SNP - Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

Nicola Sturgeon says the Patrick Grady sex pest scandal has not damaged the SNP or the cause of independence, but I'm not so sure.

Because the Grady affair has shown up the SNP as a highly centralised, top-down, autocracy in which Team Sturgeon controls all the levers of power.

That's why an SNP MSP leaked the ugly recording of Team Sturgeon rallying round one of their own (Patrick Grady) at Westminster - the party having previously bullied a young SNP staff member who was sent to Coventry for raising his complaint.  

Now 15 unbroken years in government is an achievement of sorts, but as the old saying goes - "power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely" - which is as true for the SNP as every other party.

Zero Tolerance For Bullying (June 25, 2022)

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The Daily Record hits the nail on the head again - the SNP should have zero tolerance for bullies and sex pests.


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