Bus nationalisation emerges as ‘Der gefestigte Wille des Volkes’ after owners compare John Swinney to only two dictators compared to Salmond’s gang of four – progress?

The settled will of the people!

They say when you compare your opponent to ‘Hitler’, you’ve lost the argument. Is it the same with billionaire bus owners, The McGill Bros, calling John Swinney ‘Amin or Mugabe?’

It’s easy rebutted. How can it be dictatorial when, based on a 2024 YouGov poll, 66% support the nationalisation of bus companies? That was up from 50% in 2017. Two other polls in the last 5 years say the same thing. Savanta in 2023, had 67% and even 61% of Tories. YouGov in 2026, had the same 66%, across all the parties.

That’ll be a clear case of the settled will of the people, then.

You’d think the many wee researchers at BBC Scotland would have found the above too. Well, maybe not.

Anyheil, just two dictators, John? They must like you.

Wait, I’ve remembered something. This:

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4 thoughts on “Bus nationalisation emerges as ‘Der gefestigte Wille des Volkes’ after owners compare John Swinney to only two dictators compared to Salmond’s gang of four – progress?”

  1. Well Adolf was an Aryan, or so he claimed. Perhaps the McGill brothers think an African dictator a more appropriate insult being leaders of former British colonies?
    Also the usual slur is “a Mugabe style land grab” when he reallocated some land back to the native inhabitants from whom it had been grabbed by white settlers.
    In our case both settlers and natives are white. Expect more Mugabe insults when the Land Bill gets to Holyrood.

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  2. Wings Over Scotland ran a dictator bingo card during the 2014 referendum lead up with around 20 infamous characters from history, from Hitler to Pol Pot and Idi Amin. They gradually all got crossed out as Alex Salmond was compared to almost all of them them by our ‘Scottish’ and British media.

    The British really can just fuck off out of Scotland.

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  3. Those angry billionaire bus owners , Easedales , must be furious that their £300,000 bung to Scottish (sic) Labour before the Holyrood election didn’t bear fruit .
    Their bung to Labour would have nothing to do with their failure in March to get a subsidy from the Scotgov. (£4.3m ) which went to rival companies instead and their subsequent legal action against Sctogov. ? Hence their attempt to swing the Holyrood election in May in favour of Labour ?
    They have also started legal proceedings against Scotgov. claiming breaches of the awards process , despite receiving awards of £8.6m and £1.2m from that unfair Scotgov.
    Toys out of the pram ?

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  4. BBC Website headline:

    “McGill’s accuse Swinney of behaving like dictator over bus plans”

    Surely the real headline should be “Labour donors , who own McGill’s, accuse Swinney of behaving like dictator over bus plans”.

    I mean let’s get some context here.

    Prior to the Scottish elections in May Sandy & James Easdale , owners of the McGill Bud Group, pledged a conditional six-figure donation to Anas Sarwar and the Scottish Labour Party ahead of the May 2026 Holyrood elections.

    The brothers stated their goal is to “help remove the SNP from power at Holyrood”.

    In this latest #SNPBAD article on the BBC Scottish politics page of their website they write:

    “Sandy Easdale, who owns McGill’s alongside his brother James, said Swinney “appears to have transformed into the next Idi Amin or Robert Mugabe”.

    Well who does Sandy Easdale think Anas Sarwar , who he donated to, has transformed into since abandoning Scottish politics ?

    I mean Anas Sarwar betrayed his party in Scotland and also betrayed those who donated thousands of pounds to his party prior to the Scottish elections in May 2026 ?

    I mean surely John Swinney would be the last person in UK politics that anyone would compare as being the “next Idi Amin or Robert Mugabe” , unless that is they, who made this comparison, were politically compromised due to their obvious and reported support for another party in opposition to the party that John Swinney leads.

    They , the Easdale’s, really threw their money away did they not.

    So then really , how truly wise are they ?

    That is in them ever being regarded , by the public in Scotland ,as being honest , credible and savvy in their publicised judgements upon Scottish politics and also upon John Swinney ?

    I mean they had donated thousands to a party who then only ended up with 17 MSP’s in the Scottish election.

    Then after the May election, Anas Sarwar, who was leader of the party that the Easdale’s donated to , then insisted that he would “absolutely” stay on as Scottish Labour leader, despite his party recording their worst ever result at a Scottish Parliament election.

    Then barely 2 months later it was reported that “Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar is set to stand down to become a minister in Andy Burnham’s government.
    It would mean Sarwar leaving the Scottish Parliament and his leader role, then taking up a seat in the House of Lords”

    So honestly who the Hell cares what these billionaire brothers have to say anyway?

    Well the BBC does (obviously).

    That’s because the BBC can then publish and also report yet another #SNPBAD headline and story , while also failing to acknowledge , as in give prominence to, the real emphasis within this ‘story’, that is, as a story, yet one more hostile attack against the SNP that is purely partisan in nature.

    The BBC where truth, facts, honesty, fairness, principles, accuracy, impartiality, responsibility, accountability and so then also the reporting of the (so called) ‘news where we (supposedly) are’ all go to die.

    Liz S

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