it appears to be national SNP bashing day up here in Scotland
Could this actually be the point where Alex Salmond, and the SNP's policies [i]finally[/i] start being held up to the same kind of scrutiny as everyone else's?
Not before time!
The SNP behaved very badly over this - but ask yourself, would Labour or (God forbid) the Tories have behaved any differently if they were in power?
I think we just have to accept that no political party is above reproach - and most of the other stuff they've done is pretty good.
Really, though, once we have independence we can vote for anyone we like. Remember a vote for independence is [u]not[/u] a vote for the SNP.
I can quite believe this. I am always disappointed at the very brash an overt shows of wealth with Porsche Cayenne/AMG ML 63/Bentley's seemingly at every corner. My old golf club looks like the Manchester United players car park! Many Aberdonians appear to have adopted a very American attitude to perceived success and bollox to everyone and everything else!Interestingly, Ive been reading some accounts from people in the area, who actually are behind the venture and suggest that most people in the area are too.
Sweeping generalisation of course but it's the feeling I get every time I go back 🙁
Could this actually be the point where Alex Salmond, and the SNP's policies finally start being held up to the same kind of scrutiny as everyone else's?Not before time!
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20042069 ]Just for you binners[/url]
I think we just have to accept that no political party is above reproach - and most of the other stuff they've done is pretty good.Really, though, once we have independence we can vote for anyone we like. Remember a vote for independence is not a vote for the SNP.
Good points ben, sometimes i guess we just expect too much from our elected representatives and feel directly aggrieved when we we get let down - get independence then sort the the election system out, if that will be at all possible?.
Just watched this. How depressing to see the behaviour of the police in particular.
When they all rolled in in the blacked out Landys all I could think of was how I would love to hunker down in the marram grass with
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BigButSlimmerBloke - Member
>>Interestingly, Ive been reading some accounts from people in the area<<research by kaesae?
No need for that. My mother lives about 4-5 miles from the course. Most people in the area think it is/will be a good thing overall, although they can see Trump has been throwing his weight about, sometimes with Salmond's apparent collusion. From what I can gather they could accept the hotel and the course, but the idea of him getting permission for a housing estate where no-one else would get it was what stuck in the craw.
There are some very anti "antis" of course. But I think a poll last year in Aberdeenshire had 80% of those asked in favour of the scheme overall.
Disclaimer:- I haven't watched the program, I'm unlikely to do so. I'm no fan of Trump or the SNP.
Colin
I was thinking landmines, but I like your subtlety.Perhaps some kind of mass trespass would be in order.
Lol! Landmines are good, claymores strategically placed to make some proper 'hazards' even better, but I was trying to avoid too much collateral damage... 😈
Last year bumped into Eck in a nice little place beside Balmedie called The Cock & Bull.....stick another letter in there and perhaps 2 of the gentlemen involved are going to become mine hosts....
Many Aberdonians appear to have adopted a very American attitude to perceived success and bollox to everyone and everything else!
It's like Houston-by-sea
Many Aberdonians appear to have adopted a very American attitude to perceived success and bollox to everyone and everything else!
They haven't adopted it - they always had it. Look at the poems of Hamewith (Charles Murray) written in the Doric around 1910 - 1920. I forget the name, but read the poem about the farmer appearing before a bank committee of his peers to try to borrow more money or "Fae France". Both show elements of this sort of practical, down to earth, get the job done, outspoken, self effacing, non-grudge bearing society I remember from my childhood.
Despite what some would like you to believe, Scotland is a culturally diverse place.
Colin
Lol! Landmines are good, claymores strategically placed to make some proper 'hazards' even better, but I was trying to avoid too much collateral damage...
It's not collateral damage, it's "restoring the dynamically shifting dune system via explosive dispersal of dune-stabilising grass" 🙂
