It is utterly shameful that the SNP are using the Gaza conflict as a voting tool, in effect trying to shame voters into voting for them under the pretence that having more SNP representatives will bring about a ceasefire.
It does not matter whether the SNP get 15, 30 or 45 seats, in respect of Gaza, as it will ultimately have no bearing on the war whatsoever.
Rather than solely campaign on what they have done for Scotland (!), or even independence, they are now trying to dilute it down to whether voters think war is good or bad. They didn’t even condemn the initial attack on Israel, or even mention it, until they could factor in Israel’s response. How messed up is that?
The reality is that any war, especially one where civilians and children are being killed, is an awful thing. Yet the SNP are trying to weaponise the conflict for their own needs.
That is despicable.
The Four Bars (of Scotland, England and Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland) have today issued a Joint Statement on the importance of trial by jury, and expressing the hope that the new FM will appreciate this and ditch the juryless pilot planned for 2028.
Head of Caledonian MacBrayne, the Scottish ferry operator, resigns with immediate effect.
The boss of state-owned shipyard Ferguson Marine, where two massively over budget and delayed CalMac ferries are being built, was sacked last week.
Still no date for deployment of these badly-needed new ferries. These two high-profile departures will hardly help.
It has now taken Scotland’s SNP government longer to build two new bog-standard ferries than it took America to go to the moon in 1960s.
Of course not a single SNP minister has ever been held to account for this farce. That’s not how Scottish devolution works. No matter the level of incompetence, there are never any consequences for those responsible.
Farmers protesting in Europe at the moment.
Netherlands, Scotland, France, Poland, Lithuania, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Germany.
Soon to be joined by
England, Wales, and Ireland.
This is a full scale rebellion that the public need to support.
Tell your neighbours, tell your friends, they will not see this on the BBC.
Please repost.
@alasdairallan@HumzaYousaf Ah there’s a surprise, nudged by the Murrells I bet, I’m sure your loyalty will be well rewarded. Humza will kill the Indi dream stone dead, and with that, you’ll be kicked off the gravy train.