The SNP Persists with the Scottish Independence Fantasy - Humza Yousaf Makes Another Pointless Speech. And further revelations about Nicola Sturgeon.

 The SNP Persists with the Scottish Independence Fantasy - Humza Yousaf Makes Another Pointless Speech. And further revelations about Nicola Sturgeon.

As Scotland slides into 2024, the political climate is almost as rocky as the January weather.

Meanwhile further revelations emerge about Nicola Sturgeon and SNP 'transparency' - the deliberate destruction of WhatsApp messages and social media communications by Nicola Sturgeon when she was still Scottish First Minister, SNP health minister and health officials.

The Covid Enquiry has further exposed Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP, meanwhile First Minister Humza Yousaf began the year with another pointless speech about Scottish independence.

It seems that the leadership of the SNP believe that the General Election in 2024 will give them the opportunity tp push the Independence campaign into reality!

Even more bizarre are the revelations at the Covid 19 Inquiry hearings in Edinburgh that during the Covid pandemic, the SNP leadership under Nicola Sturgeon actually thought that the way the Scottish government under SNP direction handled the Covid crisis would act in favour of Scottish independence!

Meanwhile the Covid Inquiry continues to expose Nicola Sturgeon as untrustworthy and anything but 'open and transparent'.

The SNP Has Always Yapped on About 'Democracy' and 'Democratic Processes' When it is Criticising its Political Opponents - But When in Power the SNP Does not Operate with Transparency, Honesty or Open Political Discussion and Debate.

More Revelations from the Covid Inquiry in Edinburgh

A former SNP MSP has declared that Nicola Sturgeon was "such a convincing fraud" over her deliberate deleting of WhatsApp messages, this was the opinion of Joan McAlpine served as an SNP MSP for 10 years. The deleting of WhatsApp messages was not just a regular feature of the SNP leader during the Covid pandemic, but also a regular activity amongst her leadership team; her deputy, John Swinney used 'auto-delete' on all his WhatsApp messages as did most of her key advisors. Apparently the rules on freedom of information did not apply to the SNP leadership.

So much for 'democratic' decision making, openness and transparency. Nicola Sturgeon operated an SNP dictatorship style of governing, she had a so-called 'gold command' of senior advisors and SNP ministers. Together the SNP 'gold command' made policy decisions about Covid lockdowns and population control in meetings where no minutes were recorded and there was no discussion at Scottish government cabinet level, Sturgeon and her select SNP 'gold command' group made all the important decisions.

Now even Humza Yousaf is having to stop making excuses for the former SNP leader and First Minister, this week, faced with all the on-going evidence before the Edinburgh inquiry, he has stated that, he "apologised unreservedly" to the inquiry and to the people of Scotland bereaved by the pandemic, for the Scottish government's failings to hand over the WhatsApp messages dealing with their handling of the Covid pandemic.

Given all that is coming out before the official inquiry in Edinburgh, is the SNP really fit to govern Scotland?  And if Scotland had been independent during the pandemic - then how far would the SNP have gone to conceal its actions and what else would they cover up?

Aberdeen

Aberdeen - a city economy declining in real terms - is that what the SNP government means by 'Net-Zero'?

The recently released figures looking into the whole UK economy and earnings has highlighted Aberdeen as a city where earnings, investment and business potential has gone into steep decline.

The Eco-sensitive policies cooked up between the SNP and the Scottish Greens are the kiss of death to Aberdeen as a centre for the British oil and gas industry.

If Scotland was independent under SNP rule, what else would happen to Aberdeen ?

Help to Get the British Movement Message out onto the Streets of Scottish Towns and Cities

BRITISH MOVEMENT SCOTLAND - 'ALBA DUISG! - SCOTLAND AWAKE!

How the SNP ended the Year 2023: A BM Scotland Perspective.

 How the SNP Ended the Year 2023: - A British Movement (Scotland) Perspective

2023 Was Not A Successful Year For First Minister Humza Yousaf. The ongoing questions about his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon, her husband and other senior SNP financial officials rumble on. The disastrous SNP handling of the Scottish economy, failing state of NHS Scotland, poor showing of Scotland's education system, the worst levels of drug related deaths in western Europe and the SNP obsession with Scottish independence.

The old year ended with continuing questions about the internal workings of the SNP, with the whole tangle web of issues around SNP finances, funds and donations during the leadership of Nicola Sturgeon. The Police Scotland investigation into Nicola Sturgeon, her husband and some of his key associates has not gone away.

The current First Minister, Humza Yousaf continues to embarrass himself and the SNP with his 'international statesman'  posturing and more questions emerge about his past failings as an SNP minister, especially his dismal track record when he was Scottish health secretary.

The laughable idea of establishing an exclusively 'Scottish', that is SNP controlled embassy in the USA. Fair enough that the Scottish government maintains a number of overseas offices dedicated to promoting tourism, Scottish produce and whisky exports, but seriously an 'embassy'?

The Scottish government maintains a total of  seven offices in seven countries including a Trade and Investment office in Ottawa, Canada and an 'EU Office' in Brussels. One of the larger 'trade and investment' offices has a full time paid staff team which is 20 strong.

 The SNP government actually has a budget of £6 million per year to fund the offices in Canada, USA, China, Germany, France, Belgium (Brussels) and Ireland. The office in Brussels alone costs the Scottish government £2.5 million per year.

Meanwhile Another Old Funding Question Has Surfaced To Haunt Humza Yousaf

SNP government grants to the Scottish Islamic Foundation.

Now documents have surfaced from as far back as 2008, with questions around Humza Yousaf and £405,000 grants to the Scottish Islamic Foundation. Back in the distant years when Alex Salmond was in charge of the SNP, it seems that questions were being asked about substantial government grants of funding going to the Scottish Islamic Foundation. Even more so given that one of the SI Foundation directors at the time was none other than a certain Mr Humza Yousaf. Also one of the other senior SI Foundation officials was his cousin Osama Saeed, and it turns out that Osama Saeed was an 'advisor. to the SNP leadership before standing as an SNP election candidate in 2010. More documents relating to funding grants to the Scottish Islamic Foundation are yet to be made public, but at least they were not buying camper vans!

Most mainstream media political commentators are now predicting a collapse in support for the Scottish National Party at the next General Election.  However Scottish voters would do well to remember the the SNP marched into power on the back of the loss of support across Scotland for the Labour Party, and the Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and his Scottish Labour colleague Anas Sarwar are building their hopes on a resurgence of support from Scottish voters. They are hoping that the old dissatisfaction with Labour will have been forgotten.

As this website has said many times before, Scottish voters need to be careful what they wish for when they vote. It could be that they replace one second generation Pakistani immigrant as First Minister with another - swapping Humza Yousaf for Anas Sarwar.

The Time Has Come to Build a New Political Force in Scotland, a Political Campaign Based on Tradition, Heritage, and the Need to Build a Folk Community.

The Building Blocks Have to be the Fourteen Words and the British Movement (Scotland) Message is Clear .....

And Take the British Movement Message Out Onto the Streets

The time has come to reset Scottish politics - to build and develop a new political system in Scotland where Scotland matters, Scottish tradition and heritage matters, ethno-Nationalism generating British National Socialism.

British Movement (Scotland): more bad news for the SNP - more policy failures and on-going scandals.

 

British Movement (Scotland): more bad news for the SNP - more policy failures and on-going scandals.

First Minister Humza Yousaf - doing what he does best. No wonder that the Al-Mahdi Islamic Centre in Glasgow got such generous financial support from the SNP government.

In a recent BM Scotland blog we commented that scandals emerging from the SNP and its leadership are the 'gift that keeps on giving'. And so it continues....

The SNP Public Spending and Taxation Policies; increasing the top earner tax payment levels in Scotland could see the highest earners moving south to live in England which would mean a loss of potential and actual high tax income for Holyrood.

This insight this week from the Guardian newspaper:

Although the Guardian is a national media mouthpiece for the liberal 'progressive' and Left-wing of British politics, and usually looks favourably on the SNP

Unlike the UK government, Holyrood has few options but to balance its yearly budget. Inflation produced £580m more in tax receipts than projected and the SNP gambled that this would be enough for outlays, such as £100m for NHS waiting lists and higher than expected pay awards, to bolster its flagging appeal. This was a costly bet to lose. The Fraser of Allander Institute warns that the public sector workforce – which accounts for one in five jobs in Scotland – may have to shrink to fill next year’s £1.5bn gap between spending commitments and state revenues.

           In a real blow to the SNP obsession with Scottish independence, even the Guardian is at pains to point out that the SNP Scottish government is forced to go cap in hand to Westminster for millions of pounds to function, something an independent Scotland could not do. Perhaps the SNP believes that by some miracle the European Union would fund a newly independent Scotland.

Again the Guardian makes the point:

Egalitarian values have long been the rhetorical basis of Scottish nationalism. The SNP’s policy differentiation did see free university tuition as well as increasing benefits for poorer families. Scotland has a legacy of deep poverty and deindustrialisation. Without more cash from Westminster, the Scottish government’s choices are limited, as its borrowing options are constrained. Humza Yousaf, the SNP first minister, might say higher taxes on the rich build a “fairer society”. 

Meanwhile  More SNP Scandals Enter the Public Mind

First of all the recent revelations about the SNP grants to a Glasgow mosque linked to Iran.

It seems that the official SNP admissions about a grant to the Al-Mahdi Islamic Centre and mosque in Glasgow was downplayed and the true value of the grant was almost double the original amount.

Classing the grant as being made to a 'charity', the Scottish government made an initial grant of £193,000 to the Al-Mahdi Foundation from the Scottish 'Climate Change Fund', which comes out of the Scottish government budget.

But it finally emerged in mid-December that the total grants given to the Al-Mahdi Islamic Centre in Glasgow amounted to a staggering £372,000.

Given this Islamic Centre and mosque's close ties to Iran and the Iran Islamic Republic with the regime's known hostility to the United Kingdom and the West, how does the SNP administration justify this?

Do Not Forget Nicola Sturgeon

And it would not be the SNP without more information leaking out about Police Scotland investigations into the SNP linked financial dealings of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her husband.

                                                   Did someone mention the purchase of a £95,000 Jaguar car ?                                           Where did the money come from to buy that Jag?

Not forgetting that the investigation into the purchase of the camper van by Sturgeon and her husband has not gone away yet.

BRITISH MOVEMENT (SCOTLAND)

Campaigning for British National Socialism and racial Nationalism in Scotland.

British Movement (Scotland) - Latest SNP Scandal - BM News and Views - December 2023 in Scotland.

British Movement Scotland: Latest SNP Scandal BM News and Views - December 2023 in Scotland.

And the SNP continues to provide its own bad news!

Now there are media stories circulating about a sex scandal involving SNP Members of the Scottish Parliament.

First Minister Humza Yousaf has just returned from playing his favourite role as an international statesman at the COP28 conference in Dubai. As is often the case when the First Minister of Scotland is strutting on an international stage he is making bold statements and making promises to Third World politicians as if he is some kind of great leader of a powerful, wealthy nation.

Humza Yousaf has promised that the Scottish government will invest £2 million in the so-called 'climate justice' projects in the Third World countries of the 'global south'.

"Our world-first climate justice fund will continue to focus on communities most affected by climate change, and in order to deliver for those who need it most we must ensure the views and needs of those typically marginalised in such communities – particularly urban voices from the global south and youth perspectives "

Which part of the Scottish government budget is that money being taken from?

Why not invest in the needs of Scotland and the Scottish people?

Meanwhile back at the ranch in Holyrood, the Covid 19 lockdowns were apparently breached by two SNP politicians conducting an extra marital affair.

Rumours and denials abound, but it is strongly suggested that the husband of the woman MSP involved has been threatened with violence (by persons not yet identified) for speaking out.

And do not forget the SNP at the Court of Sessions

The SNP and its lawyers are trying to block Freedom of Information requests, still trying to hide internal SNP documents from scrutiny, still putting up a smokescreen for Nicola Sturgeon.

Remember that when she was First Minister Nicola Sturgeon used to boast about her government's 'transparency' and 'openness' and yet time and again the official Covid-19 inquiry cannot secure the Whats App messages it has requested from the SNP (and Nicola Sturgeon) and for some reason a stack of notes on paper that Nicola Sturgeon used but then destroyed.

So much for 'openness' and 'transparency' in the SNP government.

And the High Court says that the Westminster government rejection of the SNP inspired Gender Recognition reform bill was lawful.

As the week ends, the Hugh Court inflicts another defeat on the SNP government, although the Scottish Greens, plus a number of MSPs from Scottish Labour and of course the Lib Dems had a hand in this failed piece of Holyrood legislation.

Not surprisingly this legal ruling by Scotland's highest court has not gone down well with the 'progressive' elements in Scottish politics.  The "Equality spokesperson" for the Scottish Greens has said that the high court ruling as a "democratic outrage" and "a devastating day for equality".                  Wow! they don't like to be told No do they?

Predictably First Minister Humza Yousaf upset that the court supported the blocking of an SNP led legislation, said that the court decision was, "a dark day for devolution".

As is to be expected LGBTQ organisations like Stonewall Scotland and Scottish Trans are less than happy that such liberal and 'progressive' legislation has been rejected.

Yet the majority of ordinary Scots do not support such gender political legislation.

And NO we did not forget St Andrew's Day !

British Movement(Scotland) was proud to celebrate Scotland's national day.

And its not just the SNP and Labour Party we don't like;

BM Scotland don't trust the Tories either!

Nor the Scottish Greens, the Liberal Democrats, the Alba Party and any organisation that is Communist, Trotskyist, Maoist, or 'Woke'!

BRITISH MOVEMENT (SCOTLAND) STANDS BY THE "14 WORDS"

More SNP Scandals - Misconduct by SNP Ministers - the gift that keeps on giving!

 

More SNP Scandals - Misconduct by SNP Ministers, Missing WhatsApp messages and Sinn Fein at Bute House - SNP conduct, the gift that keeps on giving.

'Honesty, integrity and transparency.'

Or is it incompetence, arrogance, misconduct in public office or corruption?

Another MSP exposed to public scrutiny, Michael Matheson, the SNP Health Secretary has over the last month made several statements in the chamber of the Scottish parliament in regard to the £11,000 iPad streaming bill he ran up during Christmas 2022 and the early part of this year. At first the MSP tried to pass it off as a bill to be paid by the Scottish taxpayer, because it was to cover roaming data charges on his official, parliamentary iPad. 

In fact Matheson initially refused to explain the £10,935.74p data bill. Two weeks ago the SNP Health Secretary faced two days of questioning at Holyrood as to how it was possible for him to run up such a bill on parliamentary business while for part of the period he was on holiday with his family in Morocco over the Christmas and New Year period.

There were contradictory statements to the Scottish Parliament, and eventually Matheson claimed that he had "withheld" information in order to shield his family from media attention and intrusive journalists.

The truth is that the bulk of the roaming data bill was run up by his teenage sons, who were using the iPad to watch Scottish football matches while they were on holiday in Morocco. A cost of £8,666 worth of data on Sunday January 2nd 2023 alone!

Finally, he gave a reasonably honest explanation and has reluctantly agreed to pay the data bill out of his own pocket, and will reimburse Holyrood in full.

Hardly surprising is the fact that SNP leader and Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf stands by the SNP Health Secretary and believes his explanations. But as Scottish Conservative Party leader and MSP Douglas Ross has stated that Humza Yousaf was, "the last person in Scotland still believing this minister's ridiculous claims."

And for once Scottish Labour are standing with the Tories wanting answers about Michael Matheson's data bill and in addition questions about his keeping 'confidential information' stored on his iPad secure.

As this article goes out on-line, the arguments continue at Holyrood as Humza Yousaf defends Michael Matheson and tries to deflect attention back on the financial record of Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross. 

Watch this space  ......

And Did the SNP Mislead the Scottish Parliament?

The official Covid-19 Inquiry continues to drag on and still the SNP leadership drags its feet about releasing all their communications, especially electronic media messaging. That is in spite of repeated assurances to the Scottish parliament by SNP ministers that the SNP administration would fully co-operate and hand over all their records.

MEANWHILE - SCOTLAND'S FIRST MINISTER HAS FACE TO FACE MEETING WITH STORMONT SINN FEIN LEADER AT BUTE HOUSE.

Humza Yousaf met Michelle O'Neill at Bute House on Wednesday November 22nd 2023, just as his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon had done in the past.

It seems that Humza Yousaf thinks that Sinn Fein are kindred spirits in wanting to take Northern Ireland and Scotland out of the United Kingdom.

Humza Yousaf loves to play at being some kind of statesman, and tries to imagine himself as the leader of an independent Scotland on the world stage of international politics.

THIS IS WHAT THE 'SCOTTISH DAILY EXPRESS' HAD TO SAY:

'Selfish' Humza Yousaf meets Sinn Fein Stormont leader at Bute House in new alliance to break up the UK

The First Minister welcomed Michelle O'Neill to his official residence in Edinburgh, sparking claims that he will 'gladly work with anyone who supports his aim of breaking up the United Kingdom'

There have been no denials of this from the SNP !

GLASGOW PAEDOPHILE CASE: Perverts, Child Molesters and Hard Drugs - Pure Poison !

 GLASGOW PAEDOPHILE CASE:

Perverts, Child Molesters, 'Witch-craft' and Hard Drugs

PURE POISON IN THE CITY

Glasgow Crown Court - November 2023.

This was described as the worst child sex abuse case in Scottish legal history.

Seven defendants were convicted on a string of sexual offences against children, giving drugs and alcohol to children, child rape, and other sexual acts.

It is also alleged the children were forced to take part in satanic "seances" and made to kill animals.

At the hearing at the High Court in Glasgow, the accused faced a 14-page indictment listing 43 different charges which allegedly happened between January 2010 and March 2020 in Glasgow.

Iain Owens, Elaine Lannery,  Lesley Williams and Paul Brannan were also convicted of the attempted murder of a baby girl they put in a microwave oven!

At least four others were found guilty of non-sexual offences but were guilty of common assault and drug related offences.

Even the Mainstream Media were shocked by the revolting catalogue of sexual offences, hard drug use and 'satanic' excuses for the degradation, depravity and corruption of children.

Members of Glasgow paedophile gang guilty of running 'monstrous' child sex abuse ring

The seven-strong sex ring, all heroin addicts, subjected the youngsters to horrific attacks in an insect-infested den.

All were found guilty of raping children and four were nailed for the attempted murder of a tot who they forced into a microwave oven.

The attacks included the horrific rape of one girl who was pinned down by male members of the ring as female members cheered, hollered and encouraged the attack.

There were said to have been “rape nights”, “dance and sex nights” as well as “dog killings nights” held within the property.

HUMAN GARBAGE

Police mug-shots of six of the seven degenerates found guilty at the trial last week

Iain Owens, 45, Elaine Lannery, 39, Lesley Williams, 41, Paul Brannan, 41, Barry Watson, 47, John Clark, 47, and Scott Forbes, 50, were all convicted.

The court was told that another five heroin and cocaine addicts involved with the Glasgow paedophile ring had died before they could face trial including Rab 'Nae Legs' Brown from Townhead, who had both his legs surgically amputated after infections due to years of injecting heroin into his legs and thighs.

After his initial arrest and charges in October 2020, Rab 'Nae Legs' was removed from his Townhead flat by police and taken to a 'safe address' because a crowd of local residents surrounded the block of flats to force him out.

His sometime girlfriend Maureen McLellan died at a property in Maryhill. Also dead is Sreven McHendrie, another heroin addict who died of an overdose.

Poppy Seller - war veteran assaulted at Edinburgh railway station - Are British traditions now so disrespected?

 A Poppy Seller - a war veteran was assaulted at Edinburgh railway station by Pro-Palestine 'activists'. Are British traditions now so disrespected?

HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?

Army Veteran, 78 years old Jim Henderson  - a volunteer poppy seller in Edinburgh on Saturday November 4th 2023.

Location was Waverley Street Station, Edinburgh - Jim Henderson was assaulted by a group of pro-Palestine demonstrators who 'objected' to him being there selling 'poppies' for the charity Poppy Scotland - on behalf of the Royal British Legion.

Mr Jim Henderson: He reported to the police that he was pushed, punched and kicked, forced to pack up his stall because the Pro-Palestine protesters did not think that he had a right to be there.

Of course left-wing media sources are casting doubt on the story, trying to claim that the man was not assaulted by the "mostly peaceful" pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

British Culture, Heritage and Traditions Take Second Place to Multiculturalism - For the Political Left British Traditions, British Values and Customs Take Second Place to Imported, Immigrant Cultures and Values.

The Left Demand that the White British Show 'Cultural Sensitivity' Towards Ethnic Minority Culture, Religion and Values.

The Left Show No 'Cultural Sensitivity' Towards British Culture.

THE SNP HAVE PUSHED THE MULTICULTURALIST AGENDA IN SCOTLAND.

Nicola Sturgeon was very keen on importing 'new Scots' and was delighted to import 'refugees' and 'asylum-seekers' from the Middle East.

Now Humza Yousaf wants to flood Scotland with refugees from Gaza.

Meanwhile the SNP legal troubles rumble on at the official inquiry into the Scottish government's response to the Covid lockdown. The 'useless' First Minister Humza Yousaf has had to backtrack on his previous statements about releasing internal documents and WhatsApp messages and has had to admit that his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon destroyed WhatsApp messages instead of preserving the electronic documents.

In a classic display of his 'ability' as First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf "apologised unreservedly" about the accuracy of his statements to the Scottish parliament last week in regard to the inquiry requests for 'full, un-redacted copies of its legal advice' during the pandemic.

It would appear that there are accusations of "non-compliance' by the Scottish government with requests by the official inquiry for full access to all government internal documents connected to the Covid pandemic and that access includes all WhatsApp messages and communications.