Petty score-settling at a party from hell
POLITICAL broadcasts are the least sexy thing since Donald Trump compared a porn star to his daughter – which is why some SNP activists are thrilled that their latest party broadcast has grabbed a bit of attention.
Unfortunately, no one comes out of it looking good. Set at a curious Scottish houseparty where they keep all the main lights on, like a hooley inside a fridge, refugees from a Government campaign for responsible drinking are pestered by Davey, a hapless bespectacled, bearded party pooper who wants to know what the SNP have done for Scotland.
What follows is a weak-tea variation on Monty Python’s ancient ‘What have the Romans ever done for us’ skit, with Abigail’s Partygoers crediting the Scottish Government with rehabilitating schools (whilst failing to reduce class sizes), free elderly care (that was Labour and the Lib Dems) and building the Borders Railway (afraid not).
Alert viewers across the political spectrum have also spotted that ‘Davey’ looks awfully like bearded, bespectacled political commentator David Torrance. How weird that none of the SNP’s heftily-salaried advisors dared to suggest to Nicola Sturgeon that when she rocks up onscreen with a homily that literally clears the room, she appears to endorse a rather petty little jibe.
Or worse – that her Scottish Government likes to gang up on dissenting individuals.
In the manner of a playground bully, ‘Davey’ is patterned to pawswipe Nicola’s biographer, but kept just vague enough for fauxinnocent ‘Who, me?’ faces.