tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post2444481881923970217..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: SNP Takes Advantage of Labour TurmoilIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44706998257095051922007-03-01T09:18:00.000+00:002007-03-01T09:18:00.000+00:00"Simon Heffer didn't exactly help the Conservative..."Simon Heffer didn't exactly help the Conservative cause in Scotland by writing a few weeks ago in the Daily Telegraph encouraging Scottish voters to vote for the SNP."<BR/><BR/>Why should he have to? I'm a Unionist but he's entitled to his opinion.<BR/><BR/> "Comments like that, coupled with his persistent anti-Unionism, are undermining all the hard work of Conservative activists North of the border. He should be ashamed of undermining the Tory cause so."<BR/><BR/>Why? He doesn't even support the Tories. You might as well say the Guardian should be ashamed of being a leftie paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-12744858508524584632007-03-01T00:01:00.000+00:002007-03-01T00:01:00.000+00:00As an Englishman I can truly say that Salmond is t...As an Englishman I can truly say that Salmond is the only mainstream politician that pays England any kind of respect. He recognizes that, following devolution for Scotland and Wales, England is uniquely disadvantaged ( and some would say handicapped ) by being governed by a British Government...The SNP are currently the only hope for England as they are the only party that speaks up for Englands right to self government.<BR/><BR/>I totally agree, Anon 8.59. In fact I hope Iain and Boris will ensure Salmond receives a Knighthood for services to England.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-59913534676075795232007-02-28T22:02:00.000+00:002007-02-28T22:02:00.000+00:00" Penlan - the Clearances are still a hot topic of..." Penlan - the Clearances are still a hot topic of debate so expect the bogey-(wo)man of Thacther to endure in Scotland for another 150 years at least. "<BR/><BR/> Nowt to do with us in England - though they try and blame it on us . It was done by Scots to Scots - never let the celtic professional victims get away with this one <BR/> <BR/>roll on the SNP <BR/><BR/><BR/> time for Eengland to get shot of the Scottish millstone .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-79413760579739540422007-02-28T20:59:00.000+00:002007-02-28T20:59:00.000+00:00As an Englishman I can truly say that Salmond is t...As an Englishman I can truly say that Salmond is the only mainstream politician that pays England any kind of respect. He recognizes that, following devolution for Scotland and Wales, England is uniquely disadvantaged ( and some would say handicapped ) by being governed by a British Government.<BR/><BR/>In fact this Englishman is going to join the SNP - because the current status quo of England not having a voice is a sham - the SNP advocate a Parliament for England!<BR/><BR/>The SNP are currently the only hope for England as they are the only party that speaks up for Englands right to self government.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps then England wouldn't be facing 1.)road pricing, Scotland and Wales exempt 2.)university top-up tuition fees, Scotland and Wales exempt,3.)denial of life saving cancer drugs like Velcade and Herceptin that are freely available to all, including the rich, in Scotland, 4.) the elderly of England having to sell their homes to pay for nursing care whilst the Scottish, including their richest citizens, have free access to nursing care without having to sell their homes, etc, etc, etc<BR/><BR/><BR/>Viva the SNP! from a grateful Englishman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1441592934998259962007-02-28T18:08:00.000+00:002007-02-28T18:08:00.000+00:00"Gammarama said... Alex Salmond has a smug face yo..."Gammarama said... <BR/>Alex Salmond has a smug face you want to punch."<BR/><BR/>Err... http://www.gammarama.co.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31367691799584194562007-02-28T17:44:00.000+00:002007-02-28T17:44:00.000+00:00Simon Heffer didn't exactly help the Conservative ...Simon Heffer didn't exactly help the Conservative cause in Scotland by writing a few weeks ago in the Daily Telegraph encouraging Scottish voters to vote for the SNP. Comments like that, coupled with his persistent anti-Unionism, are undermining all the hard work of Conservative activists North of the border. He should be ashamed of undermining the Tory cause so.trinitylawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106413502182893622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-26744099829684085402007-02-28T15:20:00.000+00:002007-02-28T15:20:00.000+00:00simon [12.21 PM] I will not hear a word said again...simon [12.21 PM] I will not hear a word said against Statler or Waldorf. They would have done a better job of running the country than most politicians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86168161311974067252007-02-28T12:21:00.000+00:002007-02-28T12:21:00.000+00:00Well, i'm looking forward to a change of administr...Well, i'm looking forward to a change of administration in Scotland- Labour/Lib have been hopeless. I'm one of the few conservatives that would rather work with a SNP admin than sit on the sidelines and carp like Statler and Waldorf in the Muppet Show. I think through their anti-Tory bluster , the SNP would rather work with us than the shoddy LibbyDems!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22748665714962164492007-02-28T11:37:00.000+00:002007-02-28T11:37:00.000+00:00The poll predicts 44 seats for the SNP, 41 for Lab...The poll predicts 44 seats for the SNP, 41 for Labour, 23 for the Lib Dems & 17 for the Tories. They need 65 for a majority, which means the SNP'LDs could do it but so could Labour/LDs if they get 1 independent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41661846100170065662007-02-28T11:03:00.000+00:002007-02-28T11:03:00.000+00:00Penlan - the Clearances are still a hot topic of d...Penlan - the Clearances are still a hot topic of debate so expect the bogey-(wo)man of Thacther to endure in Scotland for another 150 years at least. <BR/><BR/>Whay aren't the Tories making little progress in Scotland? Well, there's a serious lack of talent in their ranks for a start and a refusal make any changes.<BR/><BR/>I seen this noted else where but can someone explain why the replacement of a centre-left coalition in Scotland with another centre-left coalition which will contain in all likelihood a minority partner from the original centre-left coalition any reason to get excited?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36254419950657878252007-02-28T10:45:00.000+00:002007-02-28T10:45:00.000+00:00Have the Scots written off the Tories or is it the...Have the Scots written off the Tories or is it the other way round?In Wales,which traditionally is far less friendly territory,save in recent years,they are making reasonable if unspectacular progress.With the hash Labour are making in Edinburgh they ought to be recovering.Why not?Is It still the legacy of the Thatcher years?Wales has moved on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71807611281939710202007-02-28T09:35:00.000+00:002007-02-28T09:35:00.000+00:00With Blairites trying to brief this poll in as bad...With Blairites trying to brief this poll in as bad for Brown it would seem Scotland is becoming a battleground in a growing Labour civil war.<BR/><BR/>Blairites must have thought Brownites had set Blair up as the front page of the Scotsman suggests in order to push him out as a liability.<BR/><BR/>In response the Blairites would appear to want a focus on the poll and brief in how Gordon's fiefdom is in rebellion and he isn't that good. Just to add some more fuel we have this story in the Guardian:<BR/><BR/>http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labourleadership/story/0,,2023099,00.html<BR/><BR/><BR/>It's all getting rather messy in the Labour ranks.<BR/><BR/>The backbiting was evident over cash for honours when McTernan's interview led to the arrest of Turner and in response led to the leaking of McConnell's interview followed by the leaking of McTernan's.<BR/><BR/>They're in a state of utter paranoia as they try to jostle for position and stuff the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50007152304550771892007-02-28T09:30:00.000+00:002007-02-28T09:30:00.000+00:00Devolution was a hideous mistake as Labour and Tor...Devolution was a hideous mistake as Labour and Tories are now coming to realise. We should have stuck with the Act of Union; a long-standing compromise which had stood the test of time.<BR/><BR/>As ye sow, so shall ye reap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52994636497215979512007-02-28T08:45:00.000+00:002007-02-28T08:45:00.000+00:00More bad news for Labour in this morning's Scotsma...More bad news for Labour in this morning's Scotsman ICM poll:<BR/><BR/>http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=311452007<BR/><BR/>Not, alas, that the news is much better for the Scottish Conservatives *sigh*. Oh well, the Scottish electorate in the May elections will get what they deserve: one big Government party or another.trinitylawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106413502182893622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44474850813290241342007-02-28T08:43:00.000+00:002007-02-28T08:43:00.000+00:00I'll add a note from my own experience of the dent...I'll add a note from my own experience of the dental health service in the UK.<BR/><BR/>All my life (I am now 57) I have been a model dental patient (six-monthly check-ups through the past 40 years) but three years ago, for a couple of months (while deciding whether or not to have root canal treatment), I had to plug a tooth with temporary tooth filler. This was just so that I could eat without unbearable pain, and to try to prevent infection in my jaw, and to stop my face swelling up.<BR/><BR/>It would appear that there are many people doing this - on a long-term basis (root canal treatment is very expensive) - I remember one day going to Boots to buy temporary tooth filler and finding every single packet on the shelf was empty. Ie the contents had been removed from an entire shelf stock, and the packets replaced on the shelf.<BR/><BR/>I hate what Labour has done to this country while busy being "cool".indigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016153810542371398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80424978151516773372007-02-28T08:33:00.000+00:002007-02-28T08:33:00.000+00:00@mutleythedog - yes, the UK taxpayer is training u...@mutleythedog - yes, the UK taxpayer is training up doctors and then they have to go abroad to Australia and NZ because hospitals are closing here, and like anyone doctors have to earn their living. Australia and NZ are thrilled to bits - top-quality doctors trained up for them free of charge.<BR/><BR/>When you find yourself on a two-year waiting list for prostate cancer treatment, please do come back and explain how Labour driving doctors overseas is "self-serving garbage".<BR/><BR/>David Cameron, if you are reading this. The UK economy and armed forces run on healthy, well-maintained human bodies. We HAVE to have an NHS that employs qualified doctors (not "nurse practitioners") because not everyone earns enough to take out private health insurance. There is nothing clever about creating an underclass of permanently ill or disabled people.indigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016153810542371398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83021945352458255542007-02-28T07:51:00.000+00:002007-02-28T07:51:00.000+00:00So Mark, no significant change in the poll means y...So Mark, no significant change in the poll means you agree at least that the SNP is likely to be the largest party in the Scottish Parliament after 3 May.Tartan Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349865980640474307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75860365014448000692007-02-28T00:22:00.000+00:002007-02-28T00:22:00.000+00:00doddlefrotbottle said...Please, people in England,...doddlefrotbottle said...<BR/>Please, people in England, stop talking bollocks about a nation you know nothing about.<BR/><BR/>You won't win the hearts and minds of the Scots by taking the piss.<BR/><BR/>8:59 PM<BR/><BR/>And why would any Englishman care to win the heart or mind of a Scot?<BR/>We've lived through ten years of your rule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89268739039126481992007-02-28T00:14:00.000+00:002007-02-28T00:14:00.000+00:00Salmond's insurgents. Pray tell Iain why the use o...Salmond's insurgents. Pray tell Iain why the use of the word insurgents. A tad emotional Old Boy isn't it.<BR/><BR/>Since when do the local population become insurgents, in their own country Iain.<BR/><BR/>Please do not use such words. the Insurgents in this case come from outside of Scotland. You will have your own parliment and we will all live much happier if we Respect each other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83350720561135559062007-02-28T00:11:00.000+00:002007-02-28T00:11:00.000+00:00Norfolk Blogger said:They are the very worst sort ...Norfolk Blogger said:<BR/><BR/>They are the very worst sort of opportunists, always spitting on from the side, never taking responsibility.<BR/><BR/>This sounds very much like a description of the Lib Dems. Well done sir - you've summed them up to a tee!<BR/><BR/>Then I read your blog and realised you are one of them.<BR/><BR/>Oh dear....oh dear...<BR/><BR/>sorry if I've caused any offenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-518789672581189172007-02-28T00:04:00.000+00:002007-02-28T00:04:00.000+00:00Indigo said... Iain - please could you give som...<I> Indigo said...<BR/><BR/> Iain - please could you give some publicity to Dr Crippen's blog - 26 February entry - and the comments. I am not a doctor; I am asking this because I am scared </I><BR/><BR/><B> I would recommend reading this blog, my God what a lot of whining state sector scum they are - these people are trained by us, at our expense and just whinge on about mortgages and pensions not being paid and stuff . I have never read such a litany of self serving garbage in my life and I left them a message to that effect.<BR/><BR/>Oh dear! Did I do a bad thing?</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37199596364950792712007-02-27T23:42:00.000+00:002007-02-27T23:42:00.000+00:00This poll is good news. The SNP has been in this p...This poll is good news. The SNP has been in this position before but perhaps not for such a sustained period in the run up to election time. <BR/><BR/>I still wouldn't rule out a Lib/Lab/Con grand alliance under the 'courageous' guise of 'saving the Union'. Some people up here would sell their granny to stop the nationalist bandwagon.<BR/><BR/>Aside from gains in the election the SNP also looks like doubling its council representation and labour are predicted to lose 200 of theirs and probably lose control of all their councils. Election night is going to be a cracker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76826449878872719562007-02-27T23:39:00.000+00:002007-02-27T23:39:00.000+00:00Unfortunately it wouldn't let me fit the rest of t...Unfortunately it wouldn't let me fit the rest of the link on. It's:<BR/><BR/>communicaterese.html<BR/><BR/>It's under the heading BLOGS on the front page and was one of the first articles on there this morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20831992085532067862007-02-27T23:37:00.000+00:002007-02-27T23:37:00.000+00:00"No mention on this blog or ConHome that via The I..."No mention on this blog or ConHome that via The Independent, we learn that the pollsters Communicate Research show the Tories 11% points up on NuLab."<BR/><BR/>It is on ConHome you fool.<BR/><BR/>http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2007/02/communicaterese.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56249389215208770502007-02-27T23:35:00.000+00:002007-02-27T23:35:00.000+00:00I'll jig from dawn to dusk, Newmania, the day thos...I'll jig from dawn to dusk, Newmania, the day those SNP heroes give that money grabbing spin bletherer the thrashing he's so richly deserved for so very long.<BR/><BR/>Go, you Bravehearts! Take no prisoners :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com