Former Scottish first minister slams SNP strategy | Lord McConnell
“I am very surprised that they didn’t think this through when they abandoned the climate targets last Thursday. And even more surprised that the Greens didn’t immediately leave the government”.
Former Scottish first minister, Lord McConnell, says it now “sounds like the deal is on” between Humza Yousaf and the Alba Party.
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White, white, white, white…..I’ll never forget hearing that speech nor forgive this outcast!
@James-yp7jm
Ай бұрын
It was disgraceful anti white racism He should be charged as a racist and removed from public duties.
@lindamillar2505
Ай бұрын
The leader of Scottish Labour made a serious anti White speech every bit as bad as Humza If I were in the Scottish Labour I would dump him
@julianshepherd2038
Ай бұрын
He was talking about going to meet important people in Scotland. 1 in 20 Scots are not white so you might expect there to be a head of something. The edited version doesn't reveal that.
@julianshepherd2038
Ай бұрын
Do want to buy Edinburgh Castle ?
@AlwaysAC
Ай бұрын
@@julianshepherd2038head of something? Like maybe head of the SNP and first Minister of the country?
If Ash Regan props up Yousaf, then Alba can say goodbye to support in the next election. People will remember.
@MichaelNelson-it9mf
Ай бұрын
Except the exact opposite is true. You cant actually see Scotland from the depths of the SE of Little Engarlandershire.
@alansmith5340
Ай бұрын
@@MichaelNelson-it9mf back on the meds mate
@Glasgow_kiss
Ай бұрын
I’m sure their 5 supporters will be devastated.
@MichaelNelson-it9mf
Ай бұрын
@@alansmith5340 There are no meds for your pathetic condition mate its terminal.
@jamesmason8944
Ай бұрын
Look at Ash's demeanour when the First Minister election result was announced. How on earth would she want to work with him.? Alex Salmond's influence will ruin Ash. Stand by your integrity your principles.
If you can’t govern your party, then you can’t govern your country.
@MichaelNelson-it9mf
Ай бұрын
So the fact that he has the full backing of his party and its membership proves he can govern the country then eh?
@dee4732
Ай бұрын
The tartan Taliban have been disaster for Scotland.....
@Glasgow_kiss
Ай бұрын
@@dee4732please explain why
@MichaelNelson-it9mf
Ай бұрын
@@dee4732 Indeed which is why they got the boot back in 2007.
@hashburystumble8808
Ай бұрын
Rishi who ???
He didn’t care about Scotland anyway he just wanted to stir things up and then check out. A truly awful bigot.
@JohnM...
Ай бұрын
He's still here, unfortunately
@phil8528
Ай бұрын
@@JohnM... yeah it seems his craving for attention is now the most important thing to him.
@hmu05366
28 күн бұрын
A bigot? 😂😂😂😂 calm down
Yousaf is not worthy of the position. The low-grade msp's in his party are responsible. All useless.
@JohnM...
Ай бұрын
The primary person responsible for the dire state of Scotland is the FORMER first minister. SHE is to blame for the appalling state of the economy, schools, roads, illegal immigration etc etc, and for giving Ferguson's half a billion pounds for two non existent ferries.
This pantomime is the outcome of social justice and the law of unintended consequences.
How did that chancer get into the Lords?
@lh3557
Ай бұрын
He is one of Blair's brown nose boys!
@georgeiii2998
Ай бұрын
Now Blackford wants in.
Alba & snp together 🤷♂️. More court dates incoming
Jack has no room to talk, he was always way out of his depth.
Comical. Proof that Scotland should never separate from the rest of the UK!
Ah, Scottish Labour in government, those were the days! 🤣
@encouragesolutions2595
Ай бұрын
SNP to Labour = Frying Pan + Fire
@dee4732
Ай бұрын
Then to barren waste land......what a disaster.....
@JonoPS
Ай бұрын
Scottish' Labour's legacy: The remaining 75 PFI / PPP projects cost Scotland 1.4b in 2022/23. And in 2023/24 a further 1.46b. This is a big reason Glasgow and other cities are in such financial trouble - desperately trying to save money left, right, and centre. Yep, we're still paying for it.
@kincaidwolf5184
Ай бұрын
@JonoPS PFIs are not all bad... there are some bad cases, but it can be a good value for the taxpayer.
@hashburystumble8808
Ай бұрын
No such party exists. They are just a branch of London Labour.
He took his oath of office in Urdu.nuff said
@user-uf9xe9tr9l
Ай бұрын
You would think it should be in Scottish. What is going on over there?
@Mendleson
Ай бұрын
@@user-uf9xe9tr9ldon’t ask mate
@Camille_Anderson
Ай бұрын
@@user-uf9xe9tr9leveryone is scared of being called the R word or islamaphobia nonsense.
@harveyneedleman817
Ай бұрын
@@Camille_Anderson Not me. I say whatever I like.
Jack McConnell is an utterly uninspiring figure, and one of the reasons that many Labour voters in Scotland started voting for the SNP in 2007; myself included. He is so typical of the Labour party in Scotland.....Utterly dull and visionless. We voted Labour for how many decades, to what end? Now that wheels are falling off the SNP, who do we turn to?....Labour? Labour offer nothing.....no wonder there is utter apathy out there.
@lindamillar2505
Ай бұрын
Their leader made a serious anti White speech The truth is none of them are capable of saving Scotland so sad
@kyletitterton
Ай бұрын
He was before my time but "inspiring figures" in politics are usually absolute nutters. Give me someone extremely dull in power any day.
@georgeiii2998
Ай бұрын
Rather have a dull government than a shambolic government. The SNP have no vision for Scotland either.
@hmu05366
28 күн бұрын
Well said. People have short memories
@hmu05366
28 күн бұрын
Labour have had enough chances. They were in power in Scotland even before devolution- almost all of our local authorities were labour for 50-70 years. They do not need another 50 years
What strategy? Ash “who” ? You are not getting this, Scotland is a bellwether for Britain. Remember Jo Swinson, now you get it. We the people have had ENOUGH. Get it now?
@encouragesolutions2595
Ай бұрын
Like let's test the temperature of the Poll Tax and number of bedrooms ?
LABOUR’S PFI (Private Finance Initiative) legacy was clear for all to see when schools started to crumble and fall down in Edinburgh recently. Despite the poor build quality of these schools, Edinburgh Council is paying out about £1.5 million per month to use these premises. Even so, as poor as the building quality may be, the financial implications of PFI are far worse. He also handed back 1.5 billion to WM
Has he the capacity to think???
You firstly need a brain to analyse and think things through which Yousaf clearly is devoid of.
He didn't think.
@mrdunns3338
Ай бұрын
Because he can't?
As mentioned in this, Yousuf said Ash Reagan was no great loss when she headed out the door for Alba. I imagine Reagan is walking round today with a big grin on her face, thinking "Revenge is a dish best eaten cold". What will she do? 1-Vote down Yusuf then the SNP in the two confidence votes (after all, she's an opposition MSP) 2-Have Yusuf and the SNP by the short and curlies till the 2026 election. Either way, an enjoyable choice for Reagan, and I'm sure she'll be smiling whatever way she votes😊🙃😊
@hashburystumble8808
Ай бұрын
Ash Regan will lose her seat at the next Holyrood election. Of that there is no doubt. (Ref : John Curtice)
He should make sure he’s mind is clear before he sticks his tongue in gear
Humza Useless. Totally out of his depth. Get rid, for Scotland's sake.
@petebondurant58
Ай бұрын
He'll simply be replaced by someone just as useless, out of their depth and obsessed with divisive cultural issues.
@davidrenton
Ай бұрын
that's offensive calling him that. it's HAMAS USELESS far more polite :)
Look at this guy Humza. He looks pure evil.
@johntooth1886
Ай бұрын
Wrong colour.
@petebondurant58
Ай бұрын
@@johntooth1886 No...he's just an imbecile.
@BallyBoy95
Ай бұрын
Little bit racist... irrespective of his politics, he looks like a normal human being to me.
@albertinsinger7443
Ай бұрын
@@BallyBoy95 Humza took away freedom of speech, the corner stone of Democracy, that is evil. So his looks reflect that.
@kyletitterton
Ай бұрын
Good grief. I dislike him but he doesn't look "pure evil".
Yousaf is finished......
Humza Yousef - rhymes with WHITE
I wasn't aware Humza Useless thought ANYTHING through!
Jack McConnell, the ex first minister of Scotland, who belonged to a party, that was so good for Scotland, that they ended up with 1 Scottish MP in Westminster.
@georgeiii2998
Ай бұрын
What's your point? The SNP once had 1 MP. Surprise surprise: marginal constituencies are marginal.
@user-nf4ie8pv2o
Ай бұрын
@@georgeiii2998 My point is, McConnel and Labour took Scottish voters for granted before, and they ended up with only one MP/ I would have thought my point was obvious.
@georgeiii2998
Ай бұрын
@@user-nf4ie8pv2o McConnell only lost 4 MSPs in the 2007 election: far more to do with SNP popularity than Labour unpopularity. If you want to look at MPs (no idea why: Blair and Brown were in charge of Labour for the Westminster parliament) then in 2010 Labour lost 0 seats in Scotland: only in 2005 did they lose 4. And, while I have no love whatsoever for McConnell, he was a far better first minister than all 3 of his successors combined.
@hmu05366
28 күн бұрын
Please explain in detail as to why you think the last 3 were so bad? And why they were so much worse than labour?
Hummsie could join his buddies in Ghastly Garzer. Could this be the turn of the Islamic tide?
@jlcraftyscot2
Ай бұрын
I sure do hope so. They need to find a home in the middle East where they belong. Dreadful mindset.
Kids and women sleep a bit easier now the Greens have been booted out. SNP next 👏👏
does scotland put some names in a raffle to pick their leaders? humza wasn’t a great pick
@G4RY1159
Ай бұрын
You can see the people around him tiptoeing and grovelling
@katrinabryce
Ай бұрын
Well he is slightly better than the lettuce we had as the previous Prime Minister in Westminster... Only slightly.
@lindamillar2505
Ай бұрын
We the people didn't vote for him his colleagues did
@guitarman704
Ай бұрын
He was not voted for. Sturgeon recommended him.
@hmu05366
28 күн бұрын
@@guitarman704you can’t have elections every year pal lol.
as long as you remember HAMAS USELESS is not very smart, then every action he does is easily explained
@guitarman704
Ай бұрын
Dead right!
@hashburystumble8808
Ай бұрын
A thousand times smarter than Liz Trustless
He didnt think it through,but his Party did they let him walk right into a brick Wall,watch all the knives coming out,?"et tu brute"?
Humza Useless
''Baroness Nicky Morgan'' Please explain in a simple way I can Understand ? ? ?
@vinny6967
Ай бұрын
It was 750k
Does this mean that when Hamsa has gone they the police be able to investigate all the corruption that has taken place within the SNP and arrest Sturgeon and charge her.
Nicola Sturgeon's legacy lives on in that Humza speaks with identical delivery.
Well I am glad they had to turn the heating down because many of us can't afford to turn it up
Vote for SNP. Its a vote for your own demise! They must hate themselves and everyone else. And be wierd.
does Nicki not realise her parties' goose is cooked as well??
McConnell 😂😂😂😂
@guitarman704
Ай бұрын
Exactly, another politician mentally challenged.
Tell hiis brotherinlaw he ows a bill in Glesga and he is het for it.....Maybe Murrell can help him out seen he is loaded,single and i terrsted in a peter mate ....if you know what a mean 😂😂😂
Please just chase out the Humza Yousaf immediately right now 🙏. Stop nagging.
£250 000 to UNWRA rather than UNICEF? Get him out!
Labour and S Green government after the next SGE
@hashburystumble8808
Ай бұрын
In your dreams. The Green Party only get in to Holyrood on the back of SNP voters supporting them on the Regional vote.
Nicky Morgan as if Westminster tories have anything useful to say. Jack McConnell did have some good points. What we need is some good govt.
Where are Gray, Robison and his other pals..... Looks like they have thrown him under the bus, by giving him bad advice!
Baroness Morgan 😂 Boris Johnsons lacky
McConnell another waste of space
@encouragesolutions2595
Ай бұрын
At least he was an honest waste of space, albeit operating way above his level of competency.
@Glasgow_kiss
Ай бұрын
@@encouragesolutions2595same jack mcconnell that lied about cheating on his wife, lied about the Iraq invasion and is a politician?
@CompetentGuitarist
Ай бұрын
@@encouragesolutions2595 None of these leeches get a pass.
@Glasgow_kiss
Ай бұрын
@@encouragesolutions2595honest? Cheated on his wife, Iraq, lied about both.
@derekbrown3165
Ай бұрын
Actually the best First minister Scotland ever had.
Don’t forget, you can say white white white white and he is allowed to get away with it but I said it about some if I said it the opposite way round I’ll be arrested. Why is he above the law? That’s what I wanna know.
Yousaf we are told got a majority vote of his own members, presumably who are 95% White. The only thing that the SNP membership are interested in is Sectarianism against 'English' by which they mean Scottish unionists.
P45 WHITE
Why does anything need to be "thought through"?
@janice506
Ай бұрын
Not of of em SNP has a single thought mechanism in their thick tiny wee heids
@Scotmend
Ай бұрын
In short; Because gut reactions in politics undermines the institutions we all use and rely on.
@williampatterson3683
Ай бұрын
Said Humza Yousef 2 days ago...
@guff9567
Ай бұрын
@@williampatterson3683 thinking is for losers
Awesome. Support STV voting system for UK general election. Elected House of Lords.
@georgeiii2998
Ай бұрын
Yes, STV, which famously produces nice, stable government.
Human The Brief, Humza The Canny Count, Humza The Useless, and finally in 2 weeks Humza The Whae?
You think he'd go for the two left wing labour ones without portfolio
It could be that Scotland is in for interesting times. Since the Scottish Parliament was created in 1999, there have been either two-party coalition governments or a one-party minority government. If, as seems possible, there is a general election for the Scottish Parliament this year, it seems unlikely that any two parties can, between them, for a majority government other than a Labour-SNP government. We can rule out any possibility of a Labour-SNP government. In view of the imminence of a general election, it seems likely that no party will join a coalition government that includes the Conservatives. That leaves only one other possibility: a Labour/Green/ Lib Dem coalition government. Both Labour and the Lib Dems agree with the Greens on climate change and gender politics so such a coalition could be possible.
@Glasgow_kiss
Ай бұрын
wonder why majority governments are so rare? is it maybe because the voting system was intentionally forced upon the scottish people to insure no majority?(especially for those who do not toe the english state line)
The party was over when Wee Nippy quit. Just a matter of time now before it collapses completely, for hopefully a very long time
@williampatterson3683
Ай бұрын
It was over when she decided to get into bed with the Greens.
I don't support him at all, but he had to get rid of the poisonous Greens
@williampatterson3683
Ай бұрын
If he had any political brains he'd have waited a few more weeks and they'd have done it for him.
Can anyone find the video of this? “Education Secretary Nicky Morgan today refused to answer a simple maths question put to her by a 10-year-old boy. She twice dodged the problem: What is the cube root of 125.”
SNP are finished if they stick with the racist Yusef.
@JohnM...
Ай бұрын
They're finished anyway
There's university students that became people in charge the old school media that must go but it will affect these horrible men and women. Just go
HUMZA YOUSAF, IS THAT A SCOTTISH NAME? I DON'T THINK SO.
@mrdunns3338
Ай бұрын
Careful, that's now a hate crime under his new law, but he can stand on his hind legs and rant on about others being WHITE.WHITE.
@hashburystumble8808
Ай бұрын
Is Sunak a British name ?
@NOBODY-2023
Ай бұрын
@hashburystumble8808 NO, it is not an English name and never will be. But pint size loser is.
I know that I still don't trust them that's why we.ve never voted tories... either!!!!
@icarus877
Ай бұрын
Lets be honest you can not trust any of them - Look how Labour have voted alongside Useless on these Hate Law bills etc.
It’s the SNP. what do you expect? Only out for themselves.
How long before Humza plays the race card blames that on his poor decision
@hmu05366
28 күн бұрын
To be fair some of the comments online have been atrocious. I’ve seen hundreds of very racist comments
No joke sherlock 😅
Ash Regan not a hope in her supporting humzy ,get him out
Isn't it great that Scotland have a first minister who is so obviously a native Scot, Humza Hamish McUseless.
@physiocrat7143
Ай бұрын
Hummsie McGhastly.
@thefonz2960
Ай бұрын
The very proud clan mcuseless a firey red haired people of Gaelic origin.possibly pictish?
@SaxonGlory
Ай бұрын
@@thefonz2960 😂😂😂😂
@hmu05366
28 күн бұрын
Bore off
@SaxonGlory
28 күн бұрын
@@hmu05366 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Are you at the interview with him? He thinks he’s gonna win the win it back he thinks the Scottish people like him. What is the odd? He’s a joke someone telling him he’s going to get😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hamza USLES is to thick to to think he is as thick as two planks
Chloe Tory.
Times Radio interviewers make me cringe
I don’t think no one from England or I want to go to Scotland at the minute. It sounds like you’re going to like a Russian state or some sort of like Chinese state. There’s like you gotta be careful what you’re saying up there because you might get my phone off and say he said this can you be arrested? Is that the tourist can be arrested as well for that law? What’s been passed? I just wanna know about that. Are you allowed to say what you want? If you’re a tourist going up there? I mean you can talk about things without getting arrested you know or what is one of your people in the next room you’re talking to your Mrs and they reported you and said no, he was saying such a touch with that person be arrested by the Scottish police.
@hashburystumble8808
Ай бұрын
To answer your question ....No. You can only be arrested for stirring up hatred. The Hate Crime Bill only consolidates existing laws with the addition of age to the groups protected. They are similar to the laws in England.
Neil Oliver for First Minister
@user-xk4jx1xl7f
Ай бұрын
Kneel Oliver 😂
@stevemcpadden368
Ай бұрын
@@user-xk4jx1xl7f Neil Oliver would give Scotland back it's self-respect.....missing for a long time...
I'm more surprised that failed First Minister, Jack McConnell, is even still opining on politics but of course he has years of experience claiming his House of Lords expenses.
@georgeiii2998
Ай бұрын
Yes... now Blackford is bowing and scraping for a seat himself. "Lord Blackford of Easterhouse" has no future.
@hashburystumble8808
Ай бұрын
@@georgeiii2998 Can you supply the names of any member of the SNP who has sat in the House of Lords ? Can you tell us who would put Ian Blackford's name forward ? Do you think Ian Blackford needs to claim £300 a day like those in the House of Lords like so many failed Labour & Tory politicians & those who have made donations to their parties. Have you read the last estimates for upgrading the Houses of Parliament which were made before the recent rise in inflation ? Tell us which party you would prefer to be running the UK before you opine on Scottish politics ?
@georgeiii2998
Ай бұрын
@@hashburystumble8808 SNP members, as you well know, do not sit in the House of Lords but, as I'm also sure you know, Blackford has demanded the SNP reconsider this as he just can't wait to get him ample behind on the red benches. "Before you opine on Scottish politics". Ha. I'm Scottish. Can't I comment on my country's politics? Or are screaming nationalists the only "real Scots" in your book?
@hashburystumble8808
Ай бұрын
@@georgeiii2998 No. You are entitled as anyone resident in Scotland. Unfortunately you are now in a minority otherwise your favoured party would be open to a referendum. Of course unionists seem reticent to say which party they would prefer running the Scottish Government rather than alienating the other part of Better Together or is that Scotland in Union ? Are you a blue Tory or a red Tory ?
@georgeiii2998
Ай бұрын
@@hashburystumble8808 Ah yes, the "blue Tory or red Tory" question. Of course, anyone who sees the damage that would be done to Scotland if it left the fifth largest economy suddenly is automatically a conservative. I want a Labour government in Westminster and Holyrood, one which strengthens the UK and its constituent nations, putting high tax thresholds on those who can afford it, increasing public expenditure, nationalising rail and water, increasing attainment, funding education... fairly traditional left-wing views. Of course, might not be enough for some. After all, I think that an economy with no set currency (we won't be getting either the pound or euro) with the main selling point being oil in an increasingly green world isn't anything for an independent country to be built on, and certainly doesn't outdo what we get from London or will improve quality of life in Scotland in any measure whatsoever... but there you go.
I see the usual anti smp cranks all over this none story I whould not exspect anything else he will still be first minister after this and now the secret plan is comming together this current situation has been in the making for sometime now and thats all I'm saying for now just another storm in a tea cup 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@guitarman704
Ай бұрын
Who are the SMP?
@guitarman704
Ай бұрын
Scottish mashed potatoes perhaps?
@williampatterson3683
Ай бұрын
"Non story" you mean like Liz Truss etc...Ya rocket!
I really want to hear what biased unionists have to say about the SNP and independence. Popcorn ready, I’m sure this will be well researched and factual.
@kethughes8266
Ай бұрын
Cult member
@Glasgow_kiss
Ай бұрын
@@kethughes8266no, but I have heard of them, preferred the cure.
@nanunanu8745
Ай бұрын
So you really want to deflect then?
@nanunanu8745
Ай бұрын
Deflection again
@user-xk4jx1xl7f
Ай бұрын
@@kethughes8266Remember, you're a member of the unionist cult.
Did Scotland really expect that total and utter v3r.m1n would be able to perform the tasks we expect people to do?
Alba & snp together 🤷♂️. More court dates incoming