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Nicola Sturgeon: commentator describes leader’s ‘hypocrisy’
Prime Minister Ms Sturgeon is currently facing a rapid rise in coronavirus cases in Scotland. It is said to be considering more extreme measures to slow the spread of the virus, as 2,464 new cases were recorded. Writing on Twitter, he told Scots: “All decisions at the moment are difficult, with strong impacts.
“Vaccines give us a way out, but this new strain makes the period between now and then the most dangerous since the start of the pandemic.”
Many have criticized Ms Sturgeon’s position on the pandemic for being below average.
Writing for The Scotsman, former Scottish Labor politician Brian Wilson said the Prime Minister and her government were “dodging key questions” about how they had mishandled the situation.
“Dodging questions” appears to be a feature that critics of Sturgeon and the SNP have repeatedly highlighted in previous years.
Nicola Sturgeon: Prime Minister has been accused of violating human rights in Scotland (Image: GETTY)
Coronavirus: Sturgeon’s handling of the coronavirus has been criticized by his critics (Image: GETTY)
Since 2015, when the SNP won a historic landslide victory in the general election north of the border, she and her party have exercised almost complete control over Scotland.
Professor Adam Tomkins of the University of Glasgow and MSP Glasgow, in a 2015 article in The Conversation, said that this level of “unprecedented control” has put the human rights of Scots in “jeopardy”, adding that to the SNP, “the freedom of the nation matters much more than the freedom of the people who inhabit it.”
He said this had come in the form of pressure on institutions like the BBC when reporting on the SNP for fear of being branded anti-Scots and a tightening of academic freedoms.
Discussing how the SNP had reduced Scotland’s police force to one that is accountable to a board appointed ‘directly by Scottish ministers’, Professor Tomkins said:’ A similar measure is being carried out with regard to the universities of Scotland , where the SNP ministers are trying to exercise unprecedented controls.
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General election: SNP enjoyed a landslide victory north of the border in 2015 (Image: GETTY)
“Is Scottish Academic Freedom Withering?
“With angry mobs descending on the BBC when the station dares to publish news critical of the SNP administration, political freedom in Scotland can appear precarious.
“SNP ministers can say they oppose any attempt to alter UK human rights laws but at the same time, the human rights of Scots are repeatedly threatened by SNP policy.
“Very little of this is understood outside of Scotland.
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BBC: Adam Tomkins said the BBC faces ‘angry mobs’ when it reports negatively on the SNP (Image: GETTY)
Scottish schools: the education system in Scotland has suffered a decline in recent years (Image: GETTY)
“From other parts of the UK, the leader of the SNP, Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon, looks like the consummate Social Democrat.
“Serene, elegant and polished, and passionate in her rhetoric and commitment to social justice, Sturgeon is indeed a great performer.
“But under the law lies a totally different reality, of an illiberal and centralizing government that would rather stay in its hands than use its powers to transform Scotland for the better.”
Sturgeon has signaled that he plans to go ahead with his bid for an independence vote this year, despite stating his “focus” remains solely on the pandemic.
Sturgeon policy: The Prime Minister became leader of the SNP in 2014 after the referendum. (Image: Express Newspapers)
The Holyrood spring elections take place in early May, and the SNP is interested in using the ballot to assess national sentiment for independence.
As it stands, according to various polls, Scotland would vote for independence if a referendum were called today.
High-level figures say that if Sturgeon wins a majority in May, it will set him the precedent to demand Prime Minister Boris Johnson give the MSPs the power to call a referendum.
Johnson, however, has repeatedly refused to consider the idea of an Indyref2.
Indyref2: Support for an independent Scotland has exploded in recent years (Image: GETTY)
He and other Westminster MPs refer to the SNP’s claim that the 2014 independence vote was a “once in a generation” opportunity for Scotland.
The “No” side won in 2014 by 55 percent versus 44 percent for the “Yes” field.
Opinion has changed significantly since then.
Steven Fielding, Professor of Political History at the University of Nottingham, told Express.co.uk: “It may be too late” to save the union.
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