| Topic: IPPR Scotland — Rebuilding Scotland`s “New Politics”: a constructive parliament to build trust in Scottish politic |
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| 1. Author: Indiapar1 Date: Tue 8th Sep 2026. 11:35 Press report stated: “Scottish Parliament is not working” The report appears to summarise the following: Poor quality scrutiny Party politics overriding committee independence MSP`s are developing insufficient subject expertise. The median tenure on a committee was 1.5 to 2 years. Committee discussions have become less interactive Legilslative scrutiny is ocurring too late. Legislation being loaded with late amendments partly to generate party political headlines. Public confidence in the Scotish Government has slipped from 63% in 2021 to 45% in 2023. Approximately 3/4 of the public believe the Scottish government needs improvement. Not having any personal experience of the Scottish Parliament system is it that individually some MSPs are poor performers. The more worrying interpretation could be that the institutional system rewards behaviours that make good MSPs less effective? G Wardrope Post Edited (Tue 08 Sep 18:09) Reply |
| 2. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Tue 8th Sep 2026. 15:32 How about changing rules regarding the "list" MSP`s that have never won a raffle in their life!🤔 Reply |
| 3. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 8th Sep 2026. 18:06 Over 2/3s of people in the UK don`t think Westminster works and more than half don`t trust it. Will we see a rebuilding of that too? Holyrood is a bit of a farce with these list seats but I`d rather we focussed on Westminster first. Chuck the Lords, chuck all the expenses, chuck all the knobby historic customs. Reply |
| 4. Author: Buspasspar Date: Tue 8th Sep 2026. 19:28 Add the Royal Family to yer list jake We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 5. Author: NMCmassive Date: Tue 8th Sep 2026. 19:32 Genuinely, if we want independence we need to improve Holyrood. The list votes are a joke. We look like fools to the outside world because of it. I’d make it a priority. As long as Holyrood looks as bad as or worse than Westminster, independence will be more difficult to achieve. I’ve got to be honest though I have zero confidence in Holyrood whatsoever. COYP Reply |
| 6. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 8th Sep 2026. 20:59 Who do you think devised the voting system for Holyrood and who can change it? It was done that way so no one party was likely to gain an outright majority and they got a hell of a fright when the SNP managed it one election. Reply |
| 7. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Wed 9th Sep 2026. 00:42 And yet the Falklands "will have the democratic right to decide their own future " according to Burnham! Reply |