Originally Posted by
57vintage
Well, I don't vote SNP (I remember what they did in 1979) and would never use gender as an excuse to attack anyone.
She may be semi-competent, but on her watch, and the previous non-female FM's, the services for which they have responsibility have diminished in quality and effectiveness.
I do have concerns, however, about the competence of nearly all Scottish ministers, possibly apart from Swinney, who has been handed Education as his brief, since Sturgeon, that tory ****er Russell, Hyslop and Constance have all had a shottie and screwed it up. Alex Neil was Shadow Education Minister when the Labour-Liberal coalition was in power, and he was far more competent than any who have had the portfolio in government. Moving Swinney, a relatively safe pair of hands, has resulted in Derek McKay (not the most stellar of individuals to have that name), being given the Finance brief, where he is clearly out of his depth and looks like Richie Byrne trying to deal with Jimmy Johnstone on a frosty pitch. He was ****ing useless as Transport Minister too. Keith Brown's probably the only other one in whose ability I'd have any confidence.