Labour should be pro-self-determination. If Scottish people want independence then I'm for them having that opportunity. Of course I would also like them to be considering "leaving" a country which was offering every opportunity and voice they currently lack ......
Unlike Themaclad, as a lifelong Labour supporter, I know of almost no Labour MPs I particularly want to hear, want to go out of my way to support or whose performance I would applaud. The party is weighed down with careerist dumbfkucs who deserve to lose, and whose machinations against Corbyn have proved how incapable they would be in government or any proper job!
The EU has never and can never come to terms with the contradiction between nation statehood and ever-closer union. It will fall apart in under ten years. And IMO that it is one lead balloon Scotland would well-advised to avoid tying itself to.
As for the May assertion that she needs a strong hand for Brexit negotiations, it is just a chimera, a mirage at best, a lie at worst. The EU doesn't negotiate, it bullies. Ask Greece, Switzerland, Denmark, Ireland ...... It wants UK money, but doesn't care about too much about us. If May doesn't cough up billions on terms sight unseen there won't be much negotiating. If she's true to herself we'll leave in 2 years on World Trade Terms. Deals will happen later once we're no longer a member because the other 27 will no longer worry whether we're getting something they're missing .......
In terms of Brexit this election is a total irrelevance. Anybody but Nick Clegg could achieve a no deal! It doesn't matter how strong a negotiator you are and how large your majority. But the election will be fought and won upon this illusion! Labour's manifesto and policies won't matter a cat fart. Theresa May won when she said was going to be a bloody difficult woman.
And if Scotland wants to do anything about it, I'd suggest Nicola Sturgeon spending a month in England campaigning for Labour ....... because 59 Scottish seats will only become relevant if there's political earthquake in England. Nicola we need you!
Unlike Themaclad, as a lifelong Labour supporter, I know of almost no Labour MPs I particularly want to hear, want to go out of my way to support or whose performance I would applaud. The party is weighed down with careerist dumbfkucs who deserve to lose, and whose machinations against Corbyn have proved how incapable they would be in government or any proper job!
The EU has never and can never come to terms with the contradiction between nation statehood and ever-closer union. It will fall apart in under ten years. And IMO that it is one lead balloon Scotland would well-advised to avoid tying itself to.
As for the May assertion that she needs a strong hand for Brexit negotiations, it is just a chimera, a mirage at best, a lie at worst. The EU doesn't negotiate, it bullies. Ask Greece, Switzerland, Denmark, Ireland ...... It wants UK money, but doesn't care about too much about us. If May doesn't cough up billions on terms sight unseen there won't be much negotiating. If she's true to herself we'll leave in 2 years on World Trade Terms. Deals will happen later once we're no longer a member because the other 27 will no longer worry whether we're getting something they're missing .......
In terms of Brexit this election is a total irrelevance. Anybody but Nick Clegg could achieve a no deal! It doesn't matter how strong a negotiator you are and how large your majority. But the election will be fought and won upon this illusion! Labour's manifesto and policies won't matter a cat fart. Theresa May won when she said was going to be a bloody difficult woman.
And if Scotland wants to do anything about it, I'd suggest Nicola Sturgeon spending a month in England campaigning for Labour ....... because 59 Scottish seats will only become relevant if there's political earthquake in England. Nicola we need you!