tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post8969026055769664254..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: The Canny Politics of Ruth DavidsonPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-37687309670670438212016-05-13T21:51:39.744+01:002016-05-13T21:51:39.744+01:00Well the last thing SLAB need is Henry and Alex pr...Well the last thing SLAB need is Henry and Alex prattling on about Home Rule. The Scottish Middle classes who switched from the Tories to the SNP in the 80's are returning as the Nationalists put forward their phony WC credentials too woo the Rust belt. The Middle Classes are seeing them for what they are, a political amoeba, no basis for pluralism in their single cell world. Labour must enter next years local elections as Municipal Socialists,they must show the electorate that they can be the peoples voice in the Towns, in Scotland, in the UK and finally in Europe. Nationalism is not a progressive force in any mannner.jim mcleannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-28598745688805655782016-05-10T22:15:45.818+01:002016-05-10T22:15:45.818+01:00Distance herself from Westminter? Hmm, someone sho...Distance herself from Westminter? Hmm, someone should tell SLAB, in fact, perhaps a Scottish Lab, independent from Westminster might be good and maybe popular.Kennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-17650511999543078162016-05-10T20:12:23.101+01:002016-05-10T20:12:23.101+01:00David Davis for me, I've followed him since th...David Davis for me, I've followed him since the 42 days row in 2008, and Ruth too obvs.<br /><br />Ruth was instrumental in saving the British union, that Young Dave endangered with his cavalier approach and shameless approach to EVEL and the Ed Miliband/SNP "controversy". And she must wonder why she bothers with such cynical attitudes in Westminster.<br /><br />asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-89682960104039346702016-05-10T17:34:35.601+01:002016-05-10T17:34:35.601+01:00She might try to distance herself from Westminster...She might try to distance herself from Westminster Tory policy but she simply cannot. She is an active member of a party who are pushing through crippling austerity and attacking trade union rights etc etc.<br /><br />If she attempts to put distance between cruel conservatism and her own position then she is not only a Tory but also a manipulative lying Tory.<br /><br />Basically behind all the nice demographics that push all the right liberal buttons lie a deeply unpleasant individual.BCFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-600066778367397772016-05-10T10:26:38.112+01:002016-05-10T10:26:38.112+01:00I've said elsewhere that I'm disappointed ...I've said elsewhere that I'm disappointed in the analysis of the "Tory revival" in Scotland, because the 2nd place there isn't a stepping stone to anywhere in particular in the absence of some kind of resolution to the independence issue. Not only is that a long way away, but if independence happens, old labels become meaningless, and if resolution occurs without independence and the SNP withers, one has to ask how likely it is that the Tories will get half of the previously SNP voters. At which point, the RD phenom starts to look much more like 2010 Clegg than 2015 Cameron.<br /><br />Further to that, as you note, the manifesto was anodyne in the extreme, highlighting that there just isn't much support for Thatcherite policies in Scotland. Now if that's where RD is, ideologically, I could get to like her. But she's associated with a party that is frankly delusional when you take a moment and look at the lack of evidence base for their policies. And I always have to ask why someone would associate themselves with that kind of thing...Metatonenoreply@blogger.com