In his fortnightly Daily Record column, Anas Sarwar says the return of John Swinney is the result of the SNP putting their own party’s survival before the national interest.
This week, history is set to repeat itself as the SNP stalwart is crowned in an uncontested election as the continuity candidate.
He was the worst education secretary in the history of the Scottish parliament. Not only did the attainment gap widen on his watch, he was also responsible for the Covid exam scandal in which the SQA attempted to downgrade the exam results of pupils in the most deprived communities. Let’s be clear - John Swinney has been brought in to try and manage his chaotic and divided party - not to focus on running our country.
It’s hard to escape a sense of de ja vu watching a deeply chaotic and hopelessly divided government impose its second unelected leader in a row on our country.
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