[News] Wendy Alexander U-Turns On Independence Referendum - Page 3

Hammer · 7th May 2008, 9:39pm

The BBC has a short Brown-Cameron Farce about this. Sounds like bullshit wall to wall to me, since it really doesn't tie with what Alexander has been saying.

endless psych · 7th May 2008, 10:51pm

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Originally Posted by Hammer

The BBC has a short Brown-Cameron Farce about this. Sounds like bullshit wall to wall to me, since it really doesn't tie with what Alexander has been saying.

It is a farce.

Then again Scottish labour is an all out farce anyway.

Hammer · 12th May 2008, 3:47pm

Wendy's leadership days may be numbered again. In addition to Gordon Brown saying he doesn't support Alexander's U-turn, Jack MacConnell and Henry Macleish have both publicly critised the decision.

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With the Prime Minister confirming the political distance between himself and his once-favoured protege, former first minister Henry McLeish attacked Ms Alexander.

"This is the worst of all possible worlds," said Mr McLeish. "We have marginalised the Calman Commission, confused the Scottish public, taken the Liberals and the Tories out of the equation and seemed more enthusiastic than the SNP to have a referendum."

He added: "Labour supporters and activists will find it difficult to work out what on earth is going on. It's hard to understand how Labour could get itself into this position. What about the public? They have been treated with contempt."

Jack McConnell, whose resignation ushered in Ms Alexander as Labour's Holyrood leader, warned of the need for "clarity" between Labour's leaders in Scotland and Westminster, and said they did not always have to agree on policy. "If there is a disagreement, let's have it out in the open and just admit that," said Mr McConnell. "What we need is to be able to move on with a clarity about what each is saying and get back to challenging the SNP government here in Scotland."

Former Scotland Office minister Brian Wilson, who opposed the devolution settlement, joined the public censure of Ms Alexander. He said: "To commit to a referendum which ultimately only the UK Government can deliver, without checking out what the UK Government thinks when it is of the same party - I think carelessness would be an understatement."

The Herald story on it

She really doesn't have any luck. She's had Big Eck, Nicole Stephen and Annabel Goldie putting the boot in at every opportunity and now her own party are at it.

XMachina · 12th May 2008, 4:04pm

she's obv decided that she'd prefer a £150,000/yr consultancy job tothe the pittance and comparatively large workload MSPs shoulder so I wouldn't be surprised if she's engineered her own exit from Holyrood.

endless psych · 12th May 2008, 4:17pm

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Originally Posted by XMachina

she's obv decided that she'd prefer a £150,000/yr consultancy job tothe the pittance and comparatively large workload MSPs shoulder so I wouldn't be surprised if she's engineered her own exit from Holyrood.

By showing herself to be entirely rash and incompetent?

She's just an eejit like the vast majority of Labour MSPs.

erithromycin · 13th May 2008, 12:43am

Labour's MSPs are pretty fourth rate. Those who are second or third rate are either MPs or researchers or Party staff. Still, with MSPs this bad, how bad are MEPs?

endless psych · 13th May 2008, 12:45am

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Originally Posted by erithromycin

Labour's MSPs are pretty fourth rate. Those who are second or third rate are either MPs or researchers or Party staff. Still, with MSPs this bad, how bad are MEPs?

I shudder to think. The Tory MSP who always ends up on Newsnight Scotland seems to be quite a good politician (to damn with feint praise or whatever) unfortunatly still a tory though.

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