For me, and as a Scot, we all make mistakes. I get that. If he had paid all £11k himself I wouldn’t care.
But charging it as expenses and then refusing to explain it, should be grounds of immediate dismissal. If you’re happy to claim it from the public, you need to be transparent when they have questions. Even from the likes of Jackie Baillie and Douglas Ross.
But it shouldn’t come to that. Anybody with integrity would apologise and resign for failing to meet the expected standards of the position they hold, and the standards they should hold themselves to. The problem isn’t the kids watching your iPad (why they’re using official tech for watching football or why you get to use your own tech for government business is another discussion). The problem is the lies, deceit and self entitlement of not having to explain yourself.
Politicians of today, of all flavours, lack integrity, trustworthiness, basic moral standards and self awareness.
The lesson here, again, is actions have consequences.
The SNP started out as a party with good intentions and a passion for a cause (whether you agree with it or not). They have been in power for too long and have taken the power for granted, and become complacent. They now, sadly, have become the pigs in ‘Animal Farm’.
The SNP started out as a party with good intentions and a passion for a cause (whether you agree with it or not)
That’s questionable. They were originally a reaction to bigger government after WWII. The Scottish big fish didn’t like swimming in a bigger pond so they decided to try to get their smaller pond back. That’s why Labour ended up dominant in Scotland for so long, the SNP split the Tory vote and ended up gifting Labour nearly all the seats under FPTP.
The SNP ‘left’ is a relatively new thing, and arose as a reaction to New Labour being utter cunts and the lucky circumstance of the solidly social democratic Sturgeon being a protegee of the much more right-wing but successful opportunist, Salmond.
Now that Sturgeon has gone, the splits are out in the open. But they were always, fundamentally, Tory snouts looking for a trough.
For me, and as a Scot, we all make mistakes. I get that. If he had paid all £11k himself I wouldn’t care.
But charging it as expenses and then refusing to explain it, should be grounds of immediate dismissal. If you’re happy to claim it from the public, you need to be transparent when they have questions. Even from the likes of Jackie Baillie and Douglas Ross.
But it shouldn’t come to that. Anybody with integrity would apologise and resign for failing to meet the expected standards of the position they hold, and the standards they should hold themselves to. The problem isn’t the kids watching your iPad (why they’re using official tech for watching football or why you get to use your own tech for government business is another discussion). The problem is the lies, deceit and self entitlement of not having to explain yourself.
Politicians of today, of all flavours, lack integrity, trustworthiness, basic moral standards and self awareness.
The lesson here, again, is actions have consequences.
The SNP started out as a party with good intentions and a passion for a cause (whether you agree with it or not). They have been in power for too long and have taken the power for granted, and become complacent. They now, sadly, have become the pigs in ‘Animal Farm’.
Brilliantly written. My whole take is much simpler.
This is batshit insane. Nobody should ever be allowed to use byod for government use or use gov tech for personal use at all. It should be a law.
Three strikes and you’re out. Anybody can make a mistake, but you’re way past a simple parenting mistake here.
That’s questionable. They were originally a reaction to bigger government after WWII. The Scottish big fish didn’t like swimming in a bigger pond so they decided to try to get their smaller pond back. That’s why Labour ended up dominant in Scotland for so long, the SNP split the Tory vote and ended up gifting Labour nearly all the seats under FPTP.
The SNP ‘left’ is a relatively new thing, and arose as a reaction to New Labour being utter cunts and the lucky circumstance of the solidly social democratic Sturgeon being a protegee of the much more right-wing but successful opportunist, Salmond.
Now that Sturgeon has gone, the splits are out in the open. But they were always, fundamentally, Tory snouts looking for a trough.