Mortar Bored Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Is says Best overall politician nothing about if it is a current politician or alive or dead etc etc This is reminiscent of the £50 TV thread in it's diabolical failure to grasp the OPs intentions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortar Bored Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 For me, it's like choosing a favourite between my children. They are both special in their own way and both utterly loved by me. I think Sturgeon is probably the more rounded politician ( no fat Alec jokes), she has a wider appeal to the electorate and knows when to tone it down, for that reason, and the fact she e-mails me regularly. It's oor Nic by a rizzla paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevthedee Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Condones abuse #supernat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortar Bored Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Kev, I think you are taking this all a bit personally. If you had read the thread title, you wouldn't have jumped in with a ridiculous nomination. And cocksocket isn't abuse, it's a term of endearment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevthedee Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 For me, it's like choosing a favourite between my children. They are both special in their own way and both utterly loved by me. I think Sturgeon is probably the more rounded politician ( no fat Alec jokes), she has a wider appeal to the electorate and knows when to tone it down, for that reason, and the fact she e-mails me regularly. It's oor Nic by a rizzla paper. Sslmond set out to provoke people with his views and attitude and his general approach to get what he wanted for his party,sturgeon is much more diplomatic in her approach. Sturgeons sofly-softly attitude will get her far more respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortar Bored Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Salmond set out to provoke people when provocation was required. I'm not saying his provocation was selfless, and he always envisaged Sturgeon as the "lady in waiting" BUT, it's worked a treat for the only Political party worth voting for in Scotland. If you combine the political talent of every party in Scotland,SNP & Harvie aside, you won't get the political power of either Salmond or Sturgeon. That's including every MP, MSP, party activist, leaflet dropper...... And it feels good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Lots of SNP arse kissing going on in this topic so i will say donald dewar the very first minister of scotland and advocate of scottish devolution. Not a bad shout that: he was a key player in tearing apart his own party, the long term effects of which contributing to the hilarious Labour rump we see in Scotland today. Still, not for me though. If Scotland becomes independent, the Dewar statue on Buchanan Street should be torn down, and the people of Scotland should be taxed heavily - the proceeds of which going towards a big, fat, solid gold, Alex Salmond shaped replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortar Bored Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Not a bad shout that: he was a key player in tearing apart his own party, the long term effects of which contributing to the hilarious Labour rump we see in Scotland today. Still, not for me though. If Scotland becomes independent, the Dewar statue on Buchanan Street should be torn down, and the people of Scotland should be taxed heavily - the proceeds of which going towards a big, fat, solid gold, Alex Salmond shaped replacement. Aye but what "right thinking" P&Ber is going to simulate sex with a statue of King Alex? Not one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I'm up for a 60 foot statue of Alex Salmond right in the middle of Edinburgh. Teach those no voting c***s as a lesson. (Am I doing it right?) For what it's worth, I voted Sturgeon. Salmond makes me laugh, but I'm a recent convert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Willie Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I'm up for a 60 foot statue of Alex Salmond right in the middle of Edinburgh. Teach those no voting c***s as a lesson. (Am I doing it right?) For what it's worth, I voted Sturgeon. Salmond makes me laugh, but I'm a recent convert. The Scott monument is 200 feet high. The Wallace monument is 220 feet high. So the Salmond monument should be there or there-aboots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Salmond will never be forgotten, he'll still have the Loony Unies quacking in their boots long after he is gone but Nicola has that bit of style and class. She will hopefully knock in Samlonds cut back into an empty net in the next decade or so. She really came into her own in the General Election debate where she didn't just win over Scotland but quite a few Englanders too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loondave1 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Let me see the choices in overalls and then and only then will i decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotSquid Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Ed Miliband in that picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Difficult one. Salmond was the fukin daddy... but perhaps was starting to hit a ceiling. Sturgeon has taken the baton and is sprinting towards the finish line... And kevthedee is a minter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Sturgeon won me over when she trounced Lamont and Carmichael in the referendum debates. I was a little worried she'd never be more than an attack dog, but I'm delighted that she's actually become the reasonable, smart, competent operator that has essentially won hearts and minds across the world. I like Salmond, but I think there is and was a danger that he'd come to coast along on his own reputation, and assume that his skills in debating would be enough to convince people our country should be something other than a part of another state. Sturgeon appears to realise that being personable and charming rather than a shrewd Jack-the-lad is necessary for building support. I suspect Salmond became convinced that he was *right* (and on the subject of independence I think he was) and that that conviction was best expressed by impressing it upon people rather than trying a more persuasive approach. Still, the abuse Salmond withstood from vindictive, terrified BritNats without turning a hair or crying to the papers qualifies him as a hell of a statesman - probably the only great Scottish statesman I can think of in living memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Willie Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Sturgeon won me over when she trounced Lamont and Carmichael in the referendum debates. I was a little worried she'd never be more than an attack dog, but I'm delighted that she's actually become the reasonable, smart, competent operator that has essentially won hearts and minds across the world. I like Salmond, but I think there is and was a danger that he'd come to coast along on his own reputation, and assume that his skills in debating would be enough to convince people our country should be something other than a part of another state. Sturgeon appears to realise that being personable and charming rather than a shrewd Jack-the-lad is necessary for building support. I suspect Salmond became convinced that he was *right* (and on the subject of independence I think he was) and that that conviction was best expressed by impressing it upon people rather than trying a more persuasive approach. Still, the abuse Salmond withstood from vindictive, terrified BritNats without turning a hair or crying to the papers qualifies him as a hell of a statesman - probably the only great Scottish statesman I can think of in living memory. Well said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevthedee Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Difficult one. Salmond was the fukin daddy... but perhaps was starting to hit a ceiling. Sturgeon has taken the baton and is sprinting towards the finish line... And kevthedee is a minter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Difficult one. Salmond was the fukin daddy... but perhaps was starting to hit a ceiling. Sturgeon has taken the baton and is sprinting towards the finish line... And kevthedee is a minter Comedykev still trying to work out his own voting preferences: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 The thing that put people off independence was Salmond. What a minter for the guy. Sturgeon is a better politician and a far more likeable person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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