SNP turmoil
The SNP president Michael Russell has admitted the party is in a “tremendous mess” as the leadership campaign enters its final week
Ewan James
Many years of abusing their position. Too much power. Will we ever know what these lot have really been up to while wrecking Scotland?
Wilson Patrick
Aye Russell, it would seem selective amnesia runs in this party.
Jillian Muir Hill
Did he need to admit this? It has been obvious for over a decade.
Kristian Cooper
It's been in a tremendous mess for all time. Mundell and Sturgeon have kept its members gagged and stamped down any other opinions within its ranks, only now are things allowed to surface. The red flags have been there all along but the question is, will their blind and loyal supporters continue to blame media and Westminster for their own mess?
Denys McNair
What purpose does Michael Russell serve? He appears so out of touch with the reality that has contributed to this "mess" over a long time. This SNP mess is much bigger than the three candidates in the leadership contest. The recent spate of high level resignations is in addition to previous resignations of cabinet ministers, and press reports of inappropriate behaviour by SNP MSPs. Even Nicola Sturgeon is currently facing a trial over the Hamilton Report.
Gordon Devlin
Russell is as embroiled in this mess as Sturgeon and Murrell are. Red flags should have been raised and acted on when the SNP’s own audit committee resigned en masse due to Murrell’s lack of cooperation in auditing the accounts.
Trev Vennard
Another master of the understatement! We the public have no confidence in the SNP government, we deserve a general election.
Alex Macleod
Put the man who turned a blind eye to it all in charge... great idea.
Cllr Todd Ferguson
Russell is front and centre as much a reason for the ‘tremendous mess’ as Murrell was. If the SNP membership have any semblance of sense remaining following all the controversy, they would get rid of him immediately!
Margot Stewart
Scotland's FM resigns completely out of the blue. Deputy FM resigns. Chief Constable of Police Scotland resigns. Lord Advocate resigns with immediate effect. legal affairs). CEO of SNP and husband of FM resigns s SNP treasurer resigns along with three other members after being refused access to the accounts. Head of SNP communications resigns after feeding the press imaginary SNP membership numbers. Two of the three leadership candidates have effectively accused the party of rigging an election. The next few weeks will be interesting.
Stuart Middleton
Independence is not happening. Scotland is in a right mess. The SNP win all the elections in Scotland. Says it all.
MK Devlin
Scotland needs a full and independent audit of it's finances.
Laws Kanda
The reality is that the vast majority of SNP members and supporters are defecting to the Labour Party, which will sweep all the SNP seats in Scotland. My wise Scottish friends do not want incompetent government.
Philip Easton
She was handed a thriving political party when she took over. She leaves behind a toxic, empty shell comparable with Chernobyl. Ladies and gentlemen, Nicola Sturgeon - saviour of the Union.
Del Hanlon
The whole world is on a mess. But a wee lassie with a bible won’t fix the SNP.
Anne-Marie Kennedy
Still the biggest party in Scotland. Doesn’t say much for the rest of the parties.
Care home saga
The saga of Edinburgh’s Drumbrae care home, which has lain empty for more than a year after health bosses said the cost of converting it for medical use was too high, has been branded “a fiasco”,
Louise Wilson
Maybe it would have been better left as a school instead of cramming all the children into the other surrounding schools!
Heatheř Andersoň
To think that a popular primary school was demolished for this! I think they should just get rid of this and rebuild Drumbrae Primary!
Kat Nicol
It won’t help matters that it was flooded over winter.
Steven Robertson
Another CEC botch.