Ignore Nicola Sturgeon. She’s just an attention seeker.

I think views are different even in your part of Scotland Aveline ,I have many friends and some family in and around Edinburgh and they are ALL without exception supporters of Independence and Nicola Sturgeon.
Its very sad that someone born and bred here believes that the english parliament ( For thats what it is and always has been ,with less than 10% of seats Scottish) is better able to run a country they know begger all about and care even less .

I'm heartened by the number of new Scots and unionists
online today saying Truss has lost their Tory vote and Nicola has won their vote for Indy as its clear the Tory clique has no respect for Scotland and considers themselves superior.
Sadly there will always be those brainwashed from birth who believe the myth that England is a superior nation.Even though the evidence through the centuries has proven otherwise .Look at India ,robbed of £45 Trillion during "British " rule while all the time the world was told India was too poor and unable to rule themsleves and thats not forgetting the genocide visited on the people by "Britnat hero" Churchill .He who abandoned Scottish regiments on the beaches of France and said they were of "no great loss"

How have I described it on this thread Aveline?

Nicola and her dodgy band didn't take over. We voted them into power. When I say "We" of course....

Why don't you have a word with the Labour and Tory people you know and exhort them to have some actual policies we could support, other than just "Vote for us, we're not the other guy."

I do like the place I live in. It's just nothing like the place you describe. I like it because I can still remember how things were before the ghastly Nicola and her dodgy band took over. I look forward to a swift return to efficient governance for the good of the country once the nationalist obsession wanes.

You do surprise me Aveline. What a shame you don't like the place where you live. That must be awful for you.

Just try to ignore it.

I can only assume that paddyann and volver lives in a completely different Scotland from the one where I live. Nothing of what they say chimes with my experience of life here.
Good luck to whoever wins the Tory leadership election and pledges to run the country for the benefit of all parts of it. Until the next election of course!

is just another proof of how little Westminster Tories care for anywhere else but England

Actually Phillippa111, all the Westminster Tories care about is their own party, staying in power, doing the bidding of their donors.

Please everyone, do stop lumping everyone living South of the Border into one homogenous Tory voting, Brexit supporting lump. Many, many of us are appalled at what is happening, and only the totally unaware or deluded would think any of this is a good thing.

You'd think Truss would know exactly what an attention seeker looks like by now:
Scruffy. Blond deliberately unkempt hair. Will take any opportunity going to dress up in a silly outfit for a pre-arranged photo opportunity. Sought to endear himself to the masses through appearances on 'popular' TV shows such as HIGNFY, and by stunts such as getting stuck on a zipline. Aspires to be world king ...

Doesn't sound like NS to me!

rosie1959

volver

I have no standards at what makes me laugh.

Do you like Frankie Boyle?

Vaguely know he is a comedian so I don't know presume he is offensive
Did ask my DH who said he is very dry so will have to do a Google

Oh, there's a whole thread.

www.gransnet.com/forums/aibu/1313719-So-called-jokes-about-rape

I heard Sturgeon is called Elsie MacSelfie in Scotland.

Only by the rather obsessed ones. ? There is a very odd person who always seems to turn up on the letters pages of certain newspapers who is consumed with hatred for the independence movement. And who managed to report NS for breaking Covid restrictions even though she was 150 miles away at the time... (No case to answer, incidentally)

Thats a new on on me Maudi I have seen Nicola out and about and its mainly the people who are asking HER for selfies .She is exceptionally popular amongst a lot of people .
There were even children asking for Nicola dolls for Christmas...lol

She's very approachable and frankly I cant see what "Englands" issue is with her ..as a person.Maybe you dont like women who are intelligent ,articulate AND friendly .Who knew that doing the job you are paid to do and doing it fairly well ona FIXED BUDGET while having to mitigate the effects of tory policies by hundreds of millions of £ a year is something you wouldn't want to have yourselves.

What are the people ‘South of the border’ of your acquaintance say about Liz Truss Maudi, I’d love to know?

In Wales we say she's a carrot.

Fleurpepper

It does not matter what you think of Nicola Sturgeon- NO (possibly future) PM should say such things about another Head of State.

Quite agree.

It does not matter what you think of Nicola Sturgeon- NO (possibly future) PM should say such things about another Head of State.

Maudi

09:42tickingbird

Thanks tickingbird that gave me a laugh while having my morning cuppa. Many a true word spoken in jest as they say.

Liz Truss only saying what a lot of us think South of the border. I heard Sturgeon is called Elsie MacSelfie in Scotland. Love Scotland was there a few weeks ago visited Isle of Arran, Girvan, Oban to name but a few places.

What are the people ‘South of the border’ of your acquaintance say about Liz Truss Maudi, I’d love to know?

09:42tickingbird

Thanks tickingbird that gave me a laugh while having my morning cuppa. Many a true word spoken in jest as they say.

Liz Truss only saying what a lot of us think South of the border. I heard Sturgeon is called Elsie MacSelfie in Scotland. Love Scotland was there a few weeks ago visited Isle of Arran, Girvan, Oban to name but a few places.

I thought that was funny too.
Bit of entertainment on a dreary Wednesday morning ?

volver

^I have no standards at what makes me laugh.^

Do you like Frankie Boyle?

Vaguely know he is a comedian so I don't know presume he is offensive
Did ask my DH who said he is very dry so will have to do a Google

Petera

DP and I were talking about potential Sturgeon/Truss meetings this morning. Nicola's going to have to call on all of her skills so as not to make Truss look like an idiot, but quite how she does that when Truss will do all the heavy lifting herself god knows.

Indeed Petera!

I think Nicola just being herself will show what a pathetic, and indeed worrying choice Liz Truss would be and no amount of skilful behaviour from Nicola will mask this and in any case why should she 'call on all her skills' to make LT not look like an idiot. It would be in Scotland's interests for her to look as awful as she is... then even more people here would realise that independence really is the only sane way forward for Scotland.

Nicola will conduct herself with decorum and intelligence, as she always does, even under duress, and it will highlight her skills and integrity quite naturally.

To start a potential new relationship already having a stab at the leader of another country is just another proof of how little Westminster Tories care for anywhere else but England! It feels sometimes like they see the other countries in the UK as some sort of provincial outcrops whose opinions and needs have little relevance or deserve respect.

Is this what passes for humour with Unionists?

Puir wee souls, feeling so got at all the time.

Good ol Janey.
……….bet she cant wait for/if Ms Truss ever ventures over the border.
A whole series of fun beckons.
Probably the only thing to look forward to if Truss wins the leadership.
Don’t think Sunak has the same comedy potential.

youtu.be/V60AGxPXQoU

Off out now. I’ll poke my head above the parapet upon my return

I have no standards at what makes me laugh.

Do you like Frankie Boyle?

volver

It could be a bit like this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3gKqJvDV9E

^For public information: There is a lot of swearing. Please do not watch if you are likely to be offended.^

Made me smile this morning
Mind you I also smiled at Liz Trusses comments about Nicola Sturgeon
I have no standards at what makes me laugh

It could be a bit like this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3gKqJvDV9E

For public information: There is a lot of swearing. Please do not watch if you are likely to be offended.

FarNorth

Petera

DP and I were talking about potential Sturgeon/Truss meetings this morning. Nicola's going to have to call on all of her skills so as not to make Truss look like an idiot, but quite how she does that when Truss will do all the heavy lifting herself god knows.

Why should she bother ? Liz Truss will be looking like an idiot all the rest of the time anyway.

Of course I agree, but the problem is that in all one-sided matches the public start to back the underdog