Sorry seems
For the sake of democracy, we need another pro-independence party which can challenge the SNP’S record, writes Kevan Christie
‘Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?’ Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols once famously proclaimed.
Well, like a lot of people this week I’ve been doing that one where you walk about shaking your heid asking yourself ‘how can this be?’.
The reason for my sense of not quite ire more bewilderment is the new poll that showed despite John Swinney pulling yet another massive U-ey over the exam results fiasco, support for independence has shot up. And as they say in Scooby-doo, he’d have gotten away with the SQA debacle that penalised those from the most-deprived areas “if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids.”.
Surprise, surprise Swinney survived the vote of no confidence on Thursday and now has the swagger of a man who can deliver neverending incompetency with an air of authority. On top of this Oor Nicola, looking more regal by the minute has seen her own personal approval rating jump 45 points from when Yougov asked the same question a year ago. No less a figure than trusted STV journalist Bernard Ponsonbytheway remarked on the education secretary and I’m paraphrasing slightly: ‘How the f*** can that happen – what would it take to make him resign, if he’s no getting his jotters for this?’sturgeon has now realised this apologising lark, normally avoid at all costs for any other politician, is a surefire vote winner in Scotland as sorry seems the easiest word to say.
Thank you Elton. In the last few months our Glorious Leader has ‘almost’ felt like crying when the lockdown flouters stormed the beaches of Porty, then it was the packed pubs that made her want to cry – what did you think was going to happen? – on the back of a warped logic that dictates you keep your masks on in enclosed spaces unless