Wee Eck's CV

Funny, but I don't seem to be hearing much from Wee Eck about his previous experience, but then again I wouldn't want to boast of having "Chief Economist to the RSB" on my CV.

Also, the Arc of Prosperity seems to be ignored as the opposition keep bringing up the new Arc of Bankruptcy.

Listening to Radio Scotland yesterday, the typical Oirish - We're not broke as we have had a 90% increase in standard of life from the 1970's and the present drop is only going to be 4% of that.

Well, 90% increase from a nothing failed state, where there was high unemployment, high taxes, and high emigration to the UK by the young at that time is maybe not such a great boast to make.

Also, without the funding from the EU (or EEC at that time), paid for by the U.K., France and Germany, the Republic of Ireland would still be in the brown stuff.

Then again, the Icelander who was saying that it was only the banks going bankrupt was not going to affect the fish in the sea, may be not, but as the value of the Krona has dropped by over half, the price of fuel in $US is going to double at the same time as the base price of oil falls. And if you can't afford to buy the fuel for the fishing boats, you can't get the fish, which even if you can get at, nobody would be able to afford.

So, where is the "light touch" on the financial institutions from the Scottish Government rhetoric last year - to blaming the spivs and criminals like Sir George Mathewson this year going to lead Wee Eck.

As he turns verbal and linguist acrobatics at his conference in Perth, he is becoming to look as effective as John McCain, with Nippy Sweetie to Palin, as they try to spin themselves out of trouble and blame anybody but themselves.

Wee Eck Promises £100 Million!

Alec Salmond promised £100 million to save HBoS, and blames "Spivs" for dropping this once great company in the brown stuff.

Never mind that not only has he not got the money, even if Scotland was independent, he would be talking about twice the annual budget of the country to back up a failed business that was actually based in Yorkshire Engerlund.

And blaming the "Spivs and Criminals" in the hedgefunds for the "disaster" inadvertently slags off his new best friend Sir George Mathewson who runs one of the bigger hedge funds.

Are the wheels coming of Wee Eck's trolley?

Nope, once again, he's shot off the sound bites from the hip, a moments reflection, and the excuses come out just as fast - it's not short selling that was the problem, it's "Naked Shortselling". And of course the old mantra - "If only we ran our own affairs as an Independent Scotland............." and Wee Eck would attach his wings and fly. Levitating Porcines!

Sounds like that great USA'ism thats going around, "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig", and we at OchEye will be waiting for the next Wee Eck oink.