tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post3150682886838217320..comments2024-03-29T13:38:36.073+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Thank goodness.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-11480076907731606792023-02-22T05:42:27.432+00:002023-02-22T05:42:27.432+00:00She'd been a thorn in the side of the English ...She'd been a thorn in the side of the English for too long, I just hope she's replaced by someone a bit better.<br /><br />Devolution has not been all good. The Scots, the Welsh, and the N Irish all have their own governments, but England forgot itself, and we still have a UK House of Commons, where all the other nations can vote on English matters whilst we can't vote on theirs. Luckily Sturgeon was not an MP so we had to endure Ian Blackford instead. He's now gone too.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-17835693271105260602023-02-22T05:34:37.063+00:002023-02-22T05:34:37.063+00:00Yes, I'd forgotten about that.Yes, I'd forgotten about that.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-37931177792553401582023-02-22T00:24:10.741+00:002023-02-22T00:24:10.741+00:00I wish more leaders who can't do the job they ...I wish more leaders who can't do the job they were elected for would resign.Gemma's personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740156670047388540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-48495456239130869482023-02-21T20:26:45.316+00:002023-02-21T20:26:45.316+00:00Her follower has fucked things up …the gay marriag...Her follower has fucked things up …the gay marriage thingJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21756851708071234852023-02-21T16:36:56.740+00:002023-02-21T16:36:56.740+00:00Her husband will face an enquiry. Nothing is certa...Her husband will face an enquiry. Nothing is certain yet, but to lose half a million quid is quite serious.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86157452800811660352023-02-21T14:25:17.931+00:002023-02-21T14:25:17.931+00:00NS had to be a big disappointment for Scotland. Wi...NS had to be a big disappointment for Scotland. Will she and her husband come under investigation over the missing funds? Fraud and financial crimes by someone in government is betrayal of public trust. A jail sentence, large fine and legally kept from future public office seems appropriate. <br /> Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473063249106111719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-55363504146359027942023-02-21T11:22:16.764+00:002023-02-21T11:22:16.764+00:00It'll be interesting to watch the progress of ...It'll be interesting to watch the progress of the 'missing half million' enquiry. Is it just coincidence that it coincided with her resignation?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-69417537987760488042023-02-21T10:50:07.632+00:002023-02-21T10:50:07.632+00:00Maybe I am mistaken, but I suspect that her depart...Maybe I am mistaken, but I suspect that her departure will be a short lived inconvenience to the SNP, who seem to occupy the place of a religion in Scotland. Her replacement will undoubtedly have ready all of those "it was the English wot done it" excuses for the manifest failings of the SNP governments in recent years.<br />Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06715674477635617592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18781020342940561172023-02-21T10:14:28.248+00:002023-02-21T10:14:28.248+00:00And they will continue to moan about it.And they will continue to moan about it.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-53739146719658652822023-02-21T09:52:14.668+00:002023-02-21T09:52:14.668+00:00Sturgeon has been a capable and articulate politic...Sturgeon has been a capable and articulate political operator these past eight years but The Krankies have never been the same since she left. The dream of Scottish independence may not have died but it now seems far less imminent so that means massive financial subsidies from England and Wales will remain in place for the foreseeable future.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-25659410607350679492023-02-21T08:10:47.967+00:002023-02-21T08:10:47.967+00:00Maybe, but his CV is second to none.Maybe, but his CV is second to none.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82534797861445558932023-02-21T07:40:23.904+00:002023-02-21T07:40:23.904+00:00He is intelligent I have no doubts about his brain...He is intelligent I have no doubts about his brain power. His suitability for government is another matter.Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-37542561033118529732023-02-21T07:05:54.340+00:002023-02-21T07:05:54.340+00:00Rory is one of the brightest and most able of all ...Rory is one of the brightest and most able of all UK's (ex) politicians. Look him up on Wiki. The fact that he fell-out with his party's leaders shouldn't be held against him. I had him down as a possible PM.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44266011819685595682023-02-21T07:02:35.666+00:002023-02-21T07:02:35.666+00:00I was left to deal with my own parents 'clutte...I was left to deal with my own parents 'clutter'; and there was a lot of it. I had no help, in fact I had the opposite, and frankly it was a nightmare. But what else could I have done?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70704842615628153042023-02-21T06:55:05.836+00:002023-02-21T06:55:05.836+00:00It has lifted the mood north of the border but it ...It has lifted the mood north of the border but it will be short lived. Never ever underestimate the depth of incompetence and dishonesty in our political classes. You can keep Rory down there, we have enough of a problem without that nutter adding to them.Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21225602348954061882023-02-21T06:50:49.923+00:002023-02-21T06:50:49.923+00:00You'll be relieved to learn (?) that I have no...You'll be relieved to learn (?) that I have nothing to say on this particular subject. The Scottish question not the only one on these isles that eludes me - and, dare I say it, of zero interest to me. One of the advantages not being native.<br /><br />However, I have just read the touching comment you left over at Rachel's blog re the canvas of our lives. Made me smile. Not least your mother's dry observation "Victorian clutter". Please, Cro, whatever you do, don't feel "guilty" at leaving traces of your life behind for your kids to tidy up (Kimbo to the rescue!). You know what? My father is so obsessed with tidying his life away that I fear once he has bitten the dust (he is most likely to outlive my mother if only because he is younger than her) there will be little for his children to deal with. My pleas to stop being so obsessive and leave some of his personal notes - and stuff - fall on deaf ears. Never mind. My parents are more than likely to outlive me anyway. Like cockroaches.<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.com