earl8 Sep 2014 21:43
Missed a talk on the history of the independence issue last week to watch the tennis. All history teachers - quite a bore. Recognised my history teacher's voice during a business call years on so must have listened intently to him. Quite agree though - apathy or a case of the lesser of several evils what with lib lab pacts and the tories and the lib dems currently in bed with each other. No wonder a slightly confused man thought Darling had privatised rmg during the last big debate. You can't tell one from the other. A few hard workers and know one local female who is in it for the right reasons. From my school days, we have one former high profile mp/secretary of state and one former msp among the ranks of former pupils and one former headmaster who referred to us pupils as normally aspiring to jail. Didn't really know the mps but the former msp was mincing around Glasgow uni one week wearing a vote snp badge and the next a vote labour badge saying avoid the Nuts(nats) and joined with Donald Findlay (famous Rangers supporter) and other legal eagles recently in signing a letter to the Scottish press supporting the no stance.
Apart from a few hard workers like a local female in this area, politicians are mainly self-serving types. Interested very much in why Moi Ali, a former snp leafleter, stepped down from her role as Scottish Judicial Reviewer saying the job gave her no teeth or powers to change anything. Seemingly the equivalent post in England and Wales is better funded and supported. Personally really want to know why the legal establishment in Scotland from both the Labour and Tory ranks are turning a blind eye to what is wrong within their own profession like a shockingly low number of complaints to the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission being upheld and no better really when it comes to the Law Society of Scotland. Lawyers shouldn't be looking into complaints against their own - let lay people do that if you support real justice. And then there is Mr. Untouchable. Scotland's top Judge who is answerable to nobody for his actions as are many of the Judges. Let these legal eagles concern themselves with that rather than trying to influence how people are going to vote.
Laughable that if you contact Westminster politicians, they will tell you it's a delegated matter so you'll need to contact the Scottish Parliament and if you contact the Scottish Parliament they tell you it's a reserved function so contact Westminster. Too many hot potatoes to effect any real change and Scotland has its own legal system so a cop out from SNP Justice Minster, lawyer McAskill, to say it's no ma fault it's the guys in Westminster you should be blaming.
Irn Bru a cure for royal morning sickness? New royal baby to save the union? St. Michael still upstetting the Rangers faithful. CU Jimmy why still down from year hight?