It’s 10 years on from the Scottish vote on independence, resulting in 55% to 45% voting to stay inside the UK. Despite the clear result, the Nats are still harking on about how life would be better and everyone’s problems would be solved if the Scots were independent. Since then, senior SNP figures have been arrested four times and their popularity has plummeted. No doubt that’s the fault of being tied to Westminster…
A quick recap of the anatomy of Scottish scandals since the vote:
Meanwhile, the SNP’s greatest achievements include their huge tax hikes and cracking down on “hate crimes” over crimes like theft. Shockingly, Scottish voters didn’t see the charm in the tax-happy, scandal-ridden SNP. They lost 81% of their seats in the last election, and lost approximately 44% of their members from its peak in 2019 of 125,000 to December of 69,000. Numbers don’t lie…
Still, all this hasn’t got SNP Leader John Swinney down. Today he spoke about the “positive impact” of these decisions in Scotland, cheerily adding “Scotland is closer to independence now than in 2014″. Guido hates to be the bearer of bad news, but the polls are actually worse, suggesting 56% would vote against an independent Scotland. Won’t stop them from crying freedom, though…
After a whopping 397 days as First Minister Humza Yousaf is resigning. At least he managed to last over a year, just…
Humza said he “underestimated the level of hurt” he would cause by ending the Bute House agreement in the way he did. What exactly did he expect?
Humza spent the weekend realising he couldn’t do a deal with Salmond and someone else had to try to keep the ship going. Salmond says he was still trying at 7:30 a.m. today. He will remain FM rather than passing to his deputy Shona Robinson until a leadership election is completed. Sturgeon’s deputy John Swinney is keeping tight-lipped…
Humza Yousaf reveals his surprise at the Greens’ reaction the day after his humiliating public termination of the Bute House agreement:
“I’ve heard they’re upset, I’ve heard their anger. And I can honestly say that was not the intention.”
The SNP’s favourite rag The National is clearly having trouble processing the collapse of Humza Useless’ government. The First Minister has pulled out of a keynote independence speech this morning as insider sources predict he’ll jump before pushed…
The National’s Lucy Jackson has penned the piece “What Covering the End of the Green SNP Deal Was Like as a National Journalist“, which just complains that journalists “fixated on finding the next headline” were asking Yousaf about the imminent collapse of his government rather than what the death of the Green-SNP deal “actually means for people living in Scotland“. Trailblazing Jackson asked Humza what the minority government “would impact the independence movement“. A non-question that got a non-answer…
Jackson finished with more whingeing about the intrepid reporters: “it seems that most of them have already reached a conclusion about Yousaf’s future as First Minister.” About time…
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar is laying a motion of no confidence this afternoon. Alba’s Ash Regan holds the deciding vote. Tick tock…
Humza Yousaf has called an emergency cabinet meeting this morning to scrap his governing deal with the Scottish Greens. The SNP agreed to run the government with the Greens, who have seven seats, in 2021 under the Bute House agreement. They will now run a minority government with 63 MSPs…
The SNP scrapped its own target to cut emissions by 75% by 2030 to widespread ridicule as the Greens promised a vote to its members on whether to keep the Bute House deal going. Humza Yousaf said this week that SNP members weren’t to be given a say because they “already had a vote” on it years before. Hilarious…
Scottish Green members would have voted overwhelmingly to ditch the SNP while their politicians were still pretty keen to stay in power. Leaving Yousaf with one option…
UPDATE:
Watch: Scottish Greens co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie leaving Bute House
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— BBC Scotland News (@BBCScotlandNews) April 25, 2024
Silence is holy…
UPDATE II: The Scottish Greens have signalled they will support the Tories’ motion of no confidence. The end is in sight…
New figures released by the Scottish government detailing the costs of Humza Yousaf’s pointless self-aggrandising adventures in Dubai at COP28 show that he spent a whopping £106,576.09 on a 6 day trip, £47,986.25 of which was spent on “Marketing Campaign” – i.e, self-promotion. It seems the Scottish taxpayer isn’t just footing their civil servants siesta sessions, they get to subsidise the First Minister’s ego trips as well…
No expense was spared for Yousaf’s extensive entourage either, which comprised 15 bureaucrats and 3 SpAds. Each SpAd spent £2,376 on travel, almost 3 times the average amount each civil servant spent (£831.80). Guido finds it impressive that they each managed to drop £167 per day on meals…
Apart from squawking about net zero while actually taking the time to meet with oil and gas executives on his luxury trip, Yousaf also managed to break diplomatic rules five times as well. If only he could translate that ability into more effective governing…
