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By Liz S
I think McKenna’s real gripe is simply that he absolutely hates the SNP and so he is determined to convince others to also hate them as well.
However he is choosing to express that hate by stooping very low.
Remember when McKenna spent time with the then Tory Councillor Thomas Kerr (who has now defected to Reform UK).
He was also “walking the streets” back then too.
He called Kerr “the most impressive Conservative I’ve ever encountered”.
Honestly if the people who live in Glasgow cannot see what the likes of McKenna and others , who also represent British Nationalist media, are all blatantly trying to do, then there really would be no hope for Glaswegians nor indeed for others who live within Scotland either.
McKenna ignores all of the S*** connected to the Tories, Labour and Reform UK just to falsely accuse the SNP as being those who have destroyed Glasgow (and Scotland).
McKenna is the kind of churnalist who would blame the SNP for not paying out , on what was a Labour scandal, in the fight for equal pay for women in Glasgow.
However we all know (as does McKenna) that the SNP inherited the historical pay inequalities from Labour when Labour were formerly in power in Glasgow council.
Then of course there is the biggest scandal and that scandal is the PFI scandal .
Not down to the SNP in any way but very very much down to Labour and the Tories as those to blame for that most shambolic and most expensive mess. (Started by the Tories but greatly expanded by Labour)
So yet again another thing left behind by British Nationalist parties for the SNP to yet again have to deal with and so try to sort out.
An expense that has caused millions of pounds of outstanding debt for Glasgow or is it more ?
As of 2026 – “recent reports state Glasgow City Council is millions of pounds in outstanding PFI debt“.
Actually incredibly The Herald ran a story on “Glasgow City Council faces tens of millions of pounds in annual PFI (Private Finance Initiative) payments and hundreds of millions in total remaining long-term liabilities from historical building projects”.
Does Kevin McKenna ever read The Herald ?
PFI and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) debt in Scotland is projected at being in the billions.
So really who is it to blame for “Reform UK being supposedly on the rise” ?
Well I would blame churnalists like Kevin , as well as most of the UK media but also very much those traditional parties like the Tory party and the Labour party who have both been UK governments.
As UK governments both Labour and the Tories are those who have been responsible for much of the decline and the complete mess that has happened within their UK State (and more so within Scotland).
Plus of course we have the big mess that is Brexit, that no one within the media wants to expose as a big mess. (mainly because that would then damage the political party that they support as a media).
The UK State is corrupt and unfit , as a State , for Scotland to still be a part of.
Simples.
Liz S
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Lay-off Kevin; he is hurting badly after certain events in Glasgow on Sunday.
He reached his churnalistic peak as a fairly average Editor of Celtic View. since when, like the rest of Scotland’s print journalism, he has been going downhill faster than Cyril Smith on a skeleton bob.
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McKenna has always written what the paper he worked for wanted him to say, whether it was a right wing, moderate or left wing paper (he even briefly wrote some pro Indy stuff but has often wrote contrary articles. To an extent you could excuse it, except that he is so enthusiastic in his attacks on whoever/whatever he is told to attack. I suspect deep inside him he knows he’s a fraud with no honest opinions of his own and this twists him inside, resulting in vicious and dishonest stuff.
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Saw this today – this was raised in the HOC by Wendy Chamberlain (Lib Dem MP for North East Fife).
Today The Herald posted this below:
(They posted this below comment, mainly I suspect , because the video they attached to their below post was of a UK politician , Wendy Chamberlain, highlighting this in the HOC).
I suspect that she, Chamberlain, only raised it in the HOC as she has certain Distilleries within her constituency which could be impacted with this below announcement. I also suspect that had she not had any distilleries in her constituency then, as a Lib Dem MP elected in Scotland , she probably would not have even bothered to mention it all as an issue for Scotland) ?
I also again suspect that pressure has obviously been applied to her via the various distilleries within her constituency to get her to raise this in the HOC.
The post via The Herald stated this:
“The UK Government has been accused of sneaking out a decision that could undermine one of Scotland’s most treasured exports, after English whisky was granted geographical indication (GI) status with a ‘single malt’ definition”.
The Labour UK government had posted this below on their government website 4 days ago – on 11 September.
“English Whisky raises a glass to new protected status”
“English Whisky has secured protected Geographical Indication (GI) status, a major milestone for a sector that has grown from a handful of pioneering producers into one of England’s most exciting food and drink success stories”
“English Whisky now joins Scotch, Welsh and Irish whiskies as a recognised and protected whisky category, showcasing the breadth, qualities and innovation of whisky production across the United Kingdom”
However something was omitted from this announcement from the UK government on the distinction of English single malt whisky achieving this protected Geographical Indication (GI) status.
As according to Wendy “on Friday evening at 5pm , Defra announced that it approved the English Whisky Guilds application for English whisky to receive Geographical Indication (GI) status despite objections from the Scotch, Welsh and Irish Whisky (whiskey) Associations”.
She also noted that for English Whisky “the definition, English single malt whisky requires only distillation at a single distillery, rather than for all the stages of production to take place at a single site” (as is required for Scotch single malt).
She noted that “the term single malt whisky carries a long established reputation and meaning for consumers. It risks disadvantaging Scotch producers who have invested heavily to comply with the traditional single site production model” (which she then noted included distilleries in her constituency) .
In other words they, the UK government, have been accused of “watering down” the definition of single malt after granting geographical indication (GI) status to English whisky.
This is yet another example of Labour , this time again as the UK government, batting for England while being cavalier with the established and respected produce/drinks/Industry etc via the other nations within the UK State.
So really are those still undecided people in Scotland not yet prepared to finally wake up and see what is really happening within the UK State with various UK political parties as UK governments.
That is where we always now read and hear that industry etc in England is being saved , invested in and so then promoted .
While elsewhere within the UK State other nations industry are being abandoned , neglected and so then seeing a lack of investment and support by various UK governments , especially those industries within Scotland.
I think perhaps this Labour UK government have become drunk with power , more so with the fact that they won 37 seats in the 2024 UK GE in Scotland- obviously they have translated that ‘victory’ to mean that they see Scots , and all others living within Scotland, as all being gullible and compliant MUGS. (hence they, Labour, now seem to think that they can do what they want to us- and also to our Nation ).
Again , if this is better together then I fail to see how things could have possibly been any worse for us had we voted YES in 2014.
Liz S
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McKenna’s a jobbing journo trying to remain relevant in a shrinking market for wordsmiths of his type+ origins- he lacks the connections of fellow commentariat columnist Massie,say, tho’ thankfully,he.. doesn’t slaughter stags on Jura,or require school-fees to be paid!
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