Holyrood House of Cards - James Foley At Source Direct Sums Up The Alex Salmond Appearance On Friday

2nd March 2021

SCOTLAND IS BASICALLY DIVIDED into two camps right now: people who care about the inquiry, and people who don't. In the former camp you will find politics nerds, who, despite themselves, have been drawn into the web of intrigue. In the latter camp are many of my activist friends, who tune out, I suspect, because they prefer their politics to have obvious goodies and baddies.

And that's the trouble here. There's no proverbial white and black Stetsons to keep you right. Everywhere you look, it’s morally murky: shady deals, power plays, flawed characters with a past. This House of Cards makeover isn’t necessarily a great look for Scottish democracy; having said that, it’s a long time since so many people tuned in to a Holyrood inquiry.

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