Friday, February 21, 2014

"Stop the World Scotland wants to get on" Stephen Gethins speaking in Nairn Community Centre - 20/02/14

Last night (Thursday) was the third meeting of 2014 held by YES Nairnshire and featured SNP Euro candidate Stephen Gethins. It was very interesting in the light of recent comments from Jose Manuel Barruso about how he saw Scotland's chances of joining the EU, to hear a response locally from one of the SNP's Euro election contestants. Stephen, whose mother hails from Auldearn,  contends that we are all EU citizens already and there are no mechanisms in place to take that citizenship away. In his speech and the question and answer afterwards he also made several other relevant points. He didn't have it all his own way though and there was some forensic examination from one of the members of the public present. 

Here's the speech which lasted around 20 minutes. A longer Question and Answer video is still loading up onto Youtube and will be available sometime later today.

Please note we have featured details of all YES Nairnshire meetings held so far this year, if anyone is planning holding any Better Together events in Nairnshire please let us know at info@gurnnurn.com, we would be happy to video your meetings too.

UPDATE: The Question and Answer video with Stephen Gethins

11 comments:

working joe said...

Has this guy ever had a proper job ?

Anonymous said...

Why are you asking?
Has Ed Milliband?
Or David Cameron?
Or Nick Clegg?
Young Mr Gethins has had several!

working joe said...

Has he ever had a job outside politics or the EU gravy train ?
You know, like joiner, shopworker, lorry driver, manufacturing, offshore worker ?
This is my issue with politics - it's infested with professional politicians with no experience of a world outside Westminster or Brussels

I Believe said...

Now if it was Connor Gethins, he'd get my vote !

Graisg said...

@ Working Class Hero, This observer is not au fait with the chancellor's CV prior to politics so sources for that would be helpful. In the meantime here's your link to Stephen Gethin's CV
http://www.stephengethins.eu/about/#.Uwj5_3k71fY

Anonymous said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Osborne

Graisg said...

Fine but can't find a reference to all the material on there. Anyone following that link will see where you are coming from though.

Anonymous said...

Seems a sound guy to me

working joe said...

Ed Millipede - professional North London politico, SPAD
Dave Camoron - SPAD, PR man (still is)
Nick Clegg - Lobbysist, MEP
Gideon Osborne - Towel Folder at Selfridges
Mr Gethins - SPAD to Salmond, EU jobs on Brussels gravy train

Not a normal job between the lot of them. Towel folding excepted.

Anonymous said...

Stephen certainly is

Graisg said...

Ah the SPAD word - "Government special advisor" and no longer "Signal passed at Danger?"