Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 8:27pm Fri 9 May 08
The lame way in which MSP Wendy Alexander has turned round full circle, to accommodate, or challenge Alex Salmonds so called referendum spin has been nothing short of a circus act.
Gordon Brown as we have seen has distanced himself from her stance, and is it would appear none too happy about this move of hers.
So yet another split in the labour ranks, north and south of the border, and a desperate attempt of bendy Wendy to see Mr Salmond's ever expanding ego deflated, once and for all.
The lame way in which MSP Wendy Alexander has turned round full circle, to accommodate, or challenge Alex Salmonds so called referendum spin has been nothing short of a circus act.
Gordon Brown as we have seen has distanced himself from her stance, and is it would appear none too happy about this move of hers.
So yet another split in the labour ranks, north and south of the border, and a desperate attempt of bendy Wendy to see Mr Salmond's ever expanding ego deflated, once and for all.
Posted by: jim, Glasgow on 1:48pm Sat 10 May 08
the snp will hold off until the tory partY form the nxt gvt at the nxt election.smart alex EH
the snp will hold off until the tory partY form the nxt gvt at the nxt election.smart alex EH
Posted by: butterfly-y, perth on 2:37pm Sat 10 May 08
"satchmo" a.k.a. bendy wendy is becoming more and more desperate. Sooner or later she and other monkeys with red rosettes wil come to realise that their gravy train has once and for all been brought to a halt. The more the Scottish people see the SNP government running this country well (which they are), dealing with the greedy, underhand dealing of liebour cooncils and putting the interests of Scotland first instead of pandering to anyone in London the less chance the Numpty Labour party have of gaining any ground. Not even Numpty labour supporting papers like this rag will change that>
"satchmo" a.k.a. bendy wendy is becoming more and more desperate. Sooner or later she and other monkeys with red rosettes wil come to realise that their gravy train has once and for all been brought to a halt. The more the Scottish people see the SNP government running this country well (which they are), dealing with the greedy, underhand dealing of liebour cooncils and putting the interests of Scotland first instead of pandering to anyone in London the less chance the Numpty Labour party have of gaining any ground. Not even Numpty labour supporting papers like this rag will change that>
Posted by: azg on 11:48pm Sat 10 May 08
Oh, but you've got to like Wendy: she's the best comedy for years. :)
Oh, but you've got to like Wendy: she's the best comedy for years. :)
Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 12:00pm Sun 11 May 08
Thats the whole problem, politicians like Bendy Wendy, Boris Johnson, and Anne Widdicombe, all of which all seem to be more comical, and moronic, and less serious or able to convince the electorate they can do their job.
Alex Salmond is a political gasbag, and full of hot air he expels on a daily basis. The big qustion of a referendum on independance has been around for years - along with his long winded rants.
Maybe if he and the SNP could focus more seriously on the other burning issues of the day - and less on his number one rant topic, we'd be getting alot further in Scotland.
Politics is a mugs game, politicians are overpayed, far less intelligent than we're led to believe, and without their spin doctors, and everyone else writing their speeches, doing alot of their work for them - where would they be ?
If we had as many assisitants doing our work for us - despite their supposed running the country - we'd be quite content too with the kind of salary, bonuses, expenses, holidays, perks, buffets, and second homes/mortgages.
LEts see Alex and Wendy putting their disagreements to one side, and coming to agreements on areas they can work alongside each other on - as the longer they aregue - the longer the country is left in limbo.
The repercussions of their political shenanigans are felt accross the entire country one way or another. No wonder people are so sick of the way our country is run!
Thats the whole problem, politicians like Bendy Wendy, Boris Johnson, and Anne Widdicombe, all of which all seem to be more comical, and moronic, and less serious or able to convince the electorate they can do their job.
Alex Salmond is a political gasbag, and full of hot air he expels on a daily basis. The big qustion of a referendum on independance has been around for years - along with his long winded rants.
Maybe if he and the SNP could focus more seriously on the other burning issues of the day - and less on his number one rant topic, we'd be getting alot further in Scotland.
Politics is a mugs game, politicians are overpayed, far less intelligent than we're led to believe, and without their spin doctors, and everyone else writing their speeches, doing alot of their work for them - where would they be ?
If we had as many assisitants doing our work for us - despite their supposed running the country - we'd be quite content too with the kind of salary, bonuses, expenses, holidays, perks, buffets, and second homes/mortgages.
LEts see Alex and Wendy putting their disagreements to one side, and coming to agreements on areas they can work alongside each other on - as the longer they aregue - the longer the country is left in limbo.
The repercussions of their political shenanigans are felt accross the entire country one way or another. No wonder people are so sick of the way our country is run!
Posted by: Pete, Glasgow on 6:45pm Sun 11 May 08
Salmond may be a gasbag, but he is at least a welcome relief from the self congratulatory, mock fraternal west of scotland labour mafia (and I don't even vote SNP). He may be a gasbag, but he's actually quite good; he's certainly head and shoulders above most of the rest of them as a parliamentarian. And the SNP are generally doing quite well given they don't have a clear majority. It may be 'crowd pleasing' politics but what's really wrong with that?
Alex and Wendy [italic]won't[/italic] put their disagreements to one side. That's naive, Alex doesn't need to. Wendy will keep on upping the ante at FMQs and Alex will go on talking her down like she's a stroppy teenager - what's he got to gain from throwing that weekly opportunity aside?
Don't really know how much longer Jack would have stayed on if Labour had won in 2007, but can you really see Wendy as First Minister?
Anyway the sussed labour guys - Kerr, Gray, Curran, (Whitton?) - quite rightly kept their heads down at the right time. When people say that the first people who want to be a politician are the last people who should be, then that's particularly true of those who want to be the boss of a party that's just taken a beating.
Salmond may be a gasbag, but he is at least a welcome relief from the self congratulatory, mock fraternal west of scotland labour mafia (and I don't even vote SNP). He may be a gasbag, but he's actually quite good; he's certainly head and shoulders above most of the rest of them as a parliamentarian. And the SNP are generally doing quite well given they don't have a clear majority. It may be 'crowd pleasing' politics but what's really wrong with that?
Alex and Wendy
won't put their disagreements to one side. That's naive, Alex doesn't need to. Wendy will keep on upping the ante at FMQs and Alex will go on talking her down like she's a stroppy teenager - what's he got to gain from throwing that weekly opportunity aside?
Don't really know how much longer Jack would have stayed on if Labour had won in 2007, but can you really see Wendy as First Minister?
Anyway the sussed labour guys - Kerr, Gray, Curran, (Whitton?) - quite rightly kept their heads down at the right time. When people say that the first people who want to be a politician are the last people who should be, then that's particularly true of those who want to be the boss of a party that's just taken a beating.
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