Scotland's Mr&Mrs - Yer Tea's Oot!
Ash Regan said having a husband and wife in the top positions was not “appropriate” and insisted it would not be accepted in the commercial world. https://t.co/0U2AiA6YzS
— Record Politics (@Record_Politics) February 24, 2023
Just about every SNP supporter I know agrees privately that having a Mr&Mrs team in charge of the party makes the SNP look completely ridiculous.
But remarkably it's taken an SNP leadership contest for senior figures to speak out publicly and criticise this nonsense.
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.
"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."
Scotland's Exceptional 'Chumocracy' (March 31, 2022)
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