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Scottish Feudal Council meets in Holyrood

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This post was going to be about the falling oil price and the Britnat gloating about the loss of 35000 jobs. Before that it was going to be about some kind of Jim Murphy, Deputy Dug thing and before that it was going to be about the plastic bag charge. However, Andy Wightman was tweeting about something so I clicked the link and lo, my world changed! For the subject of Andy’s tweets was none other than:

Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs’ Holyrood Palace Heirs’ Party

What the, what is that all about? You’ve got to check it out, for here is the Scottish feudal system stepping into the light. Coming out as it were. Having a jolly good time courtesy of the Duke of Hamilton in his apartments in Holyrood Palace. The Duke of Hamilton and Brando, to give him his full honorific title,  is the hereditary keeper of Holyrood Palace and bearer of the Crown of Scotland, which means that he is right up there with the Queen and junior only to the Duke of Rothesay (you may know him as Prince Charles). He is also one of only five British peers to hold multiple dukedoms.

Anyway, back to the soiree. The Earl of Elgin supplied the whisky, which was jolly decent of him. The 90 clan chiefs, their heirs and wives were piped into the palace by a piper, who was lucky to get a mention on the website, and they were welcomed by Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor who gave some of the free whisky to the piper then made a speech about how all of these peers need to get support from overseas because there’s precious little coming from the common folk of this land.

The aim of the party was to make all those present to feel part of a club, so that they would all act in concert to further their own aims and advance their enrichment at the expense of the people of Scotland. No doubt there were a few scowls and mutterings about those SNP rascals who proposed to regulate their estates but then they remembered that all laws in this land have to be signed off by the Queen, who is one of them, so there shouldn’t be a problem. She’s got their back as it were.

But I wouldn’t be so sure, more interventions by our supposedly impartial monarch into the affairs of the Scottish people would bring the institution into even more disrepute than it is already in. What we have to remember is that the Queen has all of the power in these lands, she is sovereign. That was a power that we held for a brief period on the 18th September 2014. You held it, I held it too. It felt good and I didn’t want to let it go. Now I want that power back, I will take it bit by bit if I have to but I still want all of it. I want to be sovereign again.

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Cameron Promises to Default on UK Debt

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The Prime Minister has promised that the UK will not pay it’s debt to the EU on the 1st December which would leave the UK in default. David Cameron said, “If people think I am paying that bill on 1 December, they have another think coming.” This will henceforth be known as the “Call Me Dave” defence so the next time HMRC come knocking, wanting you to pay your tax bill by such and such a date, you just have to tell them that your name is Dave and the problem will disappear. How do you think that will work out? Exactly, and the same thing is going to happen here.

The spat is designed to make the PM appear to be tough on the EU but the effect so far is to alienate our trading partners and neighbours as well as diminishing our global standing. Who is going to trust a country which does not pay its’ debts? As Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Tory Lickspittle, said during the Scottish Independence Referendum about the SNPs’ promise not to pay its’ share of UK debt, “The Scottish Government’s plan to renege on Scotland’s share of the debt in the event of independence is simply not credible. Mortgage rates would go up, credit cards and bills would go up and the Scottish Government would have to resort to the bond markets equivalent of Wonga to raise money to pay for public services in Scotland.”

So that’s it then, we can expect higher mortgage rates, credit cards and bills to go up and UK government will have to go cap in hand to Wonga to bail them out. Just because Dave want’s to appear to be tough on the EU. Just because the Tories are running scared from the UKIP threat. We’re definitely Better Together now then.

David Cameron Doh

New poll is huge blow to Tories/UKIP

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A recent IpsosMORI poll shows that 56% of Britons wish to remain within the EU, the highest proportion since 1999. The poll is a clear warning to the Tories and UKIP that their Euroscepticism is falling on deaf ears throughout the land, with even Tory support for continued membership above 50%.

Among the other parties 73% of Labour supporters and 82% of Lib Dem supporters favour continued membership. Unsurprisingly only 11% of UKIP supporters are in favour of remaining within the EU.

The new poll is a big blow for David Cameron, who is pushing for an in/out referendum on the issue in 2017 if the Tories are re-elected. He is responding to the threat of UKIP which has seen 2 Tory MPs defect to it in recent times. But it is clear that his message is not getting through to the majority of the population. Membership of the EU has always been one of the major fault lines of the Tory party.

The poll also shows that UKIP are not reaching the majority of the population with their xenophobic message.

Labour are marginally in the lead ahead of the next general election in 2015 but they are not immune from the threat of UKIP either which has lead to a further lurch to the right for the party with David Miliband announcing new controls on immigration if Labour are elected in 2015. But Labour supporters have traditionally been more in favour of immigration than the other parties.

Among Scottish people 60% were in favour of remaining within the EU. Unfortunately there were no breakdowns of political party affiliations within this segment of the poll.

There was no mention of this poll on the BBC, is this censorship by omission?

Fat Tory Alex Johnston MSP

Fat Tory does not recognise referendum result!

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Alex Johnston MSP (Conservative list for NE Scotland) does not recognise the Scottish referendum result, he voted against the motion “That the Parliament recognises the result of the independence referendum.” So what does that mean? Does it mean that he wanted independence? Not likely. Does it mean that he believes that the referendum was rigged and that it was not free and fair? Probably.

Why have I picked this particular fat tory for today’s blog I hear you ask? Well it’s because he decided to give his tuppence worth today on the BBC about the nomination of Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the SNP. For the record he said,”We all know how keen the SNP leadership were on keeping the monarchy and that seems to extend to adopting a similar succession model for their new leader.” That’s how elections work Alex, if there is only one candidate then there is not much point in having an election is there? Alex has never won an election, he got his seat as a list MSP.

Just for the record Alex Johnston opposed gay marriage but supported the bedroom tax. He’s a typical fat tory with his snout in the trough.