One may virtually think about that when each Parliament, a drawing of heaps is performed at The Occasions’ places of work in Scotland and the loser is obliged to write down this column, on ache of a ceremonial debagging and a jolly good paddling with an outdated cricket bat from all the opposite chaps within the newsroom.
Maybe the worry is enjoying methods with Alex Massie’s reminiscence.
As a result of actually Kenny Farquharson’s try on the similar column in 2017 may simply have persuaded unattentive readers that it WAS a prediction, with the most important clue being the phrases “my prediction”.
(The repeated use of “can be”, fairly than Massie’s “could possibly be”, additionally supplied a touch.)
Each columns are arrant nonsense, after all, and we might meticulously analyse all of the compelling the reason why right here, however we’re nonetheless formally retired and we will’t actually be bothered. We’ll make one statement, although.
Anas Sarwar turned Scottish Labour chief in February 2021. The subsequent Holyrood election is in Could 2026, which is 63 months later. Out of a complete of 9 full-time heads of the department workplace earlier than Sarwar, the quantity who’ve lasted that lengthy within the job is… one. (Jack McConnell, from 2001 to 2007.)
Donald Dewar: 16 months
Henry McLeish: 12 months
Jack McConnell: 69 months
Wendy Alexander: 9 months
Iain Grey: 39 months
Johann Lamont: 34 months
Jim Murphy: 6 months
Kezia Dugdale: 24 months
Rudyard Lanyard: 38 months
AVERAGE: 27.4 months
You get extra job safety within the Sugababes, or enjoying bass for The Fall. Anas Sarwar must greater than double the common lifespan of a Scottish Labour chief to even contest the subsequent Holyrood election, not to mention win it. For those who’re studying, Alex, identify your wager and we’re in.
