SCOTTISH TORIES ELECT GAY KICK-BOXER RATHER THAN MODERNISE!

Ruth Davidson is the new leader of the Scottish Conservatives after its members narrowly rejected her main opponent’s plan to disband and start a new right-wing party.

The 32-year-old former BBC journalist edged out Murdo Fraser by only 566 votes in the bad-tempered contest after he argued the Tory brand was too mistrusted north of the Border for the party ever to succeed.

But Miss Davidson, who is openly gay and a kick boxer, said she will unite the deeply-divided party and attract new support from sections of Scottish society that have stopped listening to the Conservatives. 

I honestly think the  Scottish Tories have made a huge mistake here.  I know there are a good number of people in the SNP who are centre right, but believe in Scottish independence.  A new centre right party, in favour of independence and separate from the English Tory party could have had a significant vote in Scotland.  Remember it's only 50 years since Scotland voted overwhelmingly Tory, helped to be fair, by the anti-Catholic and therefore anti-Labour vote of the Protestant majority.  The Tory party in Scotland's full title is the 'Conservative and Unionist party' and I think that tells you all about their members.  It doesn't say much for the other two candidates that they didn't do better, when a lesbian, martial arts boxer won the contest.

But, what does Ruth Davidson bring to the party?  She's 32 and this is her first time as a MSP.  Does she have the power base to be able to rule competently?  Or is she a stopgap for someone else?  As a former TV journalist, she appears to have some grasp of the issues at stake, but has she ever worked for anyone other than the BBC?  I don't know, but my guess would be that, she will not be as nearly as effective as Ms Goldie, who for all her matronly appearance, was, as we in the West of Scotland, say, 'a nippy sweetie'!

WHY SHOULD WE PUT UP WITH POTHOLES?

The pothole in our road

I've been driving for nearly 40 years and in all that time I don't think I have ever seen the roads in such a bad condition.

Why should we drivers put up with it?  It's costing a fortune in springs, shock absorbing thingies, (I'm not too technical) and burst tyres.  I don't know about in your part of the world but up here in Scotland, it's a company called AMEY, who have the contract to repair the trunk roads.

It seems to me that they are plainly not keeping up to the job.  Now we know that there has been severe weather which knocks hell out of the road surface but most of that was in December.  We're now into March and the roads STILL haven't been repaired.  Amey must have some contract to repair them, if they are not in a fit state and if they don't have a contract that holds them to account, why not?  They should be taking on more workers, albeit on a temporary basis to get the job done.  They are to the best of my knowledge a PLC, the same as BP.  Now when the Gulf Oil Spill happened, BP didn't stand back and let it get worse.  They got on with it and repaired it.

Local Authorities in Scotland are liable for the non-trunk roads and they have been given huge amounts of money to effect repairs from the Scottish Government.  I have told my MSP, that as far as votes are concerned for the May election in Scotland, a good number of people would vote for the party that promises to repair our road network and if that means holding PLCs to account, then so be it, their shareholders just wouldn't be able to get a dividend this year.  All together now,  aaaaw!

IT SEEMS TO BE FAT, UGLY MEN SEASON!

A policeman was jailed today for having sex with women drivers in exchange for letting them off motoring offences.  Traffic Pc Jamie Slater, 33, abused his position by pulling over women motorists - and offering them a deal: 'I'll let you go if you have sex with me.'

Now I'm no woman, but let me say, as most of you know, I have a very highly developed feminine side, but I would have had to be a MASS MURDERER before I'd let that UGLY, BALDY, SPECCY FUCKWIT, SHAG ME!

Not only that but we have GLASGOW LABOUR MSP, WANK McAVEETY getting caught on mike making comments about some 'FILIPINO' looking bird in the committee room of the SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, who he compares to someone "off a GAUGIN painting"!  A Gaugin painting Frank?  Fuck me!  MICHAEL FOOT will be birlin in his grave tonight.  Mind you, not as much BIRLIN AS YOU'LL BE DOING WHEN THE WIFE GETS A HOLD OF YOUR WRINKLY, OLD NUTS!