RANDOM THOUGHTS

How green is our country?

Scottish Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh in the London parliament, Chris Murray, says:

“Great to be out chatting to people in Meadowbank today.

“Like me, many people are angry about the Scottish Government ditching our climate targets.

“Climate change is the most pressing issue facing the planet – we need serious, realistic, achievable policy to get to net zero.”

So, I’m not best pleased about it either. But I can’t help but think that it’s a tad hypocritical of Labour to make a big thing of it, given what their London bosses are doing.

Maybe want to have a word with Rachel, Chris. At least she was paid to do it.

And, while I have little doubt that some people may be concerned about this, I also doubt that it is the most pressing thing on their minds when they meet politicians.

Although I have a green agenda, there are more pressing matters that I’d be mentioning should I have the misfortune to bang into a candidate for the English parliament… feeding kids, making sure electricity and gas bills are payable, trying t attract more NHS staff, filling in potholes… and on and on.

It might be fair to mention to those who put it first on the agenda, that the Scottish government has approved a massive wind farm, the biggest in Europe.

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Anas put in his place

My respect for Anas Sarwar would increase dramatically if he had the nerve to tell Starmer where to get off. But I doubt if he does. He will find, like other branch foremen/women before him, that decisions about Scotland and “Scottish” Labour, are made in London by their betters.

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Does anyone know what an ‘advacado’ is?

And, can you get them for 30p?

Sweetheart, absolutely NOTHING with your face on it is for my consumption, you money grubbing lowlife.

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I wonder if Rwanda is the victory that the far right thinks it is

From YouGov:

Not maybe what the British peoples want quite as much as you keep telling us, Sunak.

It will be interesting to see how it develops. I read that he has managed to get hold of an airline that will transport the refugees. AirTanker is reported to have been booked, going back on what they said when it was first suggested.

I imagine the flights will be worth a lot of money to them. But I’m not sure what it will do for their reputation. Still, it’s only taxpayers’ money and Sunak will pay out whatever it takes to get the job done before the election.

You can find out how your MP voted here.

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What would be far enough right for this piece of evilness?

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman says the Rwanda Bill “doesn’t go far enough” to stop the boats.

“What we need to do is leave the ECHR and we need to do it now.”@JuliaHB1 | @SuellaBraverman pic.twitter.com/S1rUpntmqg

— TalkTV (@TalkTV) April 23, 2024

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And finally…

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