The Moral Decline of Politics in Scotland, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar's rant in the Street highlights a wider and systemic series of problems on how supposed left wing parties are failing Scotland as a whole as well as the political discourse of the nation, the language of Scotland has moved on, but not for political parties stuck in a rut.

Have you ever wondered why the news is filled with news about Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP, the reason is quite simple. The SNP keep flooding the media with stories thus blotting out real news and other political parties. There is nothing sophisticated about their media operation, instead of producing quality, they produce quantity, which is why periodically they recycle the same stories again and again. The media have either fallen for this gag or they are working in partnership with them. Mainstream media is in a crisis, morally and financially, the moral crisis stems from them lying to the public, not covering real news, being biased, presenting opinion as fact and allowing parties like the SNP to continually lie to the people without effectively challenging them. The SNP as I mentioned aren't sophisticated in how they manipulate the media, they use Scottish Government taxpayer money to shore up the media financially thus buying their compliance, this is true of the printed media as well as TV channels like STV. STV, a regional TV channel is effective SNP TV when it comes to news and political stories about the  SNP and its leadership. There is no real attempt to hold the SNP to account for policy failures or challenge the misdeeds of the leadership. Thousands of elderly Scottish people died in care homes because the SNP leadership allowed infected covid patients into sterile care homes. Did you at any time notice the BBC in Scotland or STV really take a stand against this? The answer is probably no, the then SNP Health Sec Jeane Freeman followed a time honour route of SNP people who were exposed and moved on, in her case, into retirement. Something that many elderly Scots had cut short by her incompetence. There is a pattern of "innocent" people in the SNP who are exposed for either wrong doing or perceived wrong doing disappearing or being moved from the job. Check out the Alex Salmond, and notice that some of the key players in that saga known in the public domain pretty much all being moved. 

Is it all coincidence? I will let you be the judge of that. 

As well as lying to the media, another favoured SNP tactic is attack the Conservatives, you see this being done in the House of Commons, in the Scottish Parliament and in public by the SNP. Because the SNP control the levers of power in Scotland, they get carte blanche to commit what other people would deem as 'hate crimes'. The SNP use the term, 'Westminster' which is a cover for them saying they hate the English, one Englishman they particularly hate is the current Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The reason they hate him is that he destroyed their narrative of Scotland doing a seamless transition into EU membership without actually applying which was a fake narrative that they ran with for several years, and Boris has pointed blank refused to grant a Section 30 order for a second independence referendum. Of course, it doesn't matter who is the Conservative Prime Minister, the SNP would hate the next man or woman to occupy that position. The SNP want to take down the UK Government because they believe that a Keir Starmer minority government if it was hung parliament could be easily blackmailed into a second referendum. Keir Starmer would in my opinion betray Scotland and give the SNP a second referendum, he would also help them by giving the  SNP more powers, including trying to bring in federalism or a version of devo max. Such an action wouldn't win back Labour voters in Scotland who vote SNP, the reason is simple, the Labour betrayed the people of Scotland by not helping them as a nation and not representing them as individuals. This is fact, this is known, and this can be seen by every election result since 2007, the decline of Scottish Labour is the steady decline of a party by the people who ran it which goes back at least  25 years. the decline predates the opening of the Scottish Parliament. 

The SNP seize their chance in 2007 caused by the decline of Scottish Labour as a party operationally and in terms of how their elected representatives, paid lip service to serving constituents complaints, but in 2008 the Westminster expenses scandal was by far a more damaging moment for the party. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_parliamentary_expenses_scandal    

The Westminster expenses scandal involved a few sacrificial goats being staked out for the courts and the public to feast on. Not everyone who stole money via expenses was prosecuted and not all had to pay back money. One man who quickly emerged for all the wrong reasons was Michael Martin, ex Labour MP and then Speaker of the House. His mistake which was entirely wrong was to put covering up the crimes of members before the dignity of the House. Although, he had his critics in Westminster, Martin in the main was a fair Speaker of the House, he wasn't in the class of Betty Boothroyd, but he was decent enough. This error by him would eventually lead to him resigning before he was forced out. Michael Martin will be forever linked due to his stance in stalling information being put into the public domain.   The disclosure of widespread misuse of allowances and expenses permitted to Members of Parliament (MPs) aroused widespread anger among the UK public. It resulted in a huge backlash unseen in modern times and also resulted in a large number of resignations, sackings, de-selections and retirement announcements together with public apologies and the repayment of expenses. But very few MPs and Peers got prosecuted, as I mentioned above, a few goats were staked out for the public to feast on, it was a small feast as the establishment closed ranks. 

The SNP finally had an opportunity to increase their numbers with Scots disillusions by the actions of Scottish Labour MPs and Labour in general, they stood on a platform of being whiter than white. They rode that high horse for all it was worth, but as time would show, when it came to representing people, the SNP were no better than Scottish Labour. In many ways the SNP are identical in nature, they act like they are TV stars in a sitcom, something which parties of the left fall into, in favour of actually doing their jobs properly. I found a video for you to watch from the ever popular, The Rubin Report, David Rubin highlights this point of politicians who think they are TV stars perfectly. Note how he calls out the hypocrites in the Democrats who are the US equivalent of the Labour Party and the SNP. A good source for further research on the Democrats is to watch Dinesh D'souza as he explains the operation of the Democrats. This might prompt you to look at the SNP operation and look for parallels in behaviour and operation. The Democrats lie, cheat and deceive people to get power, they carry out character assassination, they are utter corrupt, and such research many enlighten you. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3REVJf3QMDA 

On the subject of deception, the 2014 referendum by the SNP was built on a foundation of lies, deception and attempts to cheat the Scottish public into believing something which was entirely bogus. In many ways, the people of Scotland will not forget what was said and what was done by the Nationalists to rig that referendum in their favour. If they had been successful, Scotland as entire country would have lived to regret it, our health service would have been destroyed, it could never have coped with covid, our council services would have also been destroyed across a range of services. The public sector wiped out as we know it and Scotland would be a high tax nation which the SNP would sell out to the EU, we would be like Greece, a bankrupt country. So, when Boris Johnson says that Scottish independence would be 'economic disaster', he paints a rosy picture because all the other issues of decline in services both locally and nationally would have to be addressed. Boris Johnson has come to Scotland on a flying visit to Fife, but the fact is that whoever is PM needs to visit Scotland more often, Scotland should not be left to be run by the SNP, they need to be held to account. 

The PM said during his visit that the nationwide response to the coronavirus pandemic proves how the entire UK had "benefited massively from the might of the UK Exchequer". One of the great policies of the Covid era was the enabling of furlough payments during lockdowns. The unemployed, workers and self employed all benefit from extra help which the SNP did not match. In real terms, the Conservative score card on Covid help scores rather higher than perhaps many people would have thought possible. The fact that his opponents such as Labour and the SNP are reduced to still talking about partygate which is a dead issue with the British public shows the level which parties of the supposed left operated. In reality, although both the SNP and the Labour Party claim to be parties of the left, this isn't true, both these parties are run by right wing authoritarian cliques. Yes, there are left wingers in each party but they are window dressing, designed to portray an illusion of solidarity and 'broad church'. The classic example is John Prescott in Labour as Deputy Prime Minister, this was to dupe people into think the working class mattered under Tony Blair. The modern day holder of that position in the Labour Party is Angela Rayner, she may have a seat at the top table but she doesn't have any power at it. Rayner like Prescott serves a role, a marketing ploy for working class votes. 

In politics, politicians like Boris Johnson are always under attack, so we see the PM being branded a threat to the Union by Scottish Labour. The reality of life is the Labour Party in London is the greatest threat to the United Kingdom. The reason is simple, Scottish Labour has lost Scotland, technically they are the 3rd party of Holyrood, and have only one MP in Scotland, the Alex Salmond Party has more MPs, so do the Lib Dems and Scottish Conservatives. Did you ever imagine a scenario where the Scottish Labour Party would be the 5th Scottish Party of Westminster? Since 2007, the party has been mostly controlled by New Labour with the exception of the tenure of Richard Leonard. During this time, Scots utterly reject New Labour in Scotland. The current leader of Scottish Labour is Anas Sarwar, he isn't ever going to be First Minister of Scotland, he did in part get one thing right when he did an arse covering exercise to explain away his defeat at the recent Holyrood election. Sarwar like most leaders isn't inclusive, you can see already by the Labour Party selections a drive to put New Labour candidates and cronies into seats. This will become more evident as the 2024 Westminster election gets closer, there is nothing remarkable about how Anas operates. 

Let's look at something which Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar claimed, he says that Boris Johnson is "a gift to the SNP". The main problem that Scottish Labour face is not trying to win Conservative voters to their cause, that is highly unlikely, but to try and win back the working class voters who they betrayed and moved over to the SNP. In the years from 2007 to date, the Scottish Labour Party with numerous right wing leaders including Anas Sarwar has never managed to achieve this. Why can't Scottish Labour win back working class voters? The answer is painfully simple, the Scottish public do not want a return of New Labour in Scotland, and that is what Anas Sarwar represents, a return to the bad old days of non representation and punitive policies against the working class. 

It was the Labour Party who brought in the bedroom tax, it was the Labour Party who brought in enhanced benefit sanctions, it was the Labour Party who taxed relatives who visited sick family members and friends in hospital. It was the Labour Party who failed to control immigration, it was the Labour Party by neglect of the working class who seed the fertile ground for Brexit. It was the Labour Party who fostered devolution on Scots and created another tier of government which has turned out to be not just wholly poisonous under the SNP but also ineffective and incompetent. They created an institution which they designed to be rigged in their favour only to find out the system could be gamed as well by others. The damage to Scotland by the SNP can be directly linked to the Premiership of Tony Blair, the right wing leader of New Labour. Speaking about the PM's Rosyth visit, Sarwar said: 

"This visit is a transparent attempt from Boris to save his own skin, but it’s clearly
falling flat. Douglas Ross and the Scottish Tories can hide from Boris all they like, but they can’t hide from the fact they campaigned to make him Prime Minister. The Tories in Scotland and across the UK are a gift to the SNP. They aren’t good enough to lead the UK and aren’t strong enough to take on the SNP. Every day that Boris Johnson remains Prime Minister he degrades the office. That's why Labour will continue fighting not just to oppose the Tories, but to replace them." 

Finally, in Scotland, Scottish Labour is the 3rd Party of Holyrood, and the 5th Scottish Party of Westminster. During his time as leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar hasn't turned around the party's fortunes, he hasn't changed how Labour operate, in fact the Labour model hasn't changed in the slightest. So what is Anas Sarwar's strategy to win seats? I think it is entirely based on the SNP popularity falling below Labour's core vote and then claim that there has been a revival. Earlier on, I was distracted by a phone call from a friend but immediately after this, I was flicking through twitter and came across something which I highlighted earlier in this is a clip of Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader carrying out a character assassination on Boris Johnson for what I assume is political gain. There is an expectation that political leaders of parties should be above that sort thing, it has to do with statesmanship and perception of a leader being level headed. If Sarwar was First Minister of Scotland, Boris was Prime Minister would Sarwar's comments have a negative effect on their professional relationship, to the detriment of Scotland? I think a reasonable person would conclude the answer to this question is yes. How does this video benefit Scotland? Did Anas Sarwar do this off the cuff? Was this video planned out prior to it being shot? Whether off the cuff or scripted, the Sarwar video encapsulates the problems of Scottish Labour and generally of parties who claim to represent the left and the working class.