WHINGERS AND WRECKERS

A very busy week for me and a very busy week in Politics. I was sad to hear the news that fellow uncompromising left winger John Edwards had pulled out of the US Presidential race. I feel that Edwards was the candidate who had an appealling message, and certainly brought Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama to focus on the issues that matter to people. Unfortunately, money talks in US politics and it was clear that the war chest amassed by Clinton and Obama were always going to out spend the former Senator for North Carolina.

In Scotland however, a charge that used to be thrown at the SNP, has boomeranged and hit our Unionist oppononets square in the eyes. Yes ....... Whingers and Wreckers!

Here we have New Labour and the Lib Dems who wish to destroy the most socially democratic budget to effect Scotland in over 30 years. A move towards free prescriptions, giving local authorities the freedom to set their own priorities to meet their local needs, increased free nursery provision, increased police on our streets and a freeze on the unfair Council Tax, are all to be targetted. From political parties who claim to be centre left, you couldnt make it up.

The people of Scotland will not forgive or forget should they succeed in bringing down this budget.

Then we have the extraordinary performace from Nicol Stephen who, having claimed that the NHS in Scotland has hidden waiting lists, saw this move backfire, after it was uncovered that the date of the letter was before the Scottish Governments announcement to remove such lists.

So there we have it. With a recent poll showing a 71% approval rating for the Scottish Government, the British Labour Party (Scotland Region) and the Fib Dems are reduced to whinging from the sidelines, and seriously putting the improvement of public servies under threat.

Who's the whingers and wreckers now?