The way it works isn’t the way it’s working. This is true of Scottish politics right now. The shortcuts, bends, and u-turns that nationalists take to make their own sense of things has not become the norm and is now breaking down.
The return of 17 Reform UK MSPs is a staggering rebuke to the staging of a false nationalist notion north of the border, in a nation that prides itself on local things but isn’t known for ruining itself on the altar of this at the same time.
Far be it from Farage & Co. being a menace, the hype and exaggeration of the SNP has slowly eroded trust in Holyrood’s politics. The bare reality of SNP infighting is being exposed and it’s only scratching the surface of a superficial drive for promises that aren’t deliverable.