Mr. Lloyd describes Humza Yousaf as “ineffective”. I would have though “defective” would be more appropriate. As the Scottish Health Secretary, he is presiding over the implosion of NHS Scotland. Yet he has 17% more per head to spend on health. compared to the NHS in England. He manages to do less with more. When he was the Justice Secretary, he piloted a Hate Crime bill that could have been dictated by the mullah at his mosque. In Scotland, now, you can be presecuted for “hate speech”, even when the offending talk was in your own home.
Of Nicola, you say “Assuming her resignation to be final”, That would be a rash assumption. Her resignation is more of a tactical withdrawal than a retreat. There are several big-ticket bad news items in the offing: the half a billion pound ferries scandal, the SNP party finance scandal and the gender self-ID challenge, to name but a few. So definitely a good time for Nicola to re-charge her batteries on the backbenches at Holyrood ready for a comeback once her successor has taken the multiple hits dealing with the fallout from Nicola’s legacy.
Peter Kwasi-Modo
1 year ago
Mr. Lloyd describes Humza Yousaf as “ineffective”. I would have though “defective” would be more appropriate. As the Scottish Health Secretary, he is presiding over the implosion of NHS Scotland. Yet he has 17% more per head to spend on health. compared to the NHS in England. He manages to do less with more. When he was the Justice Secretary, he piloted a Hate Crime bill that could have been dictated by the mullah at his mosque. In Scotland, now, you can be presecuted for “hate speech”, even when the offending talk was in your own home.
Of Nicola, you say “Assuming her resignation to be final”, That would be a rash assumption. Her resignation is more of a tactical withdrawal than a retreat. There are several big-ticket bad news items in the offing: the half a billion pound ferries scandal, the SNP party finance scandal and the gender self-ID challenge, to name but a few. So definitely a good time for Nicola to re-charge her batteries on the backbenches at Holyrood ready for a comeback once her successor has taken the multiple hits dealing with the fallout from Nicola’s legacy.
Cymru Wales
1 year ago
Salmond would be either mad or desperate. So he will be back.
Cymru Wales
1 year ago
Salmond would be either mad or desperate. So he will be back.
Alphonse Pfarti
1 year ago
It would remain to be seen if he could replicate his former grandeur. If his personality was key, Alba would have been far more successful in recent elections. It bombed. His follow on career as a mouthpiece for Russian sate media and serious questions around his private conduct would seem unlikely to endear him to Scottish voters, especially not the younger, woke cohort that Sturgeon and Yousless have courted. Despite its many failings and Sturgeon’s departure, the SNP remains remarkably popular. Whether a new leader can maintain the uneasy coalition of old-school nationalists and metropolitan lefties remains to be seen. Given Labour, LD and Green support for the bill that sealed Sturgeon’s fate, a significant number of these lefties may now feel politically homeless (I know several such people who have torn up their SNP card). I wonder where they will go, or even if they will vote. Scottish politics is a mess.
Alphonse Pfarti
1 year ago
It would remain to be seen if he could replicate his former grandeur. If his personality was key, Alba would have been far more successful in recent elections. It bombed. His follow on career as a mouthpiece for Russian sate media and serious questions around his private conduct would seem unlikely to endear him to Scottish voters, especially not the younger, woke cohort that Sturgeon and Yousless have courted. Despite its many failings and Sturgeon’s departure, the SNP remains remarkably popular. Whether a new leader can maintain the uneasy coalition of old-school nationalists and metropolitan lefties remains to be seen. Given Labour, LD and Green support for the bill that sealed Sturgeon’s fate, a significant number of these lefties may now feel politically homeless (I know several such people who have torn up their SNP card). I wonder where they will go, or even if they will vote. Scottish politics is a mess.
Penny Mcwilliams
1 year ago
Bing back the conceited narcissist and serial groper? FFS! Any party that relies in his sort to appeal to voters does not deserve to be in power.
Penny Mcwilliams
1 year ago
Bing back the conceited narcissist and serial groper? FFS! Any party that relies in his sort to appeal to voters does not deserve to be in power.
JR Stoker
1 year ago
” A well of longing for independence”. Does this mean: “a sense of jealousy and resentment”?
JR Stoker
1 year ago
” A well of longing for independence”. Does this mean: “a sense of jealousy and resentment”?
Rehoboth Organic
1 year ago
Very nice post. Thanks for sharing this information
polidori redux
1 year ago
The new leader of the SNP needs a be a man, or woman, or trans, who can bring some dignity, if not much in the way of intellectual heft, to the role. The obvious choice is Mel Gibson.
Yes: that well known Trans. (even if he doesn’t know it – yet)
rob drummond
1 year ago
”Third time lucky?”
Tony Price
1 year ago
It is a sad indictment of our society that such unpleasant individuals (so also Trump, Johnson and Netanyahu for example) still have a foothold in politics in reasonably democratic societies. Are people so desperate for seemingly strong leaders that they will ignore personality traits that would preclude such worms from decent society? Let’s face it, Hitler gathered quite a strong vote before he used that base to jackboot himself into power.
I’d rather vote for a virtuous human being with personal integrity who has political goals I do not agree with than an evil and corrupt one with whom I share goals. The question that I think needs asking, is where are the righteous people who are running for public office? Can’t we produce them in quantity any more?
I quite agree. However politicians, activists, the vulgarity of social media and the press have created such toxic soup of public life that what sensible person would try? Any argument for decency and civility is drowned out by personal attacks (often of the most grotesque nature), any decent honest person, even if they had the courage to ignore such things, would not inflict that horror on their loved ones. So, sadly, we get those be deserve.
I quite agree. However politicians, activists, the vulgarity of social media and the press have created such toxic soup of public life that what sensible person would try? Any argument for decency and civility is drowned out by personal attacks (often of the most grotesque nature), any decent honest person, even if they had the courage to ignore such things, would not inflict that horror on their loved ones. So, sadly, we get those be deserve.
I’d rather vote for a virtuous human being with personal integrity who has political goals I do not agree with than an evil and corrupt one with whom I share goals. The question that I think needs asking, is where are the righteous people who are running for public office? Can’t we produce them in quantity any more?
Tony Price
1 year ago
It is a sad indictment of our society that such unpleasant individuals (so also Trump, Johnson and Netanyahu for example) still have a foothold in politics in reasonably democratic societies. Are people so desperate for seemingly strong leaders that they will ignore personality traits that would preclude such worms from decent society? Let’s face it, Hitler gathered quite a strong vote before he used that base to jackboot himself into power.
Nicky Samengo-Turner
1 year ago
Please can we just sell both Jockland and Orangeland to Canada?
I think that Ireland and France (The Auld Alliance) would be more appropriate than Canada, but I suspect that we would have to pay to have them taken away!
I think that Ireland and France (The Auld Alliance) would be more appropriate than Canada, but I suspect that we would have to pay to have them taken away!
Mr. Lloyd describes Humza Yousaf as “ineffective”. I would have though “defective” would be more appropriate. As the Scottish Health Secretary, he is presiding over the implosion of NHS Scotland. Yet he has 17% more per head to spend on health. compared to the NHS in England. He manages to do less with more. When he was the Justice Secretary, he piloted a Hate Crime bill that could have been dictated by the mullah at his mosque. In Scotland, now, you can be presecuted for “hate speech”, even when the offending talk was in your own home.
Of Nicola, you say “Assuming her resignation to be final”, That would be a rash assumption. Her resignation is more of a tactical withdrawal than a retreat. There are several big-ticket bad news items in the offing: the half a billion pound ferries scandal, the SNP party finance scandal and the gender self-ID challenge, to name but a few. So definitely a good time for Nicola to re-charge her batteries on the backbenches at Holyrood ready for a comeback once her successor has taken the multiple hits dealing with the fallout from Nicola’s legacy.
Mr. Lloyd describes Humza Yousaf as “ineffective”. I would have though “defective” would be more appropriate. As the Scottish Health Secretary, he is presiding over the implosion of NHS Scotland. Yet he has 17% more per head to spend on health. compared to the NHS in England. He manages to do less with more. When he was the Justice Secretary, he piloted a Hate Crime bill that could have been dictated by the mullah at his mosque. In Scotland, now, you can be presecuted for “hate speech”, even when the offending talk was in your own home.
Of Nicola, you say “Assuming her resignation to be final”, That would be a rash assumption. Her resignation is more of a tactical withdrawal than a retreat. There are several big-ticket bad news items in the offing: the half a billion pound ferries scandal, the SNP party finance scandal and the gender self-ID challenge, to name but a few. So definitely a good time for Nicola to re-charge her batteries on the backbenches at Holyrood ready for a comeback once her successor has taken the multiple hits dealing with the fallout from Nicola’s legacy.
Salmond would be either mad or desperate. So he will be back.
Salmond would be either mad or desperate. So he will be back.
It would remain to be seen if he could replicate his former grandeur. If his personality was key, Alba would have been far more successful in recent elections. It bombed. His follow on career as a mouthpiece for Russian sate media and serious questions around his private conduct would seem unlikely to endear him to Scottish voters, especially not the younger, woke cohort that Sturgeon and Yousless have courted. Despite its many failings and Sturgeon’s departure, the SNP remains remarkably popular. Whether a new leader can maintain the uneasy coalition of old-school nationalists and metropolitan lefties remains to be seen. Given Labour, LD and Green support for the bill that sealed Sturgeon’s fate, a significant number of these lefties may now feel politically homeless (I know several such people who have torn up their SNP card). I wonder where they will go, or even if they will vote. Scottish politics is a mess.
It would remain to be seen if he could replicate his former grandeur. If his personality was key, Alba would have been far more successful in recent elections. It bombed. His follow on career as a mouthpiece for Russian sate media and serious questions around his private conduct would seem unlikely to endear him to Scottish voters, especially not the younger, woke cohort that Sturgeon and Yousless have courted. Despite its many failings and Sturgeon’s departure, the SNP remains remarkably popular. Whether a new leader can maintain the uneasy coalition of old-school nationalists and metropolitan lefties remains to be seen. Given Labour, LD and Green support for the bill that sealed Sturgeon’s fate, a significant number of these lefties may now feel politically homeless (I know several such people who have torn up their SNP card). I wonder where they will go, or even if they will vote. Scottish politics is a mess.
Bing back the conceited narcissist and serial groper? FFS! Any party that relies in his sort to appeal to voters does not deserve to be in power.
Bing back the conceited narcissist and serial groper? FFS! Any party that relies in his sort to appeal to voters does not deserve to be in power.
” A well of longing for independence”. Does this mean: “a sense of jealousy and resentment”?
” A well of longing for independence”. Does this mean: “a sense of jealousy and resentment”?
Very nice post. Thanks for sharing this information
The new leader of the SNP needs a be a man, or woman, or trans, who can bring some dignity, if not much in the way of intellectual heft, to the role. The obvious choice is Mel Gibson.
Yes: that well known Trans. (even if he doesn’t know it – yet)
”Third time lucky?”
It is a sad indictment of our society that such unpleasant individuals (so also Trump, Johnson and Netanyahu for example) still have a foothold in politics in reasonably democratic societies. Are people so desperate for seemingly strong leaders that they will ignore personality traits that would preclude such worms from decent society? Let’s face it, Hitler gathered quite a strong vote before he used that base to jackboot himself into power.
I’d rather vote for a virtuous human being with personal integrity who has political goals I do not agree with than an evil and corrupt one with whom I share goals. The question that I think needs asking, is where are the righteous people who are running for public office? Can’t we produce them in quantity any more?
I quite agree. However politicians, activists, the vulgarity of social media and the press have created such toxic soup of public life that what sensible person would try? Any argument for decency and civility is drowned out by personal attacks (often of the most grotesque nature), any decent honest person, even if they had the courage to ignore such things, would not inflict that horror on their loved ones. So, sadly, we get those be deserve.
I quite agree. However politicians, activists, the vulgarity of social media and the press have created such toxic soup of public life that what sensible person would try? Any argument for decency and civility is drowned out by personal attacks (often of the most grotesque nature), any decent honest person, even if they had the courage to ignore such things, would not inflict that horror on their loved ones. So, sadly, we get those be deserve.
I’d rather vote for a virtuous human being with personal integrity who has political goals I do not agree with than an evil and corrupt one with whom I share goals. The question that I think needs asking, is where are the righteous people who are running for public office? Can’t we produce them in quantity any more?
It is a sad indictment of our society that such unpleasant individuals (so also Trump, Johnson and Netanyahu for example) still have a foothold in politics in reasonably democratic societies. Are people so desperate for seemingly strong leaders that they will ignore personality traits that would preclude such worms from decent society? Let’s face it, Hitler gathered quite a strong vote before he used that base to jackboot himself into power.
Please can we just sell both Jockland and Orangeland to Canada?
I think that Ireland and France (The Auld Alliance) would be more appropriate than Canada, but I suspect that we would have to pay to have them taken away!
i thought that the The Auld Alliance was with Scotland
Indeed, that’s what I meant – my clumsy writing!
Indeed, that’s what I meant – my clumsy writing!
i thought that the The Auld Alliance was with Scotland
Only if we can sell Tanland to Pakistan and Nigeria
Sorry my ignorance is showing – what is Tanland?
Sorry my ignorance is showing – what is Tanland?
I think that Ireland and France (The Auld Alliance) would be more appropriate than Canada, but I suspect that we would have to pay to have them taken away!
Only if we can sell Tanland to Pakistan and Nigeria
Please can we just sell both Jockland and Orangeland to Canada?