The SNP are now being widely challenged on their own appalling record and not being allowed to continue to deflect responsibility by dismissive comparisons with the records of others. An encouraging trend. 1/6
“She is not used to being ridiculed. Yet, this weekend, the first minister looks, well, ridiculous”. @alexmassie 2/6 https://twitter.com/alexmassie/status/1292375137870913537
“The SNP’s time in power has been characterised by caution rather than competence”. @euanmccolm 3/6 https://twitter.com/euanmccolm/status/1292371887805403136
“Scotland has one of the highest casualty rates in Europe because of a scandalous lack of support for the care-home sector.......The Scottish government has lost sight of its sense of humanity”. @GillianBowditch 4/6 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gillian-bowditch-don-t-blame-the-people-of-aberdeen-for-coronavirus-spike-njrtq2h2l
Gillian Bowditch: Don't blame the people of Aberdeen for coronavirus spike

As Wuhan went into lockdown in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic and the entire city was forcibly shut down, a friend who works in the upper echelons of the Scottish government remarked with

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gillian-bowditch-don-t-blame-the-people-of-aberdeen-for-coronavirus-spike-njrtq2h2l
“Lifelong SNP fans turn on leader for destroying children's future” @Rebecca_Perring 5/6 https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1318950/nicola-sturgeon-resign-news-scotland-schools-exam-results-snp-news
Sturgeon told to RESIGN: Lifelong SNP fans turn on leader for destroying children's future

NICOLA STURGEON is facing calls to resign over a decision to reduce the exam pass rate of the poorest pupils by more than twice that of the richest with lifelong SNP supporters even calling for the...

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1318950/nicola-sturgeon-resign-news-scotland-schools-exam-results-snp-news
“This is a full scale crisis, possibly Nicola Sturgeon's worst yet. Young people are up in arms. The teaching profession is in a state of perennial discontent. The very credibility of standardised assessment may be in doubt”. @iainmacwhirter 6/6 https://twitter.com/iainmacwhirter/status/1292376207091281922
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