SHAMELESS GLEE

A busy time as always with a Pay Dispute, Restructures, preparing for Conference and of course campaigning in Glasgow South West.

My shock today at Gordon Brown's rant is only matched by what I understand to be wide spread alarm at my last post prior to editing, where I understand one avid reader suspected that Steven Purcell, was resigning from the Council!

Today's suggestion from Gordon Brown that an Independent Scotland would not be able to deal with the emerging financial crisis is wrong, but more than anything else, it is partisan party political politics at its worst, and at completely the wrong time. To insult other countries is crass as it is stupid. Norway and Ireland in their own specific ways have managed to deal with the crisis, and indeed it was Ireland who led the way by securing savers money in their banks which led to Irish Banks being flooded with applications from UK customers.

Norway with its dedicated fund from Oil and Gas Taxation has managed to ease concerns.

Engaging it partisan politics now, when the voters wish to see politicians come together is a gross error of judgement. Just when, after some dithering mind you, Brown starts to piece the jigsaw, it comes with disbelief. However, with the Lloyds TSB takeover of HBOS starting to unravel as a bad deal for Scotland, you would think that he has more important matters to contend with rather than having cheap shots at his opponents.

However he is not alone. Jim Murphy's Arc of Insolvency remarks will not help him and is up there with Gus McDonald's "Dublin nice place for a stag do' " in insults to your neighbours. If you add the constant anonymous New Labour briefings suggesting that this global economic crisis is good for them, and gleefully stating at every opportunity, there can only be one conclusion.......They are not fit for office.

The Fib Dems gain to marks for gross stupidity for its 2p income tax policy that would equate to £800 million being chopped from the Scottish budget. What public services are they going to slash?

The Conservatives are saying not very much, exposing their policy vacuum.

Meanwhile the SNP Government is putting together a plan within the limited powers at its disposal, looking at fast-tracking infrastructure programmes for instance, and quite rightly is requesting £1 billion from Westminster. For Glasgow South West, based on population, this would equate to around £15.5 million. Add that figure to £800 million plus being invested in a new hospital, it its clear that in Glasgow South West and elsewhere;

ONLY THE SNP IS ON YOUR SIDE.....