29-04-2024, 14:00
Humza Yousaf is still First Minister, but only for a matter of a few weeks. He has once again dived in to pre-empt a decision that might go against him - he thinks he is being strong, but to me it is a sign of weakness in that he is not prepared to fight on. He has done very well in certain areas like taking a stand on the war in Gaza and the avoidance of strike action in the NHS.
It doesn't matter whether or not you think he has done well in the job, but circumstances in the SNP have definitely gone against him. He has also been swept along by the promise of "progressive politics", whatever that might mean. I don't know what that means, other than a general ambition to be better and fairer than before. He has applied this ambition to specific policies which have only proved to be divisive.
However the end result is that we will have another "unelected" leader, just exactly the same as the Tories in Westminster and Labour in Wales.
It doesn't matter whether or not you think he has done well in the job, but circumstances in the SNP have definitely gone against him. He has also been swept along by the promise of "progressive politics", whatever that might mean. I don't know what that means, other than a general ambition to be better and fairer than before. He has applied this ambition to specific policies which have only proved to be divisive.
However the end result is that we will have another "unelected" leader, just exactly the same as the Tories in Westminster and Labour in Wales.
Cabbage is still good for you