But this from the Telegraph tickled my fancy:
">Alex Salmond to boost profile in run-up to general election
Scottish voters will be seeing more of Alex Salmond after he approved a higher risk strategy that looks to increase his public profile in the run-up to the general election.
The First Minister has decided to ape Gordon Brown and Barack Obama by holding regular televised press conferences in the hope of seizing the news agenda and overshadowing his rivals.
He will use the events to portray a statesmanlike image, and contrast his credentials as ‘head of the nation’ with Iain Gray, Labour’s Holyrood leader, and Jim Murphy, the Scottish Secretary."
"Head of the nation"?
"HEAD OF THE NATION"???
Someone needs to remind the blubbery shyster that he is "head" of a subordinate regional administration, nothing more.
And a minority one at that, put in by the votes of less than 17% of the electorate.
"But Labour will be hoping that Mr Salmond’s tendency to be overconfident will provoke gaffes in the press conferences."
Too right, which is why the idea of His Immensity being "statesmanlike" is hilarious.
If I were an opposition politician I would be feeding the press with lines to provoke the Great He-Zeppelin into the belligerent, aggressive, egotistical, (multiple) chin-thrusting Mussolini-esque rants which we have come to know and love from FMQs. Some "statesmanship".
I'm sensing that the cracks in the Nat project are starting to show.
The nuttier grassroots are appalled that the revolution hasn't happened, and the "hidden" "stolen" billions haven't been found - instead, we've had the GERS numbers signed off for two years now. It is admitted that an "independent" Scotland would not have billions more to play with.
We've also had the "Nationalist Chatroom" "policy" papers starting to quantify exactly how much extra it would cost to have an "independent" Foreign Office, "SBC" and so on.
And at ministerial level, they're starting to discover that it isn't all about making stuff "free", they are increasingly going to have to make hard choices and get blamed for them.
Which will in turn inflame the left-right splits we know exist in the Nats (although they've managed to hide them well so far), and reflect that back into the grassroots too. There are a surprising number of right-of-centre folks who, inexplicably, have become Nats. They need to face up to their choices.
I'm quite optimistic about the next decade. I'm not all that bothered about knocking Labour out for an extended period, but hopefully we can make a start on destroying Nattism as a political force.
8 comments:
"I have a few half-formed posts sitting in the draft folder"
I think you'll find that you've actually posted these.
If we look at the results of the poll from the Scottish Centre for Social Research it is evident that you are swimming against the tide here. Well, being a Tory in Scotland you will be used to that.
People want more power centred in Scotland, not less.
Your membership of a political minority may account for the intemperateness of your language, which has been very much to the fore recently.
Tut tut.
Oh, I'm glad you're here, Observer.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Police-in-39blackmail39-inquiry-.5984936.jp
Blackmail is a criminal offence. This could end up in court.
>> Well, being a Tory in Scotland you will be used to that.
The Tories are the only party to have returned a plurarity of Scottish votes, and just a few decades ago were fielding a majority of MPs.
>> People want more power centred in Scotland, not less.
This is not necessarily the same as power being devolved to Edinburgh. Why would anyone who wishes power to be brought to the people agree to place more in the hands of Holyrood as it currently is?
Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland.
Leader of the Scottish Government.
Statesman
Head of the Nation
Your discomfort is tangible and welcome.
Hello Alec, yes Cheesegate does seem to have grown some legs doesn't it. Oh well, we will need to wait and see what the investigating authorities think (although it seems that Pringle has been cleared thanks to Iain Gray).
The results of the poll I mentioned do seem to indicate that around 60% of people sampled want more powers devolved to Holyrood.
I imagine that trend will continue when Cameron gets in.
Are you putting money aside lest you have to pay for that bet, Observer?
>> The results of the poll I mentioned do seem to indicate that around 60% of people sampled want more powers devolved to Holyrood.
That's not what I disputed. You have in the past claimed this was about bringing power to the people.
You were wrong.
SM
Your colourful language and angry tone speak volumes about your personal feelings as opposed to giving a true reflection of the state of the SNP. Fair enough.
NTM puts it succinctly. And no matter what you think, Salmond is First Minister. And get this: the Scottish electorate knew he would be First Minister if the SNP got the largest share of the vote. Unlike a certain Gordon Brown.
By the way, what kind of mandate did Blair get in 2005? 21% of the electorate to run a MAJORITY Government with much greater power than Holyrood!
It's easy to muck about with facts and figures.
What a pile of unionist S~~T.LIE,LIE,LIE,LIE,LIE,LIE,LIE,LIE,LIE,LIE,LIE,LIES
VOTE SNP &SAVE SCOTLAND FROM UNIONIST LIES
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