Scotland Office doesn't know one Korea from another

I'll be at the Trident summit tomorrow in Glasgow and am immensely looking forward to the discussions that it will herald.

Today, the news is that the Scottish government is seeking support from the 189 signatories of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty for it's anti-nuclear stance, as well as looking for observer status at the UN to be party to nuclear discussions.

Fantastic moves, which have crassly been described as of the "loony left" by Scotland Office minister David Cairns. Labour now seems to be not just out of touch with the people, but also the Parliamentary bubble. The majority of Scottish Parliamentarians in both Holyrood and Westminster oppose Trident replacement.

Another source at the Scotland Office sought to portray Alex Salmond's move as making alliances with Iran and South Korea. Presumably they meant North Korea. Let's hope an international spat doesn't ensue. But hang on a minute, North Korea isn't a signatory to the NPT so wouldn't even have received a letter. Just as well the spinner behind this line remained anonymous.

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[joe90]

80% of the people in Scotland,
according to opinion polls, don't want anything to do with nuclear weapons - but any such moves to see this overwhelming democratic decision taking place...
.. have crassly been described as of the "loony left" by Scotland Office minister David Cairns.

That's right - 4 out of 5 every people in Scotland belong to the 'loony left' according to a New Labour mouthpiece, whose party at elections can only manage to get 1 in 5 people to vote for them.

We might as well be living in North Korea, for all the difference that a Westminister democracy makes when it comes to implementing decisions which the general public think is in its best interests, and in the interest of the world at large.

Apparantly,
we don't know what we are talking about - but we should trust The Great Leader, hermetically sealed off from reality in a foreign capital claiming the Scottish Government is trying to get rid of nuclear weapons...er, from Iran..er..and North Korea..er, hold on, isn't the US trying to do that too!