In a sad, desperate and fearful attempt to keep Stephen Flynn out of Holyrood, the Scottish Conservatives are calling for a vote to ban “double jobbing” in the wake of Stephen Flynn’s bid to stand as both an MSP and MP.

I agree that if elected to Holyrood in May 2026, he should stand down from his Westminster seat.

However, I smell something corrupt when the Scottish Cons attempt to climb windily on to a high horse.

Being an MP and MSP even in the same geographical area is a push but a wee look at some of jobs the Scottish Cons run in parallel to being a full-time MSP, puts that into perspective and suggests total hypocrisy.

Only the Scottish Cons seem to be up to much outside of their MSP jobs.

From the Register of Interests for 2023 to 2024, not updated remarkably, at: https://www.parliament.scot/msps/register-of-interests

Puts Anas Sarwar in the shade.

I’m struggling with the notion of owning two farms and of paying rent for a third and getting no income – his wife gets it all to keep the tax bill down?

No remuneration from all that? Really? Who’s getting it?

Just keeping track on all that is another full-time job.

And the last of the Tories:

Lots of donations to his leadership campaign from private healthcare, from ‘a company engaged in food services’ (his own family business?) and from trade union leaders ripping off their own members.

No mention of the family business income from exploiting low-paid workers. I guess that all goes to his wife now.