Breaking: Kezia Dugdale steps down as Scottish Labour leader

[Denzil_DC]

38. Yeah. If she's a crap baker, she could be out of there in no time!

She's openly angled for a slot on Celebrity Strictly Come Dancing as well, but I think Susan Calman got the slot instead (not that I ever watch it). Whether there's ritual humiliation involved in that depends on the performance, I guess - John Sergeant and Ed Balls hammed it up and made bad dancing a popular success (honest, I don't watch it), but it could have easily gone Pete Tong.

It's the combination of hammering on about "the day job" while not properly representing their constituents/voters that grates (Davidson's now finally a constituency MSP, Dugdale's a list MSP, but should still hold surgeries), though they're far from the worst offenders among the new intake.

Part of me thinks Dugdale might have done this partly as a "fuck you" to Scottish Labour, who've treated her pretty poorly in recent times (social media allegations that she's an SNP plant might be taken as a joke, but the assholes making them, like Ian Smart, aren't renowned for their sense of humour). The fact her current partner's an SNP MSP, Jenny Gilruth, probably doesn't help.

I reckon she might resign and go do something else pretty soon, as I don't think her heart's been in it for a while. Much as she's annoyed me at times (more than annoyed me with the teaming up with the Tories at the last election, though that may not have been her idea) and I don't think she was good at her job, I hope she finds something to do that suits her better. The only time she's absolutely impressed me (and many others) was an impassioned speech she gave at Holyrood about the "rape clause" and two-child cap on benefits. She could be a good advocate on those sorts of issues.