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Scottish political mess. Is Devolution working?

(106 Posts)
Katie59 Sat 27-Apr-24 12:00:03

I don’t really care if devolution is working or not give them independence and let them stew in their own chaos.

Spinnaker Sat 27-Apr-24 11:59:03

Wheniwasyourage

The SNP is not in charge of devolution!

Nobody said they were ?

If the SNP are to be held up as examples of devolution working then I'm with Urms - scrap it !

Wheniwasyourage Sat 27-Apr-24 11:52:17

The SNP is not in charge of devolution!

maddyone Sat 27-Apr-24 11:07:13

I don’t really know whether devolution is working but I don’t think the SNP have covered themselves in glory. They seem unable to elect a suitable leader.

GrannyGravy13 Sat 27-Apr-24 11:05:59

I think that if he does survive the vote of no confidence in the coming week, it will be an uphill struggle.

It will be difficult to get anything through the Scottish parliament whilst being a minority government.

Urmstongran Sat 27-Apr-24 10:53:11

Camilla Tominey in todays Telegraph says it more eloquently than me:

“ The implosion of the Scottish National Party (SNP) is fast becoming more of a popcorn fest than binge-watching Taggart. Last April, we stared open-mouthed as the police seized a £110,000 Niesmann + Bischoff motorhome from a house in Fife following the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell, who was last week charged in connection with the embezzlement of party funds (he denies the allegations).

Next week, we’ll be breaking open the Butterkist once more to see Humza Yousaf, Sturgeon’s successor as Scotland’s First Minister, face a vote of no confidence at Holyrood. The potentially career-ending ballot comes after Yousaf suddenly axed the SNP’s power-sharing arrangement with the Greens in a spectacular own goal that has left him teetering on the brink after just a year in office.

Even more hilariously, the deciding vote is set to be held by Ash Regan, whose defection to Alex Salmond’s Alba Party last October was labelled by Yousaf as “no great loss” to the SNP. If there has been a more hapless politician in Holyrood’s kilt-clad history, then I’m struggling to think of one.”

What a complete mess eh? Devolution (Blair’s idea) ought to be scrapped in my opinion. What do you think?