Jobs for the Girls – SNP no different from any other party

This is the type of thing that just pisses me off no end – Some things grate on me no end, both with my own employers and with political parties in government. You know when a promoted post becomes available sometimes at where you work, or maybe just a different post, but you just know or you hear on the grape vine that a friend of a senior manager, or a total incompetent whose face fits has already got the job the day the add appears, and low and behold that person gets the job a week later. It’s the same with political parties in Government, people appointed on the tax payer magic money tree, who when you dig a little deeper look no way qualified for the position they are being asked to do, while earning eye watering salaries.

Special advisors earn between £60,000 to £100,00 per year in Scotland

Catriona Mathieson has joined the SNP Scottish Government Economy Team. Now to be fair we are in a cost of living crisis so having more economic experts is an important skill to have and we all know this SNP Government have pretty much shown themselves to be one of the most useless Scottish colonised Governments we have had since devolution, probably the worst to be fair. Just think Ferries and you know what I mean. However, there is a problem Captain. As we know Nicola Sturgeon likes to surround herself with pretty much people who are no threat to her position, or are even on the same intellectual level as she is, yeah I know that appears a very low bar. It is fair to note that Mathieson has been around since Alex Salmond was First Minister so a loooong while.

So you will be pleased to know that this appointment of Mathieson brings a unique skill set to the economy team. Mathieson holds a degree in Politics. Worked as an intern for Michael Mathieson SNP MSP for 5 months before being employed as his researcher. She then landed on her feet and became a policy advisor to Alyn ‘ woke ‘ Smith SNP MEP in the European Parliament. Now that went arse over tit as we know so Mathieson became the Senior Media Officer for the SNP at Westminster, obviously Mathieson face fits so she then became Head of Communications at Westminster for SNP, she was so amazing she then became Chief of staff, you guessed it for the SNP. Now Mathieson has been appointed by Sturgeon as a Special Economic Advisor, what’s next a safe seat and Kate Forbes job as Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy.

The SNP Scottish Government are no different to the rest, no different to the Tories, and they really need to go

Critics said it was the latest example of the SNP focusing “only on themselves” and not on the public. The Scottish Government said the appointment was made prior to the freeze of the civil service pay bill and the recruitment control measures. (The Scotsman) The critics are correct, at this time, or any time, there is nothing right about this and just shows how broken and out of touch the SNP and the Scottish Government are. But give Sturgeon her due, she looks after her own at our expense really well.