Immature SNP don’t deserve to be voice of Scotland
WE constantly hear Nicola Sturgeon and her politicians stating Scotland needs a strong voice at Westminster.
Scotland does need a strong voice there, but there is no reason why it should be provided by SNP politicians, who always vote the same as each other, no matter what the question happens to be.
moreover, during the last two years, nationalist politicians at Westminster have engaged in an array of cheap and infantile stunts, causing acute embarrassment to any Scottish citizen with an ounce of personal pride and self worth.
It all started when the SNP arrived, en masse, in Parliament and immediately started flouting long-recognised rules by posing for ‘selfies’ and posting the results on social media.
They followed that by clapping, loud and long, whenever they detected the slightest opportunity for doing so. We have since witnessed Nationalist mPs whistling and singing Ode To Joy during the important debate on the Brexit Bill, in what seemed to be a deliberate attempt to totally disrupt proceedings.
We have seen the Nationalist mP Kirsty Blackman taking a cuddly toy along to both Prime minister’s Questions and the airing of the emotive chilcot Report relating to the Iraq war.
This is the same cuddly toy she also felt fit to draft an early day motion about.
We have witnessed Star Trek salutes in Westminster, courtesy of Dr Philippa Whitford, whilst her erstwhile colleague, Natalie mcGarry, paraded around in her wedding dress during a vote on disability employment.
But much worse was to come. During a murderous terror attack in march this year, the SNP’s George Kerevan felt fit to post grinning selfies on social media, in the full knowledge that Parliament was on security lockdown as a serious incident unfolded outside.
can this really be the sort of representation the people of Scotland either want or need at Westminster?
What we certainly require is the strong, measured, productive voices of people who know how to conduct themselves in relation to the serious issues that affect all our lives.
We certainly do not need yet more embarrassing, childlike grandstanding and never-ending attempts to self-publicise.
make no mistake, this is all done at the expense of our reputation, standing and image in the UK and on the wider world stage. Scotland deserves better. a. moRRISon, newmachar,
aberdeenshire