The SNP is about to elect a deputy leader.
Anyone who doubts the importance of the post should consider the contribution made in that role by Nicola Sturgeon.
Lallands Peat Worrier has offered the three candidates for the post an opportunity to write a piece setting out their thoughts on the future, at what is an exciting time in Scotland's story, the role they feel that can play in that future and what they can bring to the post of deputy leader-.
All three candidates, Keith Brown, Angela Constance and Stewart Hosie are estimable characters, which makes the choice difficult.
This blog favours Stewart Hosie for deputy leadership.
Stewart, who has represented Dundee East at Westminster for 9 years, played a strong role in the referendum campaign, speaking to "town hall" meetings, and on television and radio, as well as knocking on doors and manning Yes stalls in the town.
He is a strong performer for Scotland, with a formidable handle on his brief, which is finance and home affairs. He comes across on television as knowledgeable and confident, but without a trace of smugness. He is a strong debater. Next to him in a radio interview on the PM programme during the referendum campaign, Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, sounded lost.
But Stewart also has a solid understanding of matters far outside his own area of expertise. He is a formidable organiser. I watched him manage the knock up team on referendum day. He handles people well and authoritatively without causing any disharmony... an important asset for a deputy leader.
For these reasons and others I believe he is the best man for the job.
So I take yet another lazy day, direct you to Lallands, and invite you to read his piece... and, of course, those of the other candidates.
Anyone who doubts the importance of the post should consider the contribution made in that role by Nicola Sturgeon.
Lallands Peat Worrier has offered the three candidates for the post an opportunity to write a piece setting out their thoughts on the future, at what is an exciting time in Scotland's story, the role they feel that can play in that future and what they can bring to the post of deputy leader-.
All three candidates, Keith Brown, Angela Constance and Stewart Hosie are estimable characters, which makes the choice difficult.
This blog favours Stewart Hosie for deputy leadership.
He is a strong performer for Scotland, with a formidable handle on his brief, which is finance and home affairs. He comes across on television as knowledgeable and confident, but without a trace of smugness. He is a strong debater. Next to him in a radio interview on the PM programme during the referendum campaign, Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, sounded lost.
But Stewart also has a solid understanding of matters far outside his own area of expertise. He is a formidable organiser. I watched him manage the knock up team on referendum day. He handles people well and authoritatively without causing any disharmony... an important asset for a deputy leader.
For these reasons and others I believe he is the best man for the job.
So I take yet another lazy day, direct you to Lallands, and invite you to read his piece... and, of course, those of the other candidates.
