Scotland, Politics and Family Franchises

February 07, 2023

I've been poking fun at the SNP's Mr & Mrs tag team who've been running Scotland since 2014 - just imagine if Boris and Carrie Johnson held a family franchise over the UK's party of government.

I've lost count of the number of SNP friends who agree this bizarre arrangement makes Scotland look some kind of banana republic, but of course they're too timid to speak up and rock the boat.

So it was good to see Kevin McKenna joining the fray with his scathing opinion piece in The Herald back in November 2022.

"When all power is collected in one ruling couple, surrounded by a hand-picked coterie of acolytes and with no discernible opposition for the foreseeable future you simply fall in line and adopt every ukase and every personal whim without protest or hesitation if you know what’s good for you.

"Organisations delivering art and culture, education, health, policing, housing and employability must adopt the path of least resistance if they want to remain in favour or secure patronage. It’s how medieval courts worked. Only a second referendum can break this sense of stagnation. And any outcome would be better than this."

I'm very sceptical that a second referendum would fix anything because the SNP is so thoroughly corrupted - they are as bad if not worse than the Labour Party of old which ruled with the same arrogance and sense of entitlement as Team Sturgeon.

Scotland's Exceptional 'Chumocracy' (March 31, 2022)

Scotland's democracy is much 'chummier' than other parts of the UK with a family franchise dominating both the Scottish Government and the SNP as the party of government - in fact you could say it's a real family affair.

Which just goes to show that Scotland really is exceptional because just imagine the hoots of derision if Boris and Carrie were a Mr & Mrs double act for the Tories at Westminster?

Nicola Sturgeon (FM and SNP Leader) and Peter Murrell