Grant Shapps Tells it Straight

Here Grant Shapps (former Tory party Chairman – alter ego Michael Green) reveals just a little too much about the Conservative attitude to Scotland …

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  1. Graham MacLure says:

    I am profoundly deaf how do I find out what he said?

  2. Katrina says:

    WOW…did Tank Girl tRuthless Davidson know it wasn’t in the Tories best interests to keep Scotland in the Union? And if she didn’t someone should have a wee word in her ear about this revelation.

  3. Katrina says:

    WOW…does Tank Girl tRuthless Davidson know it wasn’t in their best interests? If not someone should have a wee word in her ear about it 😉

  4. David says:

    For Graham MacLure, & everyone else. 🙂
    Text of Grant’s Shapps’ speech:
    “…nation’s interests first. And before [Barry?] scoffs at that, you can look at things like the Scottish Referendum, where at the time it certainly wasn’t in our best interests to have Scotland in the UK, but we still wanted to do that.
    And in the same spirit, right now, the most important thing is to have these Brexit negotiations actually begin…”

  5. David says:

    Full-on channelling of Thatcher there by Grant Shapps – “we English, who are a marvellous people, are really very generous to Scotland and very generous to Wales.”
    Dear oh dear.

    1. Mach1 says:

      Stupid me… of course Foster can’t take a Westminster role as an MLA. But the question remains… which DUP reps will be given higher office as a result of May’s coalition of chaos?

  6. Mach1 says:

    Will Arlene Foster emerge as Deputy Prime Minister later today? What other DUP personalities will be taking a Cabinet place? God help us all.

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