By NMRN

It has always been an enigma to me why ACH and the Lib Dems, an insignificant presence within Holyrood via the amount of MSP’s and TBH via their weak contributions in any debate, that the BBC and other media often seek out their input and opinions upon Scottish politics and indeed any matters connected to Scotland. (though really I am fully aware of why they are given a media platform…. tis solely down to their eager #SNPBAD rhetoric that is part of a combined political attack together with other opposition parties against the SNP)

Thus one has to assume they, the Lib Dems, are then obviously considered by that same media as ones who are credible, worthy of attention and thus a party that deserves publicity.

YET much of that same media has ignored and failed to report, investigate and publicise a matter that was raised by a former member of their party i.e. Emma Walker against the Lib Dems and too ACH their leader.

The accusations can be found online if one researches her name….and they are serious allegations, and in this ongoing current climate where the #MeToo movement is most topical and relevant, it is inexplicable that Ms Walker’s allegations against her former party and leader were not thought, by that same media, to be worthy of far far more extensive and prolonged publicity and recognition.

The former Chief Executive and Mental Health Spokesperson of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Emma Walker , stated she witnessed and experienced abuse, assault, bullying, racism, sexism, misogyny and cover-ups. She has repeatedly asked for an independent investigation and she has been denied one.

How ironic given we never stop hearing a Lib Dem in Scotland bemoaning the supposed lack of treatment , lack of attention and indeed according to them the neglect of matters concerning Mental Health issues by the Scottish government….yet when tis one of their own who raised a serious matter that she stated has seriously impacted on her Mental health…. they, the Lib Dems, failed to address it as both a serious concern worthy of their attention and investigation….

#AskAlex…which is what she, Emma Walker, promotes via this serious matter.

I know that had a similar and very serious accusation been raised against the SNP and too their leader the media would have feasted upon these revelations for an extended period…..indeed was the former SNP MP Lisa Cameron who inexplicably defected to the Tory party, because of what she stated was “bullying within the SNP WM group”, (obviously oblivious to the many allegations of bullying made against some members (MP’s) of her new chosen party) not one that was extensively, as a matter, extremely well publicised by the media….not just at the time she left the SNP….but 3 days ago The Herald had an interview with her…..where she stated she was ‘Happy’ being a Conservative….though perhaps she recognised others within her constituency would also not be as “happy” as her with her defection, via her decision to defect to the Tories , hence why she chose not to put it to the test in a By-election.

Remember Lisa Cameron left the SNP (defected) last year and via a BIG article on the BBC’s website she cited “She had quit because of a “toxic” culture in the SNP’s Westminster group”…….ah so that was then for her to decide to join another party who one assumes she failed to see the “toxic culture” many people see that is associated with them, the Tory UK government, via their policies, decisions and too their rhetoric that they often spout…..against many of the most vulnerable people in society…..including those who seek Asylum in the UK , that they the Tories (& media), label many as being “illegal migrants” thus, as “illegal” they are then expected to be considered and treated as if less than human…….but reality is they are desperate people who flee persecution and intolerable conditions and who are met with hate and intolerance in what we are supposed to believe is a tolerant, liberal minded, open and welcoming society within Tory Britain…..(Red & Blue)….but in reality is most definitely not.

You see that is the HUGE problem the media in Scotland have….they do not offer or provide any balance in equal coverage given to #BAD stories that they choose to promote that concerns ALL political parties , they seek way too much input for their output via sources from opposition parties to the SNP that is all negative, they platform individuals to unleash negativity against the SNP who, as individuals, we witness their output on Twitter exposing them as anti SNP and anti independence individuals and indeed have been outed as former candidates for an opposition party, they as a media also fail to inform but often instead seek to misinform via misleading headlines and heavily edited and of context quotes that they say were attributed to the SNP, they as a ‘client’ media often mimic the terms used by Tories and other like minded individuals upon those who seek refuge here i.e. “illegal migrants” who are then subjected to a campaign of hostility….and of course we all remember the Nick Robinson infamous incident in 2014 on Salmond where when he, Salmond was asked a Q , and then the BBC news reported that night that Nick Robison stated that “he didn’t answer” that Q……we discovered later a video had come out showing that Salmond DID indeed answer the Q asked of him……so we could add LYING to the evidence and allegations we make against the media.

If anyone thinks the media in their UK is fair, lack bias, honest, trustworthy and indeed does the job it is supposed to do then I suggest perhaps they are really not paying attention…..after all why would people in Scotland have voted in the SNP as their Scottish government for so many many years if the truth was that which the media headline every day in Scotland …..as in #SNPBAD…….does that then make us, in Scotland, too stupid to know how bad we are being supposedly treated by the SNP…or is more a case of we , unlike the media, recognise the many benefits we have because of the SNP compared to other nations within the UK who are governed by other political parties……remember our current suffering is only because we are subjected to UK reserved policies where food prices, energy prices, Mortgage increases and also where we are no longer members of the EU are realities that exist because the Tory UK government fails to act and too they have acted badly, but who also as a government , have only acted in the interests of those who both support and donate to them…..that is the reality…..and remember also it was the Lib Dems who once went into coalition with the Tories in government within the UK who, as a coalition government, imposed austerity measures upon us all…..which was reported to have caused over 330,000 excess deaths in the UK…..perhaps ACH and his party could ponder and reflect over those “Figures”….as in those “figures” that should shame any party in government…..plus their then UK leader Nick Clegg reneged on Tuition fees as part of his party’s unholy alliance with the Tory party….though now we should realise that there is more that unites them, the Lib Dems as a party, than divides them …………..with the Tory party………..#Hypocrites.

Sorry for length of comment…..but I do believe I still have the right to ‘Freedom of speech’ to highlight some home truths.