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Oh Nicola! We’re not as green as we’re cabbage looking! ???????

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Callistemon21 Fri 22-Apr-22 20:32:33

further

Callistemon21 Fri 22-Apr-22 20:32:01

GrannyGravy13

Better together, a strong United Kingdom ??

I agree, GG13

I will not comment urther on the grounds that criticising the SNP on GN is akin to blasphemy.

tidyskatemum Fri 22-Apr-22 20:31:11

The ferry fiasco is but one example of the ineptitude of the SNP government. There was a sell off of rights for offshore wind power recently. In England the average price was £360,000 per sq km. Scotland imposed a bid limit of £100,000 per sq km. Can anyone fathom out why you would hamstring yourself in this way in a public auction?

paddyann54 Fri 22-Apr-22 20:30:42

The Independence movement is grass roots led,Nicola Sturgeon is only doing what we asked her to do by calling for another referendum.If you have ever seen the marches you'll know there are rarely any politicians present .The SNP mandate clearly stated it would fight for Independence ..because thats why we VOTED for them.
You really need to get over your hatred of a woman
who is our ELECTED representativeUrm .
This is just another case of England(not all) telling us what we can and cant do .
Please focus on your own disfunctional leaders ,Didin't Mrs May lose lots of names on a list of WM paedophiles ? Go shout about that or the money Bojo has wasted on his Garden Bridge and Water cannon etc etc etc .

Urmstongran Fri 22-Apr-22 20:29:10

How can a basic ferry be 5 years behind schedule to build? The Titanic took 2 years to build, with whatever old technology they had at the time, yet in this day and age it seems to be beyond them.

Yet, a member of my stepfather’s family said the problem is, “they are not basic”.

The islanders want a bog standard, proven tec vessel, yet the Greens / SNP insist on an over complicated version, full crew to tie up /cast off (hard to beleive in this day apparently ) a 50 minute crossing so must have full catering facilities (!) plus full accommodation for overnight crew - £37,000 for a deck hand on 22 weeks a YEAR.

Crazy stuff.

Urmstongran Fri 22-Apr-22 20:24:56

Definitely GG13 ?

GrannyGravy13 Fri 22-Apr-22 20:23:00

Better together, a strong United Kingdom ??

Urmstongran Fri 22-Apr-22 20:12:40

Thank you Aveline.

Aveline Fri 22-Apr-22 20:09:08

Urmstongran's not wrong though. It's very hard indeed to believe that the paperwork regarding this disastrous acquisition by Scottish government is missing. Also hard to believe that they somehow don't have a record of the businesses that were given money from Westminster as Covid support. Computers not working? Or something...

Urmstongran Fri 22-Apr-22 20:08:37

Actually on thinking about this .... Surely it's a breach of duty by civil servants to lose this sort of document? It’s not a nothing! Lawyers must have been involved too.

Sack a couple of civil servants and report the lawyers to the Law Society for poor professional standards and see if they are miraculously "found".

Urmstongran Fri 22-Apr-22 20:06:26

I fervently hope & ❤️ Scotland to remain in the family of the UK.
BETTER TOGETHER!
Scotland is very dear to my family.
Nicola Sturgeon is for pulling us apart. I don’t want her to succeed.

Casdon Fri 22-Apr-22 19:56:20

How did I know just by reading the title that you had started this post Urmstongran? Call it intuition.

Smileless2012 Fri 22-Apr-22 19:44:16

There does seem to be an issue when it comes to keeping hold of paperworkhmm.

Blossoming Fri 22-Apr-22 19:42:15

Meanwhile, in other news:

“Allies of Boris Johnson have lashed out at Tory MPs calling for the Prime Minister to resign after the House of Commons ordered a third inquiry into lockdown parties in Downing Street.

Senior backbencher Tobias Ellwood said there had been “a huge breach of trust” with the British people as he called on Conservative MPs to force a change of leadership.”

MORE parties, yes really. grin

Urmstongran Fri 22-Apr-22 19:32:23


Nicola Sturgeon has denied her government staged a cover-up over its decision to hand a scandal-hit ferries contract to a shipyard owned by an independence supporter after it admitted key documents “cannot be located”.

The First Minister said it was “regrettable” that there was no paper trail showing why her administration had handed the contract to Ferguson Marine after ferry chiefs warned the award was too risky and asked for it to be withdrawn.

She argued that her government had provided lots of other information but “this particular piece of written evidence” was not available.

But the Tories said it was “inconceivable” that there was nothing in the Scottish Government's records to show why SNP ministers pressed ahead without a full refund guarantee, a standard clause in shipbuilding contracts.

The ferries’ cost has since spiralled from £97 million to £250 million and their construction is running five years late.“

Well, well. ??

Oh c’mom! Only a complete pilchard would swallow that one.

The Scots love her despite the ferry scandal, hopeless health service, failing education, and the drugs explosion.

Bye bye Scotland.

MORE missing paperwork, really? Time after time. She must think we haven’t seen the first fall of snow.