georgeH

People arguing the SNP want Reform to do well tell us more about themselves than they do about the SNP. Do we want a parliament dominated by ugly culture war rhetoric, xenophobia, demonisation of minorities & various other nasties? No we do not. We've seen enough of that already.

It’s obvious to me that the recent attacks on pensioners receiving state pension by the younger generations is simply because they’re too thick and lazy to get off their asses and make something of themselves. They expect everything given to them. Scroungy useless bastards.

A lot of people don’t seem to realise they’re going to be old too someday. Do they think they’re immune to ageing? I’d love to be a fly on the wall when it’s their turn to be ‘pensioners’ and they have to read all the callous “selfish old farts” comments. Karma may take a long time but it never forgets an address.

Why should young people have to pay for someone else’s retirement? If you live in a million pound house, and you can’t afford to retire, sell the house. Or don’t. I don’t care. You just can’t expect young people to pay for you!

"Activist government." After 20 years of SNP administration. Let's take stock of what the activism has delivered so far, shall we? Education — collapsed. NHS Scotland — on its knees. Ferries — £300 million, still not reliably in the water. A bottle return scheme — scrapped in national embarrassment. A named persons scheme — thrown out by the Supreme Court. A gender reform bill — blocked. The missing £600,000 — on a driveway in Dunfermline. A drugs death crisis — the worst in Europe, year after year. And now John Swinney's answer is more activism. More government. More intervention from the same people who have demonstrably failed at every single thing they have touched with public money. Scotland doesn't need an activist government. It needs a competent one. It needs skilled people who can run a ferry procurement without spending nine figures on boats that don't work. People who can close an attainment gap they've been promising to close since 2007. People who can manage a health service without record waiting lists despite record spending. And 2028 referendum talk while the country burns? That's not leadership. That's the last trick of a magician who's run out of tricks — point at something shiny in the distance so nobody looks too hard at what's on the table right now. Scotland deserves serious government. What it keeps getting is a grievance with a budget.