We have come to expect Scottish Secretaries of State (SSoS) to not have the interest of their country, Scotland, at heart - after all, they are colonial governors, the arm of the rump of an old, discredited empire, lacking only the plumed hat. But the last three - Murphy, Alexander and now the pompous, hapless Michael Moore have reached a new low.
Moore put his mouth in gear and left his brain in neutral. That's one explanation. The more likely one is that he was given the task of flying a kite for David Cameron and the shadowy unionist figures of the British Establishment, his kite got struck by lightning, and the slippery Cameron, in typical old Etonian style, has rapidly distanced himself from Moore.
After all, there is always another Scot to be found who places his country, Scotland, a poor second to the UK - Scottish Secretaries of State are dispensable.
Why are we wasting time engaging with these guys who have been shoved into this non-job. The post was heading for redundancy until Murphy was placed in it to fight UK Labour's corner with our money. There sure is better ways to use up the £10M that, one way or another, comes from us Scottish people.
ReplyDeleteWe've little choice but to engage with them while the UK exists and gives them authority. But I share your sentiments exactly Barontorc.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting!
Many thanks for posting these - most illuminating if only to display the unionists flying by the seats of their divided pants and culottes - that and Prof Tierney's putting things into somewhat clearer "constitutional" perspective excepting the cold fact that there is none and the construct is a
ReplyDeletemyth. Indeed, there is absolutely no reason, based on copious international precedent(s), for the people of Scotland to be put through such a maze of convoluted, pseudo-democratic hoops in order to express and settle their democratic will. The antics of the unionist camp, divided in tactics, are simply a specious set of that - antics designed for delay along the lines of Fabius Cunctator grimly hanging in there and hoping for the best.
Truth be told, a simple declaration of independence would suffice and all else will flow from that. The Scottish Government is simply extending a courtesy to its UK counterpart as well as being scrupulously attendant to the fully informed and expressed will of the people of Scotland on this most fundamental of constitutional - in a real sense - and existential questions, before acting.
Personally, I tend to prefer an Occam's Razor type of approach, but admire the civilised and democratic - some might say ultra-democratic - approach of this Government of Scotland. But, I suspect their approach is, at least for the moment, the morally correct one in its transparency.
Thanks, David.
ReplyDeleteI'm a fan of Occam's Razor - I refer to it in my book. I wonder if William of Occam had a beard, and what he used if he shaved it off?
Tories refuse SNP Scotland bill changes
ReplyDeletehttp://news.scotsman.com/politics/Alex-Salmond-snubbed-over-new.6782038.jp
It seems the Tories are being Thatcherite here.