I literally checked the Official Report from 2016. There are "separate votes" only in the sense that MSPs aren't given a ballot paper with options "SNP leader, token opposition party c… (View Post)

I still can't see any reason why there's a worse outcome for the new SNP leader than Sturgeon got in 2016 - elected by a minority with only a handful of votes for another candidate and mass abstentio… (View Post)

You mean, when an explicitly temporary rise turned out to actually be *checks notes* a temporary rise? I do hope you don't go around criticising politicians for lying if you're also going to criticis… (View Post)

As Sir Humphrey noted, a clarification is not to make things clear, it is to put you in the clear. (View Post)

Much the same happens in food safety inspections. You can't get above a 3 if you don't have all your paperwork with i's dotted and t's crossed - and it's difficult to get below a 3 if you do. (View Post)