David Cameron's Conservatives are treating Scots with contempt
You have to laugh at the contradictory messages currently coming from the British media. On the one hand David Cameron is trying to dictate whether Alex Salmond gets an invite to the proposed TV debates:
David Cameron calls for Alex Salmond to be barred from TV debates
David Cameron has said Alex Salmond should be barred from a series of televised general election debates between the main party leaders despite Scottish National Party threats of legal action.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/6251864/David-Cameron-calls-for-Alex-Salmond-to-be-barred-from-TV-debates.html
On the other hand the Times pretends that he is desperate to woo Scotland, aye right! (Even Angus Mcleod can't quite believe it!).
David Cameron desperate to ‘seal the deal’ and win over the Scots
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6867080.ece
So it's a kick from a boot and a simpering smile and words of encouragement as well.
David Cameron's local puppet the pantomine dame Annabel Goldie tried to bring in her brand of comic relief:
"I have been delighted at the response to the message in my speech on Monday that the approaching General Election is a British election, for the British Parliament, for a British Prime Minister
"People are saying to me at Conference that that message is resonating beyond Scotland."
Only if your head is wedged firmly in the sand at Berwick! Poor old Goldie appears to be delusional.
She goes on:
"The SNP are irrelevant at a British General Election. Their influence on the British economy is virtually nil."
So is Scotland relevant? Not to Goldie it isn't.
"As a sideshow Alex Salmond, and he is a sideshow in the British General Election..."
"... I shall do all I can to persuade people in Scotland that at this British General Election they should be voting for a British Prime Minister."
So what relevance does your Scottish position hold then? Why on earth should we listen to Ms Goldie when both her and her leader treat our country with utter contempt.
http://www.scottishconservatives.com/news_press/speeches/annabel_goldie_speech_to_the_scottish_fringe-conservative_party_conference_manchester_2009.aspx
Speech to the 'Scottish fringe' that just about sums up the importance the Tories think Scotland has.
But let us not forget those organs of the British press determined to spread light and truth around the planet, well everywhere apart from Scotland obviously, for us it's spin, lies and distaste.
Gillian Bowditch: Allow Gaelic to thrive without taxpayers’ cash
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6869384.ece
Scottish Gaelic our once proud national language is just a figure of fun to Anglo-centric commentators, what a disgrace.
David Cameron has no right to dictate the relevance of the SNP. That is up to the people of Scotland to decide. He has no right to demand a rigged TV debate either which excludes our most important political party.
Scotland will not stand for politicians who ignore our opinions and our interests.
The fact the Tories have one solitary MP should give them cause to consider before trying to dictate our future to us.
Britain is busted and independence is normality. David Cameron has nothing to offer as a political Tweedle Dum to Labour's Tweedle Dee. Scotland does not want or need a pompous Tory boy who looks like he needs someone to skelp his lug. Tony Blair was bad enough and no other smirking opinion poll driven power mad spinner is required.
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Thanks Joe for highlighting what Cameron means by wanting to 'respect' Scotland, The First Minister and the Scottish Parliament.
The pro Scottish words are hollow but his desire to keep Scotland and its Parliament in its place is obvious and solid.
Happily the Scottish electorate has seen and heard it all before and isn't being fooled for a second.
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