What is the difference between an ostrich and John Swinney?
Well, ostriches don’t actually bury their heads in the sand.
It was just this month that the SNP hosted their long awaited annual conference. Held up in Aberdeen, our country’s First Minister proclaimed his party’s newest priorities for all to hear.
He started off by saying that the stars were “aligning” for Scottish Independence. If so, then Swinney should consider a new telescope. If recent polls revealed that only 17 per cent of Scots see independence as an important issue, how can it be argued that there is a mood for it? In fact, with 53 per cent of voters backing unionist parties, it seems to be the last thing Scots want!
Furthermore, all the bragging and boasting of a fifth consecutive SNP victory in the last Scottish Parliamentary elections is laughable. When was the last time the SNP won an actual majority? It was in 2011 during a Tory Government. God knows how Swinney will perform against Burnham, a Prime Minister more liked in Scotland than the First Minister.
Swinney’s newest secessionist scheme, the so-called “Choose Scotland” campaign, also warrants scepticism to say the least. Scotland suffers from the highest drug deaths in Europe, as well as a rental economy getting crueler by the minute to those citizens struggling with the cost of living. The SNP would do well to remind itself that it’s the one in power. It should save the manifestos for the next election season and focus on better policymaking in the meanwhile. The nation does not need more activism; it needs governing.
It’s not 2021 anymore. The nightmare is over; Boris Johnson and his terrible Tories have long since been gone. Now it’s Andy Burnham at the wheel, and his Labour Party is proving to be a far more dangerous threat to the SNP than the Conservatives could ever hope to be. Do the Scottish Nationalists genuinely believe that independence can buy them popularity and power forever? For their sake, I hope not. If Swinney has any intention of keeping the keys to Bute House, it’s time for him to figure out a new strategy, and fast.
“Bute House” by Scottish Government is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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What is the difference between an ostrich and John Swinney?
Well, ostriches don’t actually bury their heads in the sand.
It was just this month that the SNP hosted their long awaited annual conference. Held up in Aberdeen, our country’s First Minister proclaimed his party’s newest priorities for all to hear.
He started off by saying that the stars were “aligning” for Scottish Independence. If so, then Swinney should consider a new telescope. If recent polls revealed that only 17 per cent of Scots see independence as an important issue, how can it be argued that there is a mood for it? In fact, with 53 per cent of voters backing unionist parties, it seems to be the last thing Scots want!
Furthermore, all the bragging and boasting of a fifth consecutive SNP victory in the last Scottish Parliamentary elections is laughable. When was the last time the SNP won an actual majority? It was in 2011 during a Tory Government. God knows how Swinney will perform against Burnham, a Prime Minister more liked in Scotland than the First Minister.
Swinney’s newest secessionist scheme, the so-called “Choose Scotland” campaign, also warrants scepticism to say the least. Scotland suffers from the highest drug deaths in Europe, as well as a rental economy getting crueler by the minute to those citizens struggling with the cost of living. The SNP would do well to remind itself that it’s the one in power. It should save the manifestos for the next election season and focus on better policymaking in the meanwhile. The nation does not need more activism; it needs governing.
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It’s not 2021 anymore. The nightmare is over; Boris Johnson and his terrible Tories have long since been gone. Now it’s Andy Burnham at the wheel, and his Labour Party is proving to be a far more dangerous threat to the SNP than the Conservatives could ever hope to be. Do the Scottish Nationalists genuinely believe that independence can buy them popularity and power forever? For their sake, I hope not. If Swinney has any intention of keeping the keys to Bute House, it’s time for him to figure out a new strategy, and fast.
“Bute House” by Scottish Government is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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