Conservative Party News
- Gove condemns Children's Services' inspection regime
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- Hague tells Labour to come clean about the euro
- Shapps welcomes RBS's decision to delay repossessions
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- We must throw a lifeline to suffering businesses
- David comments on arrest of Damian Green
- Osborne calls on Government to underwrite business loans
English, Scottish AND British
As some readers will be aware, I was born in the William Smellie Memorial Hospital in Lanark and lived in nearby Carluke until my family moved to Walkden when I was 8 - long enough to consider myself Scottish, English and British.
It’s no surprise, then, that I find the comments of Alex Salmond and the SNP about our Olympic team thoroughly depressing, and I’m delighted that Chris Hoy has poured cold water on the idea. What is far more telling is some of the rabid reactions to Hoy’s comments by SNP supports at the foot of the Scotsman article. It’s pretty grim stuff, and it’s clear that the grassroots SNP supporters are not interested in what is best for Scotland - only the chance to build their own little empire.
I’m sure a large number of Salford residents will turn out to welcome Hoy and his colleagues back to Greater Manchester at the Salford Nocturne on Saturday night.
David Ottewell’s blog is also worth checking out - he has made some sensible comments on the same issue.