Sturgeon could not get off the topic fast enough.
... because she's not allowed to comment on it.
Sturgeon and her ilk are desperate to leave a very good union
A union that has been very good for England, not so for Scotland. I wouldn't expect you to understand though since your world-view seems to be rooted in myopic English nationalism and such people generally seem unaware of how badly Scotland has suffered and the extent to which we are side-lined in this "union of equals".
Take a look at the Brexit referendum. Westminster tried to give Wales & Northern Ireland what they voted for (specifically that Northern Ireland should be given a special deal so it is part of the UK but retains a soft border with the EU; hell, even the motor industry in Sunderland was going to get its own deal!! But Scotland? No. We voted to Remain but we weren't given any consideration; and all the alternatives put forward by our government, i.e. the people
we elected were dismissed out of hand. They still are; Scottish MPs belonging to the Conservative Party have hinted they'll try to block the Scottish Government from having
any chance of representing Scotland in post-Brexit negotiations.
just so that they can give their hard won freedom away to a dictatorship know as the EU.
No, NAN. The EU is not a dictatorship. You aren't even arguing consistently. First of all the EU made Ireland 'vote again' on the Lisbon Treaty after amending it to make it more appealing to Eire; now all of a sudden the EU doesn't take what its constituent members want into account.
So either the EU is not a dictatorship or it is. Pick one because it cannot be both.
The true dictatorship here is the UK because
- Westminster can abolish the Scottish Parliament and other devolved assemblies whenever it wants; Brussels cannot do this.
- Westminster can grab back powers even against our wishes; Brussels cannot do this.
- Westminster can stall our law-making process through lengthy Supreme Court battles which allowed the Tories time to retroactively change legislation so it cannot be overwritten by Holyrood; Brussels cannot do this.
- Westminster can force the constituent nations of the UK to do things they have not agreed to do already; Brussels cannot do this.
Regarding George Galloway, if I looked hard enough I might find something that Alex Salmond has said that I could agree with but I thought it was typical of a pompous MP to stand up in the House of Commons and tell others to do the right thing.
How was Salmond acting pompously beyond the fact he says something you disagree with but lack the wherewithal to counter?
If we stuck to our guns the EU would not let us leave the building before they started pleading for a deal.
A pretty fantasy. I'm honestly not sure why an isolationist state that no longer has its AAA credit rating and has threatened to default on payments it has already agreed to make for services it still benefits would be something the EU would chase after. I'm also not sure why you think the EU would jeopardise its own existence by offering a non-member state a relationship on better terms than its own members currently have...
