Oor Nicola Sturgeon thread.

[paolo2143]

51 minutes ago, Lurkst said:

It's a rank disgrace.

 

lol

[Boo Khaki]

Baillie "the policy lies on a shelf gathering dust"

Aye Jackie, it would be far better if it was being used multiple times every fucking day of the week, eh?

[GNU_Linux]

56 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said:

Was unaware of the deep sectarian divide between taxi drivers.

Scotland's shame indeed.

Hail hail that taxi down there

[DeeTillEhDeh]

Baillie "the policy lies on a shelf gathering dust"
Aye Jackie, it would be far better if it was being used multiple times every fucking day of the week, eh?

A bit like Labour's own policies?

[strichener]

14 hours ago, itzdrk said:

I'm still absolutely lost at what the advantage of this particular (apparent) lie was. 

You clearly haven't been following the events then.  If she knew what the point of the April meeting was thennahe should have had it officially recorded as it wasn't a drop in by Salmond for a cosy chat but government business.

[John Lambies Doos]

Hope she goes to town on the negative media spin at the end. It's been disgraceful..

[Gordon EF]

I think it's becoming apparent that leaning so hard into the conspiracy aspects of this was a strategically poor decision by the anti-Sturgeon camp because it the outcome is 'The SG's policy was poor and was handled poorly" and nothing more, it's going to be perceived as a pretty crushing victory for the SG.

[BFTD]

Just now, strichener said:

You clearly haven't been following the events then.  If she knew what the point of the April meeting was thennahe should have had it officially recorded as it wasn't a drop in by Salmond for a cosy chat but government business.

What did she gain by not doing that?

[John Lambies Doos]

I think it's becoming apparent that leaning so hard into the conspiracy aspects of this was a strategically poor decision by the anti-Sturgeon camp because it the outcome is 'The SG's policy was poor and was handled poorly" and nothing more, it's going to be perceived as a pretty crushing victory for the SG.

Yeh, but who is going to report that?

[Gordon EF]

2 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said:

3 minutes ago, Gordon EF said:

I think it's becoming apparent that leaning so hard into the conspiracy aspects of this was a strategically poor decision by the anti-Sturgeon camp because it the outcome is 'The SG's policy was poor and was handled poorly" and nothing more, it's going to be perceived as a pretty crushing victory for the SG.

Yeh, but who is going to report that?

You're right. The MSM will disappear from this story like snow off a dyke in that scenario. And the story about incompetent handling of the investigation fades with it. And the perception will be that they've taken their shot at Sturgeon and failed miserably.

Edited March 3, 2021 by Gordon EF

[Boo Khaki]

Baillie now taking a leaf out of Mitchell's book and raging at NS's inability to answer questions in detail about matters that she had nothing to do with 

Edited March 3, 2021 by Boo Khaki

[DeeTillEhDeh]

I think it's becoming apparent that leaning so hard into the conspiracy aspects of this was a strategically poor decision by the anti-Sturgeon camp because it the outcome is 'The SG's policy was poor and was handled poorly" and nothing more, it's going to be perceived as a pretty crushing victory for the SG.

That's what it increasingly looks like - and the handling by civil servants being the real problem.

[Dons_1988]

2 minutes ago, Gordon EF said:

I think it's becoming apparent that leaning so hard into the conspiracy aspects of this was a strategically poor decision by the anti-Sturgeon camp because it the outcome is 'The SG's policy was poor and was handled poorly" and nothing more, it's going to be perceived as a pretty crushing victory for the SG.

My view of this from a distance (I can't claim to have been in the detail at all) was that it seemed like an administrative cock up and some hefty incompetence, but I failed to see the grand end of days narrative being spun for the SNP at all.

I still haven't seen anything to suggest otherwise.

[Gordon EF]

2 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said:

My view of this from a distance (I can't claim to have been in the detail at all) was that it seemed like an administrative cock up and some hefty incompetence, but I failed to see the grand end of days narrative being spun for the SNP at all.

I still haven't seen anything to suggest otherwise.

This is it. You can make all the innuendo you like and ask all the hanging questions you like but when the time's come, there's been a complete lack of evidence to back any of it up. And not only that, it just doesn't even feel like the most likely explanation for events.

[betting competition]

Gets quite bad when Alex Massie comments on this

 

[doulikefish]

Ballie and Mitchells next job should be bingo callers 

[Gordon EF]

Biggest negative for Sturgeon after this will be having to scrape Tory MSP off the bottom of her shoes.

[BFTD]

Glad I wasn't losing my mind about that Mitchell line of questioning.

Sitting here thinking, "no, she can't possibly be asking this".

Edit: maybe the idea was, "why didn't you do this wholly inappropriate thing so we had some proper ammunition to demand that you resign?"

Edited March 3, 2021 by BFTD

[Gordon EF]

4 minutes ago, BFTD said:

Glad I wasn't losing my mind about that Mitchell line of questioning.

Sitting here thinking, "no, she can't possibly be asking this".

Edit: maybe the idea was, "why didn't you do this wholly inappropriate thing so we had some proper ammunition to demand that you resign?"

I think she's probably just an idiot.

[strichener]

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However, there is something else in which confidence must be restored—the notion that politicians, when found wanting in their obligations, should take responsibility, and that the buck stops with those who are ultimately responsible.

Nicola Sturgeon