As we approach the first anniversary of the SNP becoming the Scottish Government, the SNP had their Spring Conference, or as Annabel Goldie described it “spring love fest.”
As well as speeches presumably dedicated to how great the Nats think they are and how big and bad those nasty monsters at Westminster are there were also leaflets like the one that can be viewed here.
It seems a new newsletter, titled “Vision” was launched at the weekend. What struck me immediately was the mocked up £20.00 note on the front with who-else but Salmond on it as though he was the head of state! Does anyone else think this demonstrate the arrogance of Salmond (he was asked on a BBC podcast why is he so smug) or at the very least the immaturity of some of his team - imagine the outcry we put Annabel Goldie or David Cameron on a note or if something though, for some reason, to put Wendy Alexander on a mocked up banknote?
Does this mean that the SNP have secretly abandoned their plans for the Queen to continue as Head of State in an Independent Scotland and Mr Salmond wants to be our President?
As well as speeches presumably dedicated to how great the Nats think they are and how big and bad those nasty monsters at Westminster are there were also leaflets like the one that can be viewed here.
It seems a new newsletter, titled “Vision” was launched at the weekend. What struck me immediately was the mocked up £20.00 note on the front with who-else but Salmond on it as though he was the head of state! Does anyone else think this demonstrate the arrogance of Salmond (he was asked on a BBC podcast why is he so smug) or at the very least the immaturity of some of his team - imagine the outcry we put Annabel Goldie or David Cameron on a note or if something though, for some reason, to put Wendy Alexander on a mocked up banknote?
Does this mean that the SNP have secretly abandoned their plans for the Queen to continue as Head of State in an Independent Scotland and Mr Salmond wants to be our President?
6 comments:
I'm sure it won't be too long before an SNP researcher finds that Alex's great-grandfather was the love-child of William Wallace and Mary Queen of Scots so, of course, Salmond lays a claim on being King and having his mug on £20 notes.
Or, alternatively, try not to be so sensitive.
Who said Adam Smith was head of state anyway?!
Jim,
Scottish bank notes have traditionally not had the head of state on them unlike Bank of England ones which always have the monarch's head.
Is the SNP suggesting here that Salmond wants to replace the queen as head of state? At the very least it suggests that he and/or his advisers are guilty of naivety at a time when the newspapers are having a go at Eck's alleged "smugness"
Who the heck is Jim!?
"Who the heck is Jim!?"
Er, that would be me, but I'm not Scottish Tory Boy!
Jim
I certainly am not Councillor Jim Millar off the telly.
STB
Do Tories only use Bank of England notes?
Last time I looked at a Bank of Scotland note it had Sir Walter Scott on it.
Certainly makes the case for more Scottish history in schools if people believe he was a head of state.
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