Monday, January 16, 2006
Is Jack McConnell About To Roll Over For London Yet Again?
Oh I can just feel it coming on, when it's announced that the Scottish Labour Party are planning to review its position on nuclear power stations as part of an internal consultation so soon after Tony Blair decided he wanted to end the moratorium on new plants in Britain.
Never mind the Scottish Executive promises that there would be no new power stations until the issue of waste disposal was dealt with, which could take another twenty years, and the oft repeated assurances of the First Minister to that effect.
It looks suspiciously like shorthand for Jack McConnell, Scotland's First Minister, getting another good telling off from Blair in London, causing his wee knees to tremble as his bowels to leak in fright. A review is just about the only way he can tell us he's changed his mind, that nuclear power is a great opportunity and a wonderful idea for Scotland, especially now he suddenly believes that the problem of safe disposal of nuclear waste has been miraculously solved overnight.
I can imagine wee Jack now, there on bended knee before his master. "Aye Tony your greatness, anything you say. Just dump the stuff on us in Scotland. It's a great privilege and I'm honoured you see fit to let us have it, your Tonyness. We've got plenty room for it all. Trust me, I wont let you down and by the way, anytime you want your boots licked clean, sir, I'm your man. And aye, it's a bonnie wee country we've got up there and you've given us the chance to make it even bonnier. Oh my, it'll look just lovely when it glows green in the dark."
Never mind the Scottish Executive promises that there would be no new power stations until the issue of waste disposal was dealt with, which could take another twenty years, and the oft repeated assurances of the First Minister to that effect.
It looks suspiciously like shorthand for Jack McConnell, Scotland's First Minister, getting another good telling off from Blair in London, causing his wee knees to tremble as his bowels to leak in fright. A review is just about the only way he can tell us he's changed his mind, that nuclear power is a great opportunity and a wonderful idea for Scotland, especially now he suddenly believes that the problem of safe disposal of nuclear waste has been miraculously solved overnight.
I can imagine wee Jack now, there on bended knee before his master. "Aye Tony your greatness, anything you say. Just dump the stuff on us in Scotland. It's a great privilege and I'm honoured you see fit to let us have it, your Tonyness. We've got plenty room for it all. Trust me, I wont let you down and by the way, anytime you want your boots licked clean, sir, I'm your man. And aye, it's a bonnie wee country we've got up there and you've given us the chance to make it even bonnier. Oh my, it'll look just lovely when it glows green in the dark."
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