Government By Gang?
I think it's fair to say the SNP treats local government with lots of contempt these days - it's almost as if they feel untouchable, as if they can do what they like.
Yet after 15 years of SNP rule Scottish local government has lost its once powerful voice and standards of behaviour have dropped to an all time low.
So much so that Scotland's justice secretary, Keith Brown, sees no conflict of interest in employing the Leader of Clackmannanshire Council as his Office Manager.
God Above, Scot Nats! (December 13, 2021)
Asked about stories of corruption and MPs' second jobs, Brown said:
God Above, Scot Nats! (November 19, 2021)
The Scottish nationalists are a pretty rum bunch these days, are they not?
Turns out the SNP leader of Clackmannanshire Council, Ellen Forson, appeared in the news recently after a trip to Costa Rica with an SNP MSP, Kenny Gibson, and without the knowledge of his wife, Patricia Gibson, as SNP MP at Westminster.
"An SNP worker whose secret tryst with a married Nats MSP was exposed is poised to land a top council job.
"It’s believed Ellen Forson, 43, will be proposed as the Clackmannanshire authority’s leader."