GOD DAMN IT!!!!!

[Denzil_DC]

47. Accepting the Tory framing for the debate will have long-term consequences.

Like it or not, a number of politicians have seriously tarnished their image in Scotland. And yes, they stood with the Tories. They argued that the future of the NHS, for instance, was safer in UK than outside it, basically saying that the NHS is safe in the government's hands. How can they then turn round and argue against Tory rolling privatisation etc.? Or is that privatisation now going to be added to the post-Blairite concensus?

When the threats to the NHS that the Yes campaign warned about materialize, when the increased powers the Scottish Assembly was promised don't, when a few months from now we see how Gove's "English voters for English laws" pans out, which are hardly likely to favor Scotland in any way, then we can talk about how those traditional SNP areas voted. And then we'll see what happens in coming elections.