Too interested in independence and has failed to act on the issues that really matter.
Drug problem has needed addressing since before she got into power and has only gotten worse.
There are far too many children living in poverty in Scotland . Before the SNP gained power one of there main things they campaigned about was reducing the levels of child poverty. They have been in power for years now and the number of impoverished children has just continued to rise.
The NHS in Scotland is a complete shambles and is getting worse by the day.
The corruption in her party.
if she was as interested in resolving these issues as she is in getting another referendum and pushing this trans nonsense she wouldnt have needed to re-sign and we'd all be much happier with her leadership.
Am not keen on her and her looney tune sister but after Perusing the papers today some of the abuse is a wee bit over the top, the Tories / right wing are like a bunch of sweetiewifes wettin they're pants, Here are a few of her failings ...
SNP FAILURES AND BROKEN PROMISES Health 1. Instead of ending delayed discharge in 2015 like they promised, in 2019/20 it cost the NHS £139 million. 2. The SNP have broken their own legal Treatment Time Guarantee for patients over 380,000 times. 3. The 62 day waiting time standard for urgent cancer referrals has not been met since 2012.2 4. 1 in 4 young people are still being rejected from specialist CAMHS services almost three years after an external review called for rejections to end. 5. The water contamination scandal at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital caused almost 40 infections in young cancer patients and the deaths of two children, but years on the families are still waiting for answers. 6. The flaws in the construction of the delayed Edinburgh Sick Kids hospital led to the SNP paying £1.4million every month for an empty hospital which was not safe for patients. 7. A decade of cuts has left the NHS with a maintenance and repairs backlog of £1.03billion. 8. Increases to NHS funding in Scotland have failed to keep pace with those in England meaning Scotland’s health spending advantage has almost been completely lost. 9. Life expectancy has stalled in Scotland and there is at least a ten year gap between the richest and poorest areas. Social Care 10. The SNP have failed to deliver fair work in social care – nearly 1 in 5 workers are on insecure or temporary contracts and 15% of staff work unpaid overtime. 11. As of January 2021, Scotland had the second highest rate of care home resident deaths from Covid-19 in Europe. 12. At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, 3,000 untested patients and 123 positive patients were transferred to care homes – Health Secretary Jeane Freeman admitted the SNP “failed” the social care sector.
Education and Childcare 13. The number of full-time equivalent teachers in Scotland’s schools is 1,700 fewer than when the SNP assumed office in 2007.13 Additionally, more than 2,600 teachers have dropped or lost their professional registration over the last five years. 14. The SNP’s failure to work with the SQA to create a credible and fair moderation system for exams in 2020 led to a grading system with inequality baked in and rushed u-turns from Ministers. 15. Failed to deliver their planned childcare expansion on time after years of opportunity to improve childcare for families. 16. There are 578 fewer specialist teachers for children and young people with additional support needs compared with 2012, despite a near doubling of those with ASN. 17. The SNP have failed to get all primary 1 – 3 pupils in classes with 18 or fewer despite promising to do so. 18. They failed to deliver on their commitment to close the attainment gap despite almost a decade and a half in government and Nicola Sturgeon saying it was her “sacred responsibility”. 19. Students have been let down by the SNP scrapping their 2007 pledge to end student debt, and they failed to return college student numbers to 2007 levels. 20. They failed to scrap the Scottish National Standardised Assessments for Primary 1s, as instructed by Parliament. 21. Forced to scrap their flawed Named Persons legislation and permanently shelve their proposed Education Bill.
Sigh, I could spend ages refuting all these 'facts' but I really just CBA.
I could also indulge in tons of whataboutery by comparing her 'failures' with Westminsters failures but likewise I just CBA
You already decided on your stance, so its pointless arguing with anyone, its funny how most World leaders are very complimentary of her with the notable exception of Trump, to me that speaks volumes.
Sigh, I could spend ages refuting all these 'facts' but I really just CBA.
I could also indulge in tons of whataboutery by comparing her 'failures' with Westminsters failures but likewise I just CBA
You already decided on your stance, so its pointless arguing with anyone, its funny how most World leaders are very complimentary of her with the notable exception of Trump, to me that speaks volumes.
People do tend to have entrenched positions. On politicians in general, and Independence in particular.
Personally, I wasn't keen. But that does not mean I cannot appreciate that she was very successful for the SNP, and had enormous strengths.
Did she make errors of judgment? Of course. Everyone does-not just politicians. In particular, I believe there has been too much focus on independence, to the detriment of governing Scotland, in the last 2 or 3 years.
But she is wrong in 1 thing about her leaving. Scotland has lost a unifying figure, for both the independence movement, and running Scotland. There will always be people who disagree. With every possible leader. But, for me at least, she embodied both what Scotland is, and a vision for what it could be. One I personally did not agree with in relation to Independence.
But that does not prevent me believing that Scotland, and Scottish politics, is a poorer place without her.
Sigh, I could spend ages refuting all these 'facts' but I really just CBA.
I could also indulge in tons of whataboutery by comparing her 'failures' with Westminsters failures but likewise I just CBA
You already decided on your stance, so its pointless arguing with anyone, its funny how most World leaders are very complimentary of her with the notable exception of Trump, to me that speaks volumes.
People do tend to have entrenched positions. On politicians in general, and Independence in particular.
Personally, I wasn't keen. But that does not mean I cannot appreciate that she was very successful for the SNP, and had enormous strengths.
Did she make errors of judgment? Of course. Everyone does-not just politicians. In particular, I believe there has been too much focus on independence, to the detriment of governing Scotland, in the last 2 or 3 years.
But she is wrong in 1 thing about her leaving. Scotland has lost a unifying figure, for both the independence movement, and running Scotland. There will always be people who disagree. With every possible leader. But, for me at least, she embodied both what Scotland is, and a vision for what it could be. One I personally did not agree with in relation to Independence.
But that does not prevent me believing that Scotland, and Scottish politics, is a poorer place without her.
I appreciate that Alex Salmond is a marmite character, but he did seem to make a bit of sense yesterday.
Salmond was a good orator but he had a few other problems shall we say, Sturgeon is a good orator and she was good for the SNP ( seemingly ) but she wasn't good for Scotland the country, you live and die by your big policies, she failed, if she was a success she'd still be there givin her two bob's worth, the reason she lasted so long was the other parties were so inept against the SNP it beggars believe.
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Drug problem has needed addressing since before she got into power and has only gotten worse.
There are far too many children living in poverty in Scotland . Before the SNP gained power one of there main things they campaigned about was reducing the levels of child poverty. They have been in power for years now and the number of impoverished children has just continued to rise.
The NHS in Scotland is a complete shambles and is getting worse by the day.
The corruption in her party.
if she was as interested in resolving these issues as she is in getting another referendum and pushing this trans nonsense she wouldnt have needed to re-sign and we'd all be much happier with her leadership.
The founders of the SNP
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/711752/snp-links-adolf-hitler-fascism-revealed-political-anthology-james-mitchell-gerry-hassan
I could also indulge in tons of whataboutery by comparing her 'failures' with Westminsters failures but likewise I just CBA
You already decided on your stance, so its pointless arguing with anyone, its funny how most World leaders are very complimentary of her with the notable exception of Trump, to me that speaks volumes.
Personally, I wasn't keen. But that does not mean I cannot appreciate that she was very successful for the SNP, and had enormous strengths.
Did she make errors of judgment? Of course. Everyone does-not just politicians. In particular, I believe there has been too much focus on independence, to the detriment of governing Scotland, in the last 2 or 3 years.
But she is wrong in 1 thing about her leaving. Scotland has lost a unifying figure, for both the independence movement, and running Scotland. There will always be people who disagree. With every possible leader. But, for me at least, she embodied both what Scotland is, and a vision for what it could be. One I personally did not agree with in relation to Independence.
But that does not prevent me believing that Scotland, and Scottish politics, is a poorer place without her.