“Clap for Nicola”
As The Iron Lady once said, “rejoice! rejoice!”, for July 19th will be a landmark in the history of our proud island. Yes, on that blesséd day, Nicola Sturgeon, SNP leader, First Minister of Scotland and Mother of the Nation, will reach her 50th birthday. Rejoice indeed!
In honour of this momentous occasion, one Siobhan McCann, presumably one of the Beloved Leader’s ardent devotees, has launched a “clap for Nicola” campaign. Yes, at 8pm on the 19th, Ms McCann expects a show of appreciation for Wee Jimmy, which she no doubt believes is owed by all True and Proper Scots. McCann gushes like a true sychophant “our First Minister has done an exceptional job throughout what’s been a strange year so far, to say the least. Let’s have ‘the full regalia’ on Sunday… Get the pipes and pots out for Oor Nicola, and make sure that Westminster hears!”.
Now I think that anyone with half a brain cell can see what’s actually going on here; the twee reference to “Oor Nicola” and the clunky “make sure that Westminster hears” reveal this to be just another cheapo attempt by the SNP to score a political point against the UK government.
Having said that, I’d add that there is something deeply cringeworthy, not to say a bit sinister, a bit North Korean, about the SNP cult of The Leader that’s developing around Wee Jimmy across the border. Did I say “cult”? Actually you could replace the letter “l” with an “n” and it would be equally appropriate.
Nominated by Ron Knee



