‘GRAY RESHUFFLE’ – LABOUR’S PROBLEM IS THE PERSON SUPPOSEDLY IN CHARGE QUANTITY CANNOT DISGUISE LACK OF QUALITY

‘GRAY RESHUFFLE’ – LABOUR’S PROBLEM IS THE PERSON SUPPOSEDLY IN CHARGE
QUANTITY CANNOT DISGUISE LACK OF QUALITY
Commenting on Iain Gray’s reshuffle, SNP Group Convener Gil Paterson said these were desperate measures by a desperate man, as the reshuffle was likened to shuffling the deckchairs on a sinking ship. Mr Paterson said:

“The extraordinary thing about this panicked reshuffle is that it takes 27 Labour MSPs to shadow an SNP Ministerial team of 16 – some 60 per cent of their entire parliamentary group. And Labour’s abysmal record shows that quantity is no substitute for lack of quality.

“The real problem with Labour’s Holyrood Group is the man supposedly in charge, and the whispering campaign against Iain Gray’s leadership within the Labour Party is getting louder by the day. These are desperate measures by a desperate leader – all he has done is rearrange the deckchairs on a rapidly sinking ship. Even this reshuffle is a ‘gray’ affair in all senses!

“After two years in opposition, Labour still have nothing to offer the people of Scotland. They have no new policies and no ideas – that’s according to their own senior sources, and former Labour First Minister Henry McLeish says that Labour could be out of office in Scotland for a generation unless there is fundamental change.

“Labour were voted out of office in Scotland in 2007 because of the failure of the Labour-led Executive – and according to their own senior members they are now failing as an opposition.

“For Iain Gray, it truly is the case that his political opponents sit on the benches opposite – and his political enemies still sit behind him.

“The SNP are delivering strong, effective and popular government in Scotland – with a rapid pace of policy delivery and a commanding poll lead. Well over two years after the election, no matter how many times Iain Gray shuffles the pack, Labour still cannot muster themselves as a coherent opposition.”