I agree with the above. The opportunism and desperation to exploit every change, fault, gain and anything else has made the public hostile to any announcement.
The budget is falling. There is only so much that can be done. The SNP are making a pretty good job of it
For me, it seems like there's been lots of cynical opportunism
from all parties.
We've had a lot of hot air from Humza Yousaf about how ScotRail was struggling, the performance wasn't good enough, the statistics poor, the oft-repeated threat to take the franchise into public ownership etc etc...
...then when the opposition parties make similar noises about the same issues, we get the response of "STOP TALKING SCOTRAIL DOWN" (these pesky Labour MSPs representatives are insulting the hard working professionals etc etc).
It depends which side of the political debate you belong to - either all parties should be able to moan about the stat of ScotRail or none should.
For me, the long running disruptions caused by central belt electrification/ the "jam tomorrow" agreement of fleet replacement (lose a handful of 170s and gain a handful of 320/321s in the short term but with HSTs/ 385s coming soon) means that there would always be teething troubles.
So ScotRail seem to be doing a good enough job (not a
perfect job, but decent enough in the circumstances).
But the same people who were happy to kick ScotRail (when it seemed to be SNP policy to complain about the railways) are now getting very defensive when the opposition parties start using the same tactics. Can't have it both ways.