Scareforce One Makes Day Trip To Aberdeen

Oh dear.     

Won't bore you with the whole thing, but....

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/pro-union-campaign-in-crisis-after-minister-admits-currency-union-ban-was-a-bluff.23823233

The story, coming amid polls showing a narrowing of the No camp's lead, appeared to demolish the pro-Union position and back up Salmond's claim that Osborne had been bluffing all along.

The minister was quoted saying: "There would be a highly-complex set of negotiations after a yes vote with many moving pieces. The UK wants to keep Trident nuclear weapons at Faslane and the Scottish government wants a currency union - you can see the outlines of a deal.

"Saying no to a currency union is obviously a vital part of the no campaign. But everything would change in the negotiations if there were a yes vote."

The story also quoted a Treasury source claiming Better Together chair Alistair Darling and Downing Street's Scotland adviser Andrew Dunlop had pushed the Treasury into a flat refusal on a currency union to help the No campaign.

The Treasury's previous line had been that currency union was "very unlikely".

If a former Labour chancellor were proven to have helped shape policy under a Tory chancellor it could cause huge resentment among Tory MPs, many of whom blame Darling for the UK's economic problems.

At the Scottish LibDem conference in Aberdeen yesterday senior party figures admitted they wanted to strangle whoever was responsible, and threw out a number of possible Tory suspects, including ministers in the Cabinet Office, Department for Work and Pensions, Attorney General's office, and Ministry of Defence.

"I want someone shot at dawn," said the LibDem peer Lord Purvis of Tweed.

A senior Labour source said a "stupid b******" was to blame. "This was someone thinking they knew more about things than they did. We think it was a senior Tory, but not someone directly involved with the Better Together campaign."

Labour peer Lord George Foulkes added: "I think it was a Tory, but not one with any real insight. It was damn silly, daft. But people are only going on about it at the margins."

A Better Together source said the story was "a monumental pain in the arse" for the No campaign.

"They can't help themselves. They're completely off their rocker some of these people. It's bound to be a Tory. It's a massive pain for us, but we have to use it to keep currency at the front of the debate."


ROFLMAO       

bb1 wrote:

Oh dear.     

Sheesh. Anyone with half a brain knew that. Westminster doesn't own The Pound. Bunch of cretins.

Am so sad at your upset, Bonny.          

At the Scottish LibDem conference in Aberdeen yesterday senior party figures admitted they wanted to strangle whoever was responsible, and threw out a number of possible Tory suspects

That's the coalition currently mis-governing the UK, let us not forget.    

I'm not surprised English voters, with no other way out, are turning to UKIP. It actually wouldn't surprise me if a few years down the line, England itself starts splitting asunder - the further away people are from London, the unhappier they are.

I am sure Prince Charles would be more than happy as titular head of the Duchy of Cornwall and the West Country; the Clone King Richard III & IV could resume ruling the North, and Farage and UKIP can have the rest.   

That's the coalition currently mis-governing the UK, let us not forget.

It's like the Dad's Army of Politicians?           

Except that Dad's Army generally got there in the end. Without threatening to strangle each other.   

Yes and you have a good laugh at their antics.      

Scotland's doing something completely new and unique for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games this summer.

Blowing up buildings.

http://news.sky.com/story/1236464/commonwealth-opener-to-see-towers-demolished

Commonwealth Opener To See Towers Demolished
More than 1,250kg of explosives will be used to blow up the iconic tower blocks and bring them crashing down in just 15 seconds.



They have been a fixture of Glasgow's skyline for five decades, but the Red Road tower blocks will come tumbling down in less than 30 seconds as part of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.

The live demolition of five of the six remaining towers will be the biggest of its kind ever seen in Europe, organisers say.

An estimated television audience of 1.5 billion is expected to tune in to see the 30-storey blocks crumble.

The event will also be beamed live to the opening ceremony itself inside Celtic Park on a giant 100-metre screen which will fill the entire south stand of the stadium.

More than 1,250kg of explosives will be used and the demolition will take just 15 seconds.

A total of 887 nearby homes will be evacuated, with residents invited to the ceremony on July 23.

Eileen Gallagher, independent director on the Glasgow 2014 board, said the demolition proves Glasgow is a city that is "proud of its history but doesn't stand still".

City council leader Gordon Matheson said: "Red Road has an iconic place in Glasgow's history, having been home to thousands of families and dominating the city's skyline for decades.

"Their demolition will all but mark the end of high-rise living in the area and is symbolic of the changing face of Glasgow, not least in terms of our preparations for the Games."

Built between 1964 and 1969, the flats were once the highest in Europe at 89 metres (292ft).

Six of the original towers remain after two previous demolitions, one in 2012 and the other last year.

They were originally designed to hold 4,700 people but in later years numbers dropped as the properties slipped into decline.

Director Andrea Arnold used the buildings as the setting for her 2006 Scottish Bafta-winning film Red Road.

One block, Petershill Court, is used to house asylum seekers and will be brought down at a later date.

Who needs girly fireworks when you can have explosions and collapsing buildings?     

  They mean business.

Sad news today, with the loss of the one and only Margo McDonald after a long illness:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-26854930




Margo MacDonald burst on to the political scene with a stunning win in the 1973 Glasgow Govan by-election

In her heyday, she would have eaten the likes of Clegg for breakfast, and used his ribs as toothpicks.

Wow, what an impressive lady. So sad about her Parkinsons.

Yes, they broke the mould when they made Margo, I don't think she was scared of anything or anyone.

There are some ladies who make the most awesome politicians because they are not afraid of the naughty boys.

Oh, I don't think Margo had a tactful, political bone in her body, Lily, she would hate to be remembered as a diplomat. But she was utterly fearless, and honest come what may.

Cameron and co caught lying again.  

Bonny.      They would never dream to.  No, no, not them.

Must be a mistake......

George Robertson kindly gains the YES campaign a good few more supporters with a hysterical outburst about the Forces of Darkness overwhelming the planet if Scotland is independent again:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/08/lord-robertson-bully-scots-no-referendum-vote

As we only have a common border with ONE nation, just who is it he thinks is going to be threatening us? Don't tell me - it's the Vikings again!

This rather sums up his grasp on reality:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robertson,_Baron_Robertson_of_Port_Ellen

In 1995, Robertson said that "Devolution will kill Nationalism stone dead" while he was Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland.[7] This quote was designed to assuage fears that devolution would provide a greater platform for the Scottish National Party (SNP).

No-one's ever been terribly sure just what he did to get such fancy titles, or terrifyingly, run NATO. He's an idiot.

Maybe that is a qualification for joining NATO?

He's always been an idiot. Plus, he makes Gordon Brown look intelligent and charismatic.  He's managed to infuriate even the pro-Union media:

I can see now, Bonny. Am not too familiar with some of these people.

Oh dear.   

Oh good, Cameron's helping too.

Choice quotes from:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-claims-jesus-invented-the-big-society--he-is-just-continuing-gods-work-9250449.html

David Cameron has claimed divine inspiration was at work when it came to drafting a key concept for Conservative Party policy.


Speaking last night at his Easter reception in Downing Street, the Prime Minister reportedly said he was simply doing God’s work when he launched the “Big Society” initiative of volunteering and civic responsibility.

“Jesus invented the Big Society 2,000 years ago,” Mr Cameron said. “I just want to see more of it.”

I don't remember Jesus being in favour of leaving the sick to starve, Bedroom Taxes, lying to try to start wars or any other of Cameron's stunts....but he carried on digging.

“If there are things that are stopping you from doing more, think of me as a giant Dyno-Rod,” he said.

Something that blocks the plumbing, more like.   

    

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-stung-jellyfish-spain-3425352

David Cameron stung by JELLYFISH in Spain after ignoring advice to stay out of sea
Apr 17, 2014 22:00 By James Lyons
Ex-pat Alan Lambert pointed out that one traditional cure is for someone to pee on the affected area - and said there would be no shortage of volunteers





Altercation: Cam braved jellyfish - and came off worst

David Cameron was recovering today after being stung by a jellyfish as he chillaxed in the sea on a luxury holiday.

The Tory PM’s painful encounter with the venomous creature came as he went for a swim off popular Arrieta beach on the Spanish island of Lanzarote.

Other tourists told how he came running from the water rubbing his arm and shouting: “Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!’

And there appeared to be little sympathy for the politician after he ignored local advice about the dangers.

One local said said Mr Cameron got his children out of the waves after someone shouted a warning – but then he immediately went back in.

Ex-pat Alan Lambert, originally from Norwich, pointed out that one traditional cure for a jellyfish sting is for someone to pee on the affected area.

He joked: “There would have been no shortage of volunteers to administer the treatment if he’d needed it. We were all having a laugh about it in the bar.”

Alan’s wife Wendy, 59, who promotes a local naturist beach, said Mr Cameron cut a distinctive figure in his “true blue” trunks on Wednesday.

She said: “They weren’t budgie smugglers’, but they were not down to his knees, either.”

Wendy revealed that one of her friends had pointed out to the PM that “there’s loads of jellies down there”.

She added: “Everyone got out of the water and his kids walked back with their minders around the pier.

“But then he decided to get back in then suddenly came out shouting in pain after getting stung.”

Wendy, who has lived at the Canary Island resort for 12 years, described the type of jellyfish that lurked in local waters as “a reddy colour, quite small but with very long tentacles”.

Downing Street refused to comment on the incident but a source close to the PM said: “It was pretty minor sting and did not require treatment.”

The PM – a keen swimmer and patron of the Chipping Norton lido outdoor pool in his Oxfordshire constituency – has been staying with his wife Samantha and children at a £200-a-night yoga retreat at the resort. They are due back this weekend.

The condition of the jellyfish is not known.

Poor jellyfish! There it was, swimming along happily, minding its own business, when it got attacked by a blobby invertebrate!   

All the fish did was try to kiss him.