tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post1373282524922877157..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Johnson springs the trapJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-77136925313624582452020-01-16T12:40:11.710+00:002020-01-16T12:40:11.710+00:00Any remarks made by Brit political leaders can be ...Any remarks made by Brit political leaders can be played to advantage by Ms Sturgeon and her team. Indeed all the SNP and any other indy-minded people need do most times is invoke the old Cameron line which goes something like "Ah but, you won't be able to stay in the EU if you elect to leave the UK " That worked out well didn't it. So the only way Scotland and her people will ever get their wish to be part of the EU is to secede from the UK, it's as simple as that. Thus independence acquires a modified meaning - the freedom to choose as a nation which unions you wish to belong ( and which you no longer wish to belong). dafishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216920242825385976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-66922009229942218192020-01-16T07:49:38.874+00:002020-01-16T07:49:38.874+00:00It is, I suppose, possible that behind the bumblin...It is, I suppose, possible that behind the bumbling and the lies there is some great, as yet unexpressed, strategic plan, and that the appearance of making it up as he goes along is just a veneer for a carefully thought-through approach. It is hard to believe, however, that all the firm and demonstrable evidence - over the whole of his life - of mendacity and idleness is just a smokescreen, although some are happy to believe that it's all fake news, perhaps in the belief (as you seem to suggest) that he really couldn't be that stupid and in the position that he now occupies. I will only say that in my world, the cock-up theory of history is invariably more accurate than the conspiracy theory, and that Occam's razor is a pretty good guide to follow: as a general rule, the simpler and more obvious explanation is more likely to be true. <br /><br /><i>"...the majority of Scottish people will be more than happy with the outcome..."</i> Have you considered a career in stand-up?John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-27578389674584492192020-01-16T01:04:51.512+00:002020-01-16T01:04:51.512+00:00You seem to think Boris Johnson is an idiot, sleep...You seem to think Boris Johnson is an idiot, sleepwalking into problem after problem.<br /><br />As he has shown over the last few months the guy is anything but an idiot. He is determined, steadfast and supremely skilful in the art of getting exactly what he wants, just when he wants it. He plays games, big games, geopolitical games, but games he is intent upon winning time and time again, unless losing one game leads to a bigger win elsewhere.<br /><br />I suspect you have no idea of his plans for Scotland. I doubt he has made up his mind yet either. But when he does you can be pretty sure it will be his vision that plays out and the majority of Scottish people will be more than happy with the outcome.<br /><br />If only you or I were as young as Boris Johnson and as talented! <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com