
The result (Scottish Labour won, in case you weren’t paying attention) was treated as thunder clap from the political gods. The anointed one, Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar, is now to be installed in his rightful place in the forthcoming 2026 Scottish elections as Prince of Neoliberalism (First Minister) displacing the pretender that is John Swinney, who is just not managing capitalism well enough — if you are to believe Labour pundits.