"Nicola Sturgeon and the rise of the traumocracy"

[TheShadowyFeminist]

Link to article here

This is a really good piece about "the Scottish government’s response to any criticism: trauma recognised but never remedied"

It's why it's important to look at what Sturgeon/SNP does not what they say.

This encapsulates the issues raised:

"Think back to Sturgeon’s talk of being ‘deeply concerned and moved’ by deaths in care homes in May last year, when we now know that her government was moving Covid-positive patients into those homes. This is traumocracy at its worst: name-checking consequences without substantively responding to them."

Nicola Sturgeon seems to think that if she says sorry then that makes everything ok .... no matter how serious the error. For example the exam fiasco of last year and the care homes.

and the drug deaths and the child poverty etc etc They could take on more of the benefit system but don't want to so that they can continue to blame Westminster for everything.

It constantly blows my mind how well she is thought of
She presents so well but it isn't followed up with action or results as she is as big a liar as BJ

Yup, both the drugs deaths & exams fiascos are referenced too. I think the notion that the SNP/Scotgov are a cut above Westminster & that they do politics differently in Scotland is a fallacy that deserves to be exposed.

This is a good point about how this type of 'politicking' is more likely to lead to further entrenchment & divisions:

"Compromise becomes an exercise in moral surrender rather than productive pragmatism. This moralising also blends roles and damages institutions. Politicians exist to fulfil a practical purpose and answer real-world needs: to fix the roads or to close attainment gaps. They are not supposed to provide moral guidance. "

The thing that bothers me most about the current crop of politicians In Holyrood is their partisan attack mode switched to on 24/7 & the inability to get past their performative name calling & distraction tactics. 20+ years of having a Scottish parliament & the standard of politics has never been lower.

The article doesn't show for me unfortunately (just a blank white page) but I can imagine what it says just from the headline.

Sadly I think this is symptomatic of a wider malaise. It is much easier for society to feel than to do. Politicians are entrusted with acting on our behalf. If we would prefer to be let off the hook merely by making the correct noises then that is also the benchmark for our politicians.

What an excellent read. How long will telling us they “care” dupe us while actively making things worse. Faking accountability...so interesting and twisted :(

@Ianrankinfan

Nicola Sturgeon seems to think that if she says sorry then that makes everything ok .... no matter how serious the error. For example the exam fiasco of last year and the care homes.

Spot on - every time she announces a restriction it's "I could cry". Bollocks you could cry.

The daily briefings opened my eyes to this - the constant empathising rhetoric is tedious.

She's also clearly a massive fan of praeteritio - being at constant pains to point out how (unlike others she could no doubt name), SHE would never stoop to making the pandemic political, yet somehow making the entire thing almost entirely about how she positions herself versus the hated Tories.

She's beyond tedious.

It also took the daily briefings and the Salmond scandal to make it clear how hard she finds it to hide her irritation. I swear she eye rolls half a dozen times in every press briefing. Not that I necessarily blame her for that given the standard of press questioning, but still - she's not the warm-hearted lass she'd have us think she is.

The wider- slightly disturbing- angle of this ‘skill’ is the ability to convince folk about independence by deploying impactful key words in their communications. Delivering carefully-worded speeches that distract from economic realities and the painful division of families across a land border.
Come join us in the land of milk and Scottish heather honey. We promise there will be free (insert benefit or bicycle here) for all.

Anyway, OP soon you’ll be joined on here by those who will never accept there might just be more than a grain of truth in these articles.

I’ve been struggling to articulate my problem with her and that summed it up perfectly

Thanks for linking I'm bemused by the trust that Nicola "judge me on education" Sturgeon seems to invoke.

This is Ms Sturgeon's modus operandi. Apologise for the [insert yet other thing they've got wrong] thus neutralising the attack. "Oh but we've apologised". That makes it ok then.

I thought this was spot on.

Meaningless words with nothing behind them.

All the school stuff during lockdown - I know how difficult it is, heartbroken, I could cry.

Totally insincere from someone crossing the country to work every day, not trying to homeschool kids, and not worrying about her employer going under.

She's an empty vessel. One track mind on what is best for her own political aims, nothing else going on really. it's all fake.

She is really very good at talking.

You could easily argue she is all talk.

I shouldn't still be astounded by the mental gymnastics people are willing to go to to still blame the drugs deaths on the Tories. Twitter today saying well it's because it's not a devolved thing and they aren't able to open up drug rooms, despite the fact that the rest of the UK doesn't have those either,. And then someone asking for the demographics on the deaths as they are sure that these will be people who suffered under Thatcher....

This despite the fact that SNP have continuously cut funding in this area.

This is in the Jewish Chronicle. I have no idea what is going on with the SNP. Am not in Scotland but this made me 🤯

www.thejc.com/comment/leaders/the-snp-s-links-with-iran-are-of-the-gravest-concern-1.512835