Armed Forces Day

[Phil D. Rolls]

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I dont think Cameron is given to that kind of patriotism. I think Cameron is English first, by a country mile. Britain/the British is just a word he has to use, he doesn't need to mean anything by it.

Brown dreamt up Britishness Day because shortly after the 6-8 month period when he first came in (when he might have won a general election!), the message from the doorstep in England was that they didn't like having a Scot as PM.

A pathetic attempt to redress the balance IMO. They still don't like a Scot in Downing Street, and he has burnt his boats up here as well.

That said, I've always felt he might be a dour get, but he's our dour get!

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A pathetic attempt to redress the balance IMO. They still don't like a Scot in Downing Street, and he has burnt his boats up here as well.

That said, I've always felt he might be a dour get, but he's our dour get!

Wonder what will happen to the Labour share of the vote up here when he does the spanish archer's?

[Phil D. Rolls]

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Wonder what will happen to the Labour share of the vote up here when he does the spanish archer's?

I've always said (and I'm sure people who know something about the subject have said too) that the real political game in Scotland won't start until Labour exit Westminster. Ever since I can remember there has been a very good career for Scots representing the British Labour party.

Now, with that door nearly closed, you have to wonder how many of those talented enough to have made the government, will fight it out on the UK stage, and how many will return to Scotland to seek power here.

Murphy seems to one of a new breed of Scottish Labourites who actually appreciates the significance of devolution. It will be interesting to see how long it takes the rest of the Labour dinosaurs to catch on.

One aspect of the next round of Scottish politics that concerns me is the way that the sectarian card is being used along party political lines. Let's face it, in the west, everything comes down to what religion you are, and the pea brains won't be able to resist the opportunity to transfer their bigotry to a national stage.

The other thing that is being cynically manipulated at the moment is the East/West wealth divide. As far as I'm concerned everyone in Scotland should have the same chances, and anything done to redress things is welcome to me. Some politicians though, are trying to play up an anti Edinburgh agenda in the west, nasty.

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I've always said (and I'm sure people who know something about the subject have said too) that the real political game in Scotland won't start until Labour exit Westminster. Ever since I can remember there has been a very good career for Scots representing the British Labour party.

Now, with that door nearly closed, you have to wonder how many of those talented enough to have made the government, will fight it out on the UK stage, and how many will return to Scotland to seek power here.

Murphy seems to one of a new breed of Scottish Labourites who actually appreciates the significance of devolution. It will be interesting to see how long it takes the rest of the Labour dinosaurs to catch on.

One aspect of the next round of Scottish politics that concerns me is the way that the sectarian card is being used along party political lines. Let's face it, in the west, everything comes down to what religion you are, and the pea brains won't be able to resist the opportunity to transfer their bigotry to a national stage.

The other thing that is being cynically manipulated at the moment is the East/West wealth divide. As far as I'm concerned everyone in Scotland should have the same chances, and anything done to redress things is welcome to me. Some politicians though, are trying to play up an anti Edinburgh agenda in the west, nasty.

I suppose the danger for Labour is if they bang on too much about everyone being anti-Glasgow and they are indeed forced back into the Glasgow heartlands in terms of where they'll get their seats in an election, it might make non Wedgiestanis like us see them even more as a west coast party... and they're aware of it... hence, I suspect, Ian Gray.