This popped up on my Twitter timeline this morning, it appears to me that the SNP as a collective body are trying to escape any blame.

Yes, she was the Leader but you are not going to tell me that so great was her power that everyone around her lived in fear because if you are what does that make the likes of John Swinney and his team?

It says a lot about their characters!

Where is their collective responsibility?

If they really want to rise from the ashes then there has to be a complete clear out and they have to start listening to their members.

Leadership is about serving not dominating and those around the Leader should be supportive yes, but also act as a kind of Democratic anchor.

The SNP failed not just because their Leader became autocratic but because the executives failed to protect the democratic rights of their members and thus the integrity of the Party.

This could not and would never happen in a country that stands on Direct Democracy.

In a country whose foundations are built on Direct Democracy there would be no place for autocratic Leaders of any Party.

I am very wary of Politicians who seek power through the present system of First Past the Post and who believe Parliament, not the People holds the Power. Just as I am equally wary of executives within a Party….any Party who don’t stand up for their members. They forget, no members = no Party!!

Knowledge has given members power to vote with their feet and woe betide any Leader who fails to learn the lesson of this GE.

The first premise of any leader is to listen to their members.

Three weeks ago I attended the AGM of Salvo and the thing that struck me most was the democratic way the meeting was held….members were listened to!

Change is coming….but not through Labour. Changing bad for bad is not change!

If your really want change then you have to make it happen, don’t sit back and wait for others to do it, take charge of your own futures.

This is your life your future, and the power for change doesn’t lie with Politcians. It lies within you and a future built on Direct Demoracy.