I have followed different Facebook, normal media and blogger trails today and I am left just wonder how stupid Unionists are?
On BBC I watched as a hostile BBC interviewer tried to tell an expert on trade deal that he was wrong because the "British People" had voted to leave the EU. He pointed out the easiest trade deal would take two years if Canada or Australia played ball. He made it clear, outside of the Commonwealth, trade deals would take a minimum of ten years with all the penalties of trade surcharges and add on costs UK SME's and multinationals will incur simply to deal with customers in the EU, let alone the rest of the world. Instead of stopping and asking real questions on the real cost of Brexit, the stupid interviewer carried on on their inane Tory scripted questions on the "democratic will of the people of Britain". The expert continued to tell her in a calm voice that the UK Government's promise on a post Brexit trade was total bullshit, like Teresa May she was unable to change her view, it was totaly cringe worthy.
I then followed Richard Leonard's attempt to to make Labour's fastest U-turn on a future Scottish referendum vote with him telling reporters he was going to make the "SNP Toxic" at the Labour Conference, a Labour conference where he is so insignificant he does not even have a platform.
I listened with interest as Tory MP and gook after Tory MP and gook tried to tell us the Brexiteers had the EU on the ropes and they would come to see "Tory sense on the issue " as opposed to the reality that the Tories and their Brexit supporters are the laughing stock of Europe and are now in a hole so deep they will not see day light until they hit New Zealand.
Then I found an article on the parlous state of the armed service close to my heart, the Royal Navy, which since 1977, when I joined as a Sub Lieutenant, has been hollowed out to the point there can be only two Type 45 Destroyers at sea at any time, if all six are actually operational. This means the new carriers will not have an effective close anti surface or air protection, given there are only potentially five frigates operational for anti-submarine close protection at any one time. Please tell me, just how can the Tories and their Unionist supporters claim Scotland is better defended by staying in the UK Union when the reality is the Spanish Fishing fleet could strip UK waters of all white fish with no naval presence available nor air surveillance, thanks to other Tory cuts on maritime aviation assets. Yep, after Brexit I am certain the Tories will not be able to protect the UK fishing industry from predation by the rest of Europe's and Russia's fishing fleets. I just do not know how with out ships or air surveillance. Maybe they will bring back privateers and "letters of marke" to do the job the Royal Navy Fishery Patrol used to do.
Then there is the small issue of major employers like Jaguar, Honda, Nissan getting ready to bugger off and the inevitable destruction to their UK suppliers and the knock on effect on ordinary people, many who bought the anti-EU / immigrant crap in the first place from their Sun, Mirror or Daily Mail.
Then there is the small problem of the growing exodus of financial companies from the "City of London", the continuing drop in value of the pound sterling, the 12% reduction in the UK's GDP and the reduction of UK wages by 15% in real terms since 2010. There is the worse state pension in the EU to consider and yet Scotland is "better off in the UK Union" according to the Leonard's, Davidson's and "What's his name?" of the "What are they called again?" party.
Is it just me but how long can any thinking individual in Scotland believe the shite we are being fed from Westminster from the Tory, Etonian clique who are robbing Scotland and the rest of the UK's taxpayers blind while running up a massive Trillion pound national debt as they go, that the UK is the best deal for Scotland?
On BBC I watched as a hostile BBC interviewer tried to tell an expert on trade deal that he was wrong because the "British People" had voted to leave the EU. He pointed out the easiest trade deal would take two years if Canada or Australia played ball. He made it clear, outside of the Commonwealth, trade deals would take a minimum of ten years with all the penalties of trade surcharges and add on costs UK SME's and multinationals will incur simply to deal with customers in the EU, let alone the rest of the world. Instead of stopping and asking real questions on the real cost of Brexit, the stupid interviewer carried on on their inane Tory scripted questions on the "democratic will of the people of Britain". The expert continued to tell her in a calm voice that the UK Government's promise on a post Brexit trade was total bullshit, like Teresa May she was unable to change her view, it was totaly cringe worthy.
I then followed Richard Leonard's attempt to to make Labour's fastest U-turn on a future Scottish referendum vote with him telling reporters he was going to make the "SNP Toxic" at the Labour Conference, a Labour conference where he is so insignificant he does not even have a platform.
I listened with interest as Tory MP and gook after Tory MP and gook tried to tell us the Brexiteers had the EU on the ropes and they would come to see "Tory sense on the issue " as opposed to the reality that the Tories and their Brexit supporters are the laughing stock of Europe and are now in a hole so deep they will not see day light until they hit New Zealand.
Then I found an article on the parlous state of the armed service close to my heart, the Royal Navy, which since 1977, when I joined as a Sub Lieutenant, has been hollowed out to the point there can be only two Type 45 Destroyers at sea at any time, if all six are actually operational. This means the new carriers will not have an effective close anti surface or air protection, given there are only potentially five frigates operational for anti-submarine close protection at any one time. Please tell me, just how can the Tories and their Unionist supporters claim Scotland is better defended by staying in the UK Union when the reality is the Spanish Fishing fleet could strip UK waters of all white fish with no naval presence available nor air surveillance, thanks to other Tory cuts on maritime aviation assets. Yep, after Brexit I am certain the Tories will not be able to protect the UK fishing industry from predation by the rest of Europe's and Russia's fishing fleets. I just do not know how with out ships or air surveillance. Maybe they will bring back privateers and "letters of marke" to do the job the Royal Navy Fishery Patrol used to do.
Then there is the small issue of major employers like Jaguar, Honda, Nissan getting ready to bugger off and the inevitable destruction to their UK suppliers and the knock on effect on ordinary people, many who bought the anti-EU / immigrant crap in the first place from their Sun, Mirror or Daily Mail.
Then there is the small problem of the growing exodus of financial companies from the "City of London", the continuing drop in value of the pound sterling, the 12% reduction in the UK's GDP and the reduction of UK wages by 15% in real terms since 2010. There is the worse state pension in the EU to consider and yet Scotland is "better off in the UK Union" according to the Leonard's, Davidson's and "What's his name?" of the "What are they called again?" party.
Is it just me but how long can any thinking individual in Scotland believe the shite we are being fed from Westminster from the Tory, Etonian clique who are robbing Scotland and the rest of the UK's taxpayers blind while running up a massive Trillion pound national debt as they go, that the UK is the best deal for Scotland?
I am as amazed as you are that anyone believes their ludicrous fantasies, but spend ten minutes trying to tell a unionist brexiteer the facts you have just listed and you will see denial, anger and refusal to listen, and may well be called a traitor.
ReplyDeleteThen there is a sub group in Scotland who voted to remain in the EU, but will not contemplate independence - if you push the facts at them they will come out with nonsense like "it's an emotional issue" or "I just feel that we are better together" ( yes they are still saying that....amazing).
I asked one, a medical doctor, whether there were any circumstances under which he would vote for independence. He said no. When I started describing things that could happen, he just got angry and said I was making stuff up. Quite a few of those things have now happened or are happening. His response has been to avoid me. As far as I know he has not changed his mind.
This is our problem. What will I take? I'm afraid I don't know. I am also just afraid.