Forewarned Citizens of Tomorrow

It’s been a while since the elections. I am very disappointed with the result, yet I’m grateful that the best the SNP have achieved is a minority government. My main concern with the Scottish National Party is not the issue of independence; eventually Scotland will need to be independent because we have a different way of life, this probably requires different governance. I dislike them because they have no ideas, they are a single issue party, and the rest of their policies are taken from a variety of other parties and pasted together in a flawed manner. A minority government situation should limit the damage that they can do, not that they would try to make any changes to Scotland, their stances on every issue change from day to day. They’ve spent 8 years saying the exact opposite of everyone else, no matter how stupid it makes them seem. On the personality front, in my opinion, they are the most obnoxious, arrogant, smarmy and sarcastic bunch in the parliament. I don’t regard Alex Salmond as a respectable ambassador for our nation. That they SNP regard the support of Sean Connery as an asset is symptomatic of their ways; his opinions change like the wind, furthermore, he’s a tax exile, it does not matter to him what mess Scotland is in.

Liberal Democrat leader, Nicol “passionate about young people” Stephen must be applauded for holding his ground on coalition deals. He said he wouldn’t enter into one with the SNP and so far, that remains the case. In many ways, it’s a rather suicidal stance; with so few MSPs, the Liberal Democrats really need to be part of a coalition to maintain their position at the forefront of Scottish politics thus giving themselves a chance at the next election.

What is most regrettable is the eradication of the smaller parties. They brought a wider range of issues and opinions to the parliament. They were colourful and seemed to act more conscientiously. They seemed more forthright in their actions. I hope we don’t forget about them, because in four years time, I want to see them return.

Minority governments and coalitions are foreign to UK politics. Soon we’ll adapt and see that they’re for the best, I would hope that what comes of these situations is MSPs voting for what they believe in as individuals and not toeing party line strictly, (having said that, they’ll still be searching for that SNP party line).

Finally, we lost our Labour MSP Christine May, she’s been replaced by the SNP’s Tricia Marwick. Christine May used to get on the same carriage of the same train to Embra as me each morning. She seemed like a good person and she’s probably an undeserving victim of Toby Blair’s foreign policy, but I don’t know this for sure, perhaps Tricia Marwick also displays good train etiquette.