Did you mean good speaker:Bruce Crawford?
Bruce Crawford: ...nature of the sitting President were he to change his tune at an opportune moment and drive forward damaging clauses, tariffs and restrictions to a US-UK trade deal the moment the UK leaves the EU. God forbid that it ever happens. I actually loudly applauded the speech by Mike Rumbles. That has not happened often in this chamber, but he did a grand job today, so I wish that he were here to...
Bruce Crawford: ...ideas of their own. It would be a refreshing change to have innovative ideas emanating from Labour. Last week or the week before at a Finance Committee meeting, we heard from a witness that—God forbid—the current downturn might last for around 20 years. Gavin Brown and perhaps other members who are in the chamber were at that meeting. If Kezia Dugdale, who lodged the Labour amendment,...
Bruce Crawford: ...Officers, but we know from practical experience that the current constraint could cause genuine difficulties should the Presiding Officer or a Deputy Presiding Officer be unfortunate enough—God forbid—to fall ill. It would make a great deal of sense to include a simple provision in the forthcoming Scotland bill to remove that constraint. The only other recommendation with regard to...
Bruce Crawford: ...general election. That would be disgraceful. The proposal to reduce drastically the number of fire control rooms alarms me not only as an MSP but as an ordinary member of the public who one day—God forbid—might have to rely on firefighters to rescue me, my family or my home. The Executive-commissioned Mott MacDonald report, which has been widely mentioned, concludes that Scotland would...
Bruce Crawford: ...the Parliament's agreement to any ministerial directions to Scottish Water. The bill will give the Executive a blank cheque to decide the fate of the Scottish water industry. There is no way on God's earth that the SNP will sign up to any blank cheque—under the current minister or a future minister, under the current Executive or a future Executive. God knows what would happen if the...