I've been casting around social media for people's views (SNP and non-SNP voters both) of why the SNP lost - initially I thought of a 'top ten', but it got bigger quickly, so here's what came up, they are roughly in order of importance to the electorate as far as I could see. Any duplication, errors etc - my fault. Arrogance and incompetence of the SNP government Failure to listen to the Electorate and not focussing on issues that matter to them Named Persons Bill, Gender Recognition, Trans Rights, Hate Crime, DRS not wanted Forever blaming someone else - Westminster, Conservatives, Labour and even Thatcher Obsession with power not Independence Always lying about the support for Independence - give us a plebiscite White, White, White Always bleating on about independence without addressing real needs Lack of honesty and transparency - lying, cheating and stealing - Matheson's iPad Divisiveness of Sturgeon inciting hatred Didn't talk about anything other than Indy in their speeches & literature. Uninspired leadership of last 2 FMs Failure to actually make any move towards Independence in 17 years Last 3 or 4 years considered the worst government Scotland has had. Incompetent, hubristic, arrogant and corrupt. Criminal incompetence of the SNP and the stink of corruption Where's the money, especially the £ 600,000 Sturgeon Attacks on Salmond SNP run as a Cabal Probably the most vociferous feedback was : The SNP needs to take it's head out of its ar$e & start working towards its declared goal whilst running Scotland in ways that will improve education, health, local services and internal / external investment and increase TRUST in their ability to run a country. Why would we ask for independence from the UK, only to hand it over to Brussels ? Thatcher, Westminster, Conservatives & Labour are NOT the problem - SNP arrogance and incompetence is.
I've been casting around social media for people's views (SNP and non-SNP voters both) of why the SNP lost - initially I thought of a 'top ten', but it got bigger quickly, so here's what came up, they are roughly in order of importance to the electorate as far as I could see. Any duplication, errors etc - my fault.
Arrogance and incompetence of the SNP government
Failure to listen to the Electorate and not focussing on issues that matter to them
Named Persons Bill, Gender Recognition, Trans Rights, Hate Crime, DRS not wanted
Forever blaming someone else - Westminster, Conservatives, Labour and even Thatcher
Obsession with power not Independence
Always lying about the support for Independence - give us a plebiscite
White, White, White
Always bleating on about independence without addressing real needs
Lack of honesty and transparency - lying, cheating and stealing - Matheson's iPad
Divisiveness of Sturgeon inciting hatred
Didn't talk about anything other than Indy in their speeches & literature.
Uninspired leadership of last 2 FMs
Failure to actually make any move towards Independence in 17 years
Last 3 or 4 years considered the worst government Scotland has had.
Incompetent, hubristic, arrogant and corrupt.
Criminal incompetence of the SNP and the stink of corruption
Where's the money, especially the £ 600,000
Sturgeon Attacks on Salmond
SNP run as a Cabal
Probably the most vociferous feedback was : The SNP needs to take it's head out of its ar$e & start working towards its declared goal whilst running Scotland in ways that will improve education, health, local services and internal / external investment and increase TRUST in their ability to run a country. Why would we ask for independence from the UK, only to hand it over to Brussels ? Thatcher, Westminster, Conservatives & Labour are NOT the problem - SNP arrogance and incompetence is.