labour/Lib Dem administration. It's a game to them. Starmer exemplifies this attitude. PMQ's is a "knockabout". He doesn't connect the real world effects of Tory rhetoric and policy. His comments on the two-child cap demonstrate this disconnect. He wants to decrease child poverty and uses the record of New Labour as his touchstone; yet ignores the fact that this was possible because of increased welfare funding and no cap being in place.

The Labour/Lib Dem coalition. 10 years of meh. Which is why we ended up with an SNP administration in the first place.

Have they issued denials? Nicky Campbell says it's not him. What is weird is that the family complained to the BBC and not the Police. So not a crime then?

Household name, six-figure salary. It's like the clues are all there.

How about nah. I don't feel the need to counter some spin doctor's narrative.

Corbyn was a threat. Starmer has de-comissioned Corbyn and purged the party of any left-wing elements. He will be rewarded. This neo-labour will be like the latter half of Blair/Brown's tenure, with all the corruption and none of the redeeming features.

Not sure why Labour escapes the charges of incompetence; their collaboration with the Conservative on triggering Article 50 and approving the TCA don't exactly show them in their best light now. Their token opposition to egregious corruption and waste in Westminster is not something to boast about. I don't regard the SNP as incompetent, they have always seemed to be able to deliver on their policies and promises to the greatest extent and i can name a dozen policies of the top of my head that improved life for citizens of Scotland. Hah, funny. The party of negotiable affection.