Stephen Daisley: SNP Evades Accountability, Hires an Accountant Instead

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Football might be considered the beautiful game, but after achieving agreement at Holyrood, it could now be called miraculous.

Numerous party leaders, one after another, expressed pride in Steve Clarke's 11 and reflected on the last occasion Scotland secured a spot in the World Cup.

‘In 1998, at the age of 25, I spent three wonderful weeks atFrance98," said Russell Findlay, who stated that Scotland "never ceased to dream."

I recall hurrying home from school to watch Scotland versusBrazil"game from 1998," said Anas Sarwar.

"I can't recall 1998," remarked Ross Greer, accompanied by a mischievous smile.

You didn't miss much. All the songs were by theSpice Girls, every television program hosted byNoel Edmonds, and hair was available in two styles: the Rachel or the Beckham.

Most troubling of all: the Scotland Act was enacted. This established the Scottish Parliament, which introduced First Minister’s Questions, leading us to transition from pre-millennium sentimentality to the layoffs at Mossmorran.

Findlay and Greer alternated in criticizing the First Minister over the job cuts, while Swinney promised his administration would 'do all it can to assist employees'.

Everything, that is, but abandon the extreme focus on Net Zero that is causing them to end up on the unemployment list.

Politics is a commercial endeavor. Over the past ten years, the major parties have been promoting Net Zero, ignoring concerns about widespread job losses, and even trying to outdo each other in how extreme they sound in their desire to crush the oil and gas sector.

Well, they achieved their goals, and sure enough, energy workers are being given P45s in large numbers, investors are moving to more favorable regulatory environments, and utility bills are rising sharply, much like they were kicked by Kenny McLean.

Findlay was upset about the job-cutting effects of the energy profit levy, which was understandable, but as Swinney noted kindly, it was the Conservatives who implemented it. Findlay avoided that fact and labeled energy layoffs a 'national emergency,' accusing Swinney of 'applying a band-aid to a gunshot wound.'

He pledged to Swinney the necessary votes to overturn the government's bias against exploration, a suggestion that was disregarded since we cannot allow people's means of survival to interfere with the more critical task of disliking the Tories.

Anas Sarwar embarked on one of his statistical explorations. You know, those inquiries that delve into the most recent collection of data in the hope that something resonates. Nothing ever does.

A saying often linked to Churchill, although he probably never uttered it, suggests that the best argument against democracy is spending five minutes with the typical voter. Imagine just one minute with a Sarwar FMQs question.

He possesses the data, the quotations, the proof, all necessary to condemn the SNP, except for public sentiment. The voters will act as they typically do: complain about the current situation, then support the party that has led things into this state.

The leader of the Labour party reiterating his criticism against Swinney for deleting his messages during the Covid-19 crisis. The First Minister responded by saying that, when the pandemic began, 'we had no manual to follow'.

I misplaced the user manual for my TV last week. I didn't remove all channels and the bus infected people in elderly care homes.

If you're certain that Swinney will eventually be held responsible for his actions, I remind you that the woman currently in control is now a well-known figure with a profitable book contract. SNP politicians don't face accountability; they have accountants.

There was a brief moment of humor provided by Kevin Stewart, an SNP backbencher who has turned the sycophantic question into a refined practice.

Hardly had Labour activist Carol Mochan humiliated Swinney with data indicating higher NHS satisfaction under the previous Labour administration, when Stewart was up with an inquiry about NHS England that meandered to a question mark.

Called upon next, the Tories' Miles Briggs started his question with a sharp remark: 'Back in Scotland...'

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