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Dingbat Glasgow FibDem cooncillor Chris Mason is in today's Herald, defending Nicol "Captain Dynamo" Stephen's 'Nae Deal or Nae Deal' approach to government.

One interesting part of his letter caught ntr's eye: "I can imagine circumstances in which I would vote for independence, if there were a broad consensus across Scottish politics that this was necessary for good government in Scotland."

I am pro-Independence. It is a part of my political ideology and viewpoint. It would take a lot of persuasion and a frankly unlikely series of events for me to not believe that Scotland's destiny as a prosperous, outward-looking nation, requires full self-government Scotland. Nevertheless, there is a perfectly reasonable argument to make for the opposite cause; that Scotland's best interests lie within the Union, regardless of internal UK political constitutional arrangements. It is an argument I vehemently disagree with, and would argue against, but it is a point of view that deserves respect and debate. It is a belief that lies within many people's political ideology and viewpoint.

Chris Mason's FibDem viewpoint seems to be "What way is the wind blowing?". It is not based on any deep-seated view, examination of facts, debate, personal experience, history, or vision. It's just a case of "well, if everyone else is doing it, we better do it too!", testing the bath water with your elbow and waiting till it's tepid. Like most things related to FibDemmery, it's all things to all men, and none to nobody. Riding on the coat-tails of those of whatever political persuasion, letting the ideologues and believers to do the hard work, then stepping up as the twee voice of moderation and nicey-nicey-ness.

This is why all political parties and activists of whatever hue agree on one thing - the LibDems are a shower of shitebag fucking charlatans.