Nothing will change unless we change it!
Disappointed but not surprised.
Now we have Swinney trying to lock Reform out, a bit ironic given it was his policy of SNP 1&2 that let them in!
And by doing so, disenfranchises the thousands who voted for them! This is not how Democracy is supposed to work!
Love them or hate them, Reform have arrived, so let’s just get on with it.
The question now is, where will the deals be made?
I would not say ‘integrity’ has been the hallmark of this election, even from those who preached it. This showed up most in the regional vote, where ‘paper candidates’ were in abundance!
A confession from one….
Now I know why this particular Party doesn’t want anything to do with Direct Democracy!
I, for one, look forward to Day 1 of this new Parliament to see if honest John sends his message to Westminster!
His incentive of course should be fear of Reform winning the next GE…..if that happens say goodbye to Holyrood……but then who knows with Swinney!!
But perhaps the most interesting thing looking forward, is who will remain standing and who, amongst the smaller parties, will disappear.
Looking south, who knows, the man says he’s not for going, will his MPs say otherwise? The same up here, Sarwar lost his constituency seat, there was a time when that would be enough to stand down as Leader, those days have long gone, now they remain under the pretence of ‘its my job to look after the Party through difficult times’ 😂😂
I think it’s time for a rest!
…..but not quit!!
JOAN’S JOURNEY CONTINUES 
As you say Joan in the dim and distant past if a leader had lost his seat (which OBVIOUSLY means the electorate SACKED him ) he would have had the integrity and honesty to realise that he had FAILED the voters and they wanted rid of him , BUT unfortunately that has not happened for decades , OBVIOUSLY they don’t listen to the electorate , or they don’t believe they have been SACKED, or more likely they have NO integrity or honesty
It is incomprehensible how Starmer or Sarwar can think that they are still wanted and relevant , apparently Starmer in his speech doesn’t realise that the results ILLUSTRATE just how much he and his government are DESPISED
Unfortunately we in Britain and especially Scotland are burdened with self serving and moronic clowns who have no idea on how to run a country, their saviour is that too many people are apathetic to their gross mismanagement and focused on getting by otherwise Madam Guillotine may have had to make an appearance