As the Westminster drama continues, this week sees the resignation of my counterpart and indeed, bete noire in the Chamber, the UK Government Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, who hit the exit button in his post on Thursday as rumours swirl on his bid for the PM’s job.
But for all the media frenzy and chatter, an important fact remains – this isn’t government, this is chaos. The eventual resignation of Peter Mandelson’s right wing pal, Wes Streeting, is a sure sign that Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is preparing to go from bad to worse.
In the middle of a cost of living emergency, the Labour Party are openly telling people that their focus will be on fighting amongst themselves instead of fighting to cut people’s energy and fuel bills.
It is important to be clear what Labour politicians mean when they talk about a long leadership timetable – it is a timetable for this chaos to go on even longer.
In contrast to the circus at Westminster, John Swinney and the SNP have shown serious leadership for Scotland and we were rewarded for that at the ballot box just last week.
While Westminster and the Labour Party gear up for their civil war, we’ll focus on the priorities of the Scottish people and offer the hope of a fresh start with independence.
