Alex Salmond has been arrested

Semple said:
That was my first thought, but then why not just say what they've arrested him for.
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TBH I don't particularly agree with putting that sort of info all over the papers in case people get the pitchforks and torches out. At the end of the day, a public shaming is not part of a punishment and the consequences often reach far beyond the supposed offender, guilty or not.
 
Good, he abused and neglected Scotland for his own personal gratification for years. I suspect there will be a fall from grace for others as this unravels too.

#scotlandtoo
 
HummuH1 said:
It's not a secret that he's being investigated for sexual harassment. Given he's been shafting the people of Scotland since 2007 it's unsurprising.
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How did he (I loathe him and frankly wish him gone, but this appears to be a veiled SNPbad comment to me) shaft the country, when most issues are local council and when for the most part it's been minority government for the majority of said period?
 
StriderX said:
How did he (I loathe him and frankly wish him gone, but this appears to be a veiled SNPbad comment to me) shaft the country, when most issues are local council and when for the most part it's been minority government for the majority of said period?
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There's no point getting into a debate on how poorly Scotland's resources have been managed at both Scottish Government and Local level. Keeping it simple, it is my opinion that all his (and Sturgeon's) guff was never based on the best interests of the people of Scotland and was principally a means to satisfy his own enormous ego.

Therefore I think he has shafted Scotland (let's use the Trump abomination as one example) and managed to pull the wool over the eyes of a large portion of the population whilst doing so. Not their fault, his. Shafting.
 
HummuH1 said:
There's no point getting into a debate on how poorly Scotland's resources have been managed at both Scottish Government and Local level. Keeping it simple, it is my opinion that all his (and Sturgeon's) guff was never based on the best interests of the people of Scotland and was principally a means to satisfy his own enormous ego.

Therefore I think he has shafted Scotland (let's use the Trump abomination as one example) and managed to pull the wool over the eyes of a large portion of the population whilst doing so. Not their fault, his. Shafting.
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Resources we can't really use while shackled by Westminster on important political/economic levers, all the while both Labour and the Tories have shown either contempt/not caring at all about their electorate. Labour was thankfully destroyed for their inability to govern and the Tories continue to be sad actors.

For sure some decisions by the SNP have been rather pointless/negligent (education changes, maybe Police Scotland changes), the opposition offer nothing better and frankly appear to be hemorrhaging leadership. Thankfully FPTP now protects the SNP vote, in a glaring display of irony (even if completely useless, because Scottish MP's are ultimately worthless).
 
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StriderX said:
Resources we can't really use while shackled by Westminster on important political/economic levers, all the while both Labour and the Tories have shown either contempt/not caring at all about their electorate. Labour was thankfully destroyed for their inability to govern and the Tories continue to be sad actors.

For sure some decisions by the SNP have been rather pointless/negligent (education changes, maybe Police Scotland changes), the opposition offer nothing better and frankly appear to be hemorrhaging leadership.
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If that is the case, then why in the 2017 elections did the Conservatives gain 12 seats, Labour gain 6 (edit) with the SNP losing 21 seats overall? The electorate seem to think differently.
 
HummuH1 said:
If that is the case, then why in the 2017 did the Conservatives gain 12 seats, Labour gain 12 with the SNP losing 21 seats overall? The electorate seem to think differently.
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And yet they are still well beyond their pitiful day's of being a smaller party than the Lib dem's currently are, Labour are polled to lose their seats again thankfully and most of these seats are strict marginals now.

The vote is no longer about policy concerns, and is polarised around Brexit and Independence, it will never change unless those are resolved.
 
StriderX said:
The vote is no longer about policy concerns, and is polarised around Brexit and Independence, it will never change unless those are resolved.
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To a point the political leaders on all sides don't want them to be resolved. The black and white polarised views are useful to them.
 
Ofcourse, i don't even like the SNP, i do however like the other's (perhaps minus Libdem/Greens) even less so, for historically bad governance.
 
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