“Scotland knows Brexit is holding Britain back. Why won’t Labour admit it?”
John Swinney
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/31/scotland-brexit-britain-labour-eu-europe
John Swinney
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/31/scotland-brexit-britain-labour-eu-europe
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Does their actual achievements over the last 6 months feel like Thatcher or Major? Perhaps you could point out which ones? https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/the-first-6-months-what-has-labour-actually-done/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/30/labour-environmental-vandalism-rivers-wildlife-air-government-gdp
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/31/labour-mp-government-growth-heathrow-party
He is spinning a yarn assuming the worst motivations and the worst outcomes, to the point of not understanding his own party’s policies.
Carbon capture is a massive gamble that has never been demostrated at scale. Since it is being implemented by the very comapies that have spent 70 years & billions of $ lying about CO2, I am very skeptical of their integrity & abilities
It’s the fastest potential effect & not the only thing they’re doing. They just announced 13 new wind farms.
Ireland, despite having fewer natural resources is 70% richer and has a huge budget surplus.
Maybe something to do with Scotland always getting the government they vote for, I dunno. 🙄
#independenceisnornal
There should still be ways we can align with the EU, that is what Labour should focus on.
Fuck England 🖕
Why would they suffer the stupidity of the English and the consequences of the English stupidity?
https://www.gov.scot/publications/ministerial-statement-scottish-uk-government-selection-green-freeports/
😉
Just Like That!
It is striking that EU countries very similar to Scotland enjoy higher productivity and greater equality than the UK.
For Ireland, independence, alongside EU membership, has enabled economic take-off.”
The independence vote hasn’t changed substantially since you lost the referendum. 49% is the minority, you know that, right?
And it’s only that high because the SNP have been able to demonise Westminster due to the tories.
Why not 70% instead. Or 75%. I mean if you're determined to place obstacles in the way of Indy the have no legal or constitutional basis why not really just go for it?
How about 60% of all people eligible to vote in a referendum just to be doubly sure?
And yet the Swinney Indy playbook utilises the same modus operandi of demonising the status quo and being non specific about the real risks of their alternative proposition.
And the living standards are superior in Ireland when compared to England.
In fact, there is now a net migration from U.K. to Ireland.
I pay £0 in UK but I can’t get an appointment.
Is it quick and easy to see your GP?
However, if Apple book their IP profits in Ireland to benefit from low Corporation Tax rates, those profits boost Ireland’s GDP, but other than the tax, that money is not actually within the Irish economy
The number of people in employment rose from 1.8 million in 2000 to 2.8 million today.
Booking the profits of US corporations to be whisked out of the country does not make you richer other than on paper, although they do get corporation tax
How many decades did it take Ireland to get to their current economic position, 50?
I don't believe that Scottish voters would be happy with the large increases to taxes and large reductions in public spending that would be required post independence
The Indy campaign is never honest with people about that
I love the experts from another country telling us how wrong we are and how we can’t possibly understand the economy
The same country that put Tories in power for 14 years 😂😂
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hb0prf?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
Isn,t the British army the biggest employer in Scotland ?
Also if we were campaigning for a Scottish republic the yes vote goes up
Westminster is terrified of Scottish independence
Nice guy though, hope he didn,t vote for Brexit.
If we rejoined the eu would they still want independence?
If so it doesn't really matter what the uk does, does it
As far as Scotland is concerned, #Brexit also meant England has left the UK as well.
In fact does it weaken their case?
Surely with the uk in the eu Scotland would gain little from indepence?
What significant change would Scotland see?
It would solve the currency problem though
Then they left the EU against Scotland's vote to stay?
Why exactly is Scotland still doing this shit?
The results were:
Remain: 62.0% (1,661,191 votes)
Leave: 38.0% (1,018,322 votes)
All 32 Scottish council areas voted to remain, making Scotland the most pro-Remain part of the UK.
I think public pressure is in order to get labor to realize they’re supposed to lean left.
Even if we were magically able to apply and join straightaway, it’s unlikely we’d get 27 positive votes.
It’s not a matter of pride, backbone, courage or moral integrity, it’s reality - we can’t rejoin currently. Esp. since Tory/Ref are still Brexity
Demanding Labour do the impossible & them damning them for failing will get you a reform govt
I think he will,he's a Fascist Pig.
Why do you think we’re raising our defence spending!
FYI we ain't stupid but we are getting angry
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/13/devastated-jo-swinson-apologises-lib-dems-election-failure?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
She lost her seat to an SNP candidate.
Then Labour moved to a second referendum policy, Farage didn’t contest 300 seats and the Tories won.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/13/jo-swinson-lib-dems-on-course-for-grim-night?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
I personally liked Jo, but the public was rather cold towards her as a politician.
The main issue was her framing herself as a would be PM and having a solo campaign rather than a campaign with new candidates attached form Labour and the Tories.
I mean Davey is now openly talking of re-entering which I'm sure has much more traction - but the time wasn't right and definitely spooked Labour - which was my original point.
Tories 2.0 = Starmers Labour.
I truly believe Starmer is a plant for the same ppl that most Tories work for. They are a group who have hijacked uk for their own ends.
#scottishindependence urgently required
Choices are:
1. Replace Starmer with another Labour PM.
2. Run out the clock and enjoy five years of PM Farage.
They’re trying to get around the Brexit debacle with these, frankly, dangerous and undemocratic zones.
First rule of good communication: if you don't understand me it's because I'm not being clear, for which I apologise
#youyesyet #YesScots #scotlandineurope #ScotlandinEU #IndyToRejoinEU #WhyNotScotland #politics