I’m not that bothered

I’m not angry, I’m not depressed, I don’t feel betrayed, and I am not all that bothered – A lot of people are angry tonight on social media, but I’m not. A lot of bloggers have rushed out posts about surrender, Alex Salmond Alba Party Leader has accused the government he once led of “flying the white flag” for spending money earmarked for an independence referendum on other things. There was never going to be a referendum, not because of the Colonial  Supreme Courts decision, not because Tereza May and Boris Johnson said “now is not the time” and Rishi Sunak has said ” people want their two governments to work together” none of that really matters at the of the day. The SNP under Nicola Sturgeon were never serious about holding a referendum in the first place. When John Swinney said today that

the Scottish Government still believed the people of Scotland must have their say on self-government in a referendum, and would make financial provisions for it when the opportunity came.

I haven’t forgotten back in October 2015 when Pete the Tory Wishart was repeating his masters orders that there would be no referendum until there had been sustained 60% public support for a yes vote, a figure that will never be reached without an actual referendum and a campaign actually taking place. It was reported at the time (i.e. Sturgeon)

Senior SNP sources are said to have told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Pienaar’s Politics that they have also set a “test” of polls showing at least 60% support for independence for more than a year.

So there is no point in getting angry, or depressed, or desperate, or even bothered by Swinney using the so called referendum money for help for those in desperate energy poverty, even that will make little difference given we are all in energy poverty now. Alex Salmond and a spokesman for our colonisers have said

“The Scottish Government’s decision to concede that there will now not be an independence referendum is even more bizarre considering that only yesterday the SNP led a debate at Westminster calling for one.”

A UK Government source said: “It’s welcome the Scottish Government have finally dropped the pretence of holding a referendum on leaving the UK.

Today is just another Scottish Groundhog Day, only colder than normal. I will read the blogs tonight, the comments on social media, I might even bring myself to have empathy for those so invested in the cause that they will be feeling a profound disappointment tonight. However, I just can’t bring myself to feel all that much anymore. My level of expectation in the SNP is non-existent, my hope for independence in my lifetime eroded a long time ago, oh the fight is still there, the drive even to a degree but there is also the understanding that the current version of the SNP will never deliver it.

I have pretty much accepted that independence is now a longer term project in so many ways unless the bodies start piling up in the streets nothing much will change any time soon. Don’t give up folks, just don’t look to the SNP, or any of the political parties really, independence will only come when we are angry enough in large enough numbers to take our independence back no matter what, until we get to that point, until enough of the carrot eaters wake up, until we can find people not seduced by English colonial money, nothing much is ever gonna change.

Traditional Calendar 15^th December 2022 Here is today’s traditional calendar (thanks Kari for the calendar) which cheers me up no end. Having an old school advent calendar this year has been brilliant, not only has it taken me back to my youth, but it has also allowed me to look forward to opening the little door each morning. There is a lot to not like this year, shit it has been one of the worst years ever, but you know what. Don’t let the pricks drag you down, the SNP, Sturgeon, scumbag Tories or the other yoons, they are not worth it, none of them. They are toilet stains, our day will come and we will stand tall, their day will come and they will have to live with themselves, I would rather be me and live with dignity and self – respect than be any of them knowing that I was bought and sold and for what, to be no better than the vermin they are.

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