Devolution ...a horror story

Do you remember a country called Czechoslovakia? You will especially from geography classes if, like me, you were in School before 1992 as on the 31st of December The Slovak National Party (SNP ... how ironic) got its independence thus making Czechoslovakia The Czech Republic with the emergence of Independent Slovakia. Independence was obtained despite only around 37% of Slovaks and 36% of Czechs wanting it as the continuous demand of devoluted power make the Czechoslovakia state unworkable so the solution was either a viable federation or separating the country into two independent states so the split happened despite the majority not wanting it.

Think about this when the SNP in Scotland are demanding more powers under delvolution and especially how they are and in 2014 were so keen having DevoMax on the ballot papers... it would eventually make the UK unworkable and therefor, like Czechoslovakia, a choice would have to be made and most likely it would be cutting Scotland from the Union despite the majority up here not wanting it... so there is a sinister reason for the SNP demanding more powers to be devolved and the outcome has nothing to do with democracy.... but the Nationalism has never been big of democracy in the past. It was the plans for The Czech Republic and Solvakia to retain the same currency (does this sound familiar? Alex Salmond wanting the use the pound) but within a few weeks of separation Solvakia had to set up its only currency which then dropped 30% against the Czech currency the Koruna so after a bit  Solvakia started to use the Euro.

 Solvakia is now the second poorest country in the Euro zone after Estonia. 

 If you ever had debates (more like arguments) with Nationalists one of their sound bites, which they repeat like parrots, is “no country which ever gained its independence regretted it” .... well guess what? Now you have an answer to their ignorance.   So if you, like I do, want to see Scotland continue to prosper in the Union (because you can do the sums and don’t call for the dumb propaganda of ignorance) then be wary of devolution especially DevoMax, it’s a way for them to get “independence” in democratically and by stealth. 

....and I never once above mentioned how every service devolved from the UK into the hands of our inept Scottish government has declined and is failing... police, educated, NHS...etc

Attack Of The (Not So Enlightened) Brigade

I think the tide  is turning against Black Lives Matter. We all think that black lives matters as do any other lives, but we are not going to be bullied by Marxist, anti-Semites who want to turn Brits against Brits in the name of Black Power.

Once this craziness has been ousted I hope there will be some embarrassment left with those who went down on bended knee to these Marxist thugs, not a single spine amongst them but a sure as dawn follows night they will carry no shame as to do so would be an admittance of being wrong and we all know these climbers of (perceived) moral high grounds will always believe they are in the right .... by the nature of their virtue signalling this is their egotistical ideology. 

But there has been nothing new here ... They scream at us that Black Lives Matter but imagine reality it was not about racial inequality in the UK,m.

They told us Extinction Rebellion was about saving our planet, it was not.

Antifa too is not about anti-fascism - it's another violent extremist movement that wants to wreck our country and make it a communist state.

Both groups, once exposed, have been revealed to hold some of the most extreme-Left views we’ve seen in this country.

These sudden fads don’t occur overnight, & they don’t spread globally as they did without influential people pushing that agenda...always question such things, try to peak behind the curtain and also remember its an election year across the pond in America.

Displays of sheer ignorance and hypocrisy always pops up and if, as I do, you often air your views on social media it’s often aimed at you. 

As for BLM and the virtue signalling over slavery the whole thing drips hypocrisy!

There is plenty Slavery in 2020, that can’t be denied but let me give you an example ...Cobalt is found in every lithium-ion rechargeable battery on the planet – from smartphones to tablets to laptops to electric vehicles. Children in Congo as young as four are among those risking their lives to mine cobalt for the world’s big electronics companies.

It’s quite ironic that protestors are frantically using their phones and tablets to work out which statue of a dead man they can vent their faux outrage on, yet not giving a thought to what went into making their phones.

A recent example was just last week, someone on my Facebook, a closed group so this was one of my “friends” commented about a post of two photos I posted as attempted humour, the intent was not to lampoon Scottish Nationalism (that’s two easy and is like shooting fish in a barrel these days) but using my post as a straw man he accused me of being a “right wing quisling”  

Well firstly of course after commenting about his total misrepresentation of my post I challenge the usage of the word “Quisling” which the reply comes forth with the first response returned from the accuser having done a google search ..

“quisling

/ˈkwɪzlɪŋ/

noun

a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country”

Ok, this it the OED’s definition but people should really delve in a wee bitty deeper if they intend to use such insults ...

For example ...the phrase Quisling I always find ironic coming from someone who supports the SNP, and it is a catchphrase they enjoy to use  “far right Quisling” it refers to Vidkun Quisling ..a founder on another nationalist party called “Nasjonal Samling” (National Unity) anyway as I was saying, the SNP, they attempted to covertly make a pact with Nazi Germany during what they called “England’s war” and refused being conscripted into “England’s war” despite the evils of fascism and the other Scottish people, such as my dad going off to fight in it. Kinda loses its value when a nationalist uses Quisling as an insult... but I should drop it and put it down to ignorance about the ethno-nationalism SNP’s flirtation with fascism... even with Sinn Fein more recently they don’t want that on their narrative when they look to insult you ...don’t forget that it was the SNP’s very own Arthur Donaldson who hoped to establish a "Scottish Quisling" regime north of the Border if the Wehrmacht invaded England that popularised that name more. 

Such attempted insults come not only from the Hampden wing of Scottish nationalisim (compared to the “Murrayfield wing” who are less insulting and attempt to put a balance debate across) this is not just with Scottish Nationalists this kinda political De Clérambault Syndrome where they try to stalk your posts to air what they believe to be justified points, it is with “progressive left” supporters too, they will soon attempt to use your post as a platform to stick their “self believed undeniable” points up whilst calling you right wing this and that and often attempting non-platforming you if they can despite they calls for free speech (only free if you agree with them)

Wither it’s a photo of Mel Gibson from the Braveheart movie astride a horse then a comparison photo of a skinny naked guy where glasses astride a hobbyhorse as was the scenario above (perhaps they took offence as they saw it representing how their argument was worn out over these years ... like the unicorn they once believed they rode in on is now which a Shetland pony..maybe that symbolism resonates) 

Now I don’t want to stick the left all in the same boat and tar then with the same brush, to do so would be unfair, many, as I do observe  from my own Facebook friends, do sincerely only want a better world ... we just disagree how we get to the same end on the road.