The SNP Leader and Scottish 1st Minister, Alex Salmond, described it as her ‘Romney Moment
[Romney - the Republican choice to be the next president of the USA - was secretly recorded dismissing 49% of the American electorate as not worth bothering with, a claim he is now furiously backing away from]
The leader of the Conservative Party in Scotland, Ruth Davidson, has gone further than Romney and dismissed almost 90 per cent of Scots as “non-contributors” who don’t “generate wealth” – see http://tinyurl.com/9udjjm5
The Conservatives have never been too . . popular a political party in Scotland. I doubt Ms Davidson’s words are going to change that. I doubt too whether her words are going to do much to persuade Scots to vote ‘No’ in the upcoming referendum to decide whether Scotland becomes an Independent Nation again. In fact, amidst all the uproar in Scotland over her remarks, I have a sneaky suspicion that one person at least is secretly delighted at the furore she has stirred up and will be taking great pains to remind folk of her insulting words as they head into that polling booth to cast their vote in that Referendum
