Comments on: Scottish reshuffle – the good, the bad & the ugly http://www.betternation.org/2012/09/scottish-reshuffle-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scottish-reshuffle-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly Work as if you live in the early days of a Fri, 17 May 2013 13:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: James http://www.betternation.org/2012/09/scottish-reshuffle-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-33456 James Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:07:10 +0000 http://www.betternation.org/?p=2767#comment-33456 It’s only little old me doing so ;)

]]> By: Stuart Winton http://www.betternation.org/2012/09/scottish-reshuffle-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-33436 Stuart Winton Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:32:50 +0000 http://www.betternation.org/?p=2767#comment-33436 “Last but by no means least, if Humza hadn’t been promoted in any reshuffle I’d have been astonished. As a future FM, surely…”

Gosh, James, touting him as a future FM at this stage? That’s normally the kiss of death, surely? ;0)

]]> By: Homœopathic A&E | The Widmann Blog http://www.betternation.org/2012/09/scottish-reshuffle-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-33435 Homœopathic A&E | The Widmann Blog Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:17:38 +0000 http://www.betternation.org/?p=2767#comment-33435 [...] must say I’m delighted the Scottish NHS is completely separate, and that the Scottish reshuffle put a safe pair of hands in charge of the Scottish NHS. Filed under lang • en • health [...]

]]> By: James http://www.betternation.org/2012/09/scottish-reshuffle-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-33430 James Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:22:10 +0000 http://www.betternation.org/?p=2767#comment-33430 Uncle Angus is a forgiving soul. But he probably hasn’t ever spent two years working in an adjacent office to Mr Neil. But I’d accept the “self-assured” description, whether or not it’s code for “arrogant”.

]]> By: Angus McLellan http://www.betternation.org/2012/09/scottish-reshuffle-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-33428 Angus McLellan Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:07:15 +0000 http://www.betternation.org/?p=2767#comment-33428 Another view, that of Angus Macleod in the Times today, is that Alex Neil is “self-assured and affable”. That might be code for “incredibly dislikeable … smug, condescending, partisan, abrasive”, but if not then someone who knows Neil and has no reason to flatter him disagrees with you. But as we all know, there’s no accounting for taste.

]]> By: BM http://www.betternation.org/2012/09/scottish-reshuffle-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-33426 BM Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:52:02 +0000 http://www.betternation.org/?p=2767#comment-33426 “I don’t get how he can get such a high profile position in the cabinet”
Because it keeps Alex Neil quiet and his supporters on-side.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.betternation.org/2012/09/scottish-reshuffle-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-33419 Stuart Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:06:49 +0000 http://www.betternation.org/?p=2767#comment-33419 I just don’t understand Alex Neil. I don’t get how he can get such a high profile position in the cabinet, he just strikes me as an incredibly dislikeable person, so why the SNP would want him in such high ranking position in such an important period for the party, I just can’t understand.

He’s smug, condescending, partisan, abrasive. Those are not traits that make people listen to you or help you convince them of an argument.

I know a lot of people that dislike Salmond for similar reasons, but I disagree- Salmond can be sincere and reserved when it matters. Alex Neil, on the whole has one setting- smug.

]]> By: Chris http://www.betternation.org/2012/09/scottish-reshuffle-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-33411 Chris Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:39:33 +0000 http://www.betternation.org/?p=2767#comment-33411 I wonder if left-wingers, such as Shona Robison, likely to be opposed to NATO are being kept out of high profile roles in case of principled resignations.

]]> By: Colin http://www.betternation.org/2012/09/scottish-reshuffle-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-33410 Colin Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:19:41 +0000 http://www.betternation.org/?p=2767#comment-33410 Good blog, don’t agree with all of the characterisations but some of them are spot on. Particularly the education ministers. Mike Russell is an extremely well informed and capable Minister, not to mention a real intellectual and political heavyweight in his own right. The implementation of Curriculum for Excellence is one of the most complex policies since devolution and I think he has handled it really well considering what is at stake. Alasdair Allan is also very hard working and approachable – nice guy.

]]> By: Gregor http://www.betternation.org/2012/09/scottish-reshuffle-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-33409 Gregor Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:18:40 +0000 http://www.betternation.org/?p=2767#comment-33409 Just glad it was a positive one haha!

But aye, don’t think there was much chance of her going anywhere before 2014….

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