Dae ye mind that time 12 years ago when auld Mr Broon had fecked up the economy so that he lost the election, but David PigsHeid Cameron couldnae win the election, so he bought the Liberal Democrats aff. Noo the Liberal Democrats werenae aw as stupit as they looked, they werenae aw Danny Alexanders, they kent whit wis comin their way fae bein bought, or raither, selling thersels tae the Tories, particularly ower sellin oot their student voters an breakin the pledges they had aw signed, so, they had tae make sure they had electoral insurance...
Their insurance wis the 5-year Fixed Term Parliaments Act, which pit the next election aff as far as possible, but planted their next UK General Election slap-bang oan the the day o the next-but-yin Holyrood election, no the yin that wis still tae come in 2011, but the yin efter that, that wis due in 2015, so consequently Holyrood meekly shifted it's bum along tae 2016, giein thersels an extra year o power an salary, only a temporary move ah believe they said at the time...
But then of course, there wis a cooncil elections due in 2016, four years efter the yin that wis due in 2012, so they said we werenae bright enough fer twa elections at the same time an shifted that yin tae 2017, quietly addin another year oantae the cooncil terms, temporary of course...
But they never shifted them back.
An quietly an surreptitiously, Holyrood an every Cooncil in Scotland are suddenly runnin tae 5 year terms rather than the 4 year terms they were set up as... an meanwhile Westminster ditched the FTPA as soon as they didnae need it an we've had twa early elections an every prospect o anither yin cos the Tories like tae control events... they're no as daft as they look either...
So, the LibDems bein feart o the electoral consequences o sellin oot their voters, that's why the tickets you were buyin folk fer yesterday's #gravybus were 5-year season tickets... nae wonder they were smilin.
Naebody asked us if they could extend their terms, ah don't believe anybody ever stood up an said it oot loud, they jist did it oan the sly, bankin oan folk no noticin...
It's the dishonesty that gets me, every time...
