tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2194249567046726472.post5552220965969949402..comments2023-05-22T14:42:16.401+01:00Comments on Indygal in Europe!: A Day of Drama in Parly LandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2194249567046726472.post-87367400347358158072009-02-03T11:09:00.000+00:002009-02-03T11:09:00.000+00:00Bravo! I so admire your passion. But perhaps when ...Bravo! I so admire your passion. <BR/><BR/><BR/>But perhaps when it gets the better of you and you start to drift into hyperbole about who cares most for 'the people', you should consider what the sticking points of the budget were.<BR/><BR/>Labour, I believe, wanted more money for apprenticeships. So that young people could learn a trade. I'm sure with your 18 years in politics you'll know that's very different from just creating jobs - If you teach someone a trade they've a job for life. <BR/><BR/>The Greens wanted more money for insulation schemes which would cut people's fuel bills in the long term and be better for the environment.<BR/><BR/>Now, both of these are pretty laudable aims. Pity, then, that the SNP did not agree - and instead used our money for ...... what?<BR/><BR/>The only things that pop into my head are cuts to business rates - so someone who's already doing well can make more money, and £10 million for a single painting at a time when struggling artists in Scotland are facing severe cuts.<BR/><BR/>Now, you seem a decent sort, and I believe you do genuinely care. But is it not time you asked yourself if you're fighting for the right side?Spoonsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793742482538653162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2194249567046726472.post-37043853619861430142009-02-02T10:06:00.000+00:002009-02-02T10:06:00.000+00:00Well said Indy, Spoonsy sums up the way Labour app...Well said Indy, Spoonsy sums up the way Labour appears to me, not saying Spoonsy is labour but it sounds like it.<BR/><BR/>Their conduct in the chamber at Holyrood is a national disgrace and with cheerleaders like Lord Foulkes howling them on it has further isolated Labour.<BR/><BR/>Grays attmepted bloodless coup was just that and has damaged him further. The SNP are now streets ahead of the pack as a result of Labours attempted coup.Key bored warrior.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05192681529004653727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2194249567046726472.post-34693109782525589672009-01-30T21:42:00.000+00:002009-01-30T21:42:00.000+00:00Your language is just very different to what I'm u...Your language is just very different to what I'm used to in the SNP. "Boot on the other foot" - something kinda aggressive about that, not my kinda politics I'm afraid. It's funny though how you think that the SNP is, at last, being brought down to earth with a bump - or at least, we were for a day in your mind! Strange really given that almost all of my political life (18 of the 20 years) the SNP has gotten nowhere, we've always been at the bottom of the pile, we've lost elections, we've lost money, we've lost nearly everything several times over. But the one thing we've NEVER lost is the passion to keep on fighting because we truly believe in what we're fighting for. It's Labour and the Tories (no idea what you are Spoonsy, little difference as far as I'm concerned) who are used to winning and can't cope with losing. This is NOTHING to us, it's a minor setback. Whilst you're feeling all smug inside though perhaps you'll spare a thought for the folk out there who don't really give a damn who gets what through parliament or who votes how, all they care about is surviving this hellish time. And I actually do care about them. Do you?Indygalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04137470353570331976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2194249567046726472.post-24215955496425486542009-01-30T16:05:00.000+00:002009-01-30T16:05:00.000+00:00Now, now .... no need to be childish.I'm merely po...Now, now .... no need to be childish.<BR/><BR/>I'm merely pointing out that the opposition parties have done exactly what the SNP promised to do if there was a hung parliament at Westminster - Extract the maximum concessions from a weak government.<BR/><BR/>But I can take it from your churlish reaction that it really isn't so nice when the boot is on the other foot.Spoonsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793742482538653162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2194249567046726472.post-75719246925272851232009-01-30T15:48:00.000+00:002009-01-30T15:48:00.000+00:00Yes but I imagine if Alex Salmond passed you in th...Yes but I imagine if Alex Salmond passed you in the street you'd stick your tongue out at him and feel a certain amount of satisfaction at that Spoonsy - we're all different and we all have varying levels of sophistication when it comes to how we get our kicks :-)Indygalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04137470353570331976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2194249567046726472.post-37520593067532412192009-01-30T13:09:00.000+00:002009-01-30T13:09:00.000+00:00I suppose that's one way of looking at it....Perso...I suppose that's one way of looking at it....<BR/><BR/>Personally, I enjoyed watching the SNP dance to Labour's jig - and spin a few reels at the behest of the Greens and Tories.Spoonsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793742482538653162noreply@blogger.com