The State of the UK Union in 2022

(25-03-2023 09:43 )southsidestu Wrote:  I doubt she'd leave the SNP but i am not sure if Yousaf would give her a post considering how vehemently his base despise her i am not sure he has the balls to stand up to them

He definitely would not make her finance secretary any other position would be a demotion, leadership or bust for Kate

Depends how close she runs him. He'll have to give her something or risk splitting the party.

She's still young. She can take a demotion for now, and play the long game.

Tomorrow is the big day, it's like the shittest Christmas Eve ever

Yousaf wins, pretty close once you include 2nd preferences, 52-48 thats ratio again

The establishment & the activist base get their man but its as much the party of Forbes as it is of them

And i am living for Ash Regan's demeanor in all of this

Kate Forbes turns down a position in the cabinet in what would be a demotion to rural affairs and will join the back benches.

Not a great start on the party unity front, Yousaf can at least claim he offered her a role in the cabinet but i would imagine her supporters will see such a downgrade as a slap in the face for a former finance minister who got nearly half the membership votes on 2nd preferences.

Will be really interesting to see where the party goes from here whether it can return to the not long passed days of discipline or whether the election means the toothpaste is out the tube ?

SM you were right that he would offer her a post, I was right that she wouldn't accept a demotion

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But, Kate Forbes has tweeted that she given Humza Yousaf her full backing.

https://twitter.com/_KateForbes/status/1...15275?s=20

Warm words are a good start but thats the easy part, what happens when policies that she disagrees with start being put forward, legislation that she might vote against, if the SNP's polling & support for Indy start to dip & Labour gain ground ?

That will be the real test

(28-03-2023 21:22 )southsidestu Wrote:  SM you were right that he would offer her a post, I was right that she wouldn't accept a demotion

Hmm... If he was really serious about what was best for the country, he'd have offered her the job she had. Could be the Greens pulling his strings already though, because they wouldn't want to work with her. Maybe she's better out of it though, if there's a lot of shit coming down the track with the police investigation and other stuff.

All the talk of the vote being close at a 52-48 split masks the fact that a majority of members didn't want Yousaf as their first choice. They're all conveniently glossing over that now though.

Anyway, I suspect the continuity candidate means the continuity of the same old fuck-ups

I think Forbes' time will come eventually. She'll just sit back with her popcorn for now. Arguably she wasn't ready for it just now anyway. Nobody expected Sturgeon to resign the way she did.

So much for bringing the party together

https://www.thenational.scot/news/234282...st-greens/

I think the wheels are going to come off the wagon, and I don't think Yousaf's the one to fix it.

Possible by-election coming up in Ferrier's constituency. That'll be interesting...

Nicola Sturgeons husband has been arrested this morning

https://twitter.com/LouiseScottITV/statu...5245471744

Wow bit OTT for an Arrest whats the tent for in the front garden are they trying to find the remains of the last chance of independence