tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35490153.post5562556376605078879..comments2023-05-01T16:14:04.382+01:00Comments on Scots and Independent: What's Left Worth Conserving?Richard Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00380671811598211337noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35490153.post-41738898252985037812010-07-12T11:37:54.604+01:002010-07-12T11:37:54.604+01:00Cheers Tris. I agree with you about Ms Goldie - le...Cheers Tris. I agree with you about Ms Goldie - left to her own devices, she was witty, engaging and managed to draw politically useful answers from Alex Salmond. When the scriptwriters started pulling the strings, it began to look a bit contrived and left her looking a bit foolish on more than one occasion. <br /><br />I think Ms Goldie (and her party) would have been far better off had she allowed herself to go forward as Presiding Officer back in 2007. Not only would it have given them a new leader who might have started to better position the party, she'd also have been a damn sight better than Alex Fergusson in the role!Richard Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380671811598211337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35490153.post-20292416876851685422010-07-12T00:29:15.085+01:002010-07-12T00:29:15.085+01:00Excellent read. Thanks.
I always considered that ...Excellent read. Thanks.<br /><br />I always considered that Ms Goldie made a great opposition leader when she was asking good Scottish questions of the First Minister, but an entirely crap one when she was led by London.<br /><br />Her image may be all wrong for today, but she certainly knew what minority government was about and how to use it. She showed a succession of Liberal and labour leaders a clean pair of heals.<br /><br /><br />I will be sorry to lose her from the Scottish political scene, although many of my friends disagree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com