One way to get out of an embarrassing situation is to do something even more embarrassing as a distraction.
It's not easy to pinpoint precisely when the SNP/Green coalition adopted this as policy strategy but as time passes it's becoming more difficult to recall a time when the Scottish government wasn't either announcing or 'working on' legislation designed to elicit mockery.
Next Saturday, April 20th, Believe in Scotland will be having a march/rally in Glasgow. Details can be found in the link below.
Responses to the notice offer a fair reflection of general feeling about the event and there's no need for us to repeat them here. Like most Yessers we take every opportunity to see the Saor Alba pipe band. And who doesn't enjoy seeing the Yes bikers in full flow? But we'll be giving this one a miss and suspect that most will do likewise. (A glance at the line-up of speakers will suffice as explanation.)
There's also the small matter of a Scottish Cup semi-final happening at the same time as the march, at Hampden Park, and one of the teams is a Glasgow side so many will be either at that game or watching it because it's on the 'normal' telly.
Last night a friend reminded us of yet another classic Wings article which always rewards re-reading. And like all the best of Wings output over the past decade-plus it is centred on irrefutable logic. (We're going to stash a copy of this in the OTS Scrapbook right now.)
Wings Over Scotland | The Buckaroo Principle
No reasonable voter expects any one political party to champion every cause dear to them. That's a given. Likewise, no reasonable politician expects voters to heartily endorse every suggestion they make. The idea that politics is an art of compromise applies to all participants in a democratic process. And if either the voter or the politician insists that their way is the only way then the process breaks down.
We will just have to wait and see what kind of turnout there is for Believe in Scotland's event. But the unseemly treatment of Alba and tone-deaf selection of speakers suggests that this organisation is either incapable of reading the current electoral mood or simply doesn't care about it either way.
Because one thing's for sure - Scots didn't vote for Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater to be de facto deputy First Ministers and we certainly didn't vote for the succession of toe-curling policies emerging from the Holyrood parliament.
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