The SNP look just about set to keep hold of Holyrood with an overall majority – but not without some major casualties. Spare a thought for Angus Robertson, who has been ousted from his Edinburgh Central seat by another nat – only this time from the Scottish Greens. The former government minister and party deputy leader not only lost but slumped to a humiliating third place. He was defeated by radical leftie Lorna Slater, who finished comfortably ahead by 5,000 votes.
Slater previously served as a minister in the Scottish Government after the 2021 election, when the SNP got into bed with the Greens. The power-sharing arrangement ended in 2024. The Canadian trumpeted her victory as a ‘significant milestone’’. She’ and declared that ‘it shows how the progressive agenda really has support, especially from young people’.
Explaining away his loss, poor Robertson recounted that ‘Edinburgh Central is a constituency that’s much changed from when I won it in 2021′. He added: ‘The boundaries have significantly changed, and I think that was a contributory factor.’
Mr S can’t help but wonder whether the nat’s 2024 meeting with (gasp) the deputy Israeli ambassador – God forbid – was just too much for the woke and good of the capital to bear.
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