What to expect at the weekend

So it's now Friday, it's the end of another busy week and we can now look forward to the weekend! But what can we expect? Well, first of all, we have the results of the contest to be leader of the Scottish Labour Party. Cathy Jamieson, Iain Gray and Andy Kerr are all contesting for what looks like a close race! Ian Gray is apparently the front runner to succeed Wendy Alexander, but to be fair I don't think any of them could stand up to and match First Minister Alex Salmond! He is certainly enjoying a prolonged honeymoon, and rightly so! The SNP Government is proving to be, possibly, the most popular government Scotland has ever had! Saving hospital A&E departments, abolishing prescription charges along with bridge tolls and student fees, freezing council tax, cutting business rates, axing government departments and quangos such as Scottish Enterprise, rejecting nuclear power, opposing Trident, replacing PFI, and ending private involvement in the NHS are all just a few of the achievements made so far and, trust me, there are a lot more still to come! Meanwhile, compare this to the record of the 3 Labour leadership contenders - Cathy has proved that she is unable to put on a strong performance at FMQ's (as shown just this week as she resorted to party politics rather than the real issues). Iain Gray showing in the opinion polls are not great as he polled just 3% in a poll for who would make the best First Minister (Salmond scored 41%). And, as for Andy Kerr, well as the Health Minister in the previous administration, he spearheaded the very unpopular closure of the Ayr & Monklands A&E departments!

So, all in all, it will be interesting to see who wins the highly poisonous gauntlet (or Scottish Labour leader), but, to be frank, none of them are up to the job of taking on Alex Salmond!!

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!!!