High-profile
QC, Paul
McBride, has left the Scottish Conservatives
following the election of former BBC
journalist Ruth Davidson
as the party's new leader. And he didn’t go quietly.
McBride
was scathing in his criticism of the Scottish Tories.
As someone who
has suffered first hand from the actions of brain-dead religious bigots, his
main concern centred on The Party’s opposition to the SNP's legislation to
tackle sectarianism and he has been highly critical of Ms
Davidson's campaign manager, MSP John
Lamont, who is also the party's justice spokesman.
Describing the
party as "a bunch of unreconstructed morons", he said, "They
have replaced one nice woman with one not so very nice woman."
Mr
McBride later released a statement which
added: "The Scottish Tories are no friends of the people of Scotland.
Rounding on the
MSP group at Holyrood he added that they were, “divided and dysfunctional.” And
that “Their only policy is to oppose everything and contribute nothing.”
"Half the
membership wants the party abolished and 87% of the electorate despise them.
"Their
naked opportunism regarding the minimum pricing bill and the offensive
behaviour bill demonstrates why they will remain unelectable.
Well, better late
than ever from the man who abandoned his lifelong support for the Labour Party
just two short years ago, after deciding that they too were a useless bunch.
Although not quite as useless as the lot that he’s just left. Why he ever
thought that either had the potential to be anything else is a mystery.
By and large,
all opposition parties in Holyrood contribute little and oppose the SNP as a
matter of course. It has nothing to do with the Government’s policies, rather
that the Government is the SNP and cannot be seen to succeed.
But where now
for BBC Scotland’s favourite lawyer?
I get the
impression that he is a political animal and seemed as stick-on to some day
move into that arena. But he has now burned two pretty big bridges, as far as such
a career in Scotland
is concerned.
I doubt that
there is much mileage to be had from the near extinct Lib-Dems or the Greens (the
Party that is, not his beloved Celtic). And as a strong opponent of
independence it would be inconceivable that the SNP would get his support. He
has come away with some daft pro-unionist guff in the past. Remarks which now seem somewhat contradictory.
But, as it is
the Unionist Parties that oppose the introduction of the legislation that he so
wishes to see passed into law, he now finds himself in an increasing group of
high-profile Scots such as Sir David
Murray who are pro-unionists who have had to
accept that the SNP are the best equipped Party to govern Scotland.
If only those
pesky nationalists didn’t want independence.
