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Normalising Contempt

Theresa May's Government is once more sucking up to the bigots of the "Democratic Unionist Party".  There will be a third attempt to pass the meaningless "Meaningful Vote" to get her Withdrawal Agreement over the line. Despite (or rather because of) Chancellor Phillip Hammond's denial everybody knows there will be another bung to keep the DUP onside.  They will demand (and get) a seat at the table to negotiate the post-brexit trade deal with the EU. A seat that has already been denied to the Scottish Government. No-one in Scotland (or the EU for that matter) can have any faith in the bona fides of British negotiators and their government. Devoid of any principle other than clinging on to government at (literally) any price. A byword for dishonesty and bad faith. Liars, Cheats, Thieves and self-promoters every one. That's the government.  It's hard to say anything good about the "opposition" either. Without a compliant media and a ...

Section 30 - I believe Theresa!!

Apologies for the length of time since the last post on GTF but life gets in the wye yi ken...? I wis reading an article in the Guardian HERE thi ithir day..(well tae be fair I dinna BUY thi Guardian, I follow links that folk post on Twitter)   It purports to say that the First Minister of Scotland will not call another Independence Referendum in Scotland without the "permission" of the Westminster Government granting a "Section 30 Order". I'm pretty sure the First Minister (and I'm not an uncritical believer) said no such thing. Its worth looking at what a Section 30 Order actually IS. It's not "permission" for Scotland to hold an Independence Referendum.  Its an agreement by both governments (Westminster and Holyrood) to respect the result.  That's what happened with the last Section 30 Order in 2012 which kicked off the campaign for the 2014 Referendum.   David Cameron's Tory Government supported a  Section 30 Order in 2...