Great to be in Aberdeen South to support our fantastic candidate @NurulHoqueAli1
Vote Nurul and Scottish Labour on the 18th of June!
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Michael Marra MSP
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Michael Marra MSP
@michaeljmarra
@ScottishLabour. Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance. Dundonian, Dad, DUFC.
Dundee
Joined February 2011
- I think we should always accept the verdict of the people - but the SNP do not seem to agree.
00:00 - Fantastic day dodging rainstorms, but warm reception on the doors for @NurulHoqueAli1 in Aberdeen South. A man who knows Aberdeen and its oil and gas industry inside and out. Great so many colleagues joining in support.
- Replying to @michaeljmarra6. A frustration is that this big test of the new system only happens once in a term. A one off sample size to evaluate is always going to be limited in a mechanism that is loaded with personality and circumstantial biases. Many big problems will persist without gov change.
- Replying to @michaeljmarra5. The real pressure lands on the governing party. Partly because that’s where the problem of pliant sycophancy has come from. But D’Hondt lands large number of Convenorships with them too. Find space in the ranks not just for internal dissent but genuine competition?
- Replying to @michaeljmarra4. 16 Convenors out of a Parliament with 108 available Members is pretty tough. Every Cab Sec has at least 5 shadows. So extract a further 45 including leaders.
- Replying to @michaeljmarra3. The numerical constraints on the system are acutely heightened in fractured parliament where the broad cost to parliamentary performance of groups of giving up front bench capacity is high.
- Replying to @michaeljmarra2. That challenge was always going to be more likely in private party domains. Can a candidate command very high internal group support? This should still result in better outcomes.
- Replying to @michaeljmarra1. The system adopted would only ever have resulted in improved private decision making other than situations in extremis. Eg: putting forward a very controversial candidate is now more difficult and subject to additional challenge.
- I do believe that the reforms to SP Committee Convenorships are a step forward. Today they broke into the wild and are rightly a matter of public comment. A few points:
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