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You couldn't make this up, lol, I guess it's only okay if the puppet on the end of the string is being controlled by Peter and Nicoliar.

Nicola Sturgeon's sister has launched an attack on SNP leadership candidates Kate Forbes and Ash Regan. Gillian Sturgeon said she would "rather vote Tory" than for "two females" she would not want "running" her country. In a politically charged Facebook post, Ms Sturgeon hit out at the "shameful and disgraceful" leadership candidates.

Ms Regan and Ms Forbes are battling it out against Humza Yousaf in an attempt to become the new leader of the SNP, following Nicola Sturgeon's resignation last month.

The outgoing First Minister's sister wrote on Facebook: "I may lose fb friends but as I always do, I'll say it anyway.

"Two females just now out to cause trouble & cast assumptions with no evidence.

"Puppets on someone's string no doubt and it's not difficult to work out who!!!!!! I would not want either running my country. Shameful & disgraceful.
 

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We are now in the position where those weasels over at the greens (who, in a real democracy would wield about 2 5ths of FA of the authority) are now dictating who Scotlands next First Minister will be. This is in a closed party vote by saying they won't 'support' (read: pervert democracy) the SNP if the greens preferred candidate doesn't win :)

Incredible really how low this parliament has sunk after the high hopes and high ideals at its inception. TBH I think we should push for a referendum to turn back devolution. It's just become a futile diddy parliament where various nutters are gaming the system and its real purpose is overlooked.
 

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Completely off topic but it's exactly the same here in Wales, loonies running the asylum. The devolution vote scraped through by the narrowest of margins (less than Brexit) and I'm sure, if we had the opportunity, would be overturned in another referendum.
 

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We are now in the position where those weasels over at the greens (who, in a real democracy would wield about 2 5ths of FA of the authority) are now dictating who Scotlands next First Minister will be. This is in a closed party vote by saying they won't 'support' (read: pervert democracy) the SNP if the greens preferred candidate doesn't win :)

Incredible really how low this parliament has sunk after the high hopes and high ideals at its inception. TBH I think we should push for a referendum to turn back devolution. It's just become a futile diddy parliament where various nutters are gaming the system and its real purpose is overlooked.
Reading what is posted here, speaking with mates back home in wales and seeing snippets on various news channels, it all seems another gravy train.
The Senedd and Scottish assembly are just more snouts in the trough.
It has to be inefficient to have another level of bureaucracy.
They only have partial powers with the rest retained in Westminster. They fight against themselves then buddy up to fight against Westminster.
Don't know how many there are in Holyrood, but there are 100s in the Senedd, all drawing a salary that would otherwise go to local services.

To be fair, I've never really understood the mechanisms and relationships between the various governing bodies.
Could never understand why Sturgeon never appeared in Westminster ( I know she isn't an MP) but had a proxy voice throwing rocks at the PM.

In any other management structure you'd have a direct line from the satellite organisations to the mother ship.
Trying to show they are independent but still largely having to dance to the Westminster tune.

A right buggars muddle.

United Kingdom?
More like Untied Kingdom.🤷‍♂️
 
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I honestly don't know the answer.
Is Humza Yousaf... good? What kind of lens should I view the news through? I'm seeing lots of people saying his election has effectively given Scotland to Labour. Is this true? How?!
Think accident prone smarmy Middle Eastern Chris Grayling with a Scottish accent. An excellent candidate for FM if your sole priority is maintaining the union.

For an outsider it must be difficult to work out who is the best of a bad bunch (it is for an insider too) but suffice to say that Yousaf was the candidate demanded by the Scottish Greens.

The Scottish Greens of course are the 'progressive' force that was behind the attempted law changes so that the rapist bloke self certifying his new gender whilst in the back of the prison van on his way to jail could do his stretch in the Sheilas pokey.

That is just a recent highlight amongst all the other nutter stuff they get up to (whilst ignoring the politically inconvenient environmental issues like aquaculture - who are in bed with the sneep so seem to be pretty much unaccountable)
 

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Safest pair of hands for St Nicki and her pretendy hubby and all the stones starting to be unturned.
I think its going to be a turid time for the SNP whatever just now.
We will have to wait and see if yousless is infact his own man or not.
Letting the greens with less than 1% of the vote appear to have 51% of the say in SNP isnt going down well.
New ideas and new policies are required.
Not more of the same.
All of them were z lister candidates, but at least the other 2 might have shook things up a bit.

Hopefully wrong.

But as Bojo was the dream ticket for independence.

Youseless may well be the dream ticket for the union.
 

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Safest pair of hands for St Nicki and her pretendy hubby and all the stones starting to be unturned.
I think its going to be a turid time for the SNP whatever just now.
We will have to wait and see if yousless is infact his own man or not.
Letting the greens with less than 1% of the vote appear to have 51% of the say in SNP isnt going down well.
New ideas and new policies are required.
Not more of the same.
All of them were z lister candidates, but at least the other 2 might have shook things up a bit.

Hopefully wrong.

But as Bojo was the dream ticket for independence.

Youseless may well be the dream ticket for the union.
I'm honestly surprised the number is that high. But as you say their weasling has perverted their public support to political influence ratio on the grandest of scales. I wonder what we can expect next as flagship nutter policy to be fully supported in a dishonest quid pro gaming of the system.

The problem with Yousuf is that although we can expect nationalism to suffer a setback and this could be seen as a positive the fact is we still have to put up with him in charge of health, policing, ferries, mental vanity law change projects etc etc.
 

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I'm honestly surprised the number is that high. But as you say their weasling has perverted their public support to political influence ratio on the grandest of scales. I wonder what we can expect next as flagship nutter policy to be fully supported in a dishonest quid pro gaming of the system.

The problem with Yousuf is that although we can expect nationalism to suffer a setback and this could be seen as a positive the fact is we still have to put up with him in charge of health, policing, ferries, mental vanity law change projects etc etc.
I think they will suggest a ‘Council of Nature’ to scrutinise all new policies. This Council will be a 5 creature panel of democratically selected domestic and wild animals who will have to agree to all new laws. They’ll have to work out the detailed arrangements of course.

For instance a Dog could bark once for ‘yes’ and twice for ‘no’ after the legislation was read to them.

Also, no thick animals will be allowed, or perverts either, that means Rabbits are out, but Owls might be a good choice.

This is just an idea of mine, but I do think that they in charge of them in the Greens would probably support it.
 

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The problem with Yousuf is that although we can expect nationalism to suffer a setback and this could be seen as a positive the fact is we still have to put up with him in charge of health, policing, ferries, mental vanity law change projects etc etc.
This is the worry for me. The big positive certainly is, that with Useless steering the ship, the chance of independence happening has no doubt been put to bed for a long time. But it’s the damage he manages to inflict on Scotland and all of us who live here that’s the scary bit. He is likely to cosy up even more and cow down to the greens every whim and demand. In all probability, he is unlikely to last long, but no doubt long enough to significantly expand his legacy of failure.
 
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