An object lesson in careerism

Keiza Dugdale may be a half-familiar name to some bloggers. She "is a hardworking and prominent Scottish Labour Party activist in central Edinburgh where she lives and works." She is also a prime example of how the Labour hack gravy train shuffle operates. Let me be clear and say ntr is not attacking Ms Dugdale personally; she certainly seems more on the ball than some of her comrades in the party (the fact these three are from Renfrewshire Labour Party is not coincidental). At least she seems to have more than two brain cells to rub together.

But just look at the career path - up the greasy pole in NUS Scotland at Aberdeen and Edinburgh Yoonis, then a job with Edinburgh Students Association, then a nice wee number working for NUS Scotland as 'Public Affairs Officer', and now as bag-carrier to whiskyed-up bawbag Baron Foulkes of Cumnock.

Fair play to her - Parly jobs are reasonably well-paid, you get your subsidised canteen and all the perks that come from having a pass for Holyrood. But it just shows, in a small way, how the 'establishment' that encompasses Scottish public life self-perpetuates itself - and how the Labour party, till now at least, has benefited most from this.