archie
18-02-2023, 06:11 PM
Picture if you will. The new FM is basking in the warm glow of their victory. Then they realise that they have to do something. Stuck for ideas they will, of course, check out the Holy Ground. Now I suspect that the new FM wouldn't take much I said into consideration, but in case they are stumped, here's what I would suggest:
As FM
- Ask the UKG to engage constuctively on addressing issues with gender reform legislation, citing the need to get something on the statute books for trans people. That would imply no judicial review.
- A clean slate for all MSPs.
- Set up a national conversation on energy: what do we do with oil and gas; how to maximise renewables impact balanced with energy security; develop represesentations to the UKG to reduce bills.
- Face down the Greens (they may go anyway at the perceived watering down of gender reform).
- Pause (but not scrap) deposit return - with a full engagement with industry and public.
- Develop a new relationship with local authorities, which did happen in 2007, but has fallen by the wayside.
- Select a few headline areas where visible delivery outputs can be achieved.
As leader of the party
- Seek to build a better relationship with SNP MPs at Westminster.
- Try to bring back into the fold activists and members who have left - reach out to (but no pact) with Alba.
- Review whether the party's democratic stuctures need reviewed to empower members.
- Look at the scope to support a broader Yes movement based on 2014 (acknowledging that, as before, the SNP would have to largely fund it).
That's my sage advice - yours?
As FM
- Ask the UKG to engage constuctively on addressing issues with gender reform legislation, citing the need to get something on the statute books for trans people. That would imply no judicial review.
- A clean slate for all MSPs.
- Set up a national conversation on energy: what do we do with oil and gas; how to maximise renewables impact balanced with energy security; develop represesentations to the UKG to reduce bills.
- Face down the Greens (they may go anyway at the perceived watering down of gender reform).
- Pause (but not scrap) deposit return - with a full engagement with industry and public.
- Develop a new relationship with local authorities, which did happen in 2007, but has fallen by the wayside.
- Select a few headline areas where visible delivery outputs can be achieved.
As leader of the party
- Seek to build a better relationship with SNP MPs at Westminster.
- Try to bring back into the fold activists and members who have left - reach out to (but no pact) with Alba.
- Review whether the party's democratic stuctures need reviewed to empower members.
- Look at the scope to support a broader Yes movement based on 2014 (acknowledging that, as before, the SNP would have to largely fund it).
That's my sage advice - yours?