I cannot for the life of me see why there might need to be a by-election at Orkney and Shetland.
But if such a thing were to be held, then there would need to be a candidate who, both before and after entering Parliament, would take on the SNP's record in office, as it has now been for quite some time.
The swingeingly cut college places. The 320 per cent increase in private ambulance use. The 11 per cent drop in literacy standards.
The reduction in the number of Mental Health Officers, and that despite a rising population. The outsourcing of transport policy to Brian Souter.
There is plenty more besides.
The Scottish media do not scrutinise the SNP at all, and seem to be rather afraid of it, while the national media also do not bother when they visit Scotland.
As on Thursday's Question Time, when none of these issues was raised.
They never are.
Oh, and speaking of Thursday's Question Time, John Nicolson was a speechwriter for Daniel Patrick Moynihan, of all people.
So much for the SNP as any part of the Left, or as any foe of neoconservative foreign policy.
As any new MP for Orkney and Shetland would need to make abundantly clear over, and over, and over again.
But if such a thing were to be held, then there would need to be a candidate who, both before and after entering Parliament, would take on the SNP's record in office, as it has now been for quite some time.
The swingeingly cut college places. The 320 per cent increase in private ambulance use. The 11 per cent drop in literacy standards.
The reduction in the number of Mental Health Officers, and that despite a rising population. The outsourcing of transport policy to Brian Souter.
There is plenty more besides.
The Scottish media do not scrutinise the SNP at all, and seem to be rather afraid of it, while the national media also do not bother when they visit Scotland.
As on Thursday's Question Time, when none of these issues was raised.
They never are.
Oh, and speaking of Thursday's Question Time, John Nicolson was a speechwriter for Daniel Patrick Moynihan, of all people.
So much for the SNP as any part of the Left, or as any foe of neoconservative foreign policy.
As any new MP for Orkney and Shetland would need to make abundantly clear over, and over, and over again.
Reads like it should be you. And seriously, it's a pity it won't be George Galloway, he would have made all these points in no uncertain terms.
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