When will indyref2 happen?

[pandarilla]

Pie in the sky stuff there, what has Oor Nicola done that stands her head and shoulders ? All she is doing is being a puppet for her Tory bosses, where has the money come from for keeping companies and people afloat, not the Scottish government.

It’s something that the Nats have never been able to answer. Exactly what are Nicola and wee Jeane doing just now that is so much better than Westminster?

She has appeared every day since the crisis broke, and explained with openness and honesty. Not attempting to bluff and bluster, and instead she's clear on the details.

Like i said, there's a works of difference in their handling of the press conferences.

I'd love for the Scottish govt to have the economic control to make meaningful policy differences - but you're going to attack them either way.

[Mastermind]

1 hour ago, lichtgilphead said:

Running the most efficient NHS in the UK. It's pretty f*cking obvious, Minterboy.

https://www.businessforscotland.com/scotlands-nhs-outperforms-the-rest-of-the-uk-heres-why/

Ah, Scotland prospering as part of the UK. No wonder the sensible majority don’t want to throw it away. 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Malky and Mastermind. The dream team.

[NotThePars]

9 hours ago, renton said:

That sympathy is soft as shit though. A combination of his illness plus the fact that people tend to rally around leadership in times of crisis (a tide that will raise the good ship Sturgeon equally) that does not necessarily last much beyond that. Even Gordon Brown's polling numbers went up in the aftermath of the banking crisis...

You're right. People are obvs more reluctant to believe their leaders are useless chancers when those people are presiding over decisions that might actually kill loved ones. It'll be interesting to see how Boris's approval ratings fair say six months after we're over the worst of this. Ofc it doesn't help that our press are court jesters more interested in holding the public to account than the govt. 

[DeeTillEhDeh]

Can we just ignore Manky's new alias please?

 

Don't quote him ffs.

 

[BFTD]

20 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said:

Can we just ignore Manky's new alias please?

Don't quote him ffs.

Oh Christ, is that who this one is?

What's going on with the misspelling of Heimlich Manoeuvre? Am I missing something dreadfully clever due to my Nationalist stupidity?

[O'Kelly Isley III]

Ah, Scotland prospering as part of the UK. No wonder the sensible majority don’t want to throw it away. 

It's like having a couple of wasps in the room, contributing nothing and annoying the f**k out of everyone. You and Hymlick can f**k right off, you pair of Quisling p***ks.

[Benjamin_Nevis]

Malky and Mastermind. The dream team.

If one was aiming to form a dream team of shit posting and generally being self-loathing creeps, aye.

[Mr Heliums]

19 hours ago, BigFatTabbyDave said:

What's going on with the misspelling of Heimlich Manoeuvre?

By ignoring the velar fricative 'ch' (as in 'loch') and writing it as a velar stop  (as in 'lock') he's subtly undermining Scots dialect in favour of a single English pronunciation.

Or he's fundamentally stupid. One or the other.

[welshbairn]

58 minutes ago, Mr Heliums said:

By ignoring the velar fricative 'ch' (as in 'loch') and writing it as a velar stop  (as in 'lock') he's subtly undermining Scots dialect in favour of a single English pronunciation.

Or he's fundamentally stupid. One or the other.

Thought by spelling with a "y" instead of "ei" as well as the "ck" instead of "ch" he was making a juvenile and creepy allusion to cunnilingus on an underage girl.

Edited April 26, 2020 by welshbairn

[BFTD]

6 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Thought by spelling with a "y" instead of "ei" as well as the "ck" instead of "ch" he was making a juvenile and creepy allusion to cunnilingus on an underage girl.

Disgusting. Banhammer, immediately.

1 hour ago, Mr Heliums said:

By ignoring the velar fricative 'ch' (as in 'loch') and writing it as a velar stop  (as in 'lock') he's subtly undermining Scots dialect in favour of a single English pronunciation.

Or he's fundamentally stupid. One or the other.

Oh, it gets worse. Kill it with fire.

[John Lambies Doos]

Can the next “Better Together” campaign please have “THANK THE MIGHTY BORIS FOR SAVING YOU FROM YOURSELVES” emblazoned on all its anti-Scottish propaganda? Should sway a few softer opponents of Scottish independence.

Nah cravens will still crave

[O'Kelly Isley III]

Nah cravens will still crave

Perhaps, but these cravens should perhaps consider how Denmark for example has dealt with this pandemic, and how it goes about its business in general. All the pre-existing reasons for an independent Scottish state are as valid as they were three months ago, and given the response of the UK Government during this period they have been strengthened. Lockdown and self-isolation need not dull our critical faculties, and anyone thinking that post-pandemic Britain will become some soft-focus haven of democracy, social cohesion and equality really needs their head examined - and that's before the full lunacy of Brexit. We still have a chance for a better Scotland.

[DeeTillEhDeh]

By ignoring the velar fricative 'ch' (as in 'loch') and writing it as a velar stop  (as in 'lock') he's subtly undermining Scots dialect in favour of a single English pronunciation.
Or he's fundamentally stupid. One or the other.

Or both?

[Baxter Parp]

On 23/03/2020 at 20:11, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Do you mean like how slow they’ve been to respond? The lack of a business continuity plan for pandemic disease? Or do you mean the fact they STILL havent got proper PPE for emergency service staff and GP’s?
Its all very well sounding good at a podium in a press conference, but in reality Scotland’s response to this pandemic (and btw the UK one is horrific also) has been nothing short of shameful.

This hasn't aged well.  It seems the UK government have been sabotaging us since the beginning.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

This hasn't aged well.  It seems the UK government have been sabotaging us since the beginning.

Get a grip you raving psychopath, they should have had stockpiles of PPE thats the failing. The fact Inverclyde has had more covid deaths than Australia shows the Scottish strategy and approach was fucking shite.

[Baxter Parp]

5 hours ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Get a grip you raving psychopath, they should have had stockpiles of PPE thats the failing. The fact Inverclyde has had more covid deaths than Australia shows the Scottish strategy and approach was fucking shite.

ScotGov isn't in charge of emergency prep, dimwit, it's reserved.  What should we have cut just so we made up for the UK's incompetence?  In fact how would we know they hadn't maintained a decent stock?

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

ScotGov isn't in charge of emergency prep, dimwit, it's reserved.  What should we have cut just so we made up for the UK's incompetence?  In fact how would we know they hadn't maintained a decent stock?

Youre absolutely incapable of accepting that the scottish government isnt perfect. Yes certain things are devolved and reserved, im fucking patently aware of that, however ensuring adequate stocks of PPE would fall to the Scottish Government/NHS emergency planning, of which Scotland has a body called ‘Ready Scotland’. Their own website, their SOP’s recognise the necessity of Scotland public bodies to prepare for emergencies. In particular some of their literature talks about learning from influenza pandemic of 2009 and readiness from then https://www.readyscotland.org/media/1112/mpc_guidance_-_scotland_-_final_may_2014.pdf

Mate ffs im not saying the Scottish government are at Tory levels of incompetence but f**k me they were caught with their trousers down, have a bit of humility and just accept that they fucked it, running about with your fingers in ears singing ‘lalalala’ doesn’t help.

[Baxter Parp]

5 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Youre absolutely incapable of accepting that the scottish government isnt perfect. Yes certain things are devolved and reserved, im fucking patently aware of that, however ensuring adequate stocks of PPE would fall to the Scottish Government/NHS emergency planning, of which Scotland has a body called ‘Ready Scotland’. Their own website, their SOP’s recognise the necessity of Scotland public bodies to prepare for emergencies. In particular some of their literature talks about learning from influenza pandemic of 2009 and readiness from then https://www.readyscotland.org/media/1112/mpc_guidance_-_scotland_-_final_may_2014.pdf

Mate ffs im not saying the Scottish government are at Tory levels of incompetence but f**k me they were caught with their trousers down, have a bit of humility and just accept that they fucked it, running about with your fingers in ears singing ‘lalalala’ doesn’t help.

Fucksake, that's planning to "deliver prophylaxis and/or treatment in the event of a Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) incident." not a fucking pandemic.  Accept that you're fucking wrong

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Fucksake, that's planning to "deliver prophylaxis and/or treatment in the event of a Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) incident." not a fucking pandemic.  Accept that you're fucking wrong

Youre a diddy, im making the point that Scottish NHS via scottish government has a resilience/emergency planning responsibility and showed you one example of its sops one of which shows in section 2.5 that they are aware of the risk of pandemic flu. Youre having a mare.