I've met Joanna Cherry and she was really personable, clear and engaging.
She isn't a career politician and actually had(or has) a job out-with being a politician. She's astute and also able to stand up to bullying from those she previously considered friends, which is no small feat.
I don't yet know who I will vote for in May, as yes, the pool of talent and good representation in my area in Scotland is small, but I will not vote for the SNP. I voted for them for a long time, but not now.
And, lots of people care. They care about how badly our NHS is being run, the dire straits of education in Scotland, the economy as well as embezzlement charges that Nicola's husband is involved in, all the gender ideology stuff. So, ground level, when talking to people day-to-day, the more people I talk to about this, the more have heard about Sandie Peggie and it's kind of a "why has this happened?" sort of reaction, not "I don't care".
People pay attention when mad stuff that would not have happened 10 years ago starts happening. To ordinary people, doing ordinary jobs that most people recognise and appreciate. Hell even me, if someone had told me 15 years ago that a nurse with a 30+ year career would be punished by her employer for complaining about having to strip in front of a man and that my government were arguing to keep violent male prisoners in women's prisons, I'd have thought they were on glue. But here we are, in 2026 and that's exactly what has happened. The Victorians were more humane about prisons for females than the SNP in 2026.