Traquair’s latest from the comments sections of the Sunday papers:I see that British Treasury has already rejected the attempt to create a better deal for Scotland :
"Spowart’s last-ditch grab for HBOS ‘is not taken seriously’"
'But sources close to the Treasury said: “Peter Mandelson passed the deal on Friday. I really don’t think much is going to come of this supposed offer. But if it does, then of course we’ll have to take a look at it.”
Another source said: “We’re not exactly taking this seriously. They don’t have any advisers.”
http://tinyurl.com/5fg9qmAll sounds rather condescending, pompous and completely dismissive. Just how hard have the British Government actually tried to find an alternative deal for Scotland ? The answer would be not only have they not lifted a finger they have rail-roaded a deal which totally shafts Scotland. Anti-competition rules have been swept aside and the Government own Office of Fair Trading's warning against the dire consequences of this deal have been swept aside. It would appear that Brown has another agenda here, what could it be - oh I remember to do anything and everything to save his beloved Union.
So yesterday there were cries of derision from the British Government and the British media that "A FOREIGN bank is interested in buying HBOS"
Well more correctly this should have been stated as a SECOND FOREIGN bank is interested in buying HBOS. The first of course is English based Lloyds which has already been rushed through with unseemly haste as it was supposedly the only alternative. The English bank also got many extra favours from Quisling Brown -
. Firstly their own anti-competition rules were waived which would result in mega bank which will stifle competition particularly in Scotland, hence the need for the anti-competition rules in the first place.
. Secondly the Governments own Office Of Fair Trading then stated it would result in “substantial lessening of competition". But the recently ennobled Mandelson said no problem and ignored their own advice.
http://tinyurl.com/59nwyn. Thirdly rushed through the massively England dominated House of Commons.
. Fourthly rushed through the massively England dominated House of Lords.
. Fifthly Brown and Darling also both emphasized they would not lift a finger to help Scottish jobs of a 300 year old institution.
On top of all this it is now it is confirmed all power will be assimilated in London the British Borg Capital and consequently massive redundancies will occur in Scotland whilst England gains many more jobs and of course coincidently accrues much more Corporation Tax.
Yes any other alternatives, which supposedly do not exist, should be given full consideration, and potentially more consideration than the British imposed solution being imposed on Scotland. How could any alternatives be any worse than the current shafting that Scotland is getting ?
Union Dividends galore and of course delivered to us courtesy of 'proud' Scots or more likely sycophantic power hungry traitors setting them up for Lordships where they can sit in the British Capital with a pig trough of expenses for life. Of course the Unionist stance will be this is best solution in terms of Britain - funny how the best solution tends to result more often than not in yet more centralization in London.
It looks like Murphy either through complete incompetence or more likely direct orders to scupper the deal from Stalinist Broon have increased the likelihood that yet another Scottish company will be totally assimilated by London.
It is about time we put Scotland's interest first and foremost. Scots are growing wiser that the well bandied about British justification is merely a euphemism for England. In fact Britain & British full stop is little more than an highly over-used euphemism for England.
On other news not reported by the Scottish media.
"British PM seeking billions to boost IMF reserves" "Brown also said Britain wants to attract investment from sovereign wealth funds in the region, just as a deal by Barclays PLC to receive up to $11.8 billion from a trio of Middle Eastern investors — rather than turning for help to the British government — caused controversy in the U.K" "Brown also said he is also keen to seek investment deals for Britain from sovereign wealth funds and has brought Business Secretary Peter Mandelson and more than 20 business executives on the four-day trip."
http://tinyurl.com/5ov8beOh the irony Brown has to go begging for a loan from sovereign wealth funds (aka Oil Funds), bet he wishes he had one of these. Now he knows what Scotland feels like having been swindled out of an Oil Fund. "£250 billion of Scotland's oil wealth squandered by the United Kingdom"
http://tinyurl.com/4pywt9I wonder what the hypocritical Unionists will say now given all of the venom directed at Salmond for seeking funding from the Middle East ? Of course this is Britain and for the British need so all ok this time - talk about two-faced.
Again Scotland On Sunday seems somewhat remiss
in its reporting. "‘Leak’ puts new HBOS rescue deal in jeopardy"
“I don’t think the Government has done us any favours leaking this,” said Mr Spowart.
“It’s a company already in banking and I’d describe it as high-profile with a worldwide presence,” he said. "Unlike Lloyds TSB, the potential bidder doesn’t have a branch network or HQ in the UK. As there would be no duplication of premises or services this could safeguard jobs”, explained Mr Spowart" “My understanding is the HQ would be retained in Edinburgh.”
http://tinyurl.com/6ldsug"Scots secretary under pressure to resign after leaking HBOS talks"
"Opposition parties accused Murphy of confirming the alternative bid in order to ni=p it in the bud and allow the government to press ahead with its preferred takeover by Lloyds."
"This is the kind of action that can only damage a potential bid"
"The Sunday Herald raised Spowart's concerns with the Scotland Office at 9.30am yesterday. During the six hours it took them to reply, Murphy called Spowart asking for "the heat to be turned off"."
http://tinyurl.com/6nt2s5Looks like the Scotland Office is continuing with their Quisling agenda and putting British interest above Scottish ones yet again. How much more of this abuse are Scots willing to take ?