The SNP’s own goal hat-trick

It’s just one week to go until the local elections and up in Scotland, the SNP have sportingly decided to dedicate a day to highlighting the kind of successful administration which voters can expect if their party candidates are voted into office. For no less than three separate incidents happened in the last 24 hours which perfectly demonstrate the nats’ commitment to thrifty, frugal and competent government.

First up was belated confirmation from Sturgeon’s deputy John Swinney that his colleagues blew more than £7 million of taxpayers’ money on a flawed Covid vaccine passport app. The Scottish Government pressed ahead with this initiative last year – despite numerous warnings that it wouldn’t work – and quietly switched it off last week after, er, that did indeed prove to be the case. Along with the cost and months of hassle for hard-pressed publicans, the app was also found to have breached data protection laws. Trebles all round!

Then there were the latest developments in the ongoing ferries farce.