03-03-2021, 09:43 AM
(02-26-2021, 09:08 AM)Protheroe Wrote: Who'd have thought that Scotland could turn from a rancid one-party state under Labour before devoultion to a rancid one-party state under the SNP after devolution?
As it is the FM is answerable to no-one under the Scottish system.
Sorry i must have had a Rip Van Winkle moment when other political parties were banned in Scotland, because if you were using the term one party state correctly, you would know that it refers to a situation where only one political party is allowed to operate.
What i think you meant to say that is over the last 40 years of UK politics, the Conservative party has been very unpopular in Scotland, leading to a series of poor election results At no time were they banned from standing at elections and at no time has it been illegal to be a member of the Scottish Conservative Party.
And of course it should go without saying, that if Scotland had been a one party state under Labour, Labour would stilll be in power in Scotland. Whilst i am not sure it has been overall a good thing for UK politics, the demise of the Scottish Labour Party has shown what happens when a political party takes its voters loyalty for granted, and in that we should rejoice at the power democracy can have.